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Christian School Leadership Concentration
The Doctor of Education (Christian School
Leadership) is designed for administrators of
Christian K-12 schools: headmasters, principals,
assistant principals and other individuals responsi-
ble for leadership and management decisions in
primary and secondary Christian educational insti-
tutions. The curriculum for this concentration pro-
vides opportunities to develop your knowledge
and skills in educational leadership, instructional
supervision, strategic planning, assessment, spiri-
tual formation, legal issues and instructional deliv-
ery systems in the K-12 environment.
(Bold courses required and must be taken at CIU or
Korntal)
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Required Courses ..................................45 hours
EDU 9010 Seminar in Core Values ....................0
EDU 9200 Historical and Philosophical
Perspectives on Education ................3
EDU 9300 Biblical Foundations for Curriculum
and Pedagogy ..................................3
EDU 9310 Curriculum Theory and Design ........3
EDU 9320 Teaching and Learning Theory............3
EDU 9510 Biblical Leadership............................3
EDU 9515 Leadership and Organizational
Behavior ............................................3
EDU 9540 Models of Strategic Planning and
Organizational Assessment................3
EDU 9525 Principles of Organizational Team
Building ............................................3
EDU 9600 Research Statistics Competency ....0
EDU 9610 Advanced Educational Research
Design................................................3
EDU 9620 Qualitative Research ........................3
EDU 9630 Research and Authorship for
Publication ........................................3
EDU 9690 Portfolio and Qualifying Examination
Competencies ....................................0
EDU 9700 Doctoral Dissertation ......................12
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Concentration Electives ..........................21 hours
(21 credit hours from among the following)
EDU 9150 Contextualizing Christian Education
in Diverse Settings* ............................3
EDU 9330 Measurement and Assessment
Theory* ............................................3
EDU 9340 Spiritual Formation in Educational
Institutions..........................................3
EDU 9350 Models of Effective Instruction* ..........3
EDU 9360 Contemporary Innovations in
Curriculum and Instruction ................3
EDU 9520 Leading, Developing and Evaluating
Faculty................................................3
EDU 9535 Governance and Management in
Educational Institutions* ....................3
EDU 9545 Alternative Educational Delivery
Systems* ............................................3
EDU 9550 The Legal Environment and the
Christian School*................................3
EDU 9555 Development and Finance in
Educational Institutions......................3
or other educational courses approved by the stu-
dent’s academic advisor
*Offered on request with minimum of five students
Total Required Hours ............................................66
Curricular and Instructional
Leadership Concentration
The Doctor of Education (Curricular and
Instructional Leadership) is designed for individu-
als leading curriculum development or assisting
others in teaching and learning at either the K-12
or postsecondary education levels: curriculum
coordinators, curriculum specialists, instructional
designers, online instructional designers, lead
teachers and supervising faculty. The curriculum
for this concentration provides opportunities to
develop your knowledge and skills in educational
leadership, curriculum theory and design, instruc-
tional development, curriculum innovation,
assessment of instruction, spiritual formation and
methods of instructional delivery.
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