MA-EDLDR - Educational Leadership (MA) (30 units)

Master of Arts in Educational Leadership Program Learning Outcomes

During this program of study, each candidate will:

1. Integrate Intentional Design (IID):  Facilitate the development and implementation of a vision of learning that recognizes the needs of the school community. (IL, SR). Faith Foundation – God is hidden in human vocations as He works beneath appearances and through people to minister to the needs of all of His creation. As Isaiah wrote, “Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?’ and I said, ‘Here am I; send me!’” (Isaiah 6:8)

2. Apply Disciplinary Competencies (ADC): Collaborate with the community to promote social emotional learning, character, and ethics within school systems.  (CE, IL).  Faith Foundation – Acting with gratitude for God’s gracious blessings, we are called to be wise and faithful stewards of all that He provides for us as we serve His purposes. “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace.” (1 Peter 4:10)

3. Model Ethical Leadership (MEL):  Model servant leadership while actively nurturing and sustaining a school culture and instructional programs conducive to student learning and professional growth for faculty and staff.  (CE, EL, RP).  Faith Foundation – Jesus said, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.” (Mark 9:35) In our new baptismal identity, the Holy Spirit daily works in our hearts to shape us into the image of Christ Himself, whose sacrifice on the cross is the ultimate leadership model for lives lived in service to others. (See also Ephesians 4:15-16)

4. Exercise Informed Reflection (EIR): Implement a balanced approach to decision making in an educational environment. (IL, RP). Faith Foundation – Successful navigation through our ever more complex and rapidly changing world demands pause for reflection to discern God’s plans for His creation. St. Paul cautioned “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is –his good, pleasing and perfect will.” (Romans 12:2)

5. 5. Promote Active Learning (PAL): Identify effective strategies for lifelong learning in a global and digital world, including shaping a personal learning network to support continuous professional growth in servant leadership. (EC, CE). Faith Foundation – Christians value the processes of forgiveness, healing and learning through which God continually works to make us whole. “Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance, to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge…” (Proverbs 1:5-7a)