Master of Education in Educational Leadership with an Emphasis in K12 Christian Education

Offered By: College of Education

Domains

  1. Stewarding a Shared Vision -
    • Advocate for a shared school mission and vision designed to reflect a core set of values and priorities that include equity, diversity, community, and character education. [MC3, MC4]
    • Promote a school mission and vision designed to reflect a core set of values and priorities that include data use, technology, and digital citizenship. [MC3, MC4]
    • Lead improvement processes that include data use, design, implementation, and evaluation that promote the mission and vision of the school. [MC3, MC4]
    • Anticipate and assess emerging trends and initiatives, including technology, in order to adapt school-based leadership strategies that align with the mission and vision and promote school improvement. [MC2, MC4]
  2. Exemplifying Ethical and Just Leadership -
    • Promote professional dispositions, virtues, and norms that support the educational success and well-being of each student and adult. [MC1, MC3]
    • Promote the values of democracy, individual freedom and responsibility, that support the educational success and well-being of each student and adult. [MC3, MC4]
    • Advocate for equity, social justice, community, and diversity that support the educational success and well-being of all stakeholders. [MC3, MC4]
  3. Managing an Effective Learning Environment -
    • Cultivate and advocate for a supportive and inclusive school culture based on data and school needs. [MC3, MC4]
    • Advocate for equitable and inclusive behavior support practices among teachers and staff. [MC3, MC4]
    • Advocate for culturally responsive behavior support practices among teachers and staff. [MC3, MC4]
    • Develop opportunities to foster positive, supportive relationships among all stakeholders including leaders, teachers, students, and families. [MC4]
  4. Sustaining a Culture of Learning and Growth -
    • Evaluate opportunities to integrate educational entrepreneurialism and promote a growth mindset. (MC2, MC4)
    • Generate innovative ideas for educational solutions and understand the creative process behind innovation. (MC2)
    • Build networks and guiding coalitions to foster collaboration and innovation. (MC2, MC4)
    • Use technology to create scalable educational solutions.
  5. Facilitating Collaborative Responses to Community Priorities -
    • Engage diverse families in strengthening student learning in and out of school. [MC1, MC2, MC4]
    • Cultivate relationships with diverse community members, partners, and other constituencies for the benefit of school improvement and student development. [MC1, MC2, MC4]
    • Foster positive working relationships within the educational community, including feeder and connecting schools and district administration, for enrollment management and curricular and instructional articulation to promote student development and success. [MC1, MC2, MC4]
    • Communicate through oral, written, and digital means, including social media, within the larger organizational, community, and political contexts when advocating for the needs of the school and community. [MC1, MC2, MC4]
  6. Influencing Critical Educational Contexts -
    • Identify strategies to manage uncertainty, risk, competing initiatives, and politics of change to provide support, encouragement, and open communication with all stakeholders for continuous school improvement. [MC1, MC2, MC4]
  7. Building Professional Capacity - Education leaders apply knowledge that promotes the current and future success and well-being of each student and adult by understanding and demonstrating the capacity to promote the current and future success and well-being of each student and adult to build the school’s professional capacity, engage staff in the development of a collaborative professional culture, and improve systems of staff supervision, evaluation, support, and professional learning.
    • Engage staff in a collaborative professional culture designed to promote equity, cultural responsiveness, and the success and well-being of all stakeholders. [MC1, MC2, MC4]
    • Demonstrate reflective practices specific to personal character development and professional performance. [MC1, MC2, MC4]
    • Engage school staff in professional learning designed to promote character education, digital literacy, and student success through research into emerging educational trends. [MC1, MC2, MC4]
    • Develop systems of supervision, support, and evaluation designed to delegate tasks and empower stakeholders to promote distributed leadership and school improvement. [MC2, MC4]
  8. Christian Education Administration - Christian school leaders promote the current and future success and well-being of each student and adult by applying the knowledge, skills, and commitments necessary to support the integration of biblical principles and servant leadership in the Christian school environment. (NELP 1, 2, 4, 6; PSEL 1, 2, 4, 6, 9)
    • Reflect on personal spiritual formation and character development. [MC3]
    • Model Christlike values and servant leadership that demonstrate a biblically-based Christian worldview. [MC3, MC4]
    • Create and promote a philosophy of Christian education that is solidly based on biblical principles. [MC3]
    • Advocate for illuminating biblical truth in the overall curriculum planning and daily instruction in academic content areas. [MC1, MC3, MC4]
    • Analyze best practices for various organizational structures of Christian schools – independent, church-affiliated, community-run, or board-governed. [MC2, MC4]
    • Articulate ethical and professional behavior in the areas of funding and financial governance within the unique structure of the Christian school environment. [MC1, MC3]
    • Evaluate pertinent laws and court decisions that govern Christian schools. [MC2, MC4]

Faculty

Our faculty are committed to bringing their abundant knowledge, enthusiasm, and experience to GCU and its students every day.

Program Faculty

Disclosure Categories Related to Professional Licensure

Master of Education in Educational Leadership with an Emphasis in K12 Christian Education

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Alabama

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Alaska

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American Samoa

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Arizona

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Arkansas

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California

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Colorado

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Connecticut

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Delaware

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District of Columbia

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Federated States of Micronesia

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Florida

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Georgia

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Guam, US Territory

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Hawaii

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Idaho

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Illinois

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Indiana

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Iowa

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Kansas

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Kentucky

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Louisiana

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Maine

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Marshall Islands

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Maryland

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Massachusetts

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Michigan

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Minnesota

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Mississippi

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Missouri

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Montana

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Nebraska

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Nevada

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New Hampshire

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New Jersey

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New Mexico

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New York

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North Carolina

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North Dakota

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Northern Mariana Islands

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Ohio

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Oklahoma

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Oregon

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Pennsylvania

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Puerto Rico

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Republic of Palau

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Rhode Island

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South Carolina

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South Dakota

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Tennessee

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Texas

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Utah

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Vermont

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Virgin Islands

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Virginia

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Washington

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West Virginia

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Wisconsin

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Wyoming

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