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Instructional Leadership
Center for Excellence in Education
Eastburn Education Center (building 27),
PO Box 5774, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5774
520-523-4129
Graduate Studies Office--520-523-5342
"Programs in instructional leadership are designed to provide you with advanced understandings and skills related to teaching and learning."
--Sam Minner, Chair
Introduction
We offer programs leading to an M.Ed. in early childhood education, elementary education, or secondary education to enhance your teaching skills. These programs offer you advanced courses in teaching methods, curriculum, and related areas. We also have a program of studies for the reading endorsement, which you may pursue separately or as part of a degree program.
We also offer a master's program in vocational technological education (M.V.E.). This program challenges you to examine alternative strategies for education and training and prepares you for educational innovation. The core courses for this program emphasize the principles of program development, instructional management, and public relations. Additional courses allow you to choose specific content areas or study advanced principles in vocational technological administration and pedagogy.
Finally, we offer our Ed.D. in curriculum and instruction for doctoral students seeking the most advanced preparation in teaching and learning.
Our instructional leadership faculty represent a diversity of educational expertise and considerable work experience at all levels of education, and we combine teaching with research, publication, university and community service, and other professional endeavors.
Admission Requirements
To apply for admission, you must submit an application and official transcripts to NAU's Graduate College.
In addition, you must meet specific requirements, depending on which program you are applying for. We describe these requirements in the sections that follow.
Master's Programs
To be admitted to a master's program in early childhood, elementary, or secondary education, you must have one of the following:
To apply to the vocational technological education program, you must submit an application and official transcripts to NAU's Graduate College.
You must also submit the following directly to our department:
Contact a vocational technological education adviser for application deadlines. You must be admitted to the program by the time you have completed the first 12 hours required for your degree; any credit taken after the first 12 hours but before being admitted may not count toward your degree.
Doctoral Program
In addition to applying to NAU's Graduate College, you must contact CEE's Graduate Studies Office for application information and reference forms for the Ed.D. program in curriculum and instruction.
Financial Assistance
We offer graduate assistantships through CEE's Graduate Studies Office. To be eligible, you must have met all admission requirements for your program.
The number of assistantships we have to offer is limited, and you must apply early in the semester before the semester for which you need the assistantship.
You can find additional information in the Financial Information chapter of this catalog.
Placement Assistance
Our faculty can often help you establish contacts with prospective employers, as employers tell us about their needs for school personnel.
You can also get assistance through NAU's Career Services office.
Degrees and
Endorsement Program Offered
You can pursue the following programs in instructional leadership:
We provide a general overview of each of these programs in the sections that follow. For detailed information, contact CEE's Graduate Studies Office.
M.Ed. in
Early Childhood Education
We designed this program for teachers wishing to develop skills in working with preschool and primary children.
To earn this degree, you must take 36 credit hours, including 6 hours in educational foundations courses, a 12-hour emphasis in early childhood education, 6 hours of related elementary education courses, a 9-hour interdisciplinary emphasis, and 3 hours of electives.
At least fifty percent of the courses in your program must be at the 600 level or above. In addition, you must be admitted to this degree program before taking your last 12 hours of graduate work.
Currently, we offer courses for this degree during summer sessions on the Flagstaff campus and at locations other than Flagstaff, although we also occasionally offer courses in Flagstaff during fall and spring.
M.Ed. in
Elementary Education
You may pursue this degree under the extended coursework plan by taking 36 credit hours, including 9 hours of educational foundations courses, 18-212 hours of elementary education courses, and 6-9 hours of cognate courses.
You may also pursue this degree under the thesis plan with 3 hours. (Please note that you may end up taking more hours of thesis credit than you can count toward your degree. This is because you must register for ECI 699 each semester while you work on your thesis.)
Under either plan, at least fifty percent of your courses must be at the 600 level or above. In addition, you must be admitted to this degree program before taking your last 12 hours of graduate work.
Currently, we offer courses for this degree during summer sessions on the Flagstaff campus and at locations other than Flagstaff, although courses are also occasionally offered in Flagstaff during fall and spring.
M.Ed. in
Secondary Education
This program provides an opportunity for you to pursue additional coursework in an academic area while strengthening your understanding of educational concepts.
You may pursue this degree program under the extended coursework plan by taking 36 credit hours, including a 12-hour required core of education courses, a 12-hour subject matter minor, 6 hours of professional education courses, and 6 hours of electives.
You may also pursue this degree under the thesis plan with 3 hours. (Please note that you may end up taking more hours of thesis credit than you can count toward your degree. This is because you must register for ECI 699 each semester while you work on your thesis.)
Under either plan, at least fifty percent of your courses must be at the 600 level or above. In addition, you must be admitted to this degree program before taking your last 12 hours of graduate work.
Currently, we offer courses for this degree during summer sessions on the Flagstaff campus and at locations other than Flagstaff, although courses are also occasionally offered in Flagstaff during fall and spring.
Reading Specialist Endorsement
To prepare for this endorsement, you must complete a master's degree in education or have at least 30 graduate hours. In addition, you must have a valid teaching certificate at the appropriate level, 15 hours in graduate reading courses, and documented classroom experience.
You may take reading endorsement courses as part of a master's degree program. You must take these courses in a designated sequence.
Currently, we offer courses for this endorsement during summer sessions on the Flagstaff campus and at locations other than Flagstaff, although courses are also occasionally offered in Flagstaff during fall and spring.
Master of Vocational Education
To earn this degree, you must take 9 hours of core courses, 12 hours of professional courses in education and psychology other than vocational technological education, and 15 hours of vocational technological education specialization courses.
The 9-hour core includes:
The 12 hours of professional courses in education and psychology include courses from the following list
One of the following:
VTE 691 Research in Vocational Technological Education (recommended)
EDR 610 Introduction to Research
PSY 525 Introductory Statistics
One of the following:
VTE 670 Adult Education
CC 580 The Community College
ECI 666 Problems in Secondary School Curriculum
ECI 675 Principles of Curriculum Construction
ECI 696 Professional Problems of Teachers
EDL 600 Leadership Skills
EDL 630 Leadership Development
One of the following:
EDF 670 Philosophy of Education
EDF 671 History of American Education
EDF 672 Comparative Education
EDF 677 Educational Sociology
One of the following:
EPS 591 Personality Adjustment
EPS 605 Applied Educational Psychology
EPS 611 Adolescent Psychology
You may pursue this degree under either the extended coursework or thesis plan. Under the extended coursework plan, you must complete 36 credit hours and a final written report on a topic selected by our vocational technological education faculty. You must also successfully complete a final oral examination to the faculty.
Under the thesis plan, you must complete 36 credit hours including 6 hours for the thesis, and you must satisfactorily defend your thesis. (Please note that you can only count 6 hours of thesis credit toward your degree. However, you may end up taking more hours because you must register for VTE 699 each semester while you are working on your thesis.)
Please be aware that your last 12 hours in this program must be taken through NAU.
Ed.D. in
Curriculum and Instruction
This degree is appropriate if you are seeking advanced preparation in teaching and learning and wish to prepare for professional participation in public and private schools, community colleges, and government and other agencies.
For this degree, you must take:
Please note that you may end up taking more dissertation hours than the required 9 credits because you must register for ECI 799 each semester while working on your dissertation.
For detailed information about admissions, residency, and other program features, contact CEE's Graduate Studies Office.
Curriculum and Instruction Courses
Some courses may not be offered every semester. Check with the department for current information about when specific courses are offered.
ECI 501 Creativity and Giftedness in the Classroom (3). The nature and nurture of creativity as a form of giftedness; selection and use of methods and materials for teaching students to think creatively about public-school curricula.
ECI 524 Seminar in the Development of Language: Young Children (3). Research and theories concerning language development, acquisition, and use by young children; emphasis on the work of the developmentalists.
ECI 526 Parental Involvement in Education (3). Planning supervision and organization of parent involvement activities at home and center-based teaching.
ECI 531 Foundations of Reading Instruction (3). Theories of language acquisition and reading instruction including bilingual and bicultural considerations. Authorities, philosophies, methodology, and materials are presented and evaluated for strengths and weaknesses.
ECI 541 Corrective and Remedial Reading (3). Principles, methods, specialized materials, and diagnostic tests for use in remediation of basic skill deficiencies with disabled readers; clinical experience in test administration. Prerequisite: ECI 531.
ECI 545 The Teacher and the Bilingual Student (3). Instructional strategy and problems unique to teaching in the bilingual classroom including methodology, history, culture, and values.
ECI 547 Classroom Microcomputer Applications (3). A teaching methods course in which students design, implement, and evaluate instructional materials. Emphasis on instructional modules. Prerequisite: ECI 447. Fee required.
ECI 551 Clinical Practice in Reading (3). Clinical experience with tutoring children with serious disabilities in reading, diagnostic testing, case studies, and clinical report writing. Prerequisite: ECI 541.
ECI 557 Microcomputer Languages for Educators (3). Provides students with in-depth programming skills in a specific microcomputer language. Educational applications are stressed. Prerequisites: ECI 447 and 547. Fee required.
ECI 567 Advanced Microcomputer Applications and Planning (3). Additional hardware and software interfaces, educational networks, and microcomputer program development for schools. Prerequisites: ECI 447, 547, and 557.
ECI 593 Public School In-Service Workshop (1-3). (Normally, no more than one-sixth of the credit hours taken from NAU in a graduate program may be in teacher in-service workshops--for instance, no more than 6 hours in a 36-hour master's program.)
ECI 599 Contemporary Developments (1-3).
ECI 602 Advanced Children's Literature (3). Review of the development of children's literature, past to present; types and characteristics of literature written for children; major award winners; practical uses in the classroom.
ECI 608 Fieldwork Experience (1-12). Fee required.
ECI 620 Early Childhood Curriculum (3). Foundations of curriculum development and existing early childhood curricula.
ECI 621 Selected Topics in Early Childhood Education (1-6). Covers major issues in early childhood education.
ECI 622 Early Education of the Exceptional Child (3). The early development of the exceptional child with emphasis on early perceptual, conceptual, and social development; introduction and discussion of curriculum modifications as well as methods and materials.
ECI 623 Practicum in Early Childhood Education (1-6).A topical course covering major issues in early childhood education.
ECI 625 Development of Children's Logical Concepts (3). ChildrenÍs concepts and their development with particular emphasis on the theories and research of developmental psychologists.
ECI 630 Values Education (3). Opportunities to become familiar with current theories and practices of value education in elementary and secondary schools. Major emphasis on combining theory and practice with a focus on practical applications for classroom use.
ECI 642 Modern Language-Arts Instruction (3). Problems faced in the field of language arts, approached through study of research and current trends.
ECI 643 Modern Elementary School Mathematics (3). Problems faced in the field of arithmetic approached through study of research and current trends. Prerequisite: ECI 300.
ECI 644 Modern Elementary School Social Science (3). Problems faced in the field of social science approached through study of research and current trends.
ECI 645 Modern Elementary School Science (3). Evaluation of texts and reference material in science; use of homemade and commercial equipment; extension of subject matter concepts in the physical and biological fields.
ECI 646 Diagnosis and Prescription in Elementary and Middle-School Mathematics (3). Development of specific skills for identifying deficiencies in mathematics and prescribing corrective procedures for elementary and middle-school children.
ECI 649 Problems in Elementary School Curriculum (3). Basic curriculum problems facing educators; research techniques applicable to solving curriculum problems. Prerequisite: ECI 321.
ECI 651 Issues in Reading (3). A comprehensive range of philosophies, personalities, and pedagogical issues in reading and language-arts instruction.
ECI 659 Instructional Problems in Junior Highs and Middle Schools (3). Role of the junior high and middle school in American education. Instructional problems, philosophy, functions, curriculum, guidance, activities, personnel, and administration of the junior high or middle school.
ECI 661 Administration and Supervision of Reading Programs (3). The creation, maintenance, and evaluation of reading programs for K-adult. Administration, staffing, politics, training, evaluating strengths and weaknesses, finances, and leadership within reading programs. Prerequisite: ECI 531.
ECI 666 Problems in Secondary School Curriculum (3). Analysis of contemporary and controversial issues in the development of secondary school curriculum.
ECI 671 Reading in the Content Areas (3). Presents reading methods appropriate for teaching content-area concepts and supportive research. As a practicum, students develop and teach lessons using ideas from the course. Topics discussed include decoding skills.
ECI 675 Principles of Curriculum Construction (3). Theories and practices of curriculum development and presentation of a modern and functional philosophy of curriculum construction.
ECI 685 Graduate Research (1-6).
ECI 696 Professional Problems of Teachers (3). Individual and group problems facing experienced teachers.
ECI 697 Independent Study (1-3).
ECI 698 Graduate Seminar (1-3).
ECI 699 Thesis (1-9).
ECI 710 Contexts of Schooling (3). Introduction to the multiple contexts that influence curricular and instructional decision making--sociocultural, political, organization, and historical.
ECI 730 Paradigms for Research in Curriculum and Instruction (3). Frameworks for conducting research in curriculum and instruction using paradigms reflecting distinctively different assumptions about ontology and epistemology by examining various disciplines of inquiry.
ECI 740 Praxis Seminar (3). Examines how theoretical frameworks in education can and often should be constructed from successful practice, thus demonstrating how practice can influence theory.
ECI 751 Contexts of Educational Technology (3). Focuses on historical, political, social, and cultural perspectives of technology within the context of teaching and learning.
ECI 760 Directed Readings in Curriculum (1-3).
ECI 761 Advanced Seminar in Curriculum Problems (3). Prerequisites: ECI 675 and education or education-related experience.
ECI 771 Curriculum and Instruction in Higher Education (3). Issues and approaches to curricular developments, evaluation, and instructional processes in higher education.
ECI 796 Internship in Curriculum and Instruction (3-6). Fee required.
ECI 798 Dissertation Seminar (3). Assists doctoral students in developing a dissertation proposal and prospectus. Prerequisites: EDR 610 or 611 and EDR 720, 725, or 730.
ECI 799 Dissertation (1-9). Prerequisite or corequisite: EDR 798.
Vocational Technological
Education Courses
Some courses may not be offered every semester. Check with the department for current information about when specific courses are offered.
VTE 503 Special Problems in Vocational Technological Education (1-3). For specific needs of vocational technological educators, individually and/or groups. Pass/fail only.
VTE 532 Special Needs Populations in Vocational Technological Education (3). Understanding the identification, assessment, counseling, and planning processes for special needs populations in vocational technological education.
VTE 550 Grant Writing in Vocational Technological Education (3). Writing grants in the field of vocational technological education. Funding sources and major components of request for proposals included.
VTE 560 Occupational and Work-Force Analysis (3). Identification of various elements of occupations and the work force for developing meaningful programs and courses.
VTE 561 Facilities Design (3). Design and layout of facilities to promote efficient instruction in vocational technological education. Includes planning for equipment and other resources.
VTE 566 Coordinating Cooperative Programs in Vocational Technological Education (3). Responsibilities of the coordinator; techniques in selection and improvement of training stations and relations with training sponsors.
VTE 583 Vocational Technological Student Services (3). The recruitment and admission of students, provision of systematic guidance, and placement and follow-up services for effective vocational technological programs.
VTE 591 History and Philosophy of Vocational Technological Education (3). Historical and philosophical development of vocational technological education.
VTE 592 Program Planning and Curriculum Development in Vocational Technological Education (3). Program development including courses of study, syllabi, lesson plans, teaching plans, instructional materials, and course evaluation. Fee required.
VTE 593 Public School In-service Workshop (1-3). (Normally, no more than one-sixth of the credit hours taken from NAU in a graduate program may be in teacher in-service workshops--for instance, no more than 6 hours in a 36-hour master's program.) Fee required.
VTE 594 Vocational Technological Guidance (3). Procedures for assisting individuals in choice, preparation, entrance, and advancement in occupations.
VTE 595 Evaluation in Vocational Technological Education (3). The process of evaluating vocational technological education programs.
VTE 599 Contemporary Developments (1-3). Examination of recent trends and investigations in a selected area of a particular major field of study.
VTE 608 Fieldwork Experience (1-12). Supervised field experience in an appropriate agency, organization, or situation. May not exceed 12 hours credit. Fee required.
VTE 661 Business and Financial Management for Vocational Technological Education (3). Identification of financial resources and development of applications, proposals, and budgets for program improvement in vocational technological education.
VTE 670 Adult Education (3). Planning for teaching and administering programs to meet the special needs of adult learners and overall community needs. Fee required.
VTE 685 Graduate Research (1- 6).
VTE 690 Personnel Management and Staff Development in Vocational Technological Education (3). Principles of personnel management and supervision applied to vocational technological education.
VTE 691 Research in Vocational Technological Education (3). Understanding research in education and using research techniques. Problem identification, methodology, data collection, analysis, and reporting. Emphasis is on research in vocational technological education. Fee required.
VTE 692 Instructional Management for Vocational Technological Education (3). Instructional management of vocational technological education programs through academic-vocational integration, total quality management, cooperative learning, the Arizona model for vocational technological education, outcome-based education, and computer-delivered instruction. Fee required.
VTE 696 School-Community Relations in Vocational Technological Education (3). Educator's role in promoting effective school-community relations through the selection and dissemination of written and oral information to the public and through various ways in which the external and internal publics can be actively involved in different aspects of the education system. Fee required.
VTE 697 Independent Study (1-3).
VTE 698 Graduate Seminar (1-3).
VTE 699 Thesis (1-9). Prerequisite: admission to program.
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