Master's Degree and/or Licensure as a School Principal

A. Common Core: (18 credits)

AD LDSP 702	Leadership in Educational Organizations	3
AD LDSP 710	Organizational Change and Team Leadership	3
AD LDSP 712	Instructional Leadership	3
AD LDSP 732	The Politics of Education	3
Ad LDSP 752	School Law	3
Ad LDSP 762	Management of Educational Resources	3

B. Area of Specialization: (15 credits) Pick three courses

CURRINS 701 or 715	Curriculum Planning OR Guiding Instructional Improvement	3
EXCEDUC 861	Foundations in Student Services & Special Education	3
AD LDSP 792	Principalship Field Practicum	3
	Elective	3
	Elective	3

C. Selecting Electives
Students seeking a master’s degree must complete 33 credits including all the courses listed above. Students who are seeking additional licensure may wish to select electives from courses required for that certificate. All electives must be approved by an advisor.

Students who already have a master’s degree and are pursuing principal licensure may be able to use previous course work to substitute for required courses.


D. Portfolio Requirement

Upon completion of coursework required for licensure, all applicants must complete and submit for review an electronic portfolio detailing their competencies of the UWM core guiding principles and the UWM-WI state standards for administrators. Electronic portfolios are offered through an outside service for a nominal fee. Portfolios will evaluated by the advisor and one other member of the educational administration faculty at the end of the candidate’s program.

 

For more information, please contact: Professor Floyd Beachum, Department of Administrative Leadership, 414-229-6607, fbeachum@uwm.edu