MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAM
Master's in Educational Administration
The Master's degree in Educational Leadership/
Administration is a graduate program designed to prepare professionals for
entry-level administrative positions in schools, school districts, and
educational agencies. Students are expected to master a core of
professional and theoretical knowledge and demonstrate skills in applied
research and the practice of leadership. The program of studies
incorporates a core of professional knowledge, a research component, and
an experiential component including personal and professional areas.
Emphases include strong academic training and the development of
individual candidates as aspiring leaders who can cope personally and
professionally with the ambiguities associated with educational leadership
in a multiplicity of organizational environments and in an environment of
rapid change.
Program objectives for the degrees are drawn from the
specified competencies established by the Florida Council on Educational
Management, from research and theory on educational leadership, and from
collaboration between practitioners and faculty of the department,
college, and the university. Specific program objectives are outlined in
course syllabi and are implicit in the course requirements for the
degree.
The Master's degree program emphasizes Florida
Certification in Educational Leadership as defined by the Florida Council
on Educational Management. It covers the areas of Management, Leadership,
Personnel, Communications, Curriculum, Finance, Law, Technology, and the
practice of instructional leadership in public and private K-12 schools.
Subject to the approval of the supervisory committee and the department
head, students not seeking Florida Certification in Educational Leadership
may develop programs of study which meet their professional needs and/or
certification standards in other states. Students must complete their
program of study within seven calendar years from the time of initial
registration, or apply for new admission.
Program of Study
A. Core Courses: (24 semester hours)
- CGS 5310 Information Management Technology in Education (3 hrs.)
- EDG 5253 Curriculum and Instruction (3 hrs.)
- EDA 5192 Educational Leadership (3 hrs.)
- EDA 5222 Personnel Administration in Education (3 hrs.)
- EDA 5232 Legal Aspects of Public School Administration (3 hrs.)
- EDA 5242 School Finance (3 hrs.)
- EDA 5931 Instructional Leadership (3 hrs.)
- EDA 5503 The Principalship (3 hrs).
B. Research Component: (6 semester hours)
- EDA 5423 Decision Oriented Educational Research (3 hrs.)
- EDA 5422 Data Analysis and Assessment for Educational Leadership (3 hrs.)
C. Experiential Component: (6 semester hours)
- Elective (Advisor Approval Required) (3 hrs.)
- *EDA 5218 Application of Leadership Theory (3 hrs.)
D. Master's Thesis or Portfolio (0 hours)
- EDA 8966 Master's Thesis or Portfolio (0 hrs.)**
Total semester hours for Master's Degree: 36
*Since EDA 5218 is a capstone course, students
are strongly encouraged to have taken EDA 5232 - Legal Aspects of Public
School Administration and EDA 5222 - Personnel Administration in
Education.
**If a student registers for EDA 8966 with another class,
there are no fees for EDA 8966; but if student registers for EDA 8966 by
itself, there will be one semester hour of fees assessed. Revised 9/19/99
Progress Toward Master's Degree in Educational
Administration
A. Admission to Master's degree program
This admissions criteria is effective as of February 22, 2006.
At a minimum, students must have a 3.0 grade point average (GPA) for the last
60 semester hours of undergraduate course work. Also necessary is a competitive
score on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Foreign nationals whose native
language is not English must present a minimum score of 550 (paper-based) or
213 (computer-based) on the TOEFL examination. All applicants to the college
must submit an official GRE score as part of the admission process.
Bachelor's/Master's degrees in good standing from an accredited institution of
higher education is also a requirement for admission. Students must also have a
minimum of two years of full time teaching experience before matriculation.
The admissions secretary will inform the student by letter of acceptance into
the master's program. Please refer to the Admission Information Page for more
details.
B. Advising
A temporary advisor appointed by the department head will advise
the new student in his/her first semester of enrollment. The major professor will be appointed with the approval of the
department head during the student's first semester. The major professor
will be selected from the student's degree program. The student will select the members of her/his Supervisory
Committee in consultation with the Major Professor subject to the approval
of the department head and the willingness of the faculty members to
serve. The Master's Supervisory Committee will be composed of three
faculty members from the student's degree program. All members must be
members of the graduate faculty.
C. Program of Study
The student's Program of Study should be submitted to the
program coordinator immediately after the student and Supervisory Committee
have agreed on the courses to be taken toward the degree. An approved
Program of Study must be on file prior to registering for the Master's
Thesis or Portfolio. (See below)
D. Final Demonstration of Knowledge and Competence
Students should contact the Graduate Section of the
Registrar's Office the first week of the semester they plan to graduate to
make final arrangements and to see that everything is in order for
graduation. Two options are available for students to demonstrate
knowledge and competence gained in the program.
Option 1: Portfolio
The student may choose to submit a portfolio that
demonstrates the knowledge and skills acquired during their program of
study. The department's program secretary will provide further
instructions and directions to the development of the portfolio and its
requirements. Students must register for the Master's Comprehensive
Examination (EDA 8966) at the beginning of the semester in which the
portfolio will be completed and defended. Contact the departmental program
secretary for a reference number for EDA 8966.
Option 2: Thesis
The student may choose to write a thesis. The thesis is
developed under the close supervision of the major professor. The student
must register for a minimum of six (6) semester hours of thesis credit and
defend the thesis by oral examination. Contact the department's program
secretary for a course code number and reference number.
It is the responsibility of each student to be familiar
with all the requirements presented in the Florida State University
General Bulletin - Graduate Edition , as well as requirements outlined in
this document for graduation or certification purposes. Refer to the
Bulletin under which you originally enrolled in the Master's program.
Educational Leadership/Administration
Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
113 Stone Building - Tallahassee, FL 32306-4452
Phone: (850) 644-6777 ♦ Fax: (850)
644-1258 ♦ email: EdLead@coe.fsu.edu
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