The 600-level courses are master's-level courses that BPS second-year students can take. These courses will count as credit towards your electives and, if you pursue a master's degree, will also count towards your master's program. This is a way to encourage students who are considering pursuing higher education next year or in the future.

This is a required introductory course for all candidates in the educational leadership program. This course is one of the first courses taken in the program. In this course, leadership theory will be applied through the use of individual assessment instruments i.e., analysis of video tapes, case studies, article critiques, role playing and self-assessment critiques. The importance of style of leadership and influences that effect style will be emphasized. Other major concepts will be analyzed utilizing the Niagara University Leadership Matrix model. These concepts include the attributes and skills to facilitate the leadership process for managing a school building organization. The focus of this analysis is to help to assess the candidate’s acquisition of administrative attributes and skills in the context of school leadership. 

Saturdays Jan 25, Feb 1st, Feb 8th, Feb 22, March 1st 9am - 3:30pm (online)
+ 13.5 hours asynchronous.