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The Department of Curriculum, Instruction offers the Master's of Science in Education degree with a specialization in Teacher Leadership.

The Teacher Leadership specialty area is designed to prepare students with the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for a variety of leadership roles in public or private schools and educational agencies. 

Requirments

Prerequisites:

Admission to Graduate School

Minimum Hours:
36 credits

Required C&I Core,
9 credits
C&I 500-3            Research Methods
C&I 503-3            Curriculum Theory
C&I 504-3            Systematic Approaches to Instruction

Specialty Area
Core Requirements
15 credits from the following, 3 of which must be practicum hours. Dates in parentheses are tentative.  
 
C&I 465-3
Advanced Teaching Methods
(Fall)
C&I 466-3 
Documenting Accomplished Tch
(Fall)
C&I 533-3
Instructional Leadership
(TBD)
C&I 508-3
Systematic Obs. and Analysis of Instr 
(Su)
C&I 580-3
Current Trends in Education
(Sp)
C&I 536-3
Partnerships and Mentoring the New Prof.
(Su)
C&I 561-3
Reading and Lrng. Content & Tech. Text
(secondary literacy course) 

(TBD)
C&I 594T-3
Practicum: Teacher Education
(Sp)

Substitutions with approval
of specialty area
coordinator
EAHE 504
Admin and Supv of Elem School
EAHE 538
Education and Social Forces
EAHE 509
School-Community Relations and Development

Electives
12 credits
12 additional hours to be determined mutually by student and adviser. There is a 6-hour limit on both C&I 498 Workshop credits and C&I 585 Topical Seminar credits.

Administrative Endorsement

If you choose to work toward Level 2 General Administrative Certification concurrent with your coursework for the masters’ degree, you should choose some electives from the EAHE department.  EAHE faculty recommend the following courses, all of which count toward endorsement, as providing a broad view of how the various areas of educational administration fit together.  See EAHE faculty for specific criteria for endorsement.

Specialty Area Coordinator

Dr. Joyce E. Killian,
Professor of Curriculum & Instruction
jkillian@siu.edu
(618) 453-4259

 


Master's Specialization in Teacher Leadership

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