| EDLS533 | Essential Concepts in School Safety And Crisis Management | The primary responsibility of school administrators is to ensure the safety and security of all school stakeholders. This module will examine foundational concepts of school safety and security, through the stages of crisis management: planning, prep... |
| EDLS550 | Educational Leadership | This course examines the interrelationship between organization and leadership within educational institutions. It explores the history of leadership thought with emphasis on intellectual, political, and social forces shaping leadership as well as th... |
| EDLS551 | Critical Concepts in Fiscal/Human Resources | This course provides a comprehensive examination of fiscal and human resource management within educational settings. Topics include foundational principles of school finance, budget development and analysis, resource allocation, and the impact of fi... |
| EDLS552 | Law, Ethics, and Labor Relations | This course examines legal, ethical, and labor relations issues in educational leadership, emphasizing the Ohio Educator Code of Conduct. Topics include case law, professional ethics, and best practices in educator-student relationships. Students wil... |
| EDLS553 | Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Leadership | This course examines the interdependent roles of curriculum, instruction, and assessment in fostering high-quality educational outcomes. Grounded in evidence-based practices and leadership frameworks, candidates will develop the knowledge and skills... |
| EDLS554 | Issues Impacting Student Achievement & Special Populations | This graduate-level course explores contemporary issues affecting student achievement, with a focus on the unique needs of special populations, including students with disabilities, gifted learners, English language learners, and neurodivergent learn... |
| EDLS555 | Research, Statistics, and Data in Education | This course introduces principal candidates to the foundational principles of research design, statistical analysis, and data interpretation in educational settings. Students will explore quantitative and qualitative research methods, apply statistic... |
| EDLS556 | Employee Leadership & Evaluation | This course provides principal candidates with the theoretical and practical foundations of leadership and evaluation within organizational settings, focusing on the development and assessment of employee performance. Grounded in the Ohio Standards f... |
| EDLS557 | Change Process & Professional Staff Development | This graduate-level course explores the theories, strategies, and practices associated with change processes in educational settings and professional staff development. Participants will examine change models, leadership strategies, and Ohio's Standa... |
| EDLS558 | Operations, School Safety, and Mental Health | This course explores operational leadership in education with a focus on school safety, mental health, and the effective management of facilities. Emphasizing the integration of mental health supports and physical safety measures, principal candidate... |
| EDLS559 | Capstone - Principal Internship | This clinical practice is a full semester internship that provides a supervised, practical field experience in educational leadership for aspiring principals. Candidates will engage in authentic leadership activities focusing on the development of hi... |
| EDLS9800 | Integrative Leadership Seminar | The Integrative Leadership Seminar is designed to introduce students to multiple facets of leadership from an interdisciplinary perspective. The seminar provides a framework for the doctoral student to develop learners' knowledge, skills, and leaders... |
| EDLS9819 | Becoming a Researcher | Becoming a Researcher is a required doctoral course, designed to introduce doctoral students to academic research in leadership studies and to the scholarly community. By reviewing and critiquing recent research studies, students will build an unders... |
| EDLS9820 | Quantitative Research Design | This course is designed to provide students with the concepts and tools needed to read, understand, interpret, analyze, and evaluate quantitative literature in the field of leadership studies. In addition, students learn to apply various quantitative... |
| EDLS9821 | Qualitative Research Design | This is a course designed to acquaint students with qualitative methodology and design. Students are introduced to the philosophical underpinnings of qualitative inquiry, with a focus on anthropological and sociological antecedents of such inquiry. T... |
| EDLS9822 | Seminars in Educational Research | In this seminar students learn how to determine which research techniques are appropriate to use with the research questions posed in their initial dissertation topics. Students undertake an intensive study of the quantitative and/or qualitative tool... |
| EDLS9823 | Dissertation Proposal Development Seminar | In this course, doctoral students will learn the appropriate methods and techniques to use with the research questions presented in their proposed dissertation topics. They will learn how to conduct an advanced database search and undertake an intens... |
| EDLS9825 | Seminar in Leadership Research | In this seminar students learn how to determine which research techniques are appropriate to use with the research questions posed in their initial dissertation topics. Students undertake an intensive study of the quantitative and/or qualitative tool... |
| EDLS9826 | Seminar in Leadership Research | In this seminar students learn how to determine which research techniques are appropriate to use with the research questions posed in their initial dissertation topics. Students undertake an intensive study of the quantitative and/or qualitative tool... |
| EDLS9827 | Seminar in Leadership Research | In this seminar students learn how to determine which research techniques are appropriate to use with the research questions posed in their initial dissertation topics. Students undertake an intensive study of the quantitative and/or qualitative tool... |
| EDLS9828 | Seminar in Leadership Research | In this seminar students learn how to determine which research techniques are appropriate to use with the research questions posed in their initial dissertation topics. Students undertake an intensive study of the quantitative and/or qualitative tool... |
| EDLS9829 | Leadership Research | In this seminar, students learn how to determine which theoretical and conceptual frameworks are appropriate to use with the research questions related to their initial areas of interest. Students undertake an intensive study of the theoretical and c... |
| EDLS9830 | Doctoral Mentorship | The doctoral program calls for the formation of a collaborative partnership among the doctoral student, a mentor from the University's doctoral faculty, and the employer of the doctoral student. The purpose of this partnership is to utilize the resou... |
| EDLS9841 | Issues and Trends in Computer- Mediated Learning and Teaching | This course represents an overview of the influence of computer and other instructional technology on formal learning and teaching. Attention will be given to historical, social, and psychological perspectives on media and technology, followed by cur... |
| EDLS9846 | Advanced Studies in Professional Development | This course is designed to assist professional development practitioners in gaining knowledge and tools necessary to design, implement and evaluate programs for professional growth in an educational context. The course will center on major themes, ea... |
| EDLS9860 | Institutional Effectiveness | Institutional effectiveness represents the second generation of organizational development theories and considers multiple aspects of organizational health. High performance organizations are concerned about improving all facets of their work. Topics... |
| EDLS9880 | Leadership Theory | This course will provide an essential theoretical understanding of leadership, authority, and group dynamics in a format designed to generate personal insights into one's own patterns of response to social forces, as well as to develop practical skil... |
| EDLS9881 | Organizational Behavior | This course examines the interaction of people in the context of the organizational environment along with the environmental presses that influence organizational dynamics at the macro and micro levels. Management history provides a backdrop for unde... |
| EDLS9887 | Institutional Policy and Leadership | This course blends the study of law and policy. Policy is manifested in the statutes, regulations, guidelines and codifications that define the purposes and parameters of specific actions, establish individual and institutional responsibilities, outl... |
| EDLS9888 | Human Capital and Public Policy | Human capital is the knowledge, skills, competencies, and attributes that reside in people. Higher levels of human capital bring economic growth and better quality of life to a society. Government investments in such services as health, workforce rea... |
| EDLS9889 | Organizational Development | Organizational development (OD) is an organizational improvement strategy that utilizes behavioral science principles and practices to increase individual and organizational effectiveness. Organizations must address the opportunities and challenges i... |
| EDLS9898 | Seminar/Topics in Organziational Leadership | Individual and group study of specific aspects of leadership and organizational dynamics. |
| EDLS9899 | Dissertation | The Ed.D dissertation is an advanced level scholarly investigation. The details of the study and means of pursuing the study are determined jointly by the candidate and the members of the dissertation committee. Students enrolled for this course are... |
| EDLSELCT | Educational Leadership Studies Elective | No Description Set |