Graduate Catalog 2022-2023 
    
    Dec 22, 2024  
Graduate Catalog 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Educational Leadership Tier 2 Certification Program


This program is for individuals who already hold an Ed.S. or Ed.D. degree in leadership, but are seeking a Georgia performance-based certificate in Educational Leadership. The program affords candidates advanced preparation in Educational Leadership for both school level and system level leadership positions and will result in a Tier II certificate in Educational Leadership.

Learning Outcomes

Effective educational leaders develop, advocate, and enact a shared mission, vision, and core values of high-quality education and academic success and well-being of each student.

Effective educational leaders act ethically and according to professional norms to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Effective educational leaders strive for equity of educational opportunity and culturally responsive practices to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Effective educational leaders develop and support intellectually rigorous and coherent systems of curriculum, instruction, and assessment to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Effective educational leaders cultivate an inclusive, caring, and supportive school community that promotes the academic success and well-being of each student.

Effective educational leaders develop the professional capacity and practice of school personnel to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Effective educational leaders foster a professional community of teachers and other professional staff to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Admission Requirements


• An Ed.S. or an Ed.D. degree from a nationally or regionally accredited institution • Hold a leadership position in a local education agency (LEA), or other service organization with which the university has a formal partnership agreement. • Be recommended by the Superintendent, Headmaster, or the senior administrator of the employing LEA or organization. • Must have “Tier I”, “L”, or “PL” certification • Must pass the Georgia Ethics for Educational Leadership Assessment (Test 380)

Required Courses