School Leaders K-12 Program
School Leaders (K-12) Concentration (with certification): Program Information
Course Requirements: Specialist with a Certification Degree
The following lists the coursework that you must take in order to meet the requirements for the School Leaders School Leaders (K-12) Concentration (with certification) Program Degree. The Florida Educational Leadership Exam (FELE) must be taken and passed before graduation.
The Leadership Foundations must be completed prior to registration for any Experiential Learning courses.
| Degree Requirements | 48 credits |
| Leadership Foundation | 9 credits |
| ADE 6381 – Leadership 1: Adult Learning and Assessment | 3 |
| EDS 6100 – Leadership 2: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| EDA 6103 – Leadership 3: Administrative Processes | 3 |
| Research and Technology Foundation | 9 credits |
| STA 6113 – Research and Statistics 1 | 3 |
| EDF 6481 – Research and Statistics 2 | 3 |
| EDA 6415 – Introduction to Qualitative Inquiry | 3 |
| Professional Knowledge | 21 credits |
| EDA 6232 – Law and Policy | 3 |
| EDA 6300 – Systems and Community | 3 |
| EDA 6207 – School Operations | 3 |
| EDF 6786 – Policy and Politics | 3 |
| EDS 6050 – Instructional Leadership I | 3 |
| EDS 6052 – Instructional Leadership II | 3 |
| EDA 6191 – Leadership for Social Justice | 3 |
| Experiential Component | 9 credits |
| EDA 6945 – Fall School Leadership Internship | 2 |
| EDA 6946 – Spring School Leadership Internship | 2 |
| EDA 6947 – Summer School Leadership Internship | 2 |
| EDA 7943 – Field Project 1 | 3 |
† ESOL Requirement -- Candidates who have not met their ESOL/ELL requirement of sixty (60) hours of ESOL district inservice points or three (3) credit hours in a survey type ESOL course must take the following course prior to program completion: TSL 4324 ESOL Strategies for Content Area Teachers
All candidates must provide evidence to the Department of Educational Leadership that this requirement has been satisfied.