Master in Education Management (MEM)

The International Symposium on Education Policies, hosted by the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), discussed implementing Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 (Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all), including how countries can align their policies with the Education 2030 Framework for Action and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The report, however, on school leadership underscored ‘Leading Better Learning: School Leadership and Quality in the Education 2030 Agenda,’ which recommends prioritizing leadership by head teachers and those with institutional-level responsibility in the 2030 Agenda. 

With the release of CMO No. 15, s. 2019, it offers a new landscape of graduate education programs, particularly integrating pertinent provisions of RA No. 7722, otherwise known as the “Higher Education Act of 1994,"  in pursuance of an outcome-based quality assurance system, in alignment with the Philippine Qualifications Framework, and by virtue of Referendum No. R070-2019 dated December 19, 2019, where the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) adopts and promulgates the set of policies, standards, and guidelines for graduate programs in the country.

As a result, the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, College of Education-Graduate Studies, leads in the promotion of "Empowering Educational Leaders to Achieve Excellence in the Management of Teacher Education Institutions across Elementary, Secondary, and Higher Education Institutions of Learning as its contribution to the university's vision of becoming a National Polytechnic University.

The Master in Education Management (MEM) program articulates PQF level 7, institutional learning outcomes, program educational outcomes, and program outcomes as set forth in CMO # 15, s. 2019, along with the inclusion of program indicators identifying what the graduates of the program are expected to accomplish after finishing MEM with specializations.

Program Description

The MEM Program is an academic, research-based degree program designed to produce highly skilled, globally responsive, competent educational managers, leaders, and instructional specialists who are interested in pursuing academic excellence, advancing research, and promoting a global culture of sharing with school leaders at all levels of education.

The MEM specializing in Educational Leadership program builds a solid foundation in educational management, emphasizing relevant skills in pursuit of quality and excellence in education and incorporating research and technology. Furthermore, this program introduces key strategic national and international educational management issues, enabling students to become flexible and positive change agents, lifelong learners, and service-oriented educational leaders.

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Advanced knowledge and skills in a specialized, interdisciplinary, or multi-disciplinary field of study for professional practice;

2. Self-directed research;

3. Lifelong learning with a highly substantial degree of independence that involves individual work or teams of interdisciplinary of multi-disciplinary experts; and

4. Application of the above-mentioned skills in research, professional, or creative work.

5. Innovative leadership practices applied in the management of curriculum and instruction.

6. Acquisition of professional, methodological, social, technological, and self-competence that supports the development of teaching and learning.

7. Practical leadership that will both support effective teaching and learning, that provides guidance and direction for institutional and instructional improvement.

Job Targets

Entry Level

• Master Teacher Level

• Teacher Trainer

• Chief of Academic Instruction

Advance Level

• College Professor/Instructor

• Academic Advisor/Educational Consultant

• Chairperson

• Curriculum and Material Development Designer

• Chairperson/School Head/Head Teacher

• School Head

• Principal