MA, Emancipatory K12 School Leadership
The SJSU Connie L. Lurie College of Education’s Master's in Educational Leadership, Concentration in Emancipatory K12 School Leadership is designed for emerging K-12 school leaders who wish to engage with emancipatory leadership practices to improve educational opportunities for historically marginalized students. This program will prepare school leaders through deep engagement with research and practice through applied consulting on living case studies.
Emancipatory K12 school leadership approaches create organizational cultures to reflect the diversity of experience and knowledge within school communities through collaborative approaches to deconstruct power systems, challenge inequitable practices and policies, and cultivate community cultural wealth.
- Program Overview
- Program Learning Outcomes
- Initial Eligibility and Requirements
- Curriculum and Roadmaps
- Upcoming Info Sessions
- Steps to Apply
- Questions? Contact Us
- Additional Student Resources
- Current Students' Spotify Playlist
Program Overview
This new Master’s Degree is designed to work in partnership with county LEAP programs to build upon the skills LEAP graduates bring to school settings. The program contains the following features:
- Official program name: MA, Educational Leadership, Concentration in Emancipatory K12 School Leadership
- Format: We follow a hybrid model where all program courses are taught synchronously online during the weekdays with 1-2 in-person Saturday classes at SJSU per term.
- Units: 30 units
- Start date: Summer
- Program length: 14-month program (summer, fall, spring, summer)
- Application deadline: April 17th, 2023
- Cost: Depending upon eligible credit transfer and course taking patterns, the current cost of the program ranges between $12,000-$15,000
- Scholarship: Limited $1,000 scholarships for accepted students who appy by March 1, 2023!
Initial Eligibility and Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university in any major/discipline
- Three (3) years of successful, full-time experience in public, private, or charter schools
- Nomination/recommendation from a school leader
- Applicants from countries in which the native language is not English must achieve a minimum English-language proficiency test score as indicated on GAPE’s Graduate Program Test Requirements webpage.
Curriculum and Roadmaps
This program consists of 30 units of coursework. Students who have completed the CalAPA/PASC will be able to transfer 12 units of coursework and will take the remaining 18 units at SJSU’s Lurie College of Education. Applicants who have not completed the CalAPA/PASC can enroll in our individualized program and take an additional 12 units across the university or possibly transfer in graduate level coursework. Descriptions of the required courses and the program roadmap are available on the SJSU Catalog website.
Upcoming Info Sessions
There are currently no information sessions scheduled. For more information regarding the program, please contact edleadership@sjsu.edu.
Steps to Apply
Step 1 | Notify Our Department
Contact Dr. Rebeca Burciaga, Emancipatory K12 School Leadership Program Coordinator, at rebeca.burciaga@sjsu.edu to make her aware of your interest.
Step 2 | Complete the Cal State Apply application online
- Summer 2023 application deadline: April 17, 2023
- Program name: Educational Leadership, Concentration in Emancipatory School Leadership, MA
- Before beginning the application for CSU apply, please be prepared to upload all required documents:
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- Unofficial Transcripts | Upload a PDF copy from each university/college attended
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- Resume | Upload a PDF or Word version of your most recent resume
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- Three (3) Recommendations | Provide only names and titles on our application form - a school leader, a faculty member, and a colleague who are recommending you.
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- A recommendation form from a school leader.
- A recommendation form from one of your faculty members in your Preliminary Administrative Services Credential Program. If you took the test, please use this opportunity to request a recommendation form from a second school leader.
- A recommendation form from a colleague that speaks to your collaboration with family and school communities.
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- PASC Memo | If applicable, provide a PDF memo from a Preliminary Administrative Services Credential (PASC) program reflecting completion or near completion of the credential.
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- Verification Memo | Upload a PDF memo from a supervisor verifying a minimum of three years of successful, full-time experience in public, private, or charter schools
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- Written Portion | Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration
of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity
or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which people deal critically and
creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their
world (Freire, p.16, 1970). The Lurie College of Education Emancipatory School Leadership
Program is grounded in critical research and practices that highlight the emancipatory
effects of culturally sustaining and participatory approaches to school leadership.
We are excited to learn more about the insights and experiences you would bring to
our learning community. Please answer the following questions within 4 pages of a
double-spaced document and upload as a PDF.
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- Why are you interested in the Emancipatory School Leadership Program?
- Describe your most difficult school-related challenge and how you plan to address it.
- How might a MA degree in Emancipatory School Leadership benefit you/others/schools in the future?
- Is there anything else you would like to share?
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- Written Portion | Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration
of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity
or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which people deal critically and
creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their
world (Freire, p.16, 1970). The Lurie College of Education Emancipatory School Leadership
Program is grounded in critical research and practices that highlight the emancipatory
effects of culturally sustaining and participatory approaches to school leadership.
We are excited to learn more about the insights and experiences you would bring to
our learning community. Please answer the following questions within 4 pages of a
double-spaced document and upload as a PDF.
- Official transcripts can be sent either by mail or by email. If your university offers official electronic transcripts, you can email them to etranscript@sjsu.edu. Hard copy transcripts can be mailed to:
San José State University
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0017
Applicants whose files are complete will be invited to an interview to finalize the application process.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns, please email Dr. Rebeca Burciaga, Emancipatory K12 School Leadership Program Coordinator, at rebeca.burciaga@sjsu.edu.
Current Students' Spotify Playlist
We asked students from our current MA cohort to share songs that help them resist and/or recover and added them to a playlist on our SJSU Lurie College of Education Spotify account. Give them a listen below.