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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL STUDIES AND LEADERSHIP
Chair: Dr. Winona Taylor

DEGREES OFFERED
Master of Education in School Administration and Supervision
Doctorate in Educational Leadership

DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW

The Department of Educational Leadership offers the Master of
Education Degree in School Administration and Supervision, the Doctor
of Education in Educational Leadership and an Administrator I
Certification Program. The programs integrate the standards of the
Maryland State Department of Education, the Interstate School
Leadership Licensure Consortium (ISLLC), and the Educational
Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC). Each Program is designed to
produce competent and caring educational leaders who become
effective, productive, skillful, and reflective leaders in the schools and
communities they serve. The graduate programs provide opportunities
for candidates to broaden personal goals and values, and develop their
unique philosophy of educational leadership. Candidates develop
positive attitudes about life-long learning and demonstrate an
appreciation for the professional responsibilities of educational leaders,
professionally, ethically and legally. Through its programs, the
Department promotes a respect for the diversity and culture of learners
in today’s schools that foster a belief to serve all learners in the quest
to achieve their maximum potential.

The Department’s mission is embedded in the conceptual framework to
produce educational leaders who are able to use attained knowledge
about subject matter, teaching/learning, students, and the community
to create rich, exciting, learning environments for all learners. The
Department’s graduate is an effective, caring, collaborative educator
for a global society. They are academic scholars, skillful instructional
leaders, and reflective practitioners in their schools and communities.

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