Nov 25, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

School Improvement, M.A.S.I. (Rank I or Rank II)


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Degree offered at: Available Online

The Rank 1 /MASI program is a 30-hour graduate level program offered fully online. Fifteen hours will be professional education “core” courses and fifteen hours will be selected by the candidate from multiple specialty options. These options include:

  1. appropriate endorsement options and
  2. professional specialty courses focusing on in-depth study in a specific discipline or combination of disciplines to meet the candidate’s professional growth needs or school improvement needs.

With Campbellsville University’s online master’s in school improvement, you will be prepared to move beyond the traditional teaching role and into an administrative position in school governance or professional development. The program is ideal for classroom teachers who wish to take on leadership positions within their institution.

Through the coursework, you will acquire the fundamentals of the continuous improvement approach to educational planning and management, as well as the tools that help facilitate planning and teamwork within a professional environment. You will study how to help teachers develop an understanding on how curriculum, instruction and assessment are connected and the current trends in the supervision and evaluation of student progress.

Additionally, you’ll examine the effective practices relevant to working with students of different ethnicities in the school environment to help promote equal learning opportunities, along with how to best serve students who are in special education, are gifted and talented or are at risk. The master’s program also teaches ethics and school governance principles and effective professional development. The degree also includes a practical school improvement project, in which candidates can discover ways to solve issues or improve areas within the school, such as test scores, and analyze their findings.

Program Admissions


CAP 5, admission to the program, requires the student to complete an application for admission to Campbellsville University graduate studies and meet entrance requirements for the MASI which are a 2.75 cumulative grade point average; a valid teaching certificate which documents Rank III or Rank II; a dispositional self-assessment; and a signed code of ethics. Supporting documentation must be included with the application.

CAP Document


Consistent with other graduate level programs, the MASI program has three candidate assessment points. As illustrated below, program requirements are identified at each assessment point. CAP 5 is admission to the program and candidates must be approved by the School of Education graduate faculty. After successful completion of CAP 5, the candidate meets with an advisor and reviews the curriculum guide sheet. CAP 6 is a mid-point check of candidate progress and is implemented after the candidate completes 15 hours. CAP 7 is the exit assessment and is implemented in the last course in the program, ED 705 - Effective Professional Development . A major component of CAP 7 is a culminating project that is submitted in this course. The expectations for the culminating project will be communicated to candidates in the introduction course to the program, ED 701 - Planning and Leading School Improvement .

Candidates receive letters from the Dean’s office notifying them of their status at each of the three CAPs. At CAP 7, the University certification officer is also notified so that appropriate forms are submitted to the Education Professional Standards Board recommending rank change.

Candidate Assessment Points


Data from the CAP system are aggregated and analyzed annually for candidate performance and for program improvement. Area(s) for improvement are targeted for the coming year and strategies implemented to address them. Additionally, monitoring of progress is continuous as candidates take courses and are involved in various experiences and assessments throughout those courses.

CAP 5 Admission


  • Valid teaching certificate
  • Official transcripts; 2.75 GPA - bachelor and master’s degree
  • Disposition self-assessment
  • Code of Ethics
  • Essay
  • Curriculum Contract
  • Chracter and Fitness
  • Diversity Survey

CAP 6 Mid-point


  • 15 hours (a combination of ED courses and specialty option courses)
  • 3.0 GPA
  • Completed admissions folder

CAP 7 Completion/Exit


  • 30 hours (15 hours of ED courses and 15 hours specialty option courses)
  • 3.0 GPA
  • Disposition assessments - self and faculty
  • 3.0 on culminating project, paper on field based assignments and the KTPS

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