Walden MBAs Discussion & Accountability

[eriehiker]

Sweetsecret! Great job on the MBA. This is a copy/paste from my unofficial transcript. I am doing the MS in Early Childhood Studies with a focus on Admin, Management and Leadership. I have had a nice run of it so far. In addition to this list, I have one competency that I am still waiting for related to marketing. I have another one that was just returned for the second time and I need to edit. I also have a third that was returned for revision that I am kind of ignoring for the moment. I have been trying to return a paper every second or third day for the last stretch, but I don't quite always make it. My feeling is that if it isn't good enough, I can just revise it, so I will sometimes get to the third day and just turn in my paper to see what happens. I don't ever revise initially and just write the paper straight up and turn it in. I don't care about grade point and the way the program is set up, there is kind of a floor in terms of how low you can go because you have to get a B in order to pass the competency. I do find the professors to be pretty tough graders, but I am fine with that. It ends up being a legitimate program that way. They do seem very set on enforcing format.

I also received word on transfer credits. I have a previous MAT degree - Master's in the Art of Teaching. I feel that the non-admin. side of this program is basically the same as half of my previous master's. Of course, my previous master's was 13 years ago and, sure enough, Walden rejected the credits for that reason. So, I'm kind of blase about actually finishing this program. I think that I will do as much as I can in the next two weeks and then see if I can defer to the summer and decide in the intervening months if I want to finish. I'm not sure if that is possible. My mentor person told me that if I want the grad. cert. for this program in Admin, it would be a program change, so I am probably just going to roll with the credits.

My interim goal with the credits is the New Jersey Supervisor certificate, which requires a master's and two classes in curriculum and two classes in ed. leadership:

https://www.state.nj.us/education/licens.../0106S.pdf

My second goal with the credits is an application to New Hampshire for principal certification under the Alternative 3C transcript review pathway:

https://www.education.nh.gov/certificati...ctions.pdf

Note: I've been reviewing administrative, principal and superintendent certification standards across the country looking for states that don't require an ed. leadership master's and this site helps to find those states:

http://www.teaching-certification.com/te...ments.html

Name of Program: MS in Early Childhood
Studies
Program Major:
Specialization: Administration, Management,
and Leadership
Program Credit Equivalents: 9.00
Credit Type: Semester
Program Grade: 3.69
Program Status: In Progress
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COURSE: EDUC 6160 GRADE: A SUBSCRIPTION TERM: 12/03/2018 TO 03/03/2019
CREDIT EQUIVALENTS EARNED: 3.00
COMP DESCRIPTION CREDIT EQUIVALENTS STATUS COMPLETED
CD005 Observing, Documenting, and Assessing Children 1.00 Mastered 02/09/2019
CD004 Supporting Children with Exceptionalities 0.50 Mastered 02/01/2019
CD001 Theories of Child Development 0.25 Achieved 12/27/2018
CD003 Culture and Language and Its Influence on Development 0.50 Achieved 01/30/2019
CD002 Knowledge of the Child Development Continuum 0.75 Achieved 01/12/2019
COURSE: EDUC 6166 GRADE: A SUBSCRIPTION TERM: 12/03/2018 TO 03/03/2019
CREDIT EQUIVALENTS EARNED: 3.00
COMP DESCRIPTION CREDIT EQUIVALENTS STATUS COMPLETED
LD001 Ethical and Legal Considerations in Leadership 0.25 Achieved 01/16/2019
LD002 Leading and Developing Teams 1.00 Mastered 01/16/2019
LD004 Recruiting, Developing, and Retaining Staff 1.00 Achieved 01/23/2019
LD003 Organizational Culture 0.75 Mastered 01/06/2019
COURSE: EDUC 6167 GRADE: A SUBSCRIPTION TERM: 12/03/2018 TO 03/03/2019
CREDIT EQUIVALENTS EARNED: 3.00
COMP DESCRIPTION CREDIT EQUIVALENTS STATUS COMPLETED
MP001 Creating Grant Proposals 1.25 Mastered 02/01/2019
MP004 Creating Budgets 1.00 Mastered 02/02/2019
MP003 Allocating Resources to Effectively Manage Programs
and Facilities 0.75 Mastered 02/02/2019
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COMPETENCY REPORT
Code Title Completed Status
CD001 Theories of Child Development 12/27/2018 Achieved
LD003 Organizational Culture 01/06/2019 Mastered
CD002 Knowledge of the Child Development Continuum 01/12/2019 Achieved
LD001 Ethical and Legal Considerations in Leadership 01/16/2019 Achieved
LD002 Leading and Developing Teams 01/16/2019 Mastered
LD004 Recruiting, Developing, and Retaining Staff 01/23/2019 Achieved
CD003 Culture and Language and Its Influence on Development 01/30/2019 Achieved
CD004 Supporting Children with Exceptionalities 02/01/2019 Mastered
MP001 Creating Grant Proposals 02/01/2019 Mastered
MP005 Regulations in Early Childhood Settings 02/02/2019 Achieved
MP003 Allocating Resources to Effectively Manage Programs and Facilities 02/02/2019 Mastered
MP004 Creating Budgets 02/02/2019 Mastered
CC001 Engages Families and Communities 02/06/2019 Mastered
CD005 Observing, Documenting, and Assessing Children 02/09/2019 Mastered