UWF - School of Education - Educational Leadership Specialist Program

Education Leadership, Ed.S.

Educational Leadership Certification Option

The Educational Leadership, Ed.S., is designed primarily for professionals who hold positions of leadership in education or who aspire to provide educational leadership in PK-12 schools. The research component is practitioner-oriented with emphasis on the utilization of research findings for decision making.

The Certification Option, approved by the Florida Department of Education, covers the ten Florida Principal Leadership Standards and associated competencies and seeks to prepare students for the Florida Educational Leadership Exam (FELE). Students must successfully complete the FELE as a condition of earning their degree and receiving certification for school administration.

Required Coursework

Foundational Proficiencies

EDF 6404	Educational Statistics I	3
EDF 6481	Educational Research	3
Total Hours		6

Professional Core

EDF 6475	Qualitative Research I - Methods	3
EDF 7407	Educational Statistics II: General Linear Model	3
EDF 7685	Educational Foundations: A Philosophical and Multicultural Analysis	3
EDG 7346	Advanced Analysis of Curriculum and Instruction	3
EME 6317	Instructional Technology for Educational Leaders	3
Total Hours		15

Educational Leadership Certification Option

All students in the Educational Leadership Certification Option must pass the Florida Educational Leadership Examination (FELE) as a condition of completing their degree and receiving certification for school administration.

EDA 5191	Leadership in Education: School Improvement Theory and Practice	3
EDA 6063	Introduction to Educational Leadership	3
EDA 6222	Administration of School Personnel	3
EDA 6232	Law and Education	3
EDA 6240	Introduction to School Finance	3
EDA 6503	The Principalship	3
EDF 6460	Foundations of Measurement	3
EDG 6285	Data Driven Decisions Using Standardized Student Achievement Data	3
Total Hours		24

Additional Program Requirements

Students who do not hold current teaching certification must meet additional requirements:
- ESOL/ELL Requirement. Options for satisfying this requirement include:
  - Sixty hours of ESOL district inservice points; or
  - Three credit hours in a survey course, which can be satisfied by completing TSL 5085 ESOL Principles and Practices
- Florida Reading Competency 2. Options for satisfying this requirement include:
  - Completion of RED 6060 Foundations of Middle and Secondary Literacy;
  - EducatorReady - $125;
  - Northeast Florida Education Consortium (NEFEC) - $300;
  - BEACON Educator - $300; or
  - School district in-service