The Philippines is now recognized as the fastest growing educational arena in the Asia-Pacific rim. It is an emerging tiger economy and aspires to be at par with the rest of the countries by the turn of the 21st century. To sustain and even accelerate this status, the national strategy is to pole vault educational development to meet the challenges of the third millennium. The need is to redirect and reorient the various human resources of the government to the future requirements of growth through creativity, innovativeness, entrepreneurship and self-initiative for a more integrative government delivery systems, supported with the latest state of the art of information technology.

Goals and Objectives

The PSU-OUS seeks to transform the teachers and administrators to become innovative and creative educational managers and prepare them for their appropriate roles in the age of information revolution. Specifically, at the end of the Program, the instructional leader shall be able to:

1. Provide the educational and managerial leadership in the articulation and sharing of a vision of academic excellence among the teachers, pupils/students and the community.

2. Lead the school authorities through innovative and creative management strategies, in seeking opportunities for school growth and development.

3. Raise the quality of the teaching-learning activities, and seek the empowerment of teachers and continuous professional self development.

4. Prepare, implement and evaluate school development plans with the school authorities in the context of technological and environmental developments.

Course Curriculum

Foundation Courses (15 units)

Course No.	Course Title	Units
EDF 201	Philosophical-Psychological Foundation of Education	3
EDF 202	Sociological-Anthropological Foundation of Education	3
EDF 203	Methods of Research	3
EDF 204	Statistics in Education	3
EDF 205	Educational Management	3

 

Specilalization Courses (15 units)

Course No.	Course Title	Units
EDM 211	Institutional Fiscal Management	3
EDM 212	Program/Project Planning and Evaluation	3
EDM 213	Legal Bases of Education and Policy Analysis	3
EDM 214	Personnel Management	3
EDM 215	Dynamics of Rural Development Administration	3

 

Elective Courses (3 units)

Course No.	Course Title	Units
EDM 216	Computer Applications in Management	3
EDM 217	Seminar in Manpower Development	3
EDM 218	Curriculum Development	3

 

Thesis Writing (6 units)

Course No.	Course Title	Units
EDM 299	Thesis Writing	6

 

Summary

Foundation Courses	15
Specialization Courses	15
Electives	3
Thesis Writing	6
Total	39 units

 

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Master of Arts in Education
Major in Instructional Leadership

        Excellent School Principals makes excellent schools. The Principal as an academic leader makes the difference. He or She moves the school from mediocrity to excellent academic performance. Because of this, societies have always looked up to the Principal as a responsible leader. With such expectations, the Principal does not only manage the beauty and safety of the school facilities, but promote the conducive learning atmosphere that makes the teachers and pupils/students excel and realize their full potentials.

        The average performance of the schools in the Philippines therefore require among others, the empowerment of the Principals. To empower the Principals, it would equally require efforts in strengthening their capabilities as academic leaders in the schools. Based on their specific needs, the M.A. in Instructional Leadership is designed to develop their basic leadership competencies in instruction.

Goals and Objectives

1. Provide, articulate and share a vision of academic excellence among the teachers, pupils/students and the community.
2. Lead the school authorities through participative management strategies, in seeking opportunities for school growth and development.
3. Supervise the teaching-learning activities, and provide technical expertise to teachers in the identification of problems, causes and solutions and raise the academic performance of the pupils/students.
4. Prepare, implement ad evaluate school development plans with the school authorities.

Course Curriculum

Foundation Courses (15 units)

Course No.	Course Title	Units
EDF 201	Philosophical-Psychological Foundation of Education	3
EDF 202	Sociological-Anthropological Foundation of Education	3
EDF 203	Methods of Research	3
EDF 204	Statistics in Education	3
EDF 205	Educational Management	3

 

Specialization Courses (15 units)

Course No.	Course Title	Units
IL 211	Communications for School Managers	3
IL 212	Teaching-Learning Environment	3
IL 213	Transformational Leadership	3
IL 214	Instructional Supervision	3
IL 215	Staff Development	3
IL 216	School-Based Evaluation	3

 

Elective Courses (3 units)

Course No.	Course Title	Units
IL 217	Innovation/Change in the Classroom	3
IL 218	Practicum in Instructional Leadership	3

 

Thesis Writing (6 units)

Course No.	Course Title	Units
IL 299	Thesis Writing	6

 

Summary

Foundation Courses	15
Specialization Courses	15
Electives	3
Thesis Writing	6
Total	39 units

 

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