{"id":8795,"date":"2022-04-06T03:04:21","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T03:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/new-jsuonline\/?page_id=8795"},"modified":"2022-04-06T03:39:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T03:39:30","slug":"specialist-level-educational-leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/new-jsuonline\/specialist-level-educational-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Specialist Level Educational Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Specialist in Education \u2013 Educational Administration (K-12) Concentration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Specialist in education degree is a 33-hour program designed for educator who have already obtained a Master\u2019s degree. This program is best suited for those who are seeking to further their leadership abilities and looking for promotion and career advancement. Further, specialist in education will help teachers who are looking to obtain administrative licensure and possibly a doctoral degree in the future.<br \/>\nGeneral Admission Requirements<br \/>\n\u2022 General and International Students<\/p>\n<p><strong>Admission Requirements<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 A master\u2019s degree from an accredited college or university<br \/>\n\u2022 An overall GPA of 3.0 or above (on a 4.0 scale) for the master\u2019s degree<br \/>\n\u2022 A completed Specialist program application<br \/>\n\u2022 Three letters of recommendation<br \/>\n\u2022 Acceptable evidence of the applicant\u2019s writing ability as determined by a writing assessment completed under the supervision of the screening committee<br \/>\n\u2022 A successful interview with the program screening committee<br \/>\n\u2022 A recommendation for admission by the screening committee<br \/>\n\u2022 A student must hold a valid teaching license<br \/>\n\u2022 Deadline for applications for summer\/fall admissions is March 1.<br \/>\n\u2022 Valid teaching certificate and a Masters in Educational Leadership<br \/>\n\u2022 At least 3 years of full-time teaching experience<\/p>\n<p><strong>Degree Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students are required to complete 33 credit hours beyond the master\u2019s degree and obtain a passing score on the Graduate Comprehensive Examination.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Program Curriculum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/new-jsuonline\/files\/2022\/04\/JSU-Curriculum-Sheet-EDS-2020-1.pdf\">Specialist in Education K-12 Educational Administration Concentration Curriculum<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Descriptions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/new-jsuonline\/specialist-educational-leadership-course-description\/\">Specialist in Education K-12 Educational Administration Concentration Course Descriptions<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>EDFL Faculty and Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/eduleadership\/edfl-faculty-and-staff\/\">https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/eduleadership\/edfl-faculty-and-staff\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Specialist in Education \u2013 Educational Administration (K-12) Concentration The Specialist in education degree is a 33-hour program designed for educator who have already obtained a Master\u2019s degree. This program is best suited for those who are seeking to further their leadership abilities and looking for promotion and career advancement. Further, specialist in education will help [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/new-jsuonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8795"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/new-jsuonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/new-jsuonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/new-jsuonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/new-jsuonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8795"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/new-jsuonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8799,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/new-jsuonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8795\/revisions\/8799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/new-jsuonline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}