Master's Degree and/or Licensure as Principal/Director of Instruction

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) 

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 (Optional - AD LDSP 842)	3
	Elective (Optional - AD LDSP 790)	3

C. Selecting Electives
 Candidates seeking a master's degree must complete 33 credits. Candidates can select AD LDSP 842 and AD LDSP 790 as electives if they wish to earn the Principal and Director of Instruction administrative license in one masters degree.

Candidates who already have a master's degree and are pursuing Director of Instruction licensure may be able to use previous course work to substitute for required courses. All electives or course substitutions must be approved by an advisor.

D. Electronic 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.