Educational Administration and Supervision Program
Master of Science
The University of Tennessee Educational Administration and Supervision Program offers M.S., Ed.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Educational Administration and Supervision (EDAM). The M.S. program is designed to prepare aspiring school principals and supervisors for certification and for their initial administrative assignment. The two-year program, designed as a learning community, combines evening and summer classes with on-the-job internship activities organized around real school problems.
The desired outcome of the program is to produce thoughtful principal and supervisory practitioners with the skills and scholarship to provide quality leadership to the organizations they serve. Graduates are expected to have a vision of quality education combined with good leadership skills to lead our schools in the twenty-first century.
The program is designed around the standards developed by the Tennessee Board of Education and the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) for the knowledge and skills required today for a school principal. The program is also accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) indicating national recognition as a quality program.
The program staff, modeling the concept of a learning community, consists of University faculty collaborating with selected practicing administrators from local school systems in instructional teams. A cadre of local administrator consultants assists with problems-based learning modules. The school principal and a faculty representative of the Educational Administration and Supervision program together supervise the internship.
The University of Tennessee faculty includes:
- Vincent A. Anfara, Jr., Ph.D., University of New Orleans
- Pamela A. Angelle, Ph.D., Louisiana State University
- Ernest W. Brewer, Ed.D. , University of Tennessee
- Faye Patterson, Ed.D. , University of Tennessee
- Gary Ubben, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The program is approximately 2 years in length and includes a series of field experiences integrated into the program via the internship experience.
Course work for M.S. or Ed.S. degrees:
EDAM 513 Administrative and Organizational Theory
EDAM 515 Human Relations and Communication
EDAM 516 Research for School Administrators
EDAM 523 Administration of Special Services
EDAM 544 School Finance and Business Management
EDAM 548 Supervision and Personnel Administration
EDAM 553 Strategic Planning
EDAM 554 Policy Issues in Educational Law
EDAM 580 Internship in Educational Administration
EDAM 583 Educational Leadership/The Principalship
TPTE 519 Curriculum for School Leaders
INTERNSHIP FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS will be taken twice, each course spanning a full school year. Students will experience administration activities under the direction of practicing school administrators and university faculty.
Candidates pursuing the Ed.S. must also register for FIELD PROBLEMS IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION and SUPERVISION and complete a problems paper.
CULMINATING EXPERIENCE
The program culminates in May with an individual performance assessment and portfolio presentation. Students register for the School Leaders Licensure Assessment (SLLA) examination required by the State of Tennessee. Ed.S. students also present their field research at this time.
Updated 05/29/2009