Educational Specialist Degree in Administration and Supervision
The Educational Specialist Degree in Administration and Supervision (Ed.S.A.S) at University of the Cumberlands is a forty-five-hour program designed for those individuals seeking an advanced degree in the area of school administration.
The Educational Specialist Degree in Administration and Supervision provides post-graduate candidates the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and skills by accumulating a wide array of specialty knowledge in school administration and supervision. Graduate students enrolled in the Education Specialist Degree will go through two 100-hour practicum, which will enable them to gain valuable experience as an Instructional Supervisor and as a School Superintendent.
Advanced candidates in the forty-five hour Educational Specialist Degree in Administration and Supervision program will receive Levels I and II certification as Supervisor of Instruction as well as Superintendent Certification. Coursework for the Ed.S.A.S. will be delivered through traditional learning methods (on-campus) and/or through online delivery methods.
The program curriculum will prepare graduate students to meet the challenging needs of public education.
A listing of courses required for the degree is provided below:
- EDUC/EDOL 547 - Diversity in Multicultural Society
- EDAD/ADOL 630 - Introduction to Educational Administration
- EDAD/ADOL 631 - School Program Improvement
- EDAD/ADOL 639 - The Supervisor
- EDAD/ADOL 643 - Special Education and School Leadership
- EDAD/ADOL 665 - Practicum: Supervisor of Instruction
- ELCC 835 - Administrative Strategies for School Improvement
- ELSA 730 - The Politics of Educational Decision Making
- EDAD/ADOL 632 - Human Resource Management and Supervision
- EDAD/ADOL 634 - Business Management in Public Schools
- EDAD/ADOL 637 - School Law II
- EDAD/ADOL 640 - School Superintendency
- EDAD/ADOL 641 - School System Administration
- EDAD/ADOL 642 - Strategic Management
- EDAD/ADOL 669 - Superintendent Practicum
