Coordinator of Leadership Programs: Audrey E. Wright, Ed. D.
Phone: 508-929-8594
Email: awright1@worcester.edu
Foundations: (15 credits) (Three credit hours may be in foundations relevant to initial licensure)
ED 987 Social, political and cultural issues in education 3 credits
ED 988 Contemporary Education: Brain & problem based
learning. 3 credits
ED 989 Technology and educational leadership 3 credits
EA 939 Action Research Project I 3 credits
EA 940 Action Research Project II 3 credits
Total Foundations: 15 credits
Option 1. Educational Leadership Track (Initial license): {39-42 hours}
This option is designed for the candidate who currently holds an earned Master of Education and is seeking a CAGS with initial licensure as an educational administrator. Candidate must have at least a current initial teaching license and a minimum of one year teaching under that initial license.
Candidate must also meet the following prerequisites:
1. Earned Master of Education or Master’s in Related Field - Minimum
GPA 3.0
2. All graduate candidates seeking Massachusetts Educator Licensure
must pass the Communication and Literacy Skills Massachusetts Test
for Educator Licensure (MTEL) exam, before formal acceptance to the
degree program.
EA 912 Foundations of Educational Administration
3 credit hours
EA 924 Curriculum development and assessment 3 credit hours
EA 918 School, family and community relations 3 credit hours
(Can be substituted for Social political cultural in core)
EA 923 Law for administrators 3 credit hours
EA 915 School finance, management and administration
3 credit hours
ED 961 Educational supervision and evaluation 3 credit hours
EL 904 Instructional leadership of the elementary school OR
ES 900 Instructional leadership of the middle and secondary
school 3 credit hours
EA 950 Elem practicum experience in Ed. administration
4 credit hours
EA 951 MS practicum
EA 952 Sec practicum
EA 941 Research forum 2 credit hours
Total Core credits 24 - 27 credit hours
Total required hours under option I = 39-42 hours
Option II. Educational Leadership
(Foundations + Core + Electives = program total of 32 credits)
Candidate must meet the following prerequisites:
1. Earned Master of Education or Master’s in Related Field- Minimum
GPA 3.0
2. Possession of an Initial license in school administration
3. Completion of a one-year induction program with a mentor.
* EA 931 Administration of programs for children with special
needs 3 credits
* NM 954 Ethics, professionalism, and leadership OR
BA 962 Ethics and social responsibility of leadership
Pre-requisite: completion of 12 hours of foundation
3 credits
* EA 941 Research Forum
Pre-requisites (completion of 27 hours in the program) 2 credits Students may select 9 credit hours from below, with the permission of the Program Coordinator
EA 927 School Plant and Development 3 credits.
ED 925 Communication and Interpersonal Skills OR
BA 972 Motivation and Leadership Teams 3 credits
NM 950 Unions and the Public Sector OR
EA 933 Collective Bargaining Strategies 3 credits
NM 951 Effective Grant Proposals and Fund Raising Strategies
3 credits
BA 961 Organizational Development and Change OR
EA 942 Systems Analysis and Strategies for Institutional Change
3 credits
NM 940 Leadership Skills and Group Dynamics; OR
BA 960 Leadership Theory and Skills 3 credits
EA 920 School Business Management and Administration
3 credits
ED 965 Principles of Curriculum Development OR
ED 968 Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction 3 credits
Total required hours: 15 Foundations, 8 core, and 9 elective.
32 credits