Academic
Catalog August 2009 - August 2010 Undergraduate
and Graduate
You can apply to one of two graduate certificates: principal or superintendent. You must have a master's degree before you can obtain the principal’s certificate. You must have a master’s degree and a principal’s certificate before you may obtain admission to the superintendent’s certificate program.
Master's degree with a minimum of 36 graduate credit hours (in any field)
Three years of verified teaching experience in grades pre-K through 12
Specific requirements of each certificate are as follows:
A minimum of 36 graduate units in Educational Leadership, including 27 units of required Educational Leadership coursework and 9 units of elective Educational Leadership coursework.
The minimum of 27 required units are:
EDL 600 Leadership Skills; EDL 622 Legal Aspect of School Administration; EDL 623 Publicity and Politics of Education; EDL 625 Supervision of
Instruction; EDL 627 Personnel Administration in Education; EDL 629 The Principalship; EDL 635 School Finance; EDL 662 Leadership in Instructional Planning; EDL 696 Principal Internship
9 units of elective graduate credit in Educational Leadership (may be transferred in from another program)
A Masters Degree (with a minimum of 36 graduate units)
A total of 60 graduate semester units
Possess a valid principal’s certificate issued by the State of Arizona
A minimum of 24 graduate units in Educational Leadership, including 15 units of required Educational Leadership coursework and 9 units of elective Educational Leadership coursework.
The minimum of 15 required graduate units are:
EDL 724 School Superintendency; EDL 733 Organization Development; EDL 734 Educational Funding Policy Studies; EDL 736 Advanced School Law: Seminar in Policy Analysis, Development and Application; EDL 797 Superintendent Internship
A maximum of 9 graduate units of electives in Educational Leadership (may be transferred in from another program, but not from Masters’ degree)
Following completion of the Graduate Certificate program, students will receive an Institutional Recommendation and may apply for state certification.
Refer to http://coe.nau.edu/academics/EDL/, or contact the NAU Educational Leadership Department for additional information.
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Educational Leadership undergraduate courses and graduate courses
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