林恩大学

Get ready to lead

Earn your master’s in education at Lynn University and experience the convenience of an online program that will enhance your earning potential and broaden your professional network. You’ll study advanced topics, such as instructional leadership, human resources and curriculum planning, and hone the skills you have already developed as an undergraduate. Plus, you have the opportunity to take a specialization in training and development, where you'll learn instructional design and strategy and organizational analysis skills.

The master’s in education program is a one-year online program perfect for busy professionals who aspire to leadership positions in education.

What you’ll learn in the master’s in educational leadership program

• Ethical issues and implications
• Theory of educational leadership
• Laws and rules governing educational institutions

Career opportunities

As a student of this master’s in education program, you’ll have the opportunity to network with professionals, which can lead to incredible career opportunities, such as:

• Principal/vice principal
• District administrator
• Curriculum specialist
• Director or supervisor

You may also choose to continue your education with the Ed.D. in educational leadership program.

Program goals

The goals of the Educational Leadership program are to provide a curriculum that:

• Ensures program graduates are able to identify and implement leadership practices that impact prioritization and results for student achievement on priority learning goals.
• Ensures program graduates are effective leaders with the ability to recruit and develop a diverse faculty and staff.
• Explores the relationship between the Florida Educational Leadership Standards and the Multi-Tier System of Supports (MTSS).
• Focuses on the interpretation of laws and rules that govern educational institutions.
• Enhances effective skills in written and oral communication, mathematical computation, information literacy, intellectual strategies and use of computers.
• Emphasizes the critical examination and evaluation of ethical issues and implications in today’s educational establishment.
• Develops data analytical skills to drive decision making and school improvement.

Expected outcomes

Upon completing of the master’s degree program in Educational Leadership, students should be able to:

• Master state educational leadership standards and competencies.
• Demonstrate content areas competencies and skills.
• Display knowledge of basic leadership theories and concepts and apply them to leadership behaviors.
• Understand the relationship between communication and interpersonal relationships.
• Compare and contrast the strategies for evaluating curricular and instructional innovations.
• Develop the ability to plan, develop, implement and evaluate the financial status of an educational institution.
• Analyze the federal, state constitutional, statutory and regulatory provisions governing educational systems.
• Analyze management policies and procedures for appropriate use of technology.
• Analyze federal, state and school data to ensure effective school improvement planning.