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MA in Catholic School Leadership (optional Admin Credential)
Admissions Requirements
In addition to standard School of Education application requirements, in order to be eligible for the Master of Arts in Catholic School Leadership, candidates must submit:
- Evidence of three years minimum Catholic school teaching experience at the elementary, secondary, or collegiate level, or deliberation by the CEL faculty to waive this prerequisite;
- In addition to the two School of Education form letters of recommendation, two letters testifying to commitment in ministry.
Degree Plan
The Master of Arts in Catholic School Leadership is comprised of 30 units from the courses below.
Core Curriculum | 21 Units
Ecclesial Principles of Catholic Education
Analysis and discussion of historical, philosophical, theological, and Sociological issues in American Catholic education.
Moral Development
Study of the major theories, research, materials and methods related to moral education, with particular emphasis on the dynamics of the Catholic school classroom.
Religious Educational Leadership
Analysis and discussion of effective ways to organize, evaluate, and improve religious education in church-related schools. Specific questions of staff development are addressed.
School Law and Private Education
Analysis of principal legal and constitutional issues in federal and state law affecting Catholic educators, including liability, contract law, and major church-state rulings.
Curriculum and Instruction Leadership in Schools
Models, research, and practical applications of design and evaluation of curriculum and instruction. Development of a curriculum model for a particular private school.
Leadership and Educational Administration
Examination of significant theories and research in the management of educational organizations, leadership, change, administrative styles, decision making, and informal organization. Emphasis on the administrator as facilitator of dialogue by collaborating with diocesan boards, staffs, pastors, school boards, and parents.
Personnel Leadership in Schools
Leadership theory, research, and practical skills applied to such Personnel issues as communication, problem-solving, conflict resolution, supervision, hiring and staff development.
M.A. Culminating Project
A project to stimulate the integration of knowledge and skills gained from the M.A. program, which is submitted as a formal report in partial fulfillment of the master's degree.
Electives | 9 Units
Students may choose from a variety of elective course offerings to fulfill this 9-unit requirement, including courses toward the Administrative Services Credential.
Administrative Services Credential
CEL collaborates with the Organization and Leadership Program to provide a Administrative Services Credential to those students who possess a Certified State Teaching Credential and who are working toward their M.A. or Ed.D. in Catholic School Leadership. The Administrative Services Credential is comprised of nine courses (27 units). Of the nine, seven are in the specific domains of content and competence. Four of the seven are ICEL offerings:
Leadership and Educational Administration
See description above.
Curriculum and Instruction Leadership in Schools
See description above.
Personnel Leadership in Schools
See description above.
Business and Financial Development
This course examines the role of the president/principal as leader in the area of accounting, budgeting, financing, planning, fund raising and business management for Catholic schools.
The three non-ICEL courses (offered through the Organization and Leadership Program) that pertain to specific domains of content and competence are:
Educational Governance and the Community
This course focuses on the following areas: roles of the school, parents and community in the educational process; economic, socio-cultural and political aspects of school-community relations; concepts for authority, power, and influence; roles of federal, state, and local agencies and professional organizations.
Public School Law
A survey of the American governmental structure with its levels of law and authority systems is applied to primary and secondary education. The topics covered are: (1) parental role in the education of minor children; (b) educational policy and its enforcement; (c) church/state issues in public and private schools; (d) state and local educational bodies, their governing authority and practices; (e) topics in tort liability; (f) educational law and educational professionals; (g) educational law and the minor student; (h) race and disability issues in primary and secondary education.
Information Technology in Educational Management
This course examines the uses of information in the management of educational institutions and issues administrators face in the management of this information including collection, storage, and dissemination. Focuses on integration and communications of information for decision-making. Includes an introduction to validity and reliability in tests and measurements; use of specific tools, such as school schedulers and pupil records; and human, technological, and legal issues in sharing information. Students will work in teams to develop “hands-on” projects. Prerequisite: Ability to use any personal computer for word processing or other tasks.
Two remaining courses provide the field experiences that incorporate the specific domains indicated above:
Field Experience I*
Field Experience II
*Students who have completed at least two years of service in a line administrator’s position in a school setting within the last five years may be permitted to waive Field Experience I. Permission to waive Field Experience I is granted upon recommendation of the Administrative Credential Programs Coordinator to the Dean after submission of appropriate documentation to the Program Coordinator.
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