Current Student Information

Each student is responsible for knowing Mason’s rules, regulations, requirements, administrative policies and academic policies. The University Catalog, your program advisors, and the staff in the Student and Academic Affairs Office are key resources to assist you as you work toward completion of your degree requirements. It is highly recommended that you meet with your advisor at least once per semester to review degree progress and plan for future semesters.

You Have the Keys to Success:

1. Be an Informed Student

   It is your responsibility to know where you are in completing your requirements. Your advisor is a resource to assist you. If you choose not to meet with your advisor you may miss key information and opportunities to make your experience at Mason a more valuable one.

2. Read your Mason E-mail

   Students are responsible for the content of university communication sent to their Mason e-mail account (@masonlive.gmu.edu) and are required to activate that account and check it regularly. If you wish to forward your @masonlive.gmu.edu e-mails to a personal account please do so as soon as possible once admitted to avoid missing key communications from various university offices.

3. Know and Use your Resources

   Friends and other CEHD students are great but they are not reliable sources of information for your individual degree requirements/progress. A reliable resource is a paid Mason employee and the subject matter expert on the question at hand (i.e. Licensure, Endorsements, Advising, Career Services, Admissions, Registrar, ITU Support, etc.). When in doubt, ask your advisor!

Where to look for Advising

Contact the Education Leadership program at edleprog@gmu.edu. Faculty and staff will answer any questions that you may have about your program or degree.

EDLE Courses

• EDLE 412: Schools and the Law (3)
• EDLE 420: Organization and Management of Schools (3)
• EDLE 610: Leading Schools and Communities (3)
• EDLE 612: Education Law (3)
• EDLE 613: Education Law for Independent and Nonpublic Schools (3)
• EDLE 614: Managing Financial and Human Resources (3)
• EDLE 615: Managing Financial and Human Resources for Independent Schools (3)
• EDLE 616: Curriculum Development and Evaluation (3)
• EDLE 618: Supervision and Evaluation of Instruction (3)
• EDLE 620: Organizational Theory and Leadership (3)
• EDLE 634: Contemporary Issues in Education Leadership (3)
• EDLE 635: Governance and the Independent School Boardroom (3)
• EDLE 636: Adult Motivation and Conflict Management in Education Settings: A Case Study Approach (3)
• EDLE 690: Using Research to Lead School Improvement (3)
• EDLE 791: Internship in Educational Leadership (3)
• EDLE 792: Internship in Independent School Leadership (3)
• EDLE 801: Contemporary Organization Theory (3)
• EDLE 802: Leadership and Decision Making (3)
• EDLE 812: Education Law (3)
• EDLE 813: Social and Political Forces in Education Leadership (3)
• EDLE 814: Education Finance and Human Resources (3)
• EDLE 816: Instructional Leadership-Curriculum Policy and Practice (3)
• EDLE 818: Instructional Leadership-Supervision Policy and Practice (3)
• EDLE 895: Emerging Issues in Administration and Supervision (3)

EDPD Courses

• EDPD 503: Professional Development in Individual and Organizational Transformation (1 - 6)

• Projected Campus Schedule (Spring 2017 - Fall 2020)
• Recommended Campus Sequence of Course Work

Faculty

Affiliated Faculty

Staff

I am ready to pay my full semester's tuition.

• EDLE Cohort Registration Guide

I want to pay through a Payment Plan. First I must Enroll in the plan, then I should make payments by the deadlines.

• EDLE Payment Plan Enrollment Guide
• Payment Plan - How to Make a Payment Guide

I plan to use Financial Aid. First, I must request enrollment as a cohort student planning to use financial aid, then I should pay tuition by the deadline.

• Financial Aid Enrollment Guide
• Financial Aid Payment Guide

Related Links

• Educational Testing Service - School Leaders Licensure Assessment (SLLA).
• Virginia Department of Education- licensure application

Prepare for the School Leaders Licensure Assessment (SLLA) at one of our review sessions.

The Education Leadership Program offers a few SLLA Review Sessions a year. Review sessions are held in October, January and June each year. The next session will be held in a synchronous virtual format on October 29, 2021 from 4-6pm.

You must be pre-registered to attend. To maximize your benefit of the review we have established the successful completion of EDLE 618 as a prerequisite for attendance. Registration is limited to 25 attendees on a first-come, first-served basis. If the session is full you may place your name on the waitlist by sending an email to edleprog@gmu.edu.

The next SLLA review session will be held on:

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