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College of Education
Deparment of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Program Director : Dr. Peter J. Cistone

Department’s Phone Number : (305) 348-2665
Department’s FAX Number : (305) 348-2081

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Brief Description of the Program:

       The Educational Specialist (Ed.S.) degree program in Educational Leadership is intended to provide professional educators with an opportunity to develop competencies in areas of special needs and interests in the field of Educational Administration/Leadership. Consequently, there are few required courses and each student’s program is individually planned in consultation with a faculty advisor. The program may be used to satisfy part of the requirements of the Florida Department of Education for state certification in Educational Leadership.


Application Requirements:
  • A bachelor’s degree or equivalent from an accredited institution and a grade point average of at least 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) in the last 60 semester hours of undergraduate work.
  • A master’s degree or equivalent from an accredited institution and a grade point average of at least 3.25 (on a 4.0 scale) in all graduate work attempted.
  • A minimum combined score of 800 on the verbal and quantitative portions of the Graduate Record Examination (General Test).
  • At least three years of successful full-time teaching experience and a regular Florida teaching certificate.

Additional Requirements for International Students:
  • Foreign graduate applicants are accepted subject to space and fiscal limitations
  • Must be academically eligible for further study in their own country
  • Must demonstrate proficiency in the English language by presenting a minimum score of 550 or higher paper-based and a minimum score of 213 computer-based on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
  • Applicants who hold an undergraduate degree from an institution within the United States or other English speaking countries are not required to submit TOEFL
 
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