The graduate certificate for principal licensure requires students to complete 21 semester hours of coursework comprised of the Educational Administration and Supervision’s 7 core graduate level courses and 220 hours of field experience.  Courses are offered face- to-face, distance learning, and blended.

Students who complete the Graduate Certificate are Educational Leaders who have knowledge and ability to:

• Facilitate the development of a school vision of learning supported by the school community
• Effectively manage an organization’s operations and resources in a way that promotes a safe, efficient, and effective learning environment
• Demonstrate successful collaboration techniques for working with families and other community members
• Demonstrate application of school law, ethics, and policy to ensure equity for all children within a school community
• Apply leadership skills in the development, implementing, and evaluating of programs and people in real life school settings
• Develop personal understandings of leadership as it pertains to self
• Create a school culture that promotes student learning and professional growth
• Complete a teacher evaluation process
• Analyze multiple forms of school data in order to lead school improvement efforts
• Demonstrate leadership theories and reflective practice in the decision-making process