EDL - Instructional Leader

This program prepares individuals to become leaders of school districts. These individuals have been principals or supervisors and desire to become superintendents, which means they have taken at least the principal preparation curriculum. Further, this means they demonstrated their ability to meet the Interstate Leadership Licensure Consortium ISLLC Standards, which the Kentucky Educational Professional Standards Board adopted in November 1998.

The curriculum is listed below.

Requirements for Admission

Individuals applying for admission must meet all requirements for admission to The Graduate School, University of Kentucky as defined by the Bulletin of The Graduate School current at the time of application, and requirements for admission of the Department of Educational Leadership Studies, including but not limited to:

1. Qualification for a Kentucky classroom teaching certificate

2. Three years full-time teaching experience

3. Master’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education, with a total cumulative grade point average of no less than 3.0 on a 4.0 scale

4. Three letters of recommendation

5. Completion of Level I and Level II preparation and certification for any one of the following positions:

Early Elementary School
Principal, Grades P-4; Middle School Principal, Grades 5-8;
Secondary School Principal, Grades 9-12;
School Principal, All Grades;
Supervisor of Instruction, Grades P-12

6. At least two years full-time experience in one or more of the following positions:

Elementary School Principal;
Middle School Principal; High School Principal;
Supervisor of Instruction; Guidance Counselor;
Director of Pupil Personnel;
Director of Special Education;
School Business Administrator;
Coordinator/Administrator/Supervisor of District Services;
Local District Coordinator of Vocational Education

7. Approval of the Department of Educational Leadership Studies admissions committee

Curriculum

The program requirements for the Professional Certificate for Instructional Leadership-School Superintendent include completion of a minimum of 36 course credit hours, and must include the following courses (12 hrs) or equivalent substitute courses as approved by the Department of Educational Leadership Studies:

EDA 639 The School Superintendency (3 hrs)
EDA 649 School System Administration (3 hrs)
EDA 659 Strategic Management in Education (3 hrs)
EDA 679 School Superintendency Practicum I (1 hr)
EDA 680 School Superintendency Practicum II (1 hr)
EDA 681 School Superintendentcy Practicum III (1 hr)

The remaining course credit hours must include those courses needed to complete Level I and Level II preparation the principal or the instructional supervisor (under a pre-1998 “old” program plan, or under a 1998 and beyond “new” program plan).

Continuous Assessment

Students who complete this preparation program passed the continuous assessment process for principal preparation. This is evidence that the individual demonstrated her/his ability to meet the Interstate Leadership Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards.

		Instructional Leader: School Superintendent Preparation Program