Equity, Leadership Studies, and Instructional Technologies (ELSIT)
Graduate College of Education
Dean: Dr. Cynthia Grutzik
Department of Equity, Leadership Studies, and Instructional Technologies (ELSIT)
Burk Hall, Room 239
Phone: (415) 338-1653, Fax: (415) 338-0568
e-mail: elsit@sfsu.edu
Chair: Dr. Deborah Curtis
Mission
The Department of Equity, Leadership Studies, and Instructional Technologies (ELSIT) is a unique multidisciplinary unit that is composed of four MA degree programs (Educational Administration, Equity and Social Justice Education, Instructional Technologies, and Special Interest in Education), one credential program (Administrative Services), and one high school outreach program (Step to College). The department also serves undergraduate programs with General Education (GE) requirement courses in quantitative reasoning, instructional technologies, and equity and social justice.
Our fundamental belief is that all humans are valued and appreciated for their individuality. Accordingly, we offer learning opportunities that seek to enable all students to reach their full potential. At the core of what we do is an ethic of care. This ethic infuses all of our work to build a community of learners, educators, and leaders, and to create equitable learning spaces, curricula, pedagogies, technologies, and scholarship.
ELSIT's programs seamlessly weave research and practice together so that students experience inclusive and applied learning that integrates equity and social justice with social, cultural, political, spiritual, economic, and environmental issues. This praxis imbues our teaching, learning, research, lifelong learning, scholarship, and technologies with equity and social justice to establish a foundation of knowledge grounded in democratic values.
In ELSIT we engage our students in meaningful dialogue that promotes introspection and critical reflection. We acknowledge that students and faculty bring with them lived experiences that inform all of our teaching and learning. Knowledge in our programs is thus not owned by any single entity, but is a collective construction of all.
ELSIT prepares professionals to critically examine inequities and work to challenge and eradicate them. Our students become teachers, administrators, facilitators, curriculum developers, trainers, advocates, activists, and ultimately, change agents. We are a part of the many communities that surround us. We thus work to build meaningful relationships sustained by program values so that our students become invested future leaders and active community members.
Program Scope and Career Outlook
The Department of Equity, Leadership Studies, and Instructional Technologies responds actively to the changing needs of schools, communities, and other institutions and provides creative, professional leadership.
The department attracts students from a variety of backgrounds with diverse career goals. Through faculty advisement, a program is planned for each student to match prior training and experience, current interests, and career aspirations. The programs lead to professional roles in public and private schools, government agencies, social agencies, and industry. Possible career opportunities include leadership positions in elementary and secondary schools and community colleges; staff training positions; adult education leadership or practitioner roles; and positions in research, measurement, and evaluation.
Master of Arts Degree Options
The ELSIT Department offers Master of Arts Degrees in the following areas:
- Master of Arts in Equity and Social Justice Education
- Master of Arts in Education: Concentration in Educational Administration
- Master of Arts in Instructional Design and Technology
- Master of Arts in Education: Concentration in Special Interest Area
Administrative Services Credential
The ELSIT Department offers a Tier 1 Administrative Services Credential. This credential program is a 12-month hybrid program, beginning in January of each year, and ending in December of the same year. Students obtain a Master of Arts Degree in Educational Administration as part of this credential program. See Credential Programs for more information.
Instructional Technology Certificate
- Graduate Instructional Technologies Certificate in Training Systems Development
Professor
Deborah Curtis (1991), Professor in Interdisciplinary Studies in Education. Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley.
Doris Flowers (1991), Professor in Equity, Leadership Studies and Instructional Technology. Ph.D. University of Virginia.
Helen Hyun (2005), Professor in Interdisciplinary Studies in Education. Ed.D. Harvard University.
Ming-Yeh Lee (1999), Professor in Equity, Leadership Studies and Instructional Technology. Ed.D. University of Georgia.
Stanley Pogrow (2004), Professor in Educational Administration. Ph.D. Stanford University.
Associate Professor
Brian Beatty (2003), Associate Professor in Instructional Technologies. Ph.D. Indiana University.
Davide Celoria (2012), Associate Professor in Equity, Leadership Studies and Instructional Technology. Ed.D. University of California, Berkeley.
Patricia Donohue (2011), Associate Professor in Equity, Leadership Studies and Instructional Technology. Ph.D. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Zahira Husseinali Merchant (2013), Associate Professor in Instructional Technologies. Ph.D. Texas A M University.
Irina Okhremchouk (2017), Associate Professor in Equity, Leadership Studies and Instructional Technology. Ph.D. University of California, Davis.
Masters
- Master of Arts in Education: Concentration in Educational Administration
- Master of Arts in Education: Concentration in Special Interest Area
- Master of Arts in Educational Administration and Leadership
- Master of Arts in Equity and Social Justice Education
- Master of Arts in Instructional Design and Technology
Certificates
Educational Administration
EDAD 713 Administrative Processes (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- Teacher Credential Program Crs
EDAD 714 Practicum: Site Administration (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- Teacher Credential Program Crs
EDAD 723 School Administration (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- Teacher Credential Program Crs
EDAD 733 Curricular Leadership for Multicultural Education (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- Teacher Credential Program Crs
EDAD 743 Educational Planning, Technology, and Evaluation (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- Teacher Credential Program Crs
EDAD 753 Human Resource Administration in Education (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- Teacher Credential Program Crs
EDAD 763 Law and Education (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- Teacher Credential Program Crs
EDAD 774 Change Processes and Education (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- Teacher Credential Program Crs
EDAD 784 Special Education Administration (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- Teacher Credential Program Crs
EDAD 822 Practicum: Leadership in Supervision and Curriculum Development (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
EDAD 823 Practicum: Evaluation, Research, and Planning (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: EDAD 743.
EDAD 824 Practicum: Personnel Management (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
EDAD 850 Professional Development Practicum (Units: 2)
Prerequisite: Admission to Professional Administrative Services Credential program.
EDAD 860 Educational Administrative Competence Practicum (Units: 2)
Prerequisite: Completion of planned program study.
EDAD 892 Educational Administration Supervised Field Internship Project (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: EDAD 714, permission of the instructor, and approval of Advancement to Candidacy (ATC) and Culminating Experience (CE) forms by Graduate Studies.
Course Attributes:
- Teacher Credential Program Crs
EDAD 899 Independent Study (Units: 1-3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
Interdisciplinary Studies Education
ISED 100 General Studies Colloquium (Units: 3)
Awareness and knowledge of the university community--its resources, services, structure. Personal and career counseling.
ISED 150 Orientation to Education (Units: 3)
Teaching as a career; professional opportunities, qualifications and demands. Classroom visitation and field trips through educational institutions. Designed to help students assess their interest in teaching as a vocation. Does not meet professional education requirements. (ABC/NC grading; CR/NC allowed)
ISED 160 Data Analysis in Education (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: First-year math advising module. Students who elect to take additional support should concurrently enroll in MATH 122.
Course Attributes:
- B4: Math/QR
ISED 185 Culture, Power, and Social Justice Education (Units: 3)
Explore how race, ethnicity, social class, gender, and sexual orientation integrate and overlap to affect students' lived experiences within structures of power in US institutions. Examine of inequities in K-12 schools and universities. Explore concepts of power for understanding institutional structures and everyday educational practices that create and sustain inequality. Analysis of policies and practices that aim to promote educational equity and social justice, including culturally sustaining pedagogy, abolitionist teaching, restorative justice practices, and other tools for resistance, self-determination, and collective action. [Formerly ISED 585]
ISED 201 Introduction to the University (Units: 3)
Designed to acclimate freshmen and sophomore students at Community College to the rigor and structure of a four-year University. Assists students in clarifying academic goals and objectives, provides the skills and understandings to facilitate academic decisions, and improves progress towards goals with the most effective use of student time and resources. [CSL may be available]
ISED 204 Critical Thinking for Educational Equity and Social Justice (Units: 3)
Developing critical thinking skills to analyze, criticize, advocate, and construct arguments related to current issues in equity and social justice education. Particular emphasis will be placed on examining social justice issues related to race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and dis/ability in education and community contexts.
Course Attributes:
- A3: Critical Thinking
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
ISED 699 Independent Study (Units: 1-3)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission of the instructor; open only to regularly enrolled students.
ISED 706 Principles and Methods of Adult and Vocational Education (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
ISED 707 Planning and Funding Education and Community Programs (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of the instructor.
ISED 715 Race, Class, and Gender in Education Policy (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
ISED 716 The Intersection of Race and Language in Education (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
ISED 717 Foundations of Social Justice Education (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
ISED 718 Queering Education: Research, Policy, and Pedagogy (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
ISED 725 The Educational Experiences of Latinx Students: An Equity and Social Justice Perspective (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
ISED 735 The Adult Learner: From Theory to Practice (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
ISED 736 Leadership and Policy for Community and Non-Formal Education (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
ISED 738 Critical Theories and Pedagogies (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
ISED 739 Education and Community Development: Equity and Diversity (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
ISED 740 Education & Globalization: Issues in Comparative and International Education (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ISED 747 or equivalent.
ISED 745 Practicum in a Multicultural Educational Setting (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
ISED 747 Culture, Language, and Society in Education (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
ISED 748 Culture, Cognition, and Power Issues in Education (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
ISED 760 Crossing Borders: Immigration, Intersectionality, and Critical Education (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate-level standing or permission of the instructor.
ISED 781 Educational Praxis: Curriculum Development and Pedagogies (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
ISED 782 Practicum in Adult Learning (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor; must be taken concurrently with ISED 781.
ISED 797 Seminar in Educational Research (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Course Attributes:
- Teacher Credential Program Crs
ISED 891 Seminar in Selected Studies (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topics:
- LGBTQ+ Issues in Education
- Social Justice for Immigrant Youth in U.S. Schools
- The Educational Experiences of Latinx Students
- Intersectionality, Disability, and Education
- Educational Practices in Transnational Spaces
ISED 895 Field Study Project (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: ISED 797, 24 units of MA coursework; permission of the instructor and approval of Advancement to Candidacy (ATC) and Culminating Experience (CE) forms by Graduate Studies. Advancement to Candidacy and Proposal for Culminating Experience Requirement forms must be approved by the Graduate Division before registration.
ISED 898 Master's Thesis (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: ISED 797; completion of 24 units of MA coursework; permission of the instructor and approval of Advancement to Candidacy (ATC) and Culminating Experience (CE) forms by Graduate Studies. Advancement to Candidacy and Proposal for Culminating Experience Requirement forms must be approved by the Graduate Division before registration.
ISED 899 Independent Study (Units: 1-3)
Prerequisite: Enrollment by petition approved by the instructor, adviser, and department chair. Open only to regularly enrolled students.