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Department of Educational Administration & Human Resource Development

Department of Educational Administration & Human Resource DevelopmentGraduate Advising Office511 Harrington TowerTexas A&M UniversityCollege Station, TX 77843-4226

Avery Pavliska 979.458.1758 | apavliska@tamu.edu

Office of Admission and Recordsapplicant@tamu.eduOffice of Financial Aid979.845.3236Office of Graduate Studies979.845.3631

Anthony Rolle, P.D.979.862.3519 | arolle@tamu.edu

All students will be admitted as members of a cohort. Applications are being accepted for the next school year. Interviews will be held for applicants who meet admission requirements and submit all application materials by the deadline. A writing exercise will be administered at the time of the interview.

All candidates are required to complete and return the following items to the Off ice of Admissions:

TAMU graduate applicat ion and processing fee ($50 for •US cit izens or permanent residents; $75 for international applicants)Official transcripts from universities indicating previous degrees •awardedOf f icia l TOEFL scores taken within the last two years •(international students only)

In addition, the Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development requires the following:

Departmental applicat ion (http://eahr.tamu.edu/articles/•graduate)Three evaluation forms•Career objective•Résumé•

Schedule for classes: Thursday evenings, summer sessions and intersessions (when feasible for faculty and cohort). Students will take 9 hours during the regular fall and spring semesters. Summers will be devoted to readings and projects for the fall and spring coursework.

College of Education &Human Development

The theoretical foundations of the curriculum are integratedwith field practice throughcollaborative and mentoring relationships between students, professors and public school administrators. Students gain first-

hand knowledge of leadership practices and refinedunderstandingsof theimportantroleof leadershipincreatingandsustaininghigh-quality teaching and learning environments.

T he D e p a r t me nt o f E d u c a t i on a l Administration and Human Resource Development of fers a master’s degree in educational administration with an emphasis in public school administration.

The program’s vision is to develop culturally responsive leadership that creates high-quality classroom teaching and learning that yields academic success for all students.

The master’s in public school administration preparesK-12leaderswhohavetheessentialknowledge and skills that research and practice indicate are associated with creating successful schools and serving diverse student populations. The program’s intent is to

recruit and prepare school leaders who have a commitment to accountability, to service to students and families, to equity and quality in programming, to high expectations for teaching and learning, and to rigorous academic standards for all students.

Vision anddirection are focused onproviding and sustaininghigh-quality, culturallyresponsive teaching and learning environments. Culturally responsive leaders focus on the welfare of every child by working collaboratively to develop and implement a shared vision of success and caring.

The purposes, methodologies and applications of quantitative and education policy frameworks and research provide deeper understanding of how administrators and researchers acquire and use knowledge. Research, data use and evaluation are used to drive sociallyjustdecision-making,toinformstakeholders,tosustainmotivationforchange,andto plan and obtain academic improvement for all children.

Emphasis is on the study and exploration of how the traditional management roles of budgeting, personnel selection and assignments, technology integration, facilities allocation and program evaluation can be executed to serve the best interests of school improvement andchange.Developmentoftheproficientuseofcommunicationstrategies,relationship-building techniques and change processes target leadership facilitation and engagement of stakeholders in this endeavor.

A strong commitment to equity and quality in the teaching and learning environment drives rigorous professional development and adult learning, and curriculum implementation. A relentless focus on academic success for all learners drives planning and implementation for school improvement.

Leaders in today’s school contexts face demands for increased accountability, intentional technology integration, ongoing shifts in demographics, andwavering legal, financialandpolitical environments.These school contextsbenefit from leadershipwith skills andunderstandingsincross-culturalcommunication,anunderstandingofthehistoricalandpoliticalfoundations of education, and the role of collaborative engagement of all stakeholders.

The36-hourprogramisalignedwiththeStateBoardforEducatorCertificationStandards.Thestandards-basedcurriculumfocusesonthefollowingthemes:

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integrAtion of theory, context And PrActice

ProgrAm viSion

ProgrAm focuS

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Culturally Responsive Leadership

Research Methods, Data Utilization and Policy Evaluation

Management of Personnel, Resources, Technology and Facilities

Culturally Responsive Instructional Leadership

Contexts of Schooling

fAculty

Bryan ColeContinuous Quality Improvement in Education> b-cole@tamu.edu

Virginia CollierPublic School Superintendency; Personnel and Facilities;> vcollier@tamu.edu

Roger GoddardPublic School Administration; > rgoddard@tamu.edu

Jean MadsenPublic School Administration; Urban Schools > jmadsen@tamu.edu

Kathryn McKenzieDemocratic Schooling; Equity and Social Justice; Feminist Studies> kmckenzie@tamu.edu

Anthony RolleEducation Finance and Policy > arolle@tamu.edu

Jim ScheurichSchools and Districts that are Successful with All Children; Qualitative Research> jscheurich@tamu.edu

Linda SkrlaPublic School Administration> lskrla@tamu.edu

Mario TorresEducation Policy and Politics; Education Law> mstorres@tamu.edu

Terah Venzant ChambersEducation Policy> tvenzant@tamu.edu

Gwen Webb-JohnsonMulticultural Education; Parental/Family Involvement; Special Education> gwebbj@tamu.edu