College of Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies

Dean: Dr. Cynthia Downing Bryant

Educational Leadership

Master of Education in Educational Leadership

Interim Department Chairperson:

Dr. Roxanne Davidson

W. W. Stewart Hall, Room 209

Office: (225) 771-2890

Email: roxanne_davidson@subr.edu

FACULTY

Associate Professor Jarrett Landor, Ph.D.

The University of Southern Mississippi

EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Introduction

The Educational Leadership Program offers degree candidates the opportunity to become educational leaders in a variety of school settings including, but not limited to, building level administrators (K-12), teacher leaders, central office supervisors, and upper-level administrators. In addition to the Master’s degree, the Department offers the Alternate Certification in Educational Leadership.

The goal of the Educational Leadership Program is to produce principals and leaders who match the needs of the school districts. The program is standard driven and addresses guidelines and benchmarks articulated by the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC), Educational Leadership Consortium Council, Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), and Louisiana Standards for School Principals (LPS).

Mission

The mission of the Southern University A&M Educational Leadership Program is to engage candidates in a transformational process of systematic problem solving and data-driven decision-making. The primary aim is to prepare candidates to meet the challenges of leading schools, organizations, communities, and people.

Program Learning Outcomes

Outcome 1: Mission, Vision, and Core Values Effective educational leaders develop, advocate, and enact a shared mission, vision, and core values of high-quality education and academic success and well-being of each student.

Outcome 2: Ethics and Professional Norms

Effective educational leaders act ethically and according to professional norms to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Outcome 3: Equity and Cultural Responsiveness

Effective educational leaders strive for equity of educational opportunity and culturally responsive practices to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Outcome 4: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

Effective educational leaders develop and support intellectually rigorous and coherent systems of curriculum, instruction, and assessment to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Outcome 5: Community of Care and Support for Students Effective educational leaders cultivate an inclusive, caring, and supportive school community that promotes the academic success and well-being of each student.

Outcome 6: Professional Capacity of School Personnel Effective educational leaders develop the professional capacity and practice of school personnel to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Outcome 7: Professional Community for Teachers and Staff

Effective educational leaders foster a professional community of teachers and other professional staff to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Outcome 8: Meaningful Engagement of Families and Community

Effective educational leaders engage families and the community in meaningful, reciprocal, and mutually beneficial ways to promote each student’s academic success and wellbeing.

Outcome 9: Operations and Management Effective educational leaders manage school operations and resources to promote each student’s academic success and

well-being

Outcome 10: School Improvement

Effective educational leaders act as agents of continuous improvement to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Curriculum

The curriculum consists of 36 semester hours of academic credits. After successfully fulfilling the required course hours according to the official plan of study, all Master’s degree candidates must register and pass the department’s comprehensive exam. The School Leaders Licensure Assessment (SLLA) serves as the Departmental Comprehensive examination for the Educational Leadership Program.

The last administration of the SLLA exam #6011 is August 31, 2019. The qualifying (passing) score in Louisiana for the School Leaders Licensure Assessment #6011 is 166. Effective September 1, 2019, the newly adopted SLLA exam will be

#6990. The qualifying passing score for the SLLA #6990 is 151.

Please note and review test dates and score reporting dates when registering for exams with Educational Testing Services (ETS) at https://www.ets.org/sls/register. To review all Louisiana adopted Praxis exams, please visit https://www.teachlouisiana.net/pdf/CURRENT_PRAXIS_CHART.pdf