EdS in Educational Leadership

Collaborative Online Degree

This 100 percent online, consortial program is taught by IU South Bend, IU East, IUPUI, IU Kokomo, IU Northwest,  and IU Southeast. This consortial model allows you to take coursework from several campuses and learn from a wide range of faculty.

Many online support services are available to assist you as you progress through the program.

Education Specialist

As a teacher, you have valuable experience that gives you a unique understanding of the challenges that students and schools face. Build upon those experiences as an administrator.

The IU Online EdS in Educational Leadership prepares you to take on leadership roles in your school, district, or educational organization. In this program, you are trained to:

• Promote the current and future success and well-being of all students.
• Apply your knowledge and skills to collaboratively lead, design, and implement a district mission, vision, and process.
• Foster continuous improvement at the district level which reflects a core set of values and priorities that include data use, technology, values, equity, diversity, digital citizenship, and community.
• Advocate for ethical decisions and cultivate professional norms and culture.
• Develop and maintain a supportive, equitable, culturally responsive, and inclusive district culture.
• Evaluate, design, cultivate, and implement coherent systems of curriculum, instruction, data systems, supports, assessment, and instructional leadership.
• Engage families, communities, and other constituents in the work of schools and the district and to advocate for district, student, and community needs.
• Develop, monitor, evaluate, and manage data-informed and equitable district systems for operations, resources, technology, and human capital management.
• Cultivate relationships, lead collaborative decision making and governance, and represent and advocate for district needs in broader policy conversations.

Of Special Interest for K-12 Teachers Wanting to Transition to the Role of Administrator

• Applicants with a bachelor’s degree plus two years of classroom experience can enter the program directly and earn the degree after completing 60 hours of graduate coursework in educational leadership.
• Applicants with an advanced post-baccalaureate degree can apply up to 30 credit hours of coursework toward the requirements of this program.
• Applicants holding a post-baccalaureate degree from Indiana University may apply up to 36 credit hours.

Admissions

Admissions requirements vary by campus.

Degree Requirements (60 cr.)

To earn the EdS in Educational Leadership, you must complete 60 credit hours:

• Building-Level Administrator Requirements (24 cr.)
• District-Level Administrator Requirements (27 cr.)
• Electives and Leadership Seminar (9 cr.)

Building-Level Administrator Requirements (24 cr.)

Mission, Vision, and Improvement of Schools

• EDUC-A 500 Introduction to Educational Leadership

Ethics and Profesional Norms

• EDUC-A 608 Legal and Ethical Perspectives on Education

Equity, Inclusiveness, and Cultural Responsiveness

• EDUC-H 520 Education and Social Issues

Learning and Instruction

Select one from the following:

• EDUC-A 624 Educational Leadership: The Principal K-12
• EDUC-J 500 Instruction in the Context of Curriculum

Community and External Leadership

• EDUC-A 510 School Community Relations

Building Professional Capacity

• EDUC-A 515 Instructional Leadership, Supervision, and Development

Operations and Management

Select one of the following:

• EDUC-A 630 Economic Dimensions of Education
• EDUC-A 635 Public School Budgeting and Accounting

Internship

• EDUC-A 695 Practicum in Educational Leadership

District-Level Administrator Requirements (33 cr.)

Mission, Vision, and Improvement of Schools

• EDUC-A 671 Planning and Change in Educational Organizations

Ethics and Professional Norms

• EDUC-A 615 Advanced School Law

Equity, Inclusiveness, and Cultural Responsiveness

Select one of the following:

• EDUC-A 675 Leadership in Special Education
• EDUC-J 655 Seminar in Multicultural And Global Education
• EDUC-T 531 Organizational Change in Cultural and Linguistical Diverse Schools

Learning and Instruction

• EDUC-J 630 Curriculum Theory and Practice

Community and External Leadership

• EDUC-T 550 Cultural and Community Forces and the Schools

Operations Management

• EDUC-A 653 Organizational Context of Education

Policy, Governance, and Advocacy

Select one of the following:

• EDUC-A 560 Political Perspectives of Education
• EDUC-A 672 Moral Dimensions of Leadership

Internship

• EDUC-A 785 Internship in Educational Leadership

Leadership Seminar/Project/Thesis (3 cr.)

Select one of the following:

• EDUC-A 680 Educational Specialist Seminar (Educational Leadership)
• EDUC-A 754 Seminar in Research in Educational Leadership

Electives and Leadership Seminar (9 cr.) 

Select three from the following:

• EDUC-A 530 Statistical Data for Educational Leaders
• EDUC-A 590 Independent Study in Educational Leadership
• EDUC-A 629 Continuous School Improvement and Data-Informed Decision Making
• EDUC-P 507 Assessment in Schools
• EDUC-P 540 Learning and Cognition in Education
• EDUC-Y 502 Intermediate Statistics Applied to Education
• EDUC-Y 510 Action Research I