Master’s of Education in Instructional Leadership (M.Ed.)

M.Ed. Degree in Instructional Leadership

Concentration in Administration and Supervision (Licensure)

Required Core: 34 hours (13 Core, and 21 Administrative)

1. Successful completion of the above coursework with a 3.00 GPA and any other requirements for the M.Ed. degree.
2. Completion of all courses within a six–year period. Upon enrolling in EDU 601 Foundations of School Administration and Supervision, ILL candidates will complete a field experience proposal. The minimum time for ILL candidates to complete the field experience is three (3) semesters. The maximum time to complete the field experience is three (3) years.
3. Passage of the Instructional Leadership Praxis 6990.
4. Exit interview with the Program Director of Instructional Leadership will include ensuring that candidate’s field experience artifacts demonstrate the required competencies outlined in the Tennessee Instructional Leadership Standards (TILS). Students will electronically record field experience artifacts in Canvas. Completed disposition assessments by the candidate’s mentor in all ILL core courses EDU 610 Leadership Theories and Applications, EDU 611 School Business Management, EDU 612 School and Community Relations, EDU 613 The Principalship, EDU 614 Instructional Leadership Licensure Internship, and EDU 637 Data Analysis for School Improvement must be completed and submitted to Canvas at the end of each course. The candidate’s field experience is completed when the ILL candidate has demonstrated the skills of an aspiring school leader by submitting artifacts to the TILS Appraisal Instrument and the documentation associated with the TILS Supplement to Canvas. A detailed explanation addressing all aspects of the field experience process can be found in the FHU Instructional Leadership Licensure Internship Handbook.

Exception: No more than six (6) hours of the core Instructional Leadership Licensure courses (EDU 601 Foundations of School Administration and Supervision, EDU 610 Leadership Theories and Applications, EDU 611 School Business Management, EDU 612 School and Community Relations, EDU 613 The Principalship, EDU 614 Instructional Leadership Licensure Internship, and EDU 637 Data Analysis for School Improvement) may be transferred from a prior institution.

Freed–Hardeman University will utilize the identified procedures for students applying for the Tennessee Instructional Leadership Licensure (ILL) as follows:

1. Freed–Hardeman University has an approved Education Preparation Program, which will recommend program completers for the Tennessee Instructional Leadership Licensure-Beginner (ILL–B). Freed–Hardeman University will support school administration candidates for the Instructional Leadership Licensure-Aspiring (ILL–A) upon recommendation of our partnering Local Education Agencies (LEA).
2. Students with a prior M.Ed. degree who desire to follow a “licensure only” path to receive the ILL–B must meet the same entrance and exit requirements listed for the M.Ed. degree.