Live your leadership journey courageously

Features of your cohort-based leadership program

Summer AdmitsEDL 725 – 21st Century Standards

1 credit hour program introduction course

PSY 621 – Advance Ed. PsychEDCI 615 – Social & Historical Foundations

Summer AdmitsEDL 725 – 21st Century Standards

1 credit hour program introduction course

PSY 621 – Advance Ed. PsychEDCI 615 – Social & Historical Foundations

Foundations of a program

PMC’s do not take red coursesPMC’s may have met purple courses as prerequisites through their master’s programs

Fall & Spring AdmitsEDL 725 – 21st Century Standards1 credit hour program introduction course

EDRS 612 – ResearchEDL 612 – Curriculum

Fall & Spring AdmitsEDL 725 – 21st Century Standards1 credit hour program introduction course

EDRS 612 – ResearchEDL 612 – Curriculum

EDL 725EDRS 612EDL 612

EDL 725EDRS 612EDL 612

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Ethical School Leadership

Aligning actions with values, beginning of BHAG

Ethical School Leadership

Aligning actions with values, beginning of BHAG

Leading School Culture

Organizational Culture, BHAG plan

and implementation

Leading School Culture

Organizational Culture, BHAG plan

and implementation

Leadership for Student LearningSustaining school improvement through

capacity building, monitoring BHAG change project and designing intervention support

Leadership for Student LearningSustaining school improvement through

capacity building, monitoring BHAG change project and designing intervention support

The Hickory Experience

Friday and Saturday in Hickory, NC. First

meeting of the whole cohort

The Hickory Experience

Friday and Saturday in Hickory, NC. First

meeting of the whole cohort

Leadership for Continuous School Improvement

Evaluating and sustaining change initiatives, final presentations in

Cullowhee

Leadership for Continuous School Improvement

Evaluating and sustaining change initiatives, final presentations in

Cullowhee

Core Program Sequence

MSA onlyMSA only

HEDL 725EDRS 612EDL 612

EDL 725EDRS 612EDL 612

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Core Program Sequence

MSA onlyMSA only

The Case For Candidacy

Occurs at end of 601, based on cumulative

work in 601, must pass to move into

EDL 602

The Case For Candidacy

Occurs at end of 601, based on cumulative

work in 601, must pass to move into

EDL 602

Assessment for CandidacyTo be admitted to candidacy, you must demonstrate that you possess the basic skills and dispositions that are pre-requisite to leading a school:

•Openness to learning•Responsibility for the learning and success of others as well as yourself•Skill in reflection and facilitating reflection•Skillful communications•Flexibility and imagination

787Intern II

787Intern II

786Intern I

786Intern I

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Assessment (709), Internships & Topics

for MSA & PMC

788Intern III

Summer only

788Intern III

Summer only

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SPED721LAW721LAW

750HR750HR

Summer internship is taken either between 601/701 and 602/702 or between 602/702 and 603/703, depending on when you started your core courses.

EDRS709

EDRS709

SS

FF SSFFSS SuSu

SuSu FF SS SuSu

SS FFStarts core in spring Starts core in fall

787Intern II

787Intern II

786Intern I

786Intern I

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Electronic Evidences (EE’s)788

Intern IIISummer only

788Intern III

Summer only

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SPED721LAW721LAW

750HR750HR

EE’s are artifacts required by the department of public instruction. You will complete EE’s in different courses

throughout the program.

EE-2EE-2

EE-6EE-6

EE-5EE-5

EE-3EE-3

EE-4EE-4

EE-1EE-1

EE-5EE-5

Program Completion

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BHAG Change Project final

report

BHAG Change Project final

report

CullowheePresentation

s

CullowheePresentation

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21st Century Leadership Standards Evaluation

21st Century Leadership Standards Evaluation

Leadership Self-

assessment

Leadership Self-

assessment

Final documentation of core activities

Final documentation of core activities

MSA Faculty

Learning to be courageous…