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Educational leadership almost always starts in the classroom, but it could take you anywhere. Teachers are leaders. They show their students the path to enlightenment, broadening their horizons and helping them along the way towards realizing their true potentials. Many teachers actively seek out leadership roles within their own departments, school buildings, or unions, before they ever think about going back to school in any sort of educational leadership program.
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Online courses are an increasingly popular way to gain a degree or simply further one's education. Distance learning provides a flexibility that traditional schools cannot. Online students do not have to travel to campuses or classrooms. They are also not tied to attending classes at a particular time. Often, because there are no buildings to maintain, online courses are less expensive.
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Educational administrators are responsible for supervising operations of public and private schools. They must oversee budgets, curriculum, school staff and ensure their schools are meeting state and national standards. Because of the complexity of their jobs, most public and private educational institutions of all levels require administrators to be graduates of an accredited educational administrator or a leadership master's degree program.
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Art McCoy, Ph.D., is the assistant superintendent of secondary education at Ferguson-Florissant school district in Florissant, Missouri. He is the author of “‘Severing” the Achievement Gap in the Education of Students,” which includes numerous learning activities and educational strategies for the classroom. In this video, he is interviewed by Barry Lane regarding his work and what it takes to be an educational leader.
