The Educational Leadership program is based on the foundation of the conceptual framework and state and national standards. Candidates will know and demonstrate the content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge and skills, pedagogical and professional knowledge and skills, and professional dispositions necessary to help all students learn. Upon request a matrix is available demonstrating the alignment of courses with the conceptual framework, the state standards, the NCATE standards, and the National Board Standards.
National Board for Profesional Teaching Standards
I. Knowledge of Students
II. Knowledge of Content and Curriculum
III. Learning Environment
IV. Respect for Diversity
V. Instructional Resources
VI. Meaningful Application of Knowledge
VII. Assessment
VIII. Family Involvement
IX. Reflection
X. Contributions to the Profession
Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC)/ELCC/Tennessee Standards
1. Candidates who complete the program are educational leaders who have the knowledge and ability to promote the success by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a school or district vision of learning supported by the school community.
2. Candidates who complete the program are educational leaders who have the knowledge and ability to promote the success of all students by promoting a positive school culture, providing an effective instructional program, applying best practice to student learning, and designing comprehensive professional growth plans for staff.
3. Candidates who complete the program are educational leaders who have the knowledge and ability to promote the success of all students by managing the organization, operations, and resources in a way that promotes a safe, efficient, and effective learning environment.
4. Candidates who complete the program are educational leaders who have the knowledge and ability to promote the success of all students by collaborating with families and other community members, responding to diverse community interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources.
5. Candidates who complete the program are educational leaders who have the knowledge and ability to promote the success of all students by acting with integrity, fairly, and inan ethical manner.
6. Candidates who complete the program are educational leaders who have the knowledge and ability to promote the success of all students by understanding, responding to, and influencing the larger plitical, social, economic, legal, and cultural context.
7. The internship provides significant opportunities for candidates to synthesize and apply the knowledge and practice and develop the skills identified in Standards 1 - 6 through substantial, sustained, standards-based work in real settings, planned and guided cooperatively by the institution and school district personnel for graduate credit.
