Online EdS in Educational Administration and Leadership (Non-Licensure)

Transform your school into a thriving, collaborative learning community. Become an education leader with impact.
Transform your school into a thriving, collaborative learning community. Become an education leader with impact.

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Course-Based: January 08, 2024

Enhance P–12 Learning With an EdS in Educational Administration and Leadership

Are you ready to create more engaging and effective P–12 learning environments for your students? Develop your leadership expertise with an EdS in Educational Administration and Leadership (Non-Licensure) degree from Walden. Gain the skills and confidence to present innovative solutions to your organization’s most pressing challenges, from improving instruction to advancing student achievement.

An EdS in Educational Administration and Leadership (Non-Licensure) program equips educators to effectively manage resources and improve learning environments for diverse student populations. It is not a path to principal or superintendent licensure.

Why Choose Walden?

Advance Your Leadership Skills

Sharpen your insights and expertise in strategic planning, staffing, and how to maximize results from your time and budget.

Build Your Confidence

In the capstone, work with a K–12 school or organization to identify a challenge, make recommendations, and create an action plan.

Broaden Your Horizons

Prepare for new career opportunities—or pivot seamlessly into a doctoral program to continue your advanced studies.

Program Details

Curriculum

Completion Requirements

  • 45 quarter credits

Education Specialist candidates must have access to a PreK–12 administrator, students, and community members associated with a PreK–12 school setting.

View the COMPLETE CURRICULUM PLAN.

Time to completion will vary by student, depending on individual progress and credits transferred, if applicable. For a personalized estimate of the number of your transfer credits that Walden would accept, call an Enrollment Specialist at 844-768-0539.

Admission Requirements

Completed online application and transcripts. Please note that the materials you are required to submit may vary depending on the academic program to which you apply.

More information for international applicants.

Tuition and Fees

Curriculum Component Requirements Cost amount
Tuition 45 quarter credit hours $640 per quarter hour $28,800
Program Fee Per quarter $170 $1,530
      $30,330*

 

Effective February 26, 2024

Curriculum Component Requirements Cost amount
Tuition 45 quarter credit hours $655 per quarter hour $29,475
Program Fee Per quarter $175 $1,575
      $31,050*

*This sequence represents the minimum time to completion. Time to completion will vary by student, depending on individual progress and credits transferred, if applicable. For a personalized estimate of the number of your transfer credits that Walden would accept, call an Enrollment Specialist at 855-646-5286.

Tuition and fees are subject to change. Books and materials are not included.

Paying for Your Education

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Program Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

All EdS graduates will be prepared to:

  • Apply discipline-specific knowledge to address issues in educational settings.
  • Apply evidence-based practices to address a problem within the academic and/or work environment and propose a solution.
  • Communicate information to a variety of stakeholders using oral and written formats.
  • Practice ethically as a professional in the field of education.
  • Collaborate with diverse stakeholders to promote continuous improvement in educational settings.
  • Advocate for social change to make a positive impact in educational settings.

Specialization Learning Outcomes

In addition to the shared EdS learning outcomes above, Educational Administration and Leadership (Non-Licensure) graduates will be prepared to:

  • Demonstrate knowledge of current literature and trends in education.
  • Effectively communicate with others (e.g., verbal, non-verbal, written, and technology-based).
  • Actively participate in addressing the diverse learning needs of students in the school community.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of effectively managing resources to improve the learning environment.
  • Contribute to an effective learning environment to improve learning.
  • Demonstrate the use of technology that can be used to support student learning..
  • Use the results of published research to support student learning.
  • Demonstrate positive professional dispositions (professional conduct, professional qualities, communication, and collaboration).
  • Promote positive social change in the learning environment.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of cultural responsiveness in interactions with students, teachers/faculty, staff, stakeholders, and the community.
  • Design a scholarly response to address an educational, administration, or leadership problem and contribute to the profession.

An Educational Leadership Program Focused on Actionable Skills

Walden’s non-licensure EdS in Educational Administration and Leadership program focuses on developing entrepreneurial and creative solutions relevant to a variety of K–12 learning organizations. Explore leadership skills such as budgeting and recruiting, developing, and retaining talented educational professionals. Learn to collaborate with teachers, students, and families in order to lead meaningful improvements in instruction, learning, and achievement.

Career Outlook

As the field of education evolves, there’s a growing need for school leaders who can innovatively address student achievement, organizational effectiveness, and faculty growth.

Earning an EdS in Educational Administration and Leadership can help you gain the expertise that brings new respect from peers, employers, and students. Elevate your career profile in less time, and at a lower cost, than it takes to earn an EdD or PhD in Education—and transfer seamlessly into a doctorate program later if you choose to.

An EdS in Educational Administration and Leadership can position you to pursue career options such as:2

  • Teacher leader/Instructional coach
  • Dean of students
  • Program coordinator
  • Department chair

An EdS in Educational Administration and Leadership can position you to work in settings such as:

  • Public, private, and charter schools
  • School district central offices
  • State departments of education
  • Education agencies

Career options may require additional experience, training, or other factors beyond the successful completion of this degree program.

 
Walden’s educator community includes more than

59,500

alumni and more than 150 state teachers of the year.1
 

Resources

Meet Your Academic Team

Stacy Wahl
Dr. Wahl is the Associate Dean II of the Riley College of Education and Human Sciences' doctoral programs and has graduated over 60 doctoral students. Dr. Wahl authored book chapters on critical thinking and decision making, published numerous articles, and presents at national conferences. She is an RN with board certification in critical care and professional development. Dr. Wahl is passionate about life-long learning and fostering the academic growth of her students. Her research interests include culturally inclusive pedagogies, burnout, thought leadership, emotional intelligence, improvement science, employee retention and satisfaction, and trauma informed pedagogy. She is a Walden diversity, equity, and inclusion ambassador, and in December of 2021, Dr. Wahl received Walden University's Teaching Excellence Award.
James Bailey
Core Faculty
Dr. James Bailey has been teaching at Walden since 2017 and is a life-time K-12 educator with positions as teacher, principal, assistant superintendent and superintendent in Colorado and Wyoming. Recently he started a new venture as the superintendent of an emerging charter school network in San Antonio, Texas for highly at-risk students. He also owns a small consulting firm focused on the coaching of educational leaders, and he has taught on-line doctoral courses for over 12 years. He has always been interested in how social science field can be used to understand how to improve education and has read and researched widely in many of these areas.
Timothy Lafferty
Core Faculty
Dr. Tim Lafferty is a senior contributing faculty member who joined Walden University in 2013. He serves as a URR, a chairperson on multiple doctoral committees and an instructor of a variety of EDUC and EDDD courses. He has a long history as a teacher and administrator in public, private and public charter schools in Pennsylvania, New York and Florida. For most of his career, Dr. Lafferty has served as a school administrator; these positions included two public school superintendent positions, 2 charter school executive directorships, and an executive director for a for-profit educational company. Dr. Lafferty is currently collaborating on the development of a new blended-model charter school.

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1Source: Walden University Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (OIRA), as of December 31, 2019.

2Source: Burning Glass Technologies Labor Insight™. Industry Analysis, Active selections "nationwide" and “last 12 months” and “Industry: educational services” and “keywords: educational specialist” Retrieved March 2020.

Note on Educator Licensure or Certification
This program does not lead to educator licensure or certification. Educators are advised to contact their individual school districts as to whether this program may qualify for salary advancement.