Instructional Leadership Licensure Program

• Candidates should have a bachelor’s degree and a Valid Teaching License with two years of teaching experience.

• Anyone who desires to be in a Leadership position (assistant principle or principle) in a school which requires an administrator’s license.

• Online Courses with practicing or retired administrators teaching the courses
• Built in support for taking and passing the School Leaders Licensure Assessment (Praxis Test for Administrators)
• Option to take a non-licensure track
• Master’s degree will lead to an increase in pay
• Action Research to support the learning for an administrator
• Experienced mentorship
• Clinical field experience component where candidates gain administrative and reflective best practice activities

Candidates will:

• Meet the increasing need for visionary and high-quality administrators
• Expand their credentials and leadership ability
• Learn and develop the necessary skills to become a change agent in leading high-quality practices to improve individual and school-wide achievement
• Learn how successful school leadership can create equitable and positive learning and work environments
• Develop strategies to undertake a leading role in the development of key community and business partnerships to support the schools they lead

• Principal (Licensed)
• Assistant Principle (Licensed)
• Academic Coach
• Department Chair
• Elementary or Secondary Director
• Special Education or ESL Director

• Candidates should have a master’s degree and a Valid Teaching License with two years of teaching experience.

Who would be interested?

• Anyone who desires to be in a leadership position (assistant principal or principal) in a school which requires an administrator’s license.

• Online Courses with practicing or retired administrators teaching the courses
• Built in support for taking and passing the School Leaders Licensure Assessment (Praxis Test for Administrators).
• Option to take a non-licensure track.
• Professional assistance and guidance in developing a Research Project which could support a later dissertation study.
• Experienced mentorship
• Clinical field experience component where candidates gain administrative and reflective best practice activities

Candidates will:

• Meet the increasing need for visionary and high-quality administrators
• Expand their credentials and leadership ability
• Learn and develop the necessary skills to become a change agent in leading high-quality practices to improve individual and school-wide achievement
• Learn how successful school leadership can create equitable and positive learning and work environments
• Develop strategies to undertake a leading role in the development of key community and business partnerships to support the schools they lead

• Principal (Licensed)
• Assistant Principal (Licensed)
• Academic Coach
• Department Chair
• Elementary or Secondary Director
• Special Education or ESL Director