The Department of Human Services and Educational Leadership

The programs sponsored under this Department offer the opportunity to build the unique capacities of leadership in the fields of education and human services.

At the undergraduate level, our Human Services Leadership Program serves a multidisciplinary, empowering profession. The Human Service professional is a generalist who empowers people through a variety of therapeutic, teaching, counseling, supportive and preventive methods, often in collaboration with a specialized professional in an organized human service delivery system.

At the graduate level, the Master of Science in Educational Leadership is designed to prepare professionals for leadership and change - agent roles in various educational and helping settings. The program succeeds in meeting individual needs by providing wide latitude in student/advisor program planning consistent with the career goals and needs of the clientele served by the program. The program attracts persons from public, private and parochial school settings, vocational-technical institutions, persons from clergy and helping agencies, and persons engaged or interested in the educational and training components of business and industry.

If you are interested in library/media, you found the right place. Come explore. We offer licensure programs for 902 initial (was 901) , 902 Professional, and 91 Supervisor. You may combine your licensure program with the MS Educational Leadership degree for twice the impact.

If you are interested in becoming a School Principal, Director of Instruction, Director of Public Services, Superintendent, or Higher Ed Administrator - explore our cooperative program with UW Madison, ELPA.