Department: EDLS Educational Leadership

Code Name Description
EDLS501 Vision and Goals for School Leaders The development of a sound vision with accompanying goals is the cornerstone of effective school leadership. This module will examine various concepts that can be used to lead schools in a visionary and collaborative manner with accompanying goal set...
EDLS502 Critical Concepts in Fiscal Resource Management The module is designed to provide the student with basic concepts centered around overall fiscal management of a school building. The student will examine concepts regarding budgetary and fiscal documents, along with the allocation and management of...
EDLS503 Critical Concepts in Human Resource Management This module will examine concepts that can be used in the various human resources functions of a building or district educational leadership. Through the acquisition of these concepts, the student will help promote district and building level goals a...
EDLS511 Theories of Instructional Leadership The theories and concepts of instructional leadership are examined in this module. Various facets of instructional leadership are emphasized, specifically human behavior within the context of the building level organization.
EDLS512 Issues Impacting Student Achievement This module examines critical issues that impact student achievement including but not limited to: political and financial constraints, ethical and cultural influences, community partnerships, and equitable treatment.
EDLS513 Improving Instruction This module examines the role of instructional leadership as a crucial catalyst to promote the success of students. Theories and approaches for improving instruction through educational leadership and organizational management will be explored.
EDLS521 Organizational Behavior in Education This module examines the behavior of persons in organizational settings and its effect on the learning process. The module suggests ways in which an organization can cope with rapid change, and discusses the effects of organizational climate and orga...
EDLS522 Organizational Climate and Culture Climate and culture are critical influences on the learning experience and can be the difference in all students' success. This module will examine the basic theories and concepts of school climate and culture, and ways in which high expectations pro...
EDLS523 Organization Management for Educational Leaders This module explores the diverse aspects of organizational management in an educational setting. The effective allocation and deployment of resources related to personnel, time, money, and facilities to achieve organizational goals will be discussed.
EDLS531 Legal Issues in Educational Leadership This module covers basic school law and legal principles originating in constitutional, statutory, judicial and common law relevant to the legal framework of the public education, including special education law and its applicability in Ohio.
EDLS532 Ethical, Professional and Legal Dimensions of Educational Leadership This module addresses the scope of ethical and professional dimensions of the educational leader, including legal principles originating in constitutional, statutory, judicial and common law.
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...
EDLS541 Professional Development in Education This module prepares leaders with the knowledge and skills to develop, implement and evaluate effective professional development programs. Lifelong learning, professional learning communities, and other continuing education approaches will be examine...
EDLS542 Political Dimensions of Educational Leadership This module is designed to assist students to understand the interplay of the political, social, and economic, legal, ethical, and cultural contexts of education - at the local, state, and federal levels - in promoting the success of all student grou...
EDLS601 The Visionary School Leader This module is an application of the concepts of leading with a sound vision and accompanying goals. Students will engage in the construction of ways to lead schools in a visionary and collaborative manner with accompanying practical and realistic ap...
EDLS602 Managing Fiscal Resources The module is designed to provide the student with application processes for the overall fiscal management of a school building. The student will engage in applying budgetary and fiscal plans and documents, along with the allocation and management of...
EDLS603 Managing Human Resources This module is designed for a student seeking a license as a school principal. The student will acquire and apply the human resources functions that help support building level goals and promotes success for all student groups.
EDLS622 Transforming Organizational Climate And Culture This module will examine the application of the basic theories and concepts of school climate and culture, specifically ways in which high expectations promote success for all students.
EDLS633 Safety and Crisis Management for Educational Leaders The primary responsibility of school administrators is to ensure the safety and security of all school stakeholders. This module will examine how to develop, apply and implement foundational concepts of school safety and security, through the stages...
EDLS641 Professional Development in Action This module is designed to prepare leaders who have the knowledge and skills to develop, implement and evaluate effective professional development programs. Participants will be expected to demonstrate effective utilization of knowledge-based skills...
EDLS701 Capstone I: Emerging Issues in Instructional Leadership This is the first of the three-part module for the capstone experience. In this one-hour module, students will explore newly emerging issues related to instructional leadership that are beyond the scope of the MED and administrative licensure content...
EDLS702 Capstone Ii: Emerging Issues in Organizational Management This is the second of the three-part module for the capstone experience. In this one-hour module, students will explore newly emerging issues related to organizational management that are beyond the scope of the MED and administrative licensure conte...
EDLS703 Capstone III: Inquiry Seminar on Emerging Issues in Education This is the third of the three-part module for the capstone experience. In this one-hour module, students will produce an independent study project that extends/applies/researches their chosen emerging issue in education.
EDLS721 Administrative Internship I: Creation And Research of a School Improvement Project Administrative Internship 1: Creation and Research of a School Improvement Project is a planned, supervised and evaluated field-based internship experience. It is designed as the culminating field experience for candidates seeking the M.Ed. and requi...
EDLS722 Administrative Internship II: Completion and Presentation of a School Improvement Project Administrative Internship 2: Completion and Presentation of a School Improvement Project is planned, supervised and evaluated field-based internship experience. It is designed as the culminating field experience for candidates seeking the M.Ed. and r...
EDLS723 Administrative Internship III: Administrative Activities, Building Level/Principal The Administrative Internship 3: Administrative Activities, is the third part of a planned, supervised and evaluated field-based internship experience. It is designed as the culminating field experience for students seeking the M.Ed. and requires can...
EDLS724 Administrative Internship IV: Professional Practice, Building Level/ Principal The Administrative Internship 4, Professional Practice, is the fourth and final part of a planned, supervised, and evaluated field-based internship experience. It is designed as the culminating field experience for students seeking the M.Ed. and requ...
EDLS725 Administrative Internship III: Administrative Activities, District Level/CIPD The Administrative Internship 3, Administrative Activities, is the third part of a planned, supervised and evaluated field-based internship experience. It is designed as the culminating field experience for students seeking the M.Ed. and requires can...
EDLS726 Administrative Internship IV: Professional Practice, District Level/ CIPD The Administrative Internship 4, Professional Practice, is the final part of a planned, supervised and evaluated field-based internship experience. It is designed as the culminating field experience for students seeking the M.Ed. The internship requi...
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...
EDLS9847 Change Process and Professional Development A course designed to provide an understanding of the theories and practices related to change as it impacts decisions about professional development in formal organizations such as educational settings. The student will use his/her professional assig...
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