Learn With Your Cohort
You'll stay with the same classmates from start to finish and follow a set sequence of connected courses. Online coursework lets you work at your own pace, on your own time. Face-to-face class time gives you the chance to network, build professional relationships with colleagues, and sharpen the collaborative skills every educational leader needs.
We Come to You
You don't have to be in Lafayette to take this program. Through our remote cohorts, our professors travel to partner school districts and hold classes there. District sites have included Vermilion, Rapides, St. Mary, Iberia, and Lafayette parishes.
Not in one of these parishes? If enough teachers in your district are interested, we may be able to start a new remote cohort in your area. Contact the M.Ed. program coordinator to talk about it.
"I chose UL Lafayette for two main reasons. They would come to us — that was very convenient — and the fact that everyone I spoke with just loves the program and loves the professors."
— Marcy Paulk Bonnette, M.Ed. 2019, assistant principal at Lafargue Elementary
What You'll Learn
Your courses cover the work school leaders do every day:
- Vision, leadership, and school culture
- Using research and data to lead change
- Legal, regulatory, and ethical issues in education
- Understanding today's students
- Curriculum, instruction, and assessment
- Systems alignment and leading change, transition, and evaluation
- Community engagement
You'll apply what you learn through projects and action research in your own school, then finish with an internship in educational leadership and a capstone project.
View the Curriculum
Certification
This program prepares you to seek Louisiana Department of Education Educational Leader certification: Level 1 for principals and supervisors, and Level 3 for superintendents. For Level 1, you'll take the Praxis School Leaders Licensure Assessment.
Educational leaders must be certified by the state where they work. If you plan to work outside Louisiana, read our licensure disclosure and check with that state's certification officer.
CAEP Accredited
The M.Ed. in Educational Leadership is accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). View accreditation details.
Tuition and the Teacher Tuition Incentive Program
If you're a full-time Louisiana K-12 educator, the Teacher Tuition Incentive Program can lower your cost each semester. Awards depend on available funds and aren't guaranteed. See hybrid program tuition and costs from UL Lafayette Online, and explore more ways to pay.
Ready to Apply?
Applications for the fall cohort are due June 30.
How to Apply | See the M.Ed. on UL Lafayette Online
