Specialization in Educational Management and Leadership
The specialization in Management and Instructional Leadership aims to form excellent professionals in the field of administration of educational programs. This specialization contributes to the development of educational managers and leaders who demonstrate mastery in the solution of problems inherent to the contemporary professional environment at the different teaching levels. This specialization focuses on the study of theoretical foundations, the use and promotion of scientific research, the integration of technology to practice, the application of the highest ethical principles of the profession and participation in practical experiences in teaching scenarios.
The Aguadilla, Arecibo, Barranquitas, Fajardo, Metropolitan and San Germán campuses are authorized to offer this Program.
Competencies Profile of Graduates
This Program is designed to develop the competencies that will enable students to:
Knowledge
- Know useful strategies that contribute to improve the management of the fiscal, administrative and human resources operations of the teaching scenario.
- Know the principles of educational management considering the social changes, recent laws, the rules, the regulations, and the current educational-labor jurisprudence.
- Know the due process of law applicable to the educational scenarios.
Skills
- Design plans based on principalship that contributes to the professional development of teaching and non-teaching personnel.
- Develop teaching environments of quality and excellence for the development of innovating teaching strategies, with a scientific and inclusive base to attend to the diversity of learning styles and needs of the students.
- Use the information and communications technologies (ICT's) as a means to improve the educational, instructional, administrative and fiscal processes of educational scenarios.
- Make administrative-participative decisions considering the opinions and suggestions of the parents, students and the teaching personnel in the instructional processes.
- Apply the scientific method to solve problems inherent to management and educational leadership, and to the teaching strategies.
Attitudes
- Respect the ethical and moral values related to the good administration of the institution’s fiscal, human, technological, and educational management.
- Promote collaborative environments that contribute to the development of learning communities.
- Appreciate the development of innovating activities that contribute to the achievement of the educational philosophy, vision, goals, and the objectives of the institution.
Admission Requirements
In addition to meeting the admission requirements for Master Degree studies established in this Catalog, candidates for admission to this Program must satisfy the following requirements:
- Bachelor Degree in Education or a Bachelor Degree and Teacher Certification or
- A bachelor’s degree, three credits in Teaching Methodology and six (6) additional credits in Education.
- Three (3) credits in statistics are also required.
Have a minimum academic index of 3.00 points in the last sixty (60) credits of academic work.
Requirements for the Master of Arts in Education in Educational Management and Leadership
| Foundation Requirements |
9 credits |
| Specialization Requirements |
27 credits |
| Total |
36 credits |
Foundation Requirements - 9 credits
| EDUC 6931 | Research or Application Project in the Area of Specialization I | 3 |
| | Or | |
| EDUC 5111 | Educational Research I | 3 |
| | | |
| EDUC 6004 | Information Systems in Educational Management | 3 |
| EDUC 6058 | Legal Foundations of Education | 3 |
Specialization Requirements - 27 credits
| EDUC 6000 | Human Resources Management and Labor Relations in Educational Scenes | 3 |
| EDUC 6001 | Fiscal Management | 3 |
| EDUC 6013 | Organizational Behavior in Educational Institutions | 3 |
| EDUC 6046 | Curriculum Development | 3 |
| EDUC 6057 | Teaching Models and Strategies | 3 |
| EDUC 6079 | Instructional Leadership | 3 |
| EDUC 6380 | Administration of Special Education Programs | 3 |
| EDUC 6915 | Internship in Management and Educational Leadership | 3 |
Requirements for completing the degree
| EDUC 697D | Integration Seminar: Educational Management and Leadership | 3 |