M.Ed. Educational Leadership | Hawai’i Pacific University

Online Master's In Educational Leadership

Why Choose Hawaii Pacific University Degrees

The Master of Education in Educational Leadership (MEDEL) from Hawai‘i Pacific University prepares new and experienced educators for leadership and administrative roles in classrooms, schools, and higher education institutions. The courses expose students to current issues and trends in the field related to diversity, social change, technology, budgeting, legal issues, and more.

Throughout this online master’s, you will learn from your peers, who are new and experienced educators from around the world. This diversity of culture, experience, and thought will allow you to embrace and embody the Hawaiian values of Pono, Kuleana, and Aloha. As you explore how to use new technologies and teaching strategies in transformative ways, you will learn what it means to prioritize ethics in education, demonstrate responsible leadership, and meet every challenge with empathy. 

Through a values-driven curriculum, hands-on projects, faculty mentorship, and a final research capstone, this online master’s in educational leadership will equip you with the skills you need to emerge as a more reflective, socially responsible, and future-focused leader — one who possess the confidence and the skills to activate necessary change in schools, communities, and higher education institutions.

 

 

Successful students in the Master of Education in Educational Leadership will:

  1. Learn to use formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the learner.
  2. Understand diversity and provide equal learning opportunities. They will use their understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation. They will grasp, too, how their own students differ in their approaches to learning, and create instructional opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners in order to support their intellectual, social, and personal development.
  3. Research, evaluate, and use a variety of instructional strategies to encourage their own students' development of critical thinking, problem-solving, and performance skills.
  4. Learn to use effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.
  5. Become reflective practitioners who continually evaluate the effects of their choices and actions on others (students, parents, and other professionals in the learning community), and who actively seek out opportunities to grow professionally.
  6. Complete a capstone research project. Understand, analyze, evaluate, and apply the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline(s) he or she teaches and can create a capstone research that makes these aspects of subject matter meaningful for students. 

Enrolling in this master’s program could be the first step toward pursuing a rewarding career in educational leadership. Some of these roles include:


  • Vice Principal: Oversee administrative tasks, support staff, handle discipline, and assist the principal in managing daily operations within an educational institution.
  • Principal: Lead and oversee daily operations, manage staff, handle administrative duties, implement policies, and foster a positive learning environment in educational institutions.
  • Department Head: Lead faculty, oversee curriculum development, manage budgets, foster student success, coordinate staff, liaise with administration, and ensure educational quality and compliance.
  • Educational policy, training, and development: Develop, implement, and evaluate educational policies, training programs, and initiatives to enhance learning outcomes and educational practices within the state department of education.

Please refer to the following link for admissions information:

https://onlinedegrees.hpu.edu/med-educational-leadership/admissions/

The courses are taught in an online cohort format, where students follow a set schedule of classes together from start to finish.

 

CORE COURSES (24 Credits)

DEPT

COURSE #

TITLE

ED

6605

Practical Research in Education

ED

6615

Contemporary Issues in Education

ED

6620

Educational Assessment

ED

6630

Teacher Leadership

ED

6640

Ethics in Educational Leadership: Role,
Responsibility, Relationships

ED

6650

Self-Management in Education

ED

6660

Diversity and Social Change

ED

6670

Technology in Education

SELECT ONE PATHWAY:

1. COURSES IN GENERAL EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP (6 Credits)

DEPT

COURSE #

TITLE

ED

6680

Budget Analysis and Planning for Schools

ED

6690

School Law

OR

2. CONCENTRATION COURSES IN INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN (6 Credits)

DEPT

COURSE #

TITLE

ED

6671

Instructional Design

ED

6672

Theory and Practice of E-Learning

CAPSTONE COURSE IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP (3 Credits)

DEPT

COURSE #

TITLE

ED

6695

Capstone Research

 

 

Hawaiʻi Pacific University’s School of Education is a member in good standing for the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP). The teacher education licensure programs are nationally accredited until June 30, 2028.