Educational Leadership (M.A.E.D.)
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Dr. Andrea Lee
Chair, Department of Educational Specialties
Location: Claxton Building, Room 304A
Phone: (931) 221-7098
Email: leea@apsu.edu
Dr. Christi Maldonado
Assistant Professor
Location: Claxton Building, Room 304B
Phone: (931) 221-7510
Email: maldonadoc@apsu.edu
Program Description
This performance-based curriculum for prospective school administrators is based on the standards set by the Tennessee Instructional Leadership Standards (TILS). This 30-hour program is designed to prepare candidates for administrative positions in K-12 schools. The M.A.Ed. in Educational Leadership Studies is an online program and designed to be taken as a cohort. Students will complete an internship through field-based experiences that are embedded as assignments within courses. After completing the program and passing the required state exams, students will be eligible for licensure as a Tennessee school administrator.
Listed below are the required application materials and the associated scores (if necessary) for each.
Admission Requirements
All applicants must submit the following items to the College of Graduate Studies:
Application for admission
Application Fee: $45 domestic or $55 international
Official transcripts from all colleges attended
Verification of lawful presence in the United States (i.e. driver license or other approved document)
Undergraduate GPA of 3.0
Military documents (if applicable)
A valid teaching license
Note: Three years of experience are required with a valid teaching license. Permits or clinical work experience cannot be counted for this purpose.
A completed questionnaire evaluating leadership readiness from your principal who will agree to mentor you and provide opportunities to complete job-embedded assignments
A letter of recommendation from a recent supervisor/practicing administrator
Three years of current summative teacher evaluations*
A one-page (double-spaced) philosophy of education
If requested, written responses to educational leadership questionnaire. The program coordinator will contact you.
Once your application is complete, you will be asked to participate in a program entrance assignment.
*Once you have been accepted, you must submit the TN Department of Education Experience Verification Form within the first semester as evidence of 3 full years of classroom teaching.
For more information about the application process, please visit apsu.edu/grad-studies
