Plan of Study

The IDEAL Program Plan of Study comprises 15 courses, including three internships that are conducted at the student’s school with the guidance of their instructor and the support of their school administrator mentor. The program is mandated in terms of coursework – you don’t have elective classes, and courses are scheduled on a pre-established rotation. The following table lists the coursework that you need to take for your degree:

PREFIX	NO.	Title	CREDITS
Leadership Foundations Coursework
ADE	6381	Leadership 1 - Adult Learning & Assessment	3
EDS	6100	Leadership 2 - Theory & Assessment	3
EDA	6103	Leadership 3 - Administrative Processes	3
Education Foundations Coursework
STA	6113	Statistical Methods in Education	3
EDF	6481	Educational Research Methods (pre- or co-requisite: Stat. Methods)	3
Professional Knowledge Coursework
EDA	6207	School Operations	3
EDF	6786	Law, Policy and Politics	3
EDS	6050	Instructional Leadership 1	3
EDS	6052	Instructional Leadership 2 (prerequisite: Instructional Leadership 1)	3
EDA	6300	Systems and Community	3
EDA	6931	Contemporary Trends in Education	3
Experiential Coursework
EDA	6945	Fall Internship	3
EDA	6946	Spring Internship	3
EDA	6947	Summer Internship	3
		TOTAL	42

IMPORTANT: Additional Graduation Requirements

• ESOL Endorsement -- Candidates in public schools who have not met their ESOL/ELL requirement of sixty (60) hours of ESOL district in-service points, or three (3) credit hours in a survey type ESOL course, must take TSL 4324 ESOL Strategies for Content Area Teachers prior to program completion. All other candidates must provide proof of ESOL Endorsement or Certification or may opt to take TSL 4324 ESOL Strategies for Content Area Teachers.
• There is no thesis requirement for this program.

All candidates must provide evidence to the Department of Educational Leadership that these requirements have been satisfied.