1. Prepares leaders and agents of change
An emphasis on leadership and school improvement begins when students enter the program and are carried on throughout
Leadership for Organizational Change taken the second summer
Directed Field Study, observing leadership with a mentor, taken the second summer
Students are encouraged to take electives to enrich their understanding of leadership
Action Research presented as a form of leadership and change
Provides field-based opportunities
Cycles of action research begin the first semester
Three successive aligned research-core classes support action research learning
Leader-scholar communities form during the third and fourth semester to support action research
An action research dissertation is the program’s capstone