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Leadership in Schools

The Leadership in Schools concentration prepares educators to assume building-level leadership responsibilities such as collaborating with leadership teams, helping design quality staff development, insuring effective instructional leadership, mentoring others and articulating and implementing a vision for excellent and safe schools. The leadership program is comprised of 33 credit hours, and, upon successful completion, meets the South Dakota Department of Education rules for certification as a school principal. This program meets USF, state and national Leadership in Schools standards.

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Degree Plans

Coursework

Core Courses Credit Hours Format
Edu 501 Professional and Ethical Leadership 3 Summer or Online
Edu 521 Curriculum Development and Design 3 Summer
Edu 585 Research Methods 3 Online
 
Leadership Concentration    
Edu 522 Practicum: Curriculum Development and Design-Elementary Emphasis

or

Edu 530 Practicum: Curriculum Development and Design-Secondary Emphasis 		3 Fall
Edu 531 Legal Foundations of Education 3 Summer
Edu 532 Practicum: School Law Applications for Student Discipline and Staff Development 3 Spring
Edu 566 Site-Based Fiscal Administration* 2 Summer
Edu 551 Professional, Student and Staff Development 3 Summer
Edu 561 Management of School and Community Resources 3 Summer
Edu 562 Diversity Issues in Education* 3 Summer
Edu 589 Practicum: Critical Issues Research Seminar* 2/2 Fall/Spring
Total Credits 33  


For additional information, please contact Dr. Becky Thurman at 605-575-2083 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .