Refine your decision-making skills, understand policy implications impacting educational leaders, and develop an entrepreneurial approach to educational leadership within 21st century schools.
Our Master of Arts degree in Educational Leadership and Innovation is an ideal area of study for educators who aspire to be innovative leaders who advance student achievement.
If you’re a teacher ready for the next phase of your career — outside of the classroom but still involved with students — earning a master's degree in Leadership and Innovation from WLC could be the stepping stone you need.
This program is designed especially for those seeking to become program directors, principals, deans of students, directors of instruction, or lead trainers, and provides the opportunity to receive an administration license (Principal license #5051) through the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI). Candidates interested in receiving school administrator licensure from DPI must possess a master's degree, an active teaching license, have completed six semesters of classroom teaching, and fulfilled specific licensure stipulations.
This master's degree focuses on:
- Proven and promising models of professional development, mentorship, and coaching;
- Enriching the academic environment of your diverse learners;
- Learning decision-making and policy implications impacting forward-thinking educational leaders;
- Enhancing your cognitive, analytical, and reflective thinking skills and entrepreneurial mindset.
Within this 30 credit graduate degree program, students have the option of completing and presenting an action research project or engaging in a practitioner track which involves participation in practicum experiences, creation and presentation of a licensure portfolio, and successfully completing a competency exam at the conclusion of the program. Leadership opportunities are integrated throughout the program.
You’ll graduate confident and ready to lead your students to new heights of achievement.