EDLPS

Welcome to Educational Leadership and Policy Studies!

Welcome from the Department Head

On behalf of the faculty, staff, and students in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Tarleton State University, I welcome you to the Department’s website. It is our hope that this website will provide you with useful and needed information about our Department and the graduate programs we offer.

Faculty members in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies are committed to excellence and equity in all our endeavors. These principles drive the decisions made each day related to student admissions, program curriculum, classroom instruction, student assessment, selection of faculty, and professional support for faculty and staff.

The faculty works to achieve the mission of the Department through the delivery of graduate degree and certification programs in the field of educational leadership and administration.  Programs in the Department are tailored to meet the needs of busy professionals seeking to make a difference in the classroom, at the campus level, at the district level, and in institutions of higher education.

For information about each program offered by the Department, I encourage you to visit the program listings on this website.  Additional information may be obtained from the following:

Upcoming Events

February 11, 2012, Saturday--Comprehensive Examination Multiple Choice Test Review Session  for Principal TExES Examination at TSU-Stephenville campus, Howell Education Building, Room 212, 9 a.m.- 12 noon.  Students attending this session, please email Dr. Higham at higham@tarleton .edu no later than Monday, February 6 in order to reserve a seat for the session.

Kerry Schindler will defend his dissertation titled An Analysis of the Relationship of Principal Instructional Leadership Behaviors and Student Academic Achievement on February 15, 2012 in the E. J. Howell building #303 at 10:00 a.m.

February 22, 2012--Doctoral Information Session,Waco McLennan Community College, Michaelis Academic Center, Room 110 at 6:00 p.m.

March 1, 2012, Thursday--Deadline for Spring Semester 2012 Comprehensive Examination Departmental Forms submission

March 5--Doctoral Information Webinar at 4:00 p.m.

March 14-18 Spring Break

April 2--Deadline for Doctoral Applications to the College of Graduate Studies, 5:00 p.m.

April 14, 2012, Saturday--Spring Semester 2012 Comprehensive Examination Blackboard administration for EDAD Master's Degree

May 5-12 Final Exams

May 12, 2012,Saturday-- Spring Semester 2012 Graduation TSU-Stephenville campus at 7:30 p.m. Master's Hooding Ceremony at 5:30 p.m.