M.Ed.

in Education Leadership (30 units total)

Summer Fall Winter





Core Values &
Foundations (3)

Reflect on how leaders
cultivate a shared
vision in schools

Equity, Diversity
& Design
Principles (1.5)

Design for
Deeper Learning
(1.5)

Facilitating Adult
Learning
(1.5)

Reflect on and
address an equity
issue at your school

Design and teach a

deeper learning
project

Facilitate an adult
learning experience
at your school

Inquiry into Practice I:

Integrating
Theory & Practice (3)

Leadership Fieldwork I (3)

School Law (1.5)

Develop a leadership
approach to a student
discipline case study

Spring

Implement a leadership change project using

cycles of inquiry, action and reflection to guide
next steps

Design, implement and reflect on 2 activities

connected to the leadership standards

School Budgeting
(1.5)

Leading
Innovative
Schools

Create a plan for

leveraging
resources for equity

Use design thinking

to create or
transform a school

Inquiry into Practice III:
Analysis & Publication (3)

Share your learning through a peer-reviewed
journal, a final product (designed for a
practitioner audience) and professional
presentation

Leadership Fieldwork II (3)

Design, implement and reflect on 2 activities

connected to the leadership standards

Inquiry into Practice II:
Methods & Implementation (3)

Develop an inquiry question and proposal

using improvement research methodology to
guide a leadership change project at your
school

KEY:

Leadership Fieldwork III (3)

Design, implement and reflect on 2 activities
connected to the leadership standards

7 day summer intensive
course

6 week core courses

12 week courses supporting

masters project

12 week courses supporting

leadership fieldwork