Specialist in Education in Educational Leadership
The Specialist in Education degree in Educational Leadership is designed to prepare students for educational leadership positions in Christian elementary and secondary schools and similar ministries. It is usually taken by students who have already completed a Master of Science degree in Educational Leadership, but that is not a prerequisite. The degree provides instruction in the areas vital to developing the knowledge and skills necessary for leaders to deal effectively with the wide range of problems facing Christian schools and other educational ministries in the world today. Because this is an advanced graduate degree in educational leadership, course work is individualized, based on the student's previous graduate work.
Curriculum Highlights
- Systematic Theology
- Psychology of Education
- Philosophy of Education
- Supervision of Instruction
- Fundamentals of Curriculum
- School Finance
- School Law
- School Plant
- Organizational & Adminstrative Theory
- Research in Education
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Key Courses
Fundamentals of Curriculum provides an overview of what a student should know and be able to do in K5-12 based on the Bob Jones Press textbook collection.
Educational Leadership provides basic principles of educational leadership for Christian school administrators, principals, and others in administrative positions.
School Business Management covers the basic administrative functions of the school administration. The course emphasizes distinctly Christian school management philosophy, recruitment of students, sound principles of business management, personnel practices, and the maintenance and development of educational facilities and equipment.
Supervision of Instruction provides several models of supervision helpful in improving the quality of instruction in the school.
Microcomputers for Administrators provides a review of educational software available for instructional and administrative applications in schools.
School Finance provides practical instruction in budget preparation and monitoring of Christian school finances, cash flow analysis, and government reporting requirements.
Personnel Administration covers the employment process, the development and supervision of personnel policies and procedures, and employment law.
Public Relations in Education provides an overview of the principles of public relations as they apply to the promotion of a Christian school.
Organizational and Administrative Theory focuses on the nature of organizational behavior and administration and its uses in the management and functioning of school systems.
The Principalship will cover foundations and functions of the principal and his unique responsibilities as they relate to his role as instructional leader in the Christian school.
Pupil Personnel Services deals with the wide range of responsibilities the school has in the area of personnel services. Typically, these responsibilities would be handled by the school guidance counselor; however, not every school has a guidance counselor. This course provides insights concerning the provision of these essential services with or without a counselor.
Career Opportunities
You could have as many as three good teaching opportunities to choose from as you look for a place to teach. We receive over three times as many requests for teachers as we have teachers to fill those requests. And, in the future, this ratio is going to increase as we, as a nation, face a national teacher shortage. You will be qualified to help meet this need and train young people both in the states and abroad.