Educational Administration Master of Arts in Educational Administration Program

Why choose Ursuline for your master's in Educational Administration?

For over 40 years, Ursuline’s Educational Administration Program has been a regional powerhouse—preparing highly effective leaders of public and nonpublic schools. The program philosophy and mission incorporate research findings on effective schools, best practices in teaching and learning, organizational development, and the principle-centered approach to leadership and administration.

Drawing on extensive research, the program instills best practices in teaching and learning, organizational development, and principled leadership. Savvy administrators who take a people-centric approach to creating positive, collaborative educational environments, our graduates are in demand, extending a legacy of educational leadership throughout northeast Ohio.

How to add Principal and Superintendent Licensure

Students can seek licensure for these leadership positions by completing additional credit hours of coursework, developing a network of peer leaders in the process. Learn more about the superintendent licensure program and the principal licensure program.

Master of Arts in Educational Administration Program Benefits:

• Working with others through the development of positive relationships
• Identifying values and operating out of a value-based system
• Developing personal and professional skills necessary for effective leadership
• Understanding and integrating knowledge required for leading an effective school

Other program highlights include the unique philosophies of public and private education; leadership and management; curriculum and instruction; personnel and resource management; contract and state law; funding; and educational theories within the unique environment of the private and nonpublic school.

Personal

Classes are small and highly interactive. Lectures are rare. Professors are available to students and welcome interaction outside of class. Ursuline classrooms foster a family atmosphere, giving students the opportunity to model the types of collaborative, support-based interpersonal relationships that lead to success in their professional lives.

Powerful

Students learn from practicing professionals who grapple every day with emerging issues in their fields. The faculty includes educators with a variety of specialties—a superintendent, an assistant superintendent, a director of human resources, a principal, and a director of curriculum.

Principled

Ursuline’s values-based environment is the ideal back-drop for preparing administrators with the integrity and character required for success in school leadership.

Practical

Field work and internships give students the opportunity to practice and refine learned competencies in real-world situations. Working closely with the principal of their host school and an assisting principal from a different school, students gain a wide range of invaluable experience and perspective.

Effective

Our graduates enter a northeast Ohio market in need of highly qualified school administrators. School systems are eager for the ethical leadership skillsinstilled in Ursuline students.

Program alumni are prepared to take on key leadership roles across the educational spectrum.

• School Principal
• Assistant Principal
• Athletic Director
• Dean of Students
• Coordinator of Student Activities
• Pre-School Program Director
• Special Education Supervisor
• Special Education Coordinator
• Department Chairperson
• Subject Area Coordinator

Flexible

Hybrid, evening, and summer courses enable those with work or family commitments to complete their degree with minimal disruption.