Learning Outcomes

1. Candidates who successfully complete a building-level educational leadership preparation program understand and demonstrate the capacity to promote the current and future success and well-being of each student and adult by applying the knowledge, skills, and commitments necessary to collaboratively lead, design, and implement a school mission, vision, and process for continuous improvement that reflects a core set of values and priorities that include data use, technology, equity, diversity, digital citizenship, and community.
2. Candidates who successfully complete a building-level educational leadership preparation program understand and demonstrate the capacity to promote the current and future success and well-being of each student and adult by applying the knowledge, skills, and commitments necessary to understand and demonstrate the capacity to advocate for ethical decisions and cultivate and enact professional norms.
3. Candidates who successfully complete a building-level educational leadership preparation program understand and demonstrate the capacity to promote the current and future success and well-being of each student and adult by applying the knowledge, skills, and commitments necessary to develop and maintain a supportive, equitable, culturally responsive, and inclusive school culture.
4. Candidates who successfully complete a building-level educational leadership preparation program understand and demonstrate the capacity to promote the current and future success and well-being of each student and adult by applying the knowledge, skills, and commitments necessary to evaluate, develop, and implement coherent systems of curriculum, instruction, data systems, supports, and assessment.
5. Candidates who successfully complete a building-level educational leadership preparation program understand and demonstrate the capacity to promote the current and future success and well-being of each student and adult by applying the knowledge, skills, and commitments necessary to engage families, community, and school personnel in order to strengthen student learning, support school improvement, and advocate for the needs of their school and community.
6. Candidates who successfully complete a building-level educational leadership preparation program understand and demonstrate the capacity to promote the current and future success and well-being of each student and adult by applying the knowledge, skills, and commitments necessary to improve management, communication, technology, school-level governance, and operation systems to develop and improve data-informed and equitable school resource plans and to apply laws, policies, and regulations.
7. Candidates who successfully complete a building-level educational leadership preparation program understand and demonstrate the capacity to promote the current and future success and well-being of each student and adult by applying the knowledge, skills, and commitments necessary to build the school's professional capacity, engage staff in the development of a collaborative professional culture, and improve systems of staff supervision, evaluation, support, and professional learning.

Admission

In addition to The Graduate School’s application requirements, applicants must complete the EDLP application supplement.

Degree Requirements (36 Hours)

Must be completed no more than six years prior to graduation.

Certification

The M.Ed. in CD-12 Education Administration incorporates the academic requirements for certification as a principal and supervisor in South Carolina.

Coursework

Coursework is designed to ensure that at the completion of the program the student can demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions developed in the following course work:

Area A - Education Administration (27 Hours)

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
EDLP 700	Introduction to Education Leadership	3
EDLP 701	School Leadership	3
EDLP 702	School Personnel Administration	3
EDLP 703	Supervision of Instruction	3
EDLP 704	School Finance and Business Management	3
EDLP 705	Legal Basis of Educational Organization and Administration	3
EDLP 706	The Principalship	3
Select one of the following areas:		6
Elementary School
EDLP 707A	The Elementary School Principal in Practice I
EDLP 707B	The Elementary School Principal in Practice II
High School
EDLP 709A	The High School Principal in Practice I
EDLP 709B	The High School Principal in Practice II
Total Credit Hours		27

Note:

1. It is recommended that students begin with one of the following courses: EDLP 700, EDLP 701, EDLP 702, and EDLP 703. However, there are no prerequisites to courses in the program other than the principalship block (see no. 3 below).
2. EDLP 707A and EDLP 707B or EDLP 709A and EDLP 709B must be taken concurrently with EDLP 706 over a two-semester period.
3. Students must have completed at least 15 hours of EDLP courses prior to enrolling in EDLP 706, EDLP 707A and EDLP 707B, or EDLP 709A  Three of these hours may be taken concurrently in the semester in which the principalship course begins.

Area B (9 Semester Hours of Related Courses)

Curriculum Course (3 hours)

A graduate credit course in curriculum to be selected with the approval of the advisor. Recommended:

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
EDCS 725	Principles of Curriculum Construction	3
Total Credit Hours		3

Research/Measurement/Assessment Course (3 hours)

A graduate credit course in research/measurement/assessment to be selected with the approval of the advisor. Recommended:

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
EDRM 700	Introduction to Research in Education	3
or EDRM 723	Classroom Assessment Methods
Total Credit Hours		3

Exceptionalities Course (3 hours)

A graduate credit course in exceptionalities (e.g. exceptional children, special education) to be selected with the approval of the student’s advisor. Recommended:

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
EDEX 710	Legal Issues in Special Education	3
Total Credit Hours		3

Comprehensive Examination

Students must pass a comprehensive examination.