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	NJ Supervisor Certification Program

Curriculum, Instruction, and Supervision

See yourself enhancing the classroom and curriculum, being an agent of change, or being a leader.

Master of Arts in Curriculum, Instruction and Supervision (36 semester hours)
 
Program Description
This degree program seeks students who wish to develop their instructional leadership capacities in educational settings.  The program is designed to be developmental and experiential in nature, fostering ethical behavior and the improvement of self and one’s profession.  The program is based upon leadership standards established by the Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC).  These standards emphasize performance-based learning opportunities in the areas of articulating and implementing a vision for learning, promoting an effective instructional program, managing resources for a safe learning environment, collaborating with families and community members, promoting the success of all students in an ethical manner, and recognizing the influence of the larger political, social, economic, legal, and cultural context.  The program prepares students for formal instructional supervisory roles by emphasizing the knowledge, skills and dispositions needed to assume leadership responsibilities for school and district-wide improvement initiatives.  The program also serves those students who seek a graduate program that will develop their professional capacities as teacher-leaders.  Increasingly in today’s schools, teachers are called upon to coordinate and evaluate curricular programs; assess the outcomes of instruction; support the work of other teachers through mentoring, peer coaching, and collaborative problem solving; contribute to the professional development of the staff through a variety of in-service programs, and to promote a positive climate and culture for learning.  A Pre-Practicum Portfolio Project will be submitted to document the continuous and sustained accomplishments of the candidates in the appropriate work setting.  All students will be given an opportunity to practice and develop their supervisory leadership skills in a culminating internship experience.  Upon completing the program, graduates will qualify for the New Jersey Instructional Supervisor Certificate.  For a complete listing of the state requirements for certification as a supervisor of instruction, please refer to the New Jersey Administration Code (N.J.A.C. 6A:9-12.6)

For more information on this program, please contact:

Dennis Buss, Ed.D. Associate Professor, Coordinator, Curriculum, Instruction and Supervision (on leave) Office: Memorial Hall 202 H Phone: 609-895-5474 Fax: (609)896-5362 Email: dbuss@rider.edu