Master's Degree with a specialization in Charter School Education/Leadership
This program is a specialization in education focusing on charter schools and charter school leadership and teaching. You will study the overall educational industry, curriculum, assessment, starting a charter school, managing and governing a charter school, public relations, and various other topics of interest to the charter school stakeholder. The program is offered via online distance education on the WebCT platform.
The Nova Southeastern University application fee current tuition, start dates and end dates of each term can be located at http://www.schoolofed.nova.edu/gtep/info/sites.htm. Registering for a full semester is highly recommended and will save you money. Tuition and Fees can also be located on the GTEP website at the GTEP Tuition and Fees page.
Courses Offered
The Program Components are all online. You may take one or more courses per 8-week session. If you take two courses per term, you may complete the degree in approximately one year. If you take one course per term, you may complete the degree in two years.
Total 36 hours minimum. Additional elective hours can be added.
Florida Students: After you successfully complete the degree components, you may apply for the Leadership Certification Modified Core Program. Application requirements for the Modified Core are a 3.0 GPA for graduate studies required and completion of STARS assessment. This program will prepare you to take the Florida Education Leadership Examination for certification.
Prerequisite Course
EDU 5000 Orientation for the Graduate Teacher Education Program (0 cr.)
Courses (36 cr.)
CSED 501 Planning a Charter School Program Start-Up Logistics (3 cr.)
This course is designed to provide an overview of the charter school movement. The principles, practice, and purpose of charters schools are explored. Lessons emerging from existing charter schools and questions arising from the charter school movement are explored. This course will provide guidance in developing a charter school proposal, understanding the ins and outs of organizing a charter school, and the daily administration of charter school operation. Internet resources and a CD-ROM will provide state-of-the-art tools for learning.
CSED 503 Community and Public Relations (3 cr.)
This course will highlight numerous main topics of leadership needs including: navigating controversy and negotiating special interest groups; identifying strategies to gain support in the community from local school boards and unions, to the corporate community and the stock market; working with the media to address local and national controversy surrounding the school choice movement; community relations; and marketing and recruitment to parents and students.
CSED 504 Compliance with Federal Laws to Serve Students with Special Needs (3 cr.)
This course will provide participants with a clear understanding of the Federal laws and regulations that apply to working with individuals with disabilities and their families in preschool and school settings. Legal and ethical issues, responsibilities, professionalism, and accountability of administrators, educators, and other service providers will be reviewed. Accommodations and modifications for students with disabilities will be explored. Inclusion and related issues will be discussed within the context of the laws.
CSED 506 Curriculum and Instruction (3 cr.)
Using the principles of curriculum development and related research, students will develop a plan for a unit of instruction, including a needs assessment, use of resources, implementation specifications, and assessment of instructional effectiveness. In addition, this course covers the topics above as they apply specifically to exceptional student settings.
CSED 591 Assessment and Student Evaluation in Charter Schools (3 cr.)
This course emphasizes the practical skills in student evaluation required for curriculum planning in the classroom and the school. Areas covered include the development of effective teacher made tests, the utilization of standardized test results in the development of intervention and remediation strategies for both individuals and groups of students, and recommended instruments and alternative practices for the assessment of multicultural students.
CUR 526 Educational Research for Practitioners (3 cr.)
This course emphasizes the skills needed by school-based practitioners in accessing, reviewing, and utilizing research. These skills include the use of bibliographic databases, interpreting published research for application in the classroom, developing objectives for evaluating applied research projects, and collecting and analyzing classroom data. The course also covers the sources of published research and the data-gathering techniques unique to elementary/middle/secondary school education.
EDL 500 Communication and Supervision in Educational Leadership Roles (3 Cr.)
Using various proven activities, students will develop and apply their own interpersonal Communication and supervisory skills. Since effective educational leaders work with and through others, the interactional effects of their communications behaviors and the ability to diagnose the behaviors of others will be important elements of this course.
EDL 505 Educational Budgeting and Finance (3 cr.)
Using acquired knowledge of historical and current school finance concepts and applicable state funding procedures for computation, accounting, auditing, and reporting, students will analyze the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of a school budget. This course also provides and overview of the charter school movement.
EDL 525 Personnel Selection and Development (3 Cr.)
Theory and techniques for effective selection, orientation, training, supervision, and evaluation of teachers and non-instructional staff will be examined. Effective use of the personnel file, reward and termination of employees, and the orientation of the collective bargaining process will be explored.
EDL 0530 Organizational Management Of Schools (3 Cr.)
Students will internalize the implications of the authority and total responsibility placed on school administrators. Emphasis will be on approaches to effective school management, including value-setting, information gathering, school-image control, delegation, forcefulness, and systematic planning.
EDL 550 Electronic Tools for Ed Ldrs (3 Cr.)
This course constitutes an overview of the technology competencies appropriate for educational leaders. Educational leadership applications of technology are addressed with an emphasis on new and emerging hardware and software tools related to instruction and management of a school. Policies and practices related to technological resources are also covered.
Capstone Experience
CSED 698 School Leadership Internship (3 Cr.)
*The student has five (5) years to complete the degree from first session enrolled.
Below are other courses needed upon completion of the Modified Core Program. Upon completion, students must submit passing the Florida Educational Leadership Exam (FELE).
EDL 0510 School Leadership (3 Cr.)
Students will explore and demonstrate knowledge of basic theories of leadership, change process, group dynamics, and motivation as applicable to the principalship. Planning techniques, responses to external forces, and a thorough conversance with the Florida Principal Competencies (or those adopted by other states, for non-Florida students) are also included. Basic theories of leadership will be discussed in terms of the unique requirements of charter schools.
College: Fischler School Education/Human Services
Division: Masters Department: GTEP
EDL 0520 - Sch Law for Admin (3 Cr.)
Students will investigate the impact of school law on the rights of students and educators as Guaranteed by the Constitution and will include state and federal statutory and regulatory provisions as well as sort and contract liability as they influence public education. Students will explore states and federal regulations that present barriers to educational options and how decisions affect admissions, marketing, accountability and special needs students.
College: Fischler School Education/Human Services
Division: Masters Department: GTEP
EL 600 Seminar in the Knowledge Base of Educational Leadership (3 Cr.)
All content taught in the Educational Leadership Program is reviewed. The intent of this course is to provide students with a synthesis of the knowledge base required as the intellectual underpinning for successful practice as a school administrator. The program comprehensive examination is administered as part of this course. College: Fischler School Education/Human Services
Division: Masters Department: GTEP |
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