Department Head: Dr. Cheyrl Ensley
Professors: Dr. Larnell Flannagan, Dr. Vernon Farmer, Dr. Janet Guyden, and Dr. Olatunde Ogunyemi
Associate Professors: Dr. Twana Hilton-Pitre, Dr. Ellen Smiley, and Dr. Reuben Wanjohi
Assistant Professors: Dr. Carolyn Jackson, Dr. Liangyue Lu, and Dr. Daphne Williams
The Department of Educational Leadership has as its mission the preparation of personnel for positions ranging from teaching to administrative and supervisory positions in education-related and other human service settings.
The Department of Educational Leadership has responsibility for four graduate programs: the Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Educational Leadership, the Master of Science (M.S.) in Developmental Education, the Post Masters Certificate in Developmental Education, and the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Developmental Education.
The purpose of the program is to prepare faculty and administrators who have master’s or doctorates in various academic disciplines to work more effectively in developmental and remedial education and learning support programs serving academically underprepared, at-risk and nontraditional learners in community and technical colleges and four-year colleges and universities. The program is designed particularly to appeal to faculty and administrators in community and technical colleges where many personnel are not expected to have terminal degrees but do need some graduate preparation to work with developmental learners who comprise a large part of their clientele.
The vision of the Post Master’s Certificate in Developmental Education is to become the premier provider of graduate-level coursework in the field of developmental education to practicing developmental educators and learning assistance professionals who do not wish to seek a terminal degree in the field.
The mission of the Post Master’s Certificate in Developmental Education is to provide practicing developmental educators and learning assistance professionals with the knowledge, skills, and competencies identified in research and best practices literature as being critical for effective developmental instructors, learning assistance specialists, and program leaders. Candidates will have strong theoretical foundations in the developmental nature of learning and the needs of nontraditional learners.
Goal 1. To prepare candidates who have strong theoretical foundations of developmental education including cognitive and affective learning theory DEED 543, EDL 555
Goal 2. To prepare candidates who are knowledgeable in the current research and best practices in learning theory, pedagogy, and andragogy in developmental education DEED 549, DEED 543, EDL 555
Goal 3. To prepare candidates who are knowledgeable of the characteristics of quality, comprehensive developmental education and learning assistance programs DEED 607, DEED 605, DEED 622
Goal 4. To prepare candidates who possess the skills to effectively design, develop, implement and evaluate a developmental education program curriculum and various developmental education diagnostic, placement, and assessment instruments DEED 544, DEED 545, DEED 605
Following admission to the Graduate School, the individual must submit to the Department of Educational Leadership an application for admission to the PMC program. Applicants must have three recommendations sent by appropriate individuals to the department. When an individual’s application materials are complete, they are evaluated by the department’s graduate admissions committee, and the student is notified of the committee’s decision regarding admission to the program.
The Department admits students twice a year during the fall and spring semesters. To be considered for admission for the fall semester, the Department must receive the student’s complete application package by April 1. To be considered for admission for the spring semester, the Department must receive the student’s complete application package by October 1.
Students entering the proposed PMC program must have at least a master’s degree from an accredited institution, and must meet the same criteria required by the Department of Educational Leadership for admission to the master’s degree program in developmental education.
Requirements for admission to the Post Master’s Certificate program in Developmental Education include the following criteria:
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Developmental Education 543 |
3 |
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Developmental Education 544 |
3 |
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Developmental Education 545 |
3 |
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Developmental Education 549 |
3 |
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Developmental Education 607 |
3 |
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Educational Leadership 555 |
3 |
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Elective |
3 |
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TOTAL HOURS |
21 |
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Developmental Education 605 |
3 |
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Developmental Education 622 |
3 |
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Developmental Education 631 |
3 |
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Developmental Education 618 |
3 |
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TOTAL HOURS |
3 |
To complete the program, a student must: