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LEAD5133 - Issues in Higher EducationCredits: 3
This course investigates critical issues and concerns, emerging roles and functions, and influencing factors helping to redefine the nature of higher education. Societal shifts are probed to determine relevancy. Trends in technology and instructional delivery become the frame for forecasting the possible future of higher education.
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LEAD5503 - Higher Education Administration ICredits: 3
This course captures the changing landscape of higher education through the historical lens and changing philosophies which have shaped institutions in the past. By investigating critical functions, current societal shifts are probed to determine relevancy, and how emerging roles are reshaping the foundations of higher education. Case studies showcase academic components, student affairs, and the roles of compliance, regulatory, and accreditation in sustaining an institution of higher learning at a tipping point of change.
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LEAD5513 - Higher Education Administration IICredits: 3
Institutions of higher learning are governed by layers of authorization from federal, regional, state, and internal constituents. This course assesses how college infrastructures influence decisions and functions of operations, financial options, human resources, marketing, and enrollment in relation to institutional research and reporting. Trends in technology and student services frame forecasts for the possible future of higher education.
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LEAD5573 - Student Matriculation ServicesCredits: 3
Considering the practical day-to-day support of students, this course looks at critical functions including DSS, retention, and outreach to students through the structure of supporting departments. Topics range from ways to handle at-risk students to helping to build sustainable efforts, class scheduling, and support. From orientation to graduation, readings and discussions target issues related to helping student navigate the complexity of higher education.
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LEAD5583 - Career and Professional DevelopmentCredits: 3
Life exists after graduation. In this course, promoting interaction on multiple levels helps to define effective ways to support students as they move from personal learning to professional practice. With an emphasis on ethical practice, students learn how to establish networks and partnerships and foster collaborative sharing of ideas and concepts to support development within the field by exploring how to establish a career office.
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LEAD5603 - Compliance and ReportingCredits: 3
Effective reporting ensures appropriate data sharing in compliance with federal, state, and local requirements. Databases and tools are utilized to support accountability, transparency, and information processes to ensure accreditation requirements are embedded in established evaluation processes. Knowing how to read, apply, and evaluate expectations is given consideration.
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LEAD5613 - Institutional Assessment and EvaluationCredits: 3
Through the application of statistics, this course reviews data warehousing to support decisions including institutional planning, program viability and quality, and how these impact retention and attrition. Current trends with institutional assessment and evaluation help to inform constituents and support student achievement.
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LEAD5623 - The Economics of Community CollegeCredits: 3
Community colleges depend upon models of finance and funding which influence approaches to student engagement. This course explores the impact on operating costs related to a self-service cafeteria style delivery of services contrasted with other models, including a guided pathway option. By comparing cost per student with cost for successful completion, students investigate the merits of changing economic models.
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LEAD5633 - Redesigning the Community CollegeCredits: 3
This course addresses the function and purpose of community colleges from a current-to-future perspective, evaluating what has worked with what could be potentially be needed to encourage students to successfully complete a degree of study. Issues related to student choice, credit transfer to four-year programs, and alignment of program outcomes with student goals and assessment are explored.
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LEAD5643 - Engaging Students and FacultyCredits: 3
Faculty and student engagement is related to relationships focused on mission and vision. This course explores critical topics related to governance, building trust through demonstrated integrity, supporting practice founded on policies while addressing crossfunctional teams supporting collaboration and inquiry.
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MRKT5423 - Recruitment and RetentionCredits: 3
Students investigate ways to use data to make critical decisions, connecting strategic planning to an increase in student satisfaction. This course evaluates recruitment strategies to attract prospects and to enhance engagement and retention of students.
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MRKT5433 - Enrollment ProcessCredits: 3
Focused on helping students achieve academic goals, this course surveys critical services to eliminate obstacles for students during enrollment and student support. By investigating ways technology integrates processes - database management, student advising, and the use of evaluation to generate efficiencies, catalog development, transcript evaluation-expectations are established.
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History |
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HIST5403 - Historical Means and Methods - Introduction to Theories and Methods in HistoryCredits: 3
This course focuses on ways historians view ideas while utilizing a variety of theories and frameworks which define an approach to thinking. With the goal of communicating ideas gathered from research using professional methodologies, emphasis is placed on a historiographical perspective to identify patterns in human behavior, the cause and effect of events. Through academic studies of the past and the application of course theories to public history, students will focus on various approaches to study and teaching of the past.
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HIST5413 - Ancient Roads - Historical Exploration and ExpansionCredits: 3
Roads connect more than trade goods as cultures, ideas, and people groups move along pathways. By investigating the impact of historical routes on the growth of the United States within geographical and economic contexts, learners explore cross-cultural encounters and the influence of trade and exploration via the Old North Trail, the Mississippi River, the Erie Canal, the Transcontinental Railway System, and Route 66 among others. Exploration of pathways into space and the oceans and experiential learning situations are designed to bring historical concepts into 21st century application.
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HIST5423 - Revolution - Revolutionary Change in the Historical RecordCredits: 3
New ideas ignite revolutions across time and location, influential individuals and ideas, cultures and communities. Individuals and groups promote reform, share the emergence of new media, and capitalize on how ideas develop into action. Through the study of various revolutions, the course offers innovative approaches for investigating how past and present civic responsibilities determine the course of a community, country, or global problems and their outcomes.
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HIST5433 - The Americans - History of Western InfluenceCredits: 3
This course explores the big ideas of history which have shaped Western thought including the concepts of freedom, justice, equality, and liberty. Using primary documents, ideologies are contrasted from a range of perspectives, including political, social, professional, and personal. Through critical analysis, the lives of those who have influenced change are examined in light of issues such as immigration across time or the impact of education.
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HIST5443 - A New Nation - Early American HistoryCredits: 3
This course uses the early history of the United States as a framework to examine the development of its government and culture. Consideration is given to special problems including the causes of war, the benefit of diplomacy, and social movements which have changed to course of nations. Through primary documents, records and images, key pieces of legislature, and the reactions of the populace students explore innovative ways to understand and teach American history and culture.
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HIST5453 - The Legacies of History - Special Topics in U.S. - World Historical ResearchCredits: 3
Without history, understanding current issues is problematic. This course offers a more personal approach to historical research as a way to support critical and creative thinking, problem solving, and writing skills. American and world texts are used as the narrative for change. Newspaper clips, photographs, political cartoons, and other media become perspectives to view the legacies of history that surround all of us.
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Instructional Design Technology |
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DL5091 - Capstone Experience for Instructional DesignCredits: 1
The Capstone Experience is a culminating project spanning the length of your program and designed to measure your growth and competency in learning the skills associated with your selected field of study. It contains a measure of self-reflection but also, insights from faculty experts who know and understand the challenges of a given discipline you use to improve and expand your thinking. Learning is dynamic. Your skills in thinking, writing, applying scholarly thought, and a range of other abilities should improve with each course, documented in the assignments you select to become artifacts. When you have reached your goal, the completed capstone becomes a source of pride as you document your expertise.
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DL5703 - Instructional Design FundamentalsCredits: 3
This course will cover the establishment and history of the field of instructional design, and trace the evolution to present day learning and development of recent models. The role of the instructional designer and various career options will be covered. A variety of Instruction design models will be explored and compared. Learners will develop an understanding of foundational frameworks of instructional design, including applicable field standards, principles and practices.
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DL5713 - Digital Age Learning EnvironmentsCredits: 3
This course will examine various methods of learning in new media environments. In the 21st century, virtual communication and collaboration are crucial to understand how to participate and incorporate effectively. Also, understanding the similarities, differences, advantages, and disadvantages of online classrooms, blended classrooms, and flipped classrooms is needed. Lastly, learning about technology use, learning management systems, social media, and Web 2.0 tools will be examined. A key component of this course includes the opportunity for students to create with technology-based assignments.
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DL5723 - Applying Learning Theories in Instructional DesignCredits: 3
Students will examine how learning theories relate to instructional design, and integrate learning theories with ID theories. Professional organizational standards, as well as quality standards will be examined through the lens of how people learn. Integration of ethical and responsible practices will be discussed as well as educational theories and principles in application of learning technologies. Students will explore and evaluate multiple examples of designed learning to evaluate effectiveness and recommend changes.
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DL5733 - Design of Instructional MediaCredits: 3
This course will address multiple design modes in creating instruction. Designing to support Universal Design principles as well as multiple means of learning will be applied as students develop instructional learning activities. Students will analyze instructional design concepts in a hands-on environment and design instruction that considers effective online interaction methods, laws, and ethics related to technology-based delivery. This course will serve as the pre-requisite to direct application in DL5743 .
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DL5743 - Advanced Design of Instructional MediaCredits: 3
Students enrolled in this course will select an individual focus of study to demonstrate competency in an area of their choice. Students will develop a professional product which demonstrates an instructional experience utilizing the required technological elements. Pre-requisite(s): DL5733
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DL5763 - Trends in Instructional DesignCredits: 3
This course considers how people interact with technology through the content of a digital environment including the use of games, augmented reality, simulations, and social and mobile platforms. By exploring effective instructional designs, factors influencing engagement and use, and ways to utilize these within an educational situation, students will generate optional learning approaches by relating theory to practice. Ethical and responsible use of technology is applied to designing and adapting varied experiences.
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DL5773 - Online Course DesignCredits: 3
In this course, students learn about research, theories and principles underlying the effective design of online instruction. Various online learning experiences will be explored and evaluated. This course will serve as a pre-requisite to continued application in DL5783 .
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DL5783 - Engaging Learners in Online InstructionCredits: 3
Students apply instructional design principles, learning, engagement and other theories to create online instructional projects. Students design instruction that will build communities through the use of tools, models, interaction, activities, peer collaboration and more to keep learners engaged and learning in a digital medium. Pre-requisite(s): DL5773 .
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DL5803 - Evaluation and Assessment of Instructional DesignCredits: 3
Assessment and evaluation of instructional activities will be explored within various experiences, including evaluation of course design as well as assessment of participant learning. Approaches to determining evaluation options for both levels are explored using evidence based assessment methods. Students will explore data gathering and analysis, as well as application of findings for continuous improvement of learning activities.
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TECH5123 - Designing Courses and ProgramsCredits: 3
Students will implement and assess the concepts of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) for accessible online courses and compare models of instructional design.
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TECH6323 - Designing Courses and ProgramsCredits: 3
Students will implement and assess the concepts of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) for accessible online courses and compare models of instructional design.
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International Education |
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EDUC6103 - International Development and PolicyCredits: 3
This course provides an overview of education from a global perspective, including international development theories, as well as key international development policies and frameworks impacting education, including Education for All, the Millennium Development Goals, Sustainable Development Goals, Post-2015 Agenda as well as key protocols developed by the United Nations (UN) and other international organizations. Leaders also explore the complexities of international aid, refugee education, and post-conflict environments. Professionals have the opportunity to apply what they learn in the course by developing policy briefs and conducting qualitative and quantitative analyses.
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EDUC6113 - The Role of International Organizations and Global FoundationsCredits: 3
This course explores the role of international organizations, international aid agencies, non-governmental organizations, and global foundations in the provision of education internationally with a focus on developing countries. After looking at guiding frameworks and financing issues in the EDUC6103 course, students move on to look at programs, initiatives, and implementation of education programs in a wide variety of contexts (formal, informal, and non-formal). Pre-requisite: EDUC6103 or equivalent course.
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EDUC6123 - Education and International MigrationCredits: 3
This course explores international migration - at the international, transnational, and local levels - and its impact on education systems. Challenges for teaching, learning, and administration are explored. Leaders have the opportunity to examine different cases and conduct comparative research to explore the impact of migration on education, as well as strategies to deliver high-quality education in diverse learning environments.
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EDUC6133 - International Programs, Curricula and PedagogiesCredits: 3
Leaders examine some of the major international programs and initiatives in education, such as study abroad, the International Baccalaureate in K-12 education, and the Bologna Accord in the area of higher education. With an emphasis on applied learning, students explore pedagogies, theories, curricula, and strategies that are applied to meet the needs of intercultural and multicultural learning environments. Significant attention is given to the application of technology, including mobile technology; students have the opportunity explore the use of educational technology in both developing and developed country contexts.
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EDUC6143 - Evaluating International Education IssuesCredits: 3
This course examines the research related to different educational models and their different learning environments. The course allows students to learn about how the different educational systems impact student learning in schools around the world. Students synthesize how international schools are rapidly developing in terms of curriculum, standards, and influence. Students explore the influence of forces such as culture, management, and government on educational decision-making. Understanding how the different education models compare to the United States education system is explored and applied in this course.
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EDUC6153 - Capstone in International EducationCredits: 3
The Capstone Experience is designed for candidates to demonstrate and document the impact of their knowledge and competencies gained throughout and as a result of the doctoral focus of study in international education. Students create a professional portfolio based on work created during their program to highlight mastery of specific academic outcomes and demonstrate the impact of the focus of study on the professional field.
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LEAD5003 - International Development and PolicyCredits: 3
This course provides an overview of education from a global perspective, including international development theories, as well as key international development policies and frameworks impacting education, including Education for All, the Millennium Development Goals, Post-2015 Agenda as well as key protocols developed by the United Nations (UN) and other international organizations. Leaders will also explore the complexities of international aid, refugee education and post-conflict environments. Professionals will have the opportunity to apply what they learn in the course by developing policy briefs, and conducting qualitative and quantitative analyses.
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LEAD5013 - The Role of International Organizations and Global FoundationsCredits: 3
This course explores the role of international organizations, international aid agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and global foundations in the provision of education internationally, with a focus on developing countries. After looking at guiding frameworks and financing issues in the LEAD6243 /LEAD5003 course, students will move on to look at programs, initiatives, and implementation of education programs in a wide variety of contexts (formal, informal and non-formal). Pre-requisite(s): LEAD5003 - International Development and Policy .
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LEAD5023 - Education and International MigrationCredits: 3
This course explores international migration - at the international, transnational, and local levels - and its impact on education systems. Challenges for teaching, learning and administration will all be explored. Leaders will have the opportunity to examine different cases and conduct comparative research to explore the impact of migration on education, as well as strategies to deliver high quality education in diverse learning environments.
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LEAD5033 - International Programs, Curricula and PedagogiesCredits: 3
Leaders will examine in this course some of the major international programs and initiatives in education, such as study abroad, the International Baccalaureate in K-12 education and the Bologna Accord in the area of higher education. With an emphasis on applied learning, students will explore pedagogies, theories, curricula and strategies that are applied to meet the needs of intercultural and multicultural learning environments. Significant attention will be given to the application of technology, including mobile technology; students will have the opportunity explore the use of educational technology in both developing and developed country contexts.
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LEAD5073 - The Art of Decision MakingCredits: 3
Success is attributed to effective decision making, a skill required for professional and personal reasons. An essential ability required by leaders, decision making is a process which identifies critical elements of a choice to determine a course of action. The focus for this course considers ways decisions are made and how these techniques can be evaluated to improve outcomes. Specifically, the course addresses the development of skills to efficiently and consistently make informed decisions using data to maintain awareness of organizational needs, demographics, and performance levels. The role of collaboration in decision making is also a major focus.
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LEAD5223 - Communication and Collaboration Through Ethical LeadershipCredits: 3
Ways to develop and sustain a thriving school culture are examined through the utilization of effective communication and collaboration strategies within and beyond the community. Governance strategies for ethical and legal policies, organizational development and optimization, and decision making are covered. Students explore ways in which their ethical code protects and ensures equity, fairness, tolerance, and respect in various educational and organizational cultures.
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LEAD5233 - Cultural LeadershipCredits: 3
This course focuses on establishing and maintaining the vision and mission of an organization through effective use of performance data to inform the selection of strategies and practices contributing to organizational success. Through the development of organization wide initiatives and priorities, supported by effective communication, students learn to facilitate collaborative efforts, develop productive partnerships, and empower leadership skills in others to create a culture of achievement.
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LEAD5393 - Teacher LeadershipCredits: 3
This course explores the leadership models and frameworks required for teacher leaders to share governance and work collaboratively with principals and other adults to achieve school goals for student learning and achievement. Recognition is given to the critical roles teachers assume in decision-making through the perspective of multiple stakeholders and the need for teacher leaders to assist in harnessing this collective knowledge to make a difference in teaching and learning. Learners engage in leadership interactions to develop instructional leadership, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and the ability to become advocates and change agents for continuous school improvement. Emphasis is placed on understanding teacher evaluation systems and communicating this information to colleagues.
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LEAD5433 - Leadership in Health EducationCredits: 3
Foundational approaches to guiding and educating individuals within school and community settings about issues and services are considered in this course. Using data for decision-making, relational skills are evaluated as an example of how specific settings impact options, and how a professional stance is established through ethical application of the laws governing healthcare practices.
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LEAD5533 - Developing and Distributing LeadershipCredits: 3
This course examines the leadership process in the context of developing and distributing or sharing leadership within an organization. It investigates team and group dynamics, team building, interpersonal and group relations, and effective problem solving and decision-making skills within collaborative environments. The course places particular emphasis on the development of human resources skill sets for leaders, including risk-prone behaviors and conflict management; relationships among leaders internal and external to the organization; and how leaders build other leaders, contributing to effective succession plans to maintain organizational cohesion and performance.
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LEAD5543 - Leadership as a Professional JourneyCredits: 3
This course focuses on individuals as leaders from an individual perspective, emphasizing principles and practices of interpersonal relationships for leadership development, professional role modeling for those who look to them for guidance, and advocacy for change within and outside the organizational environment. In the course, students will take an introspective look at their leadership as a personal and professional journey - how their past life experiences set them on a course toward leadership, where they are today in their journey, and how they envision and are preparing for future destinations.
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LEAD5593 - Research for InstitutionsCredits: 3
This course applies research design to establish an understanding of the structure and function of an Institutional Research (IR) office. With the focus of helping leadership, faculty, and students achieve the mission and vision of an institution, students investigate IR strategies including how to conduct a focus group, create surveys, and analyze data gathered from measuring instruments. By establishing principles of IR grounded in research, the tasks of IR are defined.
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LEAD5653 - Leadership Theories, Frameworks, and PhilosophiesCredits: 3
Students will evaluate and compare different leadership theories, frameworks, and philosophies. Students will also reflect upon their own leadership experiences through the perspectives of those theories. This course places emphasis on bridging theory to practice for leadership development and to be an effective leader in a variety of settings.
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LEAD5663 - Strategic Operations Planning and InnovationCredits: 3
Students will design, develop, and implement models of strategic planning that exhibit innovation. This course focuses on the overall performance of an organization by identifying, clarifying, and aligning specific leadership behaviors to the organization’s mission, goals, and values. Strategic plans will be developed to ensure that an organization is effectively and efficiently meeting the needs of stakeholders within and outside of the organization while meeting its goals and sustaining its values.
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LEAD6001 - Introduction to Advanced StudiesCredits: 1
Students will undertake an examination of the rigors of advanced graduate study and reflect on personal strengths and challenges at the start of their program. Topics include: identity as scholar-practitioner, models of inquiry, self-assessment, and professional goals.
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LEAD6003 - Capstone in Leadership Focus of StudyCredits: 3
The Capstone Experience is designed for candidates to demonstrate and document the impact of their knowledge and competencies gained throughout and as a result of the doctoral focus of study in leadership. Students create a professional portfolio based on work created during their program to highlight mastery of specific academic outcomes and demonstrate the impact of the focus of study on the professional field.
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LEAD6011 - Leadership as a Reflective PracticeCredits: 1
This leadership course will focus on defining what leadership really means and how to employ the college’s innovative spirit. Students will reflect on theory and real-life application of the leadership journey, discover personal strengths, and discover ways to lead effectively. This course will also establish residency for states that require a face-to-face presence.
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LEAD6021 - Doctoral Leadership Seminar ICredits: 1
This first-year leadership seminar addresses an overview of the overall leadership experience and dissertation journey, focusing on growth, responsibilities, and expectations throughout the program. Students will also address the research process as they move forward, identifying individual concerns regarding methodology and the alignment of research components. Students consider how to think about the research elements in relation to successfully completing their concept paper and dissertation. Pre-requisite(s): Pre-requisite: RES 6013 , RES 6003 .
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LEAD6031 - Doctoral Leadership Seminar IICredits: 1
This third-year leadership seminar focuses on the final stages of the leadership journey and dissertation process for Ed.D. students. This seminar empowers students to represent themselves as experts and leaders. Students will identify ways to present the findings of a research project to a dissertation committee and how to complete the steps required to publish and present the material in future conferences. Pre-requisite(s): RES 6541
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LEAD6103 - Evidence-based Learning and TeachingCredits: 3
Students will design, implement, and assess evidence-based teaching strategies appropriate for the online course room. Students will demonstrate best practices for effective online teaching through course activities.
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LEAD6113 - Ethical Leadership and Social JusticeCredits: 3
The course focus is on theory, research, and practices related to ethical administration. Students will assess ethical decision making and implications for policy.
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LEAD6123 - Management of Financial ResourcesCredits: 3
Students will examine principles and concepts of finance at local, state, federal, and international levels; strategies for maximizing and obtaining financial resources and economic issues of the third sector.
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LEAD6133 - Models of Leadership and CoachingCredits: 3
Students will evaluate and compare different leadership and coaching models, analyze the relationship between leadership effectiveness and leadership coaching and determine appropriate-ness of each type of leadership and coaching for diverse settings.
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LEAD6143 - Strategic Operations Planning and InnovationCredits: 3
Students will design, develop, and implement models of strategic planning that exhibit innovation.
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LEAD6153 - Policy and GovernanceCredits: 3
Students will analyze specific current and future public policies and conduct policy impact analyses. Students will evaluate best practices for working with local school councils, volunteer boards, advisory councils, and external stakeholders.
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LEAD6163 - Management of Human CapitalCredits: 3
The course emphasizes principles and practices of personnel administration, including recruitment, selection, evaluation, staff development, and employee relations. Students will evaluate best practices for working with volunteer boards, advisory councils, and external stakeholders.
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LEAD6173 - Global PerspectivesCredits: 3
Students will model and promote responsible global citizenship. Culturally relevant pedagogy will be examined and critiqued.
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LEAD6183 - Grants Writing for LeadersCredits: 3
Students will analyze funding sources and the process of applying for funds from an organization or agency. Students will develop and critique requests for proposals.
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LEAD6193 - Capstone in LeadershipCredits: 3
The Capstone Experience is designed for candidates to demonstrate and document the impact their knowledge and competencies gained throughout and as a result of the Educational Specialist in Leadership program. Pre-requisite: Completion of 27 hours at the 6000 level.
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LEAD6283 - Instructional LeadershipCredits: 3
This course focuses on the improvement of curriculum, instruction, and student achievement throughout diverse school and organizational settings. To make these improvements, leaders must first develop the skill set and knowledge base necessary to build leadership capacity among staff members. Instructional leaders can then collaboratively set learner-centered goals to promote higher levels of student progress, achievement, and post-secondary and college and career readiness.
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LEAD6293 - Designing and Leading Professional LearningCredits: 3
This course promotes the concept of leaders serving as role models of professional development for their staffs to achieve higher levels of performance within the organization. To do so, leaders must utilize effective strategies, programs, and services based on data-driven decisions and the needs of stakeholders in the organizational community. Emphasis is placed on the impact of relevant, high-quality, job-embedded, differentiated, technology-integrated professional learning opportunities aligned to organizational goals. The course also prepares leaders to serve as advocates for sufficient preparation, time, and support for colleagues to work collaboratively in job-embedded professional learning.
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LEAD6303 - Achievement and AccountabilityCredits: 3
This course emphasizes the importance of understanding state, federal, and other accountability standards in relation to the needs of learners within schools, school districts, and organizational communities. The focus of the course remains on identifying learners’ academic strengths and areas in need of improvement to eliminate achievement gaps, improve achievement levels, ensure progress, increase graduation rates, and promote post-secondary and college/career readiness.
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LEAD6313 - The Art of Decision MakingCredits: 3
Success is attributed to effective decision making, a skill required for professional and personal reasons. An essential ability required by leaders, decision making is a process which identifies critical elements of a choice to determine a course of action. The focus for this course considers ways decisions are made and how these techniques can be evaluated to improve outcomes. Specifically, the course addresses the development of skills to efficiently and consistently make informed decisions using data to maintain awareness of organizational needs, demographics, and performance levels. The role of collaboration in decision making is also a major focus.
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LEAD6323 - Organizational Behavior and CultureCredits: 3
This course examines how structure, values, and behavior impact an organization and its culture. Students analyze how leadership theories can be integrated and applied into advanced leadership roles.
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LEAD6333 - Capstone in Advanced Graduate StudyCredits: 3
The Capstone Experience is designed for candidates to demonstrate and document the impact their knowledge and competencies gained throughout and as a result of the Certificate in Advanced Graduate Study.
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LEAD6343 - Instructional Leadership for SuperintendentsCredits: 3
This course emphasizes the role of superintendents serving as district-level leaders of learning and agents of reform focused on the achievement and performance of diverse student populations. Leadership practices include establishing a district-wide, collaborative culture that embraces the instructional vision, mission, values, and goals; a high-quality, rigorous curricular, instructional, and assessment program; opportunities for teamwork, reflection, conversation, sharing, and problem solving among stakeholders; professional learning and the building of leadership capacity in self and others, and the use of data to provide prompt feedback to building-level principals and staff, monitor and improve instruction, and increase student performance. Candidates engage in activities to gain knowledge of best instructional practices, including preservation of teaching time, and how to promote activities contributing to the academic success of all students. This course includes 25 hours of field experiences. Pre-requisite(s): LEAD6413 and LEAD6473
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LEAD6353 - Decision Making for the SuperintendencyCredits: 3
An essential skill for superintendents, decision making identifies critical elements of a choice to determine a plan of action. This course considers ways decisions are made and how these strategies can be evaluated to improve educational outcomes for diverse student populations. Specifically, the course addresses the development of skills to efficiently and consistently make informed decisions using data to evaluate and improve instructional quality and to regularly provide building-level principals and staff with prompt, high-quality feedback aimed at improving student outcomes. Candidates engage in activities using effective decision-making strategies related to change, including forging consensus and managing, monitoring, and gaining cooperation from key stakeholders in planning and implementing reform. The role of collaboration in decision making is also emphasized. This course includes 25 hours of field experiences. Pre-requisite(s): LEAD6413 AND LEAD6473
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LEAD6403 - Capstone in Instructional LeadershipCredits: 3
The Capstone Experience is designed for candidates to demonstrate and document the impact of their knowledge and competencies gained throughout and as a result of the doctoral focus of study in instructional leadership. Students create a professional portfolio based on work created during their program to highlight mastery of specific academic outcomes and demonstrate the impact of the focus of study on the professional field.
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LEAD6413 - Establishing a Culture of SuccessCredits: 3
Students explore developing and sustaining a positive educational culture by modeling personal, professional, and ethical behavior to promote building of student and adult relationships and the achievement of transformative results in PK-12 districts. Pre-requisite: RES6403.
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LEAD6423 - District ManagementCredits: 3
This course enables students to gain valuable insight, knowledge, and skill sets for strategically and effectively managing PK-12 school districts, demonstrating organizational and operational leadership and resource management. Pre-requisite(s): LEAD6343 and LEAD6353
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LEAD6433 - Internship for the SuperintendencyCredits: 3
This course provides students with the opportunity to apply theory, pedagogy, culture, and best practices for district-level administration from the perspective of a superintendent. Through an application-based learning environment, students gain knowledge of specific critical issues facing district-level administrators and their districts. Topics include vision, mission, climate, culture, managing human capital, and qualities of effective teachers and administrators in diverse PK-12 learning environments. Students are required to document a minimum of 250 hours of field-based internship experience to pass this course. Pre-requisite(s): LEAD6483 and LEAD6423
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LEAD6443 - Seminar in Curriculum and InstructionCredits: 3
This course provides students with the opportunity
to apply theory, pedagogy, culture, and best practices for district-level administration from the perspective of a curriculum and instruction director. Through an application-based learning environment, students gain knowledge of specific critical issues facing district-level administrators. Topics include vision, mission, climate, culture, managing human capital, and qualities of effective teachers and administrators in diverse PK-12 learning environments.
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LEAD6452 - Capstone for the SuperintendencyCredits: 2
This course is designed for superintendent candidates to demonstrate and document the impact of their district-level administrator knowledge and competencies gained throughout their coursework for the superintendency.
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LEAD6463 - Capstone in Curriculum and InstructionCredits: 3
This course is designed for curriculum and instruction director candidates to demonstrate and document the impact of their district-level administrator knowledge and competencies gained throughout and as a result of the Educational Specialist in Leadership program.
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LEAD6473 - Administration of District and School PersonnelCredits: 3
This course enables future school district leaders to enhance their skill sets in managing human capital and maximizing all available district human resources, including teachers, staff, and district personnel, in a manner that is aligned to district vision, mission, and goals, and, ultimately, supports student achievement.
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LEAD6483 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for SuperintendentsCredits: 3
This course prepares superintendents to guide the development, alignment, and implementation of essential curricula, instruction, and assessment to meet the needs of diverse learners in a changing world. Emphasis is on curricular design and essential content, including reading and the new literacies; differentiated instruction, technology integration, civic and global awareness, and trends and issues impacting the effectiveness of PK-12 education today. This course includes 25 hours of field experiences. Pre-requisite(s): LEAD6343 and LEAD6353
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TL5091 - Capstone Experience for Teacher LeadershipCredits: 1
The Capstone Experience is designed for candidates to demonstrate and document the impact of their knowledge and competencies gained throughout, and as a result of studies related to the Teacher Leadership program.
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LIT5043 - Emerging Literacy Methods for Elementary Teacher PreparationCredits: 3
This course builds key concepts and principles related to phonemic awareness and phonics, shaping an emerging understanding of the connection between language and the written code. Essential components of effective reading instruction will be explored using a Response to Intervention (Rtl) model. Methods to support individual learning needs, including learners with dyslexia, will be examined. Learners will analyze critical elements of emerging skills to foster the use of appropriate strategies across developmental stages, content areas, technology, and diversity issues in learning to read as they complete 5-10 hours of embedded field experiences.
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LIT5053 - Emerging Literacy for Elementary TeachersCredits: 3
This course builds key concepts and principles related to phonemic awareness and phonics, shaping an emerging understanding of the connection between language and the written code. Essential components of effective reading instruction will be explored using a Response to Instruction (Rtl) model. Learners will analyze critical elements of emerging skills to foster the use of appropriate strategies across developmental stages, content areas, technology, and diversity issues in learning to read.
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LIT5063 - Developing Literacy Methods: Integrating Skills in Elementary Teacher PreparationCredits: 3
This course examines issues related to integrating reading skills to enhance fluency, vocabulary development, and comprehension in a variety of text structures and across content areas. A range of instructional strategies for assessment, intervention, and enrichment will be evaluated as to their effectiveness for supporting engagement and motivation in reading to learn. Resources and strategies to enhance learning for students with reading disabilities, including dyslexia, will be addressed. Key dimensions for the development of differentiated instruction will promote blending of resources from the school environment, community and abroad, including the use of technology. During the course, students complete 5-10 hours of embedded field experiences.
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LIT5073 - Developing Literacy: Integrating Skills for Elementary TeachersCredits: 3
This course examines issues related to integrating reading skills to enhance fluency, vocabulary development, and comprehension in a variety of text structures and across content areas. A range of instructional strategies for assessment, intervention, and enrichment will be evaluated as to their effectiveness for supporting engagement and motivation in reading to learn. Key dimensions for the development of differentiated instruction will promote blending of resources from the school environment, community and abroad, including the use of technology.
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LIT5083 - New Literacies in Curriculum IntegrationCredits: 3
New global curriculum standards support students becoming functionally literate not only with text, but also with graphics and images provided through multimedia. This course examines the value of balancing traditional and emerging instructional strategies for moving literacy past printed text and into the multimedia age. Online resources, mobile devices, instant communication, and state/federal accountability pressures require schools and organizations to realize the importance of affective learning as it relates to culturally and socially influencing emotions or feelings to enhance achievement.
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LIT5091 - Capstone Experience for LiteracyCredits: 1
The Capstone Experience is designed for candidates to demonstrate and document the impact of their knowledge and competencies gained throughout, and as a result of the Master of Education in Literacy.
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LIT5113 - Social Studies and Language Arts for Elementary Teacher PreparationCredits: 3
This course considers how to develop an appreciation for the world beyond the classroom as found in writings and other literacies in relation to significant historical events and global perspectives. Principles and methods of inquiry to foster critical and creative thinking are utilized to explore methods for introducing genres and core ideas which have shaped regional, state, national, and global understanding from past eras to present day. Response to Instruction (RtI) procedures will engage strategies and methods appropriate for the delivery of English language arts and social studies through the use of differentiated instruction. Students also engage in 5-10 hours of field experiences.
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LIT5123 - Implementing ELA in ContextCredits: 3
This course examines the use of language and modes of communications through content specific examples of ELA in context, promoting connectedness in and across the disciplines, focusing on the transferrable skills of analyzing, determining and developing, researching and creating, and classifying and generalizing. Utilizing content-specific illustrations, learners examine major components of ELA to support conceptualization of knowledge in real-life application infusing learning with rigor and relevance. Prioritizing essential elements of thought characterized in a discipline, learners connect prior knowledge to authentic assessment options which support the Common Core State Standards.
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LIT5143 - Social Studies and Reading/Language Arts for Elementary TeachersCredits: 3
This course considers how to develop an appreciation for the world beyond the classroom as found in writings and other literacies in relation to significant historical events and global perspectives. Principles and methods of inquiry to foster critical and creative thinking are utilized to explore methods for introducing genres and core ideas which have shaped regional, state, national, and global understanding from past eras to present day. Response to Instruction (RtI) procedures will engage strategies and methods appropriate for the delivery of reading/language arts and social studies through the use of differentiated instruction.
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LIT5153 - Exploring Foundations of ELACredits: 3
The course introduces the foundations of Common Core State Standards as illustrated by the integration of English and language arts applications for developing communications skills across disciplines. Specific examples explore the paradigm shift to rigorous and relevant study of real-world applications to prepare students to use language effectively, developing an appreciation for the world beyond the classroom as found in writings and through the use of other literacies in relation to significant historical events and global perspectives. Principles and methods of inquiry to foster critical and creative thinking are utilized to examine methods for introducing core ideas which have shaped understanding from past eras to present day.
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LIT5163 - Establishing Communication in ELACredits: 3
This course builds key concepts and principles related to phonemic awareness and phonics, shaping an emerging understanding of the connection between language and the written code, listening and talking, and viewing with representing. Essential components of effective reading instruction will be explored using Common Core State Standards as modeled by best practices. Students will analyze critical elements of emerging skills to foster the use of appropriate instruction and assessment strategies across developmental stages, content areas, technology, and diversity issues in learning to read for real world applications.
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LIT5173 - Extending Connections Beyond ELACredits: 3
This course examines issues related to integrating communication skills to enhance fluency, vocabulary development, and comprehension in a variety of text structures and literacies across the content areas. Utilizing core concepts, ELA skills will be used to build connections between and beyond disciplines of thought, extending into real-world applications. A range of instructional strategies for assessment, intervention, and enrichment will be evaluated as to their effectiveness for supporting engagement and motivation for use in modes of language. Key dimensions for the development of differentiated instruction will promote blending of resources from the school environment, community and abroad, including the use of technology.
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LIT5183 - Investigating ELA FundamentalsCredits: 3
This course integrates English and language arts applications for developing communications skills across disciplines. Specific examples from middle school grades explore the paradigm shift to rigorous and relevant study of real-world applications to prepare students to use language effectively, developing an appreciation for the world beyond the classroom as found in writings and through the use of other literacies in relation to significant historical events and global perspectives. Principles and methods of inquiry to foster critical and creative thinking are utilized to examine methods for introducing core ideas which have shaped understanding from past eras to present day.
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LIT5193 - Integrating ELA ConceptsCredits: 3
This course examines issues related to integrating communication skills to enhance fluency, vocabulary development, and comprehension in a variety of text structures and literacies across the content areas for grades six through eight. Utilizing core concepts, ELA skills will be used to build connections between and beyond disciplines of thought, extending into real-world applications. A range of instructional strategies for assessment, intervention, and enrichment will be evaluated as to their effectiveness for supporting engagement and motivation for use in modes of language. Key dimensions for the development of differentiated instruction will promote blending of resources from the school environment, community and abroad, including the use of technology.
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LIT5203 - Strengthening LiteracyCredits: 3
This course prepares students to implement a schoolwide leadership initiative to improve a comprehensive range of literacy skills. Specific principles and theories of reading instruction are evaluated in relation to currently employed practice so teachers can immediately strengthen instruction. Students examine the scientific research base underlying different models of reading instruction. Special attention is given to curriculum mapping, alignment, and the development of an implementation plan to strengthen literacy.
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LIT5213 - Strengthening Literacy for Elementary Teacher PreparationCredits: 3
This course prepares students to implement a schoolwide leadership initiative to improve a comprehensive range of literacy skills. Specific principles and theories of emerging and developmental reading instruction are evaluated in relation to currently employed practice so teachers can immediately strengthen instruction. Students examine the scientific research base underlying different models of reading instruction. Special attention is given to curriculum mapping, alignment, and the development of an implementation plan to strengthen literacy. Five to 10 hours of embedded field experiences are included in the course.
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LIT5223 - Strengthening Literacy for Elementary EducationCredits: 3
This course prepares students to implement a schoolwide leadership initiative to improve a comprehensive range of literacy skills. Specific principles and theories of emerging and developmental reading instruction are evaluated in relation to currently employed practice so teachers can immediately strengthen instruction. Students examine the scientific research base underlying different models of reading instruction. Special attention is given to curriculum mapping, alignment, and the development of an implementation plan to strengthen literacy.
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