Graduate Catalog 2024-2025 
    
    Nov 03, 2024  
Graduate Catalog 2024-2025

Educational Leadership Tier 1 Certification Program


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The Educational Leadership Tier I Certification Program is a certification-only program that may be added to an existing master’s degree (or specialist and doctoral degree). The Tier I certification is considered entry-level that prepares candidates for P-12 school-level positions below the principal and for district-level positions that do not supervise principals. In part, the program consists of several key assessments that are clinically-based and will allow candidates to synthesize and apply knowledge while practicing and developing leadership skills identified by leadership standards.

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. Effective educational leaders act as agents of continuous improvement to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Admission Requirements


To be considered for admission to the Educational Leadership Tier I Certification Program, the following are required: a 3.0 graduate GPA, a master’s degree (or higher degree) from an accredited institution, copies of official transcripts from each university attended, T5 or S5 professional teaching certificate, passing score on Georgia Ethics for Educational Leadership Assessment (Test 380), and a completed application for admission.

Required Courses


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