This course provides graduate students with essential skills for scholarly writing such as distinguishing among genres in academic writing, integrating research, principles of structure, citation conventions, responding to feedback, and academic integrity.

Explore the foundational dimensions of school leadership including instructional leadership, fostering effective relationships, supporting the application of foundational knowledge about Indigenous Peoples, visionary leadership, leading learning communities, modelling continuous professional learning, developing leadership capacity, understanding the social context influencing schooling, and managing school operations and resources.

Explores characteristics of, and trends and issues related to leadership in international schools. Topics include but are not limited to the changing nature of international schools, teacher motivation for pursuing international positions, and intercultural opportunities and challenges.

Hone leadership practices grounded in research to demonstrate mastery of Alberta's Leadership Quality Standard (LQS). Includes a job-embedded learning component in which participants visit, observe, and collaborate with a school leader or leadership team in a school setting of their choice, in which the Alberta Program of Studies is offered.

This course is designed to support participants as they increase their knowledge about historical and contemporary challenges and issues in supporting educator professional growth. Topics covered in the course will be relevant to teachers, school leaders, system administrators, teacher educators, and policy-makers.

Explores managerial functions of school leaders in international schools. Topics include but are not limited to navigating host country laws vis-a-vis provincial policies, staff evaluation and discipline, working with parents and stakeholders, and resource management.

Explores the findings of educational research, and works to apply the results of research to educational problems. Focuses on conceptualizing methods of educational research to specific and individual educational sites and issues.

Explores how educational research can enhance educational change toward school improvement and focuses on utilizing appropriate research methods to create a site-based research proposal for a specific site.

A supervised research assignment to develop and apply knowledge and skills related to data collection, data analysis techniques and research report presentation.

A reflection and synthesis of learning from the Master of Education in Educational Studies in relation to the concepts of leadership and school/educational improvement that are the foundations of the program.