SJSU Catalog

Education - Educational Leadership, Department of

Introduction

School leadership is very important work. If schools are to meet the needs of the increasingly diverse student population, leaders with passion for the importance of schooling and with the skills, attitudes and behaviors required to facilitate and manage school change will be in great demand. We know that approximately 50% of the school administrators in this region are expected to retire within the next five years. It is imperative that we work in collaboration to prepare teacher leaders to be successful school leaders in administrative positions. Faculty in the Educational Leadership Program at SJSU value the opportunity to support you and our schools in this effort.

Our MA - Education with an Emphasis in Administration and Supervision and the Preliminary Administrative Services Credential Program prepare teacher leaders to assume important leadership roles within our schools and districts. Many of our graduates are the principals, assistant principals, coordinators, directors, superintendents and assistant superintendents in our schools. The program is a credential program with an additional course and thesis for the MA. We do offer a Preliminary Administrative Services Intern Credential Program for candidates who are hired into positions requiring an administrative credential prior to completing all work for the preliminary credential.

The Professional Administrative Services Credential Program is designed for new school administrators. It is required of all new administrators and must be begun within twelve months of securing one's first administrative position. The emphasis within our program is on applying the theory stressed in the preliminary program to the practice our students find themselves involved with on a daily basis. Therefore, all courses focus on student selected, school focused change matrix projects. All students will have a school district mentor, a peer coach and a university supervisor. The intent is to support new administrators as they become increasingly effective school leaders.

The MA - Education with an Emphasis on Higher Education is a 30 unit program designed for people seeking leadership and management skills as they work in increasingly responsible positions within student service divisions of universities and community colleges.

Anyone interested in applying for admission to any of these programs is encouraged to call our Educational Leadership office.