Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations

Christopher Rivera, Interim Chair (riverac@ecu.edu)

The Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations offers three degree programs and five certificate programs to prepare individuals for positions as educational leaders.

To read more about the Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations, please visit the department website. 

Programs

• Community College Leadership Certificate
• Dual Language Immersion Administration Certificate
• Higher Education Athletics Leadership Certificate
• Higher Education Leadership Certificate
• Racial Equity Studies Certificate

• Educational Administration and Supervision, EdS

• School Administration, MSA

• Educational Leadership, EdD

Courses

• LEED 6832 - Policy, Procedures and Fiscal Issues in the Administration of Special Education
• LEED 6833 - The Role of the Special Education Administrator in Curriculum and Instruction and Personnel Supervision
• LEED 6834 - Leadership and Public Relations for the Special Education Administrator
• LEED 6901 - Introduction to School Leadership
• LEED 6902 - Strategic Leadership for 21st Century Schools
• LEED 6903 - Micro-Political Leadership and Decision-Making within a Legal Context
• LEED 6904 - External Development Leadership for Cultivating Partnerships
• LEED 6905 - Managerial Leadership for Complex School Operations
• LEED 6906 - Human Resource Leadership for Professional Growth
• LEED 6907 - Leadership Skill Development
• LEED 6908 - Instructional Leadership for Teaching and Learning
• LEED 6909 - Cultural Leadership for Systemic School Improvement
• LEED 6921 - Internship in Management
• LEED 6922 - Internship in Leadership
• LEED 6924 - Internship in Management and Leadership
• LEED 6925 - Internship in Management, Leadership, and Supervision
• LEED 6926 - Internship in Management and Leadership
• LEED 6929 - Internship in Management, Leadership, and Supervision
• LEED 6993 - Curriculum Instructional Specialist Internship Level I
• LEED 7000 - Thesis
• LEED 7401 - Introduction to Leading Dual Language Immersion (DLI) Programs
• LEED 7402 - Leading Content Area and Language Instruction in DLI Programs
• LEED 7403 - Leading Cross-Cultural Competence in DLI Programs
• LEED 7404 - Educational Supervision of DLI programs
• LEED 7408 - Public School Administration
• LEED 7410 - Staff Personnel Problems
• LEED 7411 - Problems in Educational Administration
• LEED 7415 - Introduction to Internal Evaluation in Education
• LEED 7420 - Theories of Educational Administration
• LEED 7429 - Problems in Educational Supervision
• LEED 7460 - School and Community Cultures
• LEED 7470 - School Business Management
• LEED 7472 - Issues, Problems, Research in Education
• LEED 7483 - Advanced School Law and Policy
• LEED 7520 - Special Topics Seminar in Educational Leadership
• LEED 7521 - Directed Readings in Educational Leadership
• LEED 7522 - Directed Readings in Educational Leadership
• LEED 7991 - Educational Leadership Internship Level I
• LEED 7993 - Educational Leadership Internship Level II
• LEED 8010 - Organizational Theory and Culture
• LEED 8015 - Doctoral Seminar in Human Resource Development
• LEED 8020 - Politics and Power in Education
• LEED 8025 - Doctoral Seminar in Political and Social Issues in Educational Leadership
• LEED 8027 - Doctoral Seminar in Higher Education Law and Public Policy
• LEED 8030 - Educational Planning
• LEED 8035 - Doctoral Seminar in Educational Leadership
• LEED 8037 - Community College Organization and Strategy
• LEED 8040 - Policy Development and Analysis
• LEED 8045 - Cases and Concepts in Educational Leadership
• LEED 8047 - Student Development in Higher Education
• LEED 8050 - Ethics in Educational Leadership
• LEED 8055 - Doctoral Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction
• LEED 8060 - Program Evaluation
• LEED 8065 - Ethics and Equity in Higher Education Athletics Leadership
• LEED 8067 - Strategic Enrollment Management and Retention
• LEED 8075 - Philanthropy and Fundraising in Higher Education
• LEED 8410 - Methods of Inquiry in Educational Leadership I
• LEED 8420 - Methods of Inquiry in Educational Leadership II
• LEED 8430 - Methods of Inquiry in Educational Leadership III
• LEED 8440 - Applied Research Design in Educational Leadership
• LEED 8991 - Doctoral Internship Leadership Practicum
• LEED 8992 - Doctoral Internship Research Practicum
• LEED 9000 - Dissertation

• LDHE 7501 - Readings in Higher Education Leadership
• LDHE 8023 - Seminar in Community College Leadership
• LDHE 8070 - History and Philosophy of Higher Education
• LDHE 8080 - Finance in Higher Education

• EDUC 6001 - Introduction to Differences in Human Learning in Schools
• EDUC 6300 - Democratic Education in the Rural South (K-12)
• EDUC 6310 - Responsive Community-Based Rural Classrooms (K-12)
• EDUC 6400 - Critical Race Studies in Education
• EDUC 6482 - Trends and Issues in Educational Research for Practitioners
• EDUC 6500 - Advanced Seminar in Racial Equity in Education
• EDUC 6551 - Problems and Issues in Education