2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]
Educational Leadership Division
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Division Chairperson and Graduate Program Director: Karen Card, Ph.D.
Division of Educational Leadership
Delzell Education Center, Room 214
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
Phone: 605-677-5260
www.usd.edu/edad
FACULTY
Professor Emeritus:
Larry K. Bright, Ed.D., Montana State University. Specialization: Human Resources Administration and Higher Education.
Marcia Morrison, Ed.D., University of Northern Colorado-Greeley. Specialization: Elementary Administration, Curriculum Development.
Professors:
Mike Avoseh, Ph.D., University of Ibidan, Nigeria. Specialization: Adult Education, Adult Learning Theories.
Mark Baron, Ph.D., University of Alabama. Specialization: Secondary Administration, Educational Research, Community Education, and Curriculum Development for Administration.
Associate Professors:
Karen Card, Ph.D., Ohio State University. Specialization: College and University Administration, Student Affairs.
Susan Curtin, Ed.D., Youngstown State University.
Kristine Reed, Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Assistant Professor:
David DeJong, Ed.D., University of Northern Iowa.
Derrick Robinson, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Senior Lecturer:
Susan Santo, Ph.D., University of Virginia. Specialization: Educational Technology, Training, and Change Management.
Director of Internships:
Diana Messick, Ed.D., University of South Dakota.
DEGREE
Master of Arts
SPECIALIZATION
Specialist in Education
SPECIALIZATION
Doctor of Education
SPECIALIZATION
Division of Educational Leadership
The graduate programs in Educational Leadership are designed to prepare individuals for positions in school administration and in adult and higher education. Programs in school administration prepare individuals for positions that include school district superintendents, assistant superintendents, directors of special education, directors of curriculum, and elementary, middle, and secondary principals. Programs in adult and higher education prepare individuals for positions that include administrative and teaching positions in colleges and universities, junior and community colleges, hospitals, private industry, and other adult training and educational settings.
Educational Leadership Divisional Philosophy: The Educational Leadership faculty at the University of South Dakota prepare innovative scholar-practitioners for the purpose of enhancing success for all learners.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
- Completed Graduate Application form found at: https://apps.usd.edu/academic/gradapp/login.cfm and a non-refundable application fee of $35.
- One official transcript verifying receipt of an undergraduate degree and previous graduate credit (in English or with translation) must accompany an application. Official transcript of all academic work at the undergraduate and graduate levels are required for all students. The USD Graduate School and/or academic departments retain the right to require an Educational Credential Evaluators/World Education Services (ECE/WES) evaluation for a student if such an evaluation is deemed necessary.
- Baccalaureate degree must be from an institution with full regional accreditation for that degree. A minimum undergraduate cumulative GPA of 2.7 on conferred degree and/or graduate cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better, based on a 4.0 scale, on all graduate coursework is required for full admission. Each graduate program may admit students on provisional status per university policy.
- Applicants with degrees from countries other than the United States who have obtained an undergraduate or graduate degree from a regionally accredited American college or university are not required to submit an approved English proficiency exam score. For all other applicants, a minimum score of 79 on the Internet-Based TOEFL (iBT) or 550 on the Paper-Based TOEFL (PBT), a minimum IELTS score of 6.0, or a minimum PTE score of 53 is required for graduate admission. Applicants from or who have obtained an undergraduate or graduate degree from these English-speaking countries (UK, Australia, Canada [except Quebec], Ireland, or New Zealand) are not required to submit an approved English proficiency exam score if their academic records indicate that English was the classroom language for the majority of their schoolwork.
- Applicants are required to submit a statement of purpose or goal statement.
Additional Program Admission Requirements:
- The GRE General Test is not required for admission to the Master’s or Specialist degree programs. The GRE General Test is required for the Doctor of Education degree program with a minimum score of 155 Verbal, 145 Quantitative and 4.0 Analytical Writing Score or above for full admission.
- Three (3) professional letters of recommendation are required.
- Resume required documenting teaching and/or administrative experience.
- Applicants enrolling in the Masters, Specialist, or Doctoral PK-12 Administration Programs must have 3 years of teaching experience in PK-12.
- It is required that applicants seeking certification as a Director of Special Education have a Special Education Teacher endorsement (e.g., resource room, self-contained class) and have three years of teaching experience in PK-12 with one year teaching experience in the area of special education (or a year of working with special needs students in the role of speech and language clinician, school psychologist or other support personnel who possess an elementary or secondary teaching certificate and endorsement in special education).
Subject to Division Chair and Graduate Dean approval, applicants who do not meet all of the criteria above may be admitted on a provisional basis.
Programs
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