Leadership for Educational Organizations

Start a path to a fulfilling career where you’ll realize change at the school and community levels. This program will prepare you with the wide breadth of knowledge necessary to create a school learning environment that is cooperative, safe, and welcoming. You will learn how to collaborate across communities and stakeholder groups, become well-versed in current educational issues and how to overcome them and gain awareness of the legal, financial and political dimensions of schools and school districts.

Leadership for Educational Organizations with Principal License

Degree Earned: License MA Campus: CU Denver Online CU Denver’s MA in Leadership for Educational Organizations (LEO-MA) degree with principal licensure prepares district leaders for future ready schools. With CU Denver’s excellent reputation and our expert and supportive faculty, you’ll start a path to a fulfilling career as an elementary, middle or high school principal or administrator where you’ll realize change at school and community levels. You’ll learn how to encourage diversity and social justice, develop a vision for a successful school and attain the real-world knowledge necessary to help you apply it.

Leadership for Educational Organizations with Principal License - Educational Specialist

Degree Earned: EdS Campus: CU Denver Online CU Denver’s EdS in Leadership for Educational Organizations with principal licensure is designed for individuals whose next career goal is to become a school principal. It is a professional degree that is well suited for individuals who already have a master’s degree plus a teaching license or a master’s degree with a special services license. With CU Denver’s expert and supportive faculty, you’ll start a path to a fulfilling career as an elementary, middle or high school principal. You’ll develop the skills critical to success as a leader, and learn to encourage diversity, equity and social justice.

Learning, Developmental and Family Sciences

The program prepares students to facilitate the teaching/learning process and to lead and work in community-based environments. Thus, many students pursue the degree to enhance their skills as professional classroom teachers or leaders in the community. Through this program, you will be prepared to view culturally and linguistically diverse families from a strengths-based perspective and to serve them in a variety of contexts.

Learning, Developmental and Family Sciences - Friends School Teacher Preparation Partnership

Degree Earned: License MA Campus: CU Denver Online CU Denver and Friends School in Boulder have partnered together to offer an innovative program where teachers earn an MA in Learning, Developmental and Family Sciences and a Colorado teaching license. This highly regarded partnership places teachers in public and independent elementary and early childhood schools throughout Boulder County while they also complete graduate coursework at a reduced tuition rate.