The Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership at Waldorf University is designed to develop students’ leadership and equip them to use that leadership as an instrument for organization change. Students evaluate their personal talents and opportunities for leadership, develop leadership knowledge and skills that can be directly applied to their chosen career fields, sharpen their decision-making as leaders, and learn how to shape organization culture. Waldorf’s M.A. in Organizational Leadership includes a variety of optional applied leadership concentrations, so students may tailor their leadership to their chosen career fields.

Estimated time of completion of this program is 2 1/2 years with full-time, continuous enrollment.

Teacher Leader Concentration

The Teacher Leader concentration is designed to complement the M.A. in Organizational Leadership by providing an opportunity to apply organizational leadership to the education career field.  Additionally, the Teacher Leader program is geared at helping educators mature and grow as leaders in their own school setting and open avenues of future professional growth and advancement.

This program is available online only.

Master's Degree Requirements

  • Completion of 36-credit hour curriculum
  • Minimum 3.00 cumulative GPA
  • Grade of B or higher in all required courses and professional electives
Major Required: 15 Credit Hours
Prefix Number Course Credit Hours
ORG 5000 Personal Leadership Development 3
ORG 5100 Leadership Theory and Practice 3
ORG 6600 Culture of Learning Organizations 3
ORG 6700 Diversity and Inclusion in the Organization Culture 3
ORG 6900 Leading Complex Change 3
Concentration Required: 21 Credit Hours
Prefix Number Course Credit Hours
ORG 6000 Leadership Development and Coaching 3
EDU 5000 Adults as Learners 3
EDU 5100 Personal Leadership Skills and Team Building 3
EDU 5102 Student-Centered Differentiated Instruction 3
EDU 5200 Building Professional and Community Relations 3
EDU 6000 Assessment, Learning, and Action Research 3
EDU 6900 Ethical Leadership 3