Field Experience in Educational Leadership

Catalog description

The professional field experience in educational leadership is designed to provide administration certification candidates with advanced level theory seminars and 120 hours of practical experience in a school setting during which the candidate will develop administrative leadership competencies based on the Professional Standards for School Leaders and the NJ/PA Departments of Education. The candidate will be supervised by an ESU faculty person and a field-based administrator. A portfolio is required at the completion of the course. This component of the internship is focused on theories of leadership, strategic thinking, mission, vision, and core values, ethics and professional norms, and equality and cultural responsiveness. Students will also learn how to develop a professional community for teachers and staff and how to meaningfully engage families and community.