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Educational Specialist Degree Program
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ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Participants will:
  1. Have completed a master’s degree from a regionally accredited body or the Association for Biblical Higher Education.
  2. Be currently employed by a public or non-public school and/or have access to a central office experience.
  3. Hold valid teaching/building level administrator licenses.
  4. Have a minimum of three (3) years of teaching experience.
  5. Present at least two (2) letters of recommendation; at least one must be from a sitting central office administrator.
  6. Present a completed internship agreement with a school corporation.
  7. Have a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or better in graduate level courses.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
  1. Successfully complete a minimum of 60 graduate hours, including 24 credit hours at IWU
  2. Successfully complete Educational Specialist Degree required coursework
  3. Cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher in all program coursework
  4. Minimum grade of "B" in each course
  5. Successfully complete and orally present portfolio and defend thesis based on the ISLLC and IDOE standards for district level administrators and competencies
LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS
  1. Successfully complete the Educational Specialist Degree Program
  2. Successfully complete the School Leaders Licensure Assessment (SLLA)

Note: Non-Indiana candidates need to contact their respective state licensing agencies to review necessary requirements to obtain a District Level Administrator (Superintendent) license.

 
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