Our Vision: Excellence in Preparing Educational Leaders

Our Mission

The mission of the MS Educational Leadership degree program is to develop educators prepared to assume formal or informal leadership roles in their organization.

Program Goals

Through our program, we seek to develop the individual's capacity to:

1. envision and guide organizational change;

2. communicate effectively, engage constituents, develop people and build community;

3. advocate and promote equity for diverse populations, and respect for individuals; and

4. integrate theory, data, research and ethical standards into the context of one's practice through continual learning.

Dispositions

Throughout our program, we actively encourage individuals in developing the capacity to:

1. value change as the source of opportunity for improvement;
2. display the ability to understand people and relations and be receptive to the ideas of others;
3. show a willingness to implement non-discriminatory access, accommodations and assessments;
4. demonstrate empathic understanding of diversity in all domains;
5. regularly reflect upon the philosophical assumptions, ethical principles, and rationale that guides one's practice; and
6. understand oneself as a learner, and value learning as a core capacity.