M.Ed. in Educational Leadership
The Master of Education in Educational Leadership requires completion of 36 semester hours of graduate work. A minimum of 27 semester hours must be completed in the major. The remaining nine (9) credit hours are taken from the education core for graduate studies in the Spadoni College of Education and Social Sciences. Students become part of a cohort that takes courses together in a prescribed sequence. The program uses a hybrid approach of face-to-face and online courses and is designed to be completed in two years of ongoing coursework. At the completion of the degree requirements and passing the Praxis II exam, graduates are eligible for certification as a school administrator in South Carolina. Candidates may begin the program in the Summer or Fall.
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I. EDUCATION CORE (9 credits)
- EDUC 607 Research for Today's Schools (3)
- EDUC 630 Advanced Study of Curriculum and Instruction (3)
- EDUC 685 Strategies for Serving Diverse Learners (3)
II. MAJOR COURSES (27 credits)
- EDAD 600 Introduction to Educational Leadership (3)
- EDAD 635 School Personnel Administration (3)
- EDAD 660 Supervision of Instruction (3)
- EDAD 680 School and Community Relations (3)
- EDAD 684 School Finance/Ethics (3)
- EDAD 686 Legal Basis of Educational Org. & Administr. (3)
- EDAD 689 School Principal (3)
- EDAD 694 Elementary School Principal in Practice-Fall (3)
- EDAD 695 Elementary School Principal in Practice-Spring (3)
- EDAD 696 Secondary School Principal in Practice-Fall (3)
- EDAD 697 Secondary School Principal in Practice-Spring (3)
Internship Requirements for administrative certification*: Educational Leadership Internship Courses Handbook (PDF)
- Elementary Principal and Supervisor (PK-8) License:
- Take two elementary school internships or one elementary and one middle school internship
- Secondary Principal and Supervisor (7-12) License:
- Take two high school internships or one middle school and one high school internship
- Middle School License :
(Note that middle school internships can count as either elementary or secondary level)
- Middle school internships taken as part of an elementary licensing requirement or secondary licensing requirement will partially qualify the candidate for middle school supervisor.
- PK-12 License: In order to qualify for both Elementary and Secondary licenses-
- Candidates must possess a teaching license at both the elementary and secondary level, e.g., elementary license and secondary social studies license.
OR - Have a teaching license in a discipline that is PK-12, e.g., art.
AND - Take one internship at the elementary level and one at the secondary level
*NOTE: Candidates for certification must also pass the PRAXIS II Educational Leadership: Administration and Supervision exam to qualify for administrative licensure. It is recommended that candidates take the Praxis late in the degree program.
For More Information:
Kaitlin Nash, Graduate Program Manager
Spadoni College of Education and Social Sciences
100 Tom Trout Drive
Prince Building 212
Conway, SC 29526
843-349-4057
spadonigrad@coastal.edu