PROGRAM DESCRIPTION & COURSE OUTLINE
Certificate Add-on in Educational Leadership


Program Description
Course Outline
Certification
Cost

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Interim Department Chair: Dr. Charles Bowen - cbowen@kennesaw.edu

Program Coordinator: Dr. T.C. Chan -- tchan@kennesaw.edu

The Department of Educational Leadership prepares dynamic, high-performing leaders for our diverse, technologically complex society who have the knowledge and skills to build learning communities focused on student achievement. The goal is to produce graduates who are able to create learning environments that support teacher success in bringing students from diverse groups to high levels of learning.

COURSE OUTLINE

The Add-On Certification Program is
composed of six courses and three practicums.

Please Note:
Fall 2008 will be the last cohort
for the L-5 Add-on.

Fall 2008
EDL 7705 Current Issues in Educational Leadership (3)
EDL 7710 Instructional Leadership (3)
EDL 7980 Practicum (1)

Spring 2009
EDL 7715 Curriculum Leadership (3)
EDL 7720 Personnel &Staff Development (3)
EDL 7980 Practicum (1)

Summer 2009
EDL 7725 Organizational &Financial Resources (3)
EDL 7730 Educational &Legal Perspectives (3)
EDL 7797 Portfolio Development (1)

PROGRAM TOTAL: 21 SEMESTER HOURS

Applicants for the add-on programs must be fully certified teachers in the State of Georgia and meet the general admission requirements listed on the link above. Applicants must provide verification of field experience availability within their school system, verification of a mentor with whom they will work, and recommendation by a system-level administrator. Candidates are admitted in cohort groups each summer and take courses with the cohort group to maximize acquisition of skills and interaction with each other.

CERTIFICATION

Due to changes to Educational Leadership programs state-wide,
please contact the Georgia Professional Standards Commission 404-232-2500
regarding certification inquiries.

For additional information on certification, please e-mail
Kellie Oxford koxford@kennesaw.edu,
Certification Officer in the Teacher Education Advisement Center at KSU.

For additional information on the Add-On in Educational Leadership,
please email Alisha Bello abello1@kennesaw.edu
Graduate Coordinator in the Teacher Education Advisement Center at KSU.