The Educational Specialist in Curriculum Leadership is a 36-credit hour program designed for the school leaders in charge of or involved with curriculum development.  The program is intended to provide the advanced skills necessary for effective curriculum development and curriculum design.  The program of study outlines effective practices for curriculum leadership and provides students with an opportunity to clarify their educational values.  The program of study emphasizes the critical interrelationship of curriculum, instruction and assessment.  Students will experience an in-depth exploration of transformative curriculum design and its implication for student learning.  Students will be exposed to various means of curriculum reform as well as a variety of reform initiatives.  Other curriculum leadership topics are also included, such as curriculum mapping, closing the achievement gap, differentiated and supplemental programs, how people learn, application of learning frameworks and advanced school law.