Educational Administration & Leadership Concentration

for the Graduate Concentration in Educational Administration & Leadership

Educational Administration & Leadership (EAL) prepares outstanding social justice leaders and change agents who create organizational conditions that provide for equitable participation by all relevant stakeholders in school governance and ensures that all students experience high levels of academic performance.

Students that receive an EAL graduate degree embrace a broad array of leadership positions, including: teacher leaders, division and content area chairs, deans, principals, central office administrators, superintendents, and educational policymakers. Programs also prepare individuals for research and policy positions and for higher education faculty positions in PK-12 educational leadership and policy. The general EAL program is for non-licensure students.

The principal endorsement program follows a hybrid bookend model, with classes on campus in Champaign the first and last Saturday of each semester and the remainder of sessions held online. The superintendent endorsement program includes face-to-face courses in Champaign or the Chicago area as well as online courses.

This concentration is available for:

for the Graduate Concentration in Educational Administration & Leadership 

The graduate credit needed for this concentration fulfills general coursework requirements for: 

Select 12 hours from the following courses:12
EPOL 412
Politics of Education
EPOL 530
Educational Politics and Policies
EPOL 535
Introduction to Educational Leadership
EPOL 536
Leading School Improvement
EPOL 538
Supervision of Learning Environments
EPOL 540
Leading Learning-Centered Schools
EPOL 541
Leading Improvement and Innovation
EPOL 542
Public School Finance
EPOL 544
Organizational Theory for Educational Leaders
EPOL 546
Law and School District Leader
EPOL 547
District Change for Equity and Social Justice
EPOL 548
Human Resource Management at the School District Level
EPOL 549
School District Financial Management
EPOL 597
Clinical Experience Administration
ERAM 556
Program Evaluation
ERAM 574
Education Law
Total Hours12

for the Graduate Concentration in Educational Administration & Leadership

CAS

  1. The student demonstrates knowledge in relevant significant domains in educational leadership and higher education, including areas such as historical, political, social, legal, and economic contexts in which educational systems operate.
  2. The student demonstrates proficiency in incorporating an understanding of issues relating to social justice, democracy, and equity into professional practice.
  3. The student demonstrates proficiency in critical and analytical thinking.
  4. The student demonstrates proficiency in oral communication skills.
  5. The student demonstrates proficiency in written communication skills.

EdM

  1. The student demonstrates knowledge in relevant significant domains in educational leadership and higher education, including areas such as historical, political, social, legal, and economic contexts in which educational systems operate.
  2. The student demonstrates proficiency in incorporating an understanding of issues relating to social justice, democracy, and equity into professional practice.
  3. The student demonstrates proficiency in critical and analytical thinking.
  4. The student demonstrates proficiency in oral communication skills.
  5. The student demonstrates proficiency in written communication skills.

EdD

  1. The student demonstrates knowledge in relevant significant domains in educational leadership and higher education, including areas such as historical, political, social, legal, and economic contexts in which educational systems operate.
  2. The student demonstrates proficiency in incorporating an understanding of issues relating to social justice, democracy, and equity into professional practice.
  3. The student demonstrates proficiency in critical and analytical thinking.
  4. The student demonstrates proficiency in oral communication skills.
  5. The student demonstrates proficiency in written communication skills.
  6. The student demonstrates an ability to use scholarly research to improve professional practice.

PhD

  1. The student demonstrates knowledge in relevant significant domains in educational leadership and higher education, including areas such as historical, political, social, legal, and economic contexts in which educational systems operate.
  2. The student demonstrates proficiency in incorporating an understanding of issues relating to social justice, democracy, and equity into professional practice.
  3. The student demonstrates proficiency in critical and analytical thinking.
  4. The student demonstrates proficiency in oral communication skills.
  5. The student demonstrates proficiency in written communication skills.
  6. The student demonstrates an ability to use scholarly research to improve professional practice.

for the Graduate Concentration in Educational Administration & Leadership 

Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership

Head of the Department: Lorenzo Baber
Director of Graduate Studies: Linda Herrera
Graduate Admissions Information: Linda Stimson (on campus) and Jena Pfoff (online/off-campus)
Education Policy, Organization & Leadership faculty
142 Education Building, 1310 South Sixth Street, Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 244-3542
gradservices@education.illinois.edu

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