Tier I educational leadership certification prepares the educational leader with research-based knowledge, skills and dispositions necessary to make positive changes in schools and increase student learning. A Tier I Educational Leadership Certification only program requires 13 semester hours. Before entering Tier I, candidates must have passed a Students with Special Needs course and the Ethics Leadership Assessment.

• Develop, advocate, and enact a shared mission, vision, and core values of high-quality
  education and academic success and well-being of each student.
• Act ethically and according to professional norms to promote each student’s academic
  success and well-being
• Strive for fairness of educational opportunity and responsive practices to promote each
  student’s academic success and well-being. 
• Develop and support intellectually rigorous and coherent systems of curriculum,
  instruction, and assessment to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
• Cultivate a welcoming, caring, and supportive school community that promotes the
  academic success and well-being of each student.
• Develop the professional capacity and practice of school personnel to promote each
  student’s academic success and well-being.
• Foster a professional community of teachers and other professional staff to promote each
  student’s academic success and well-being. 
• Engage families and the community in meaningful, reciprocal, and mutually beneficial ways
  to promote each student’s academic success and well-being. 
• Manage school operations and resources to promote each student’s academic success
  and well-being. 
• Act as agents of continuous improvement to promote each student’s academic success
  and well-being.

Service/Leader Competencies

• Competency 1: Candidates in Service/Leader programs will demonstrate the ability to apply data in a variety of settings.
• Competency 2: Candidates in Service/Leader programs will employ action research to address an identified instructional/curricular need.
• Competency 3: Candidates in Service/Leader programs will employ action research to address an identified instructional/curricular need in order to promote a supportive school environment.
• Competency 4: Candidates in Service/Leader programs will demonstrate the ability to participate and lead collaborative activities in the appropriate setting.
• Competency 5: Candidates in Service/Leader programs will demonstrate the ability to utilize technology in a variety of educational settings.
• Competency 6: Candidates in Service/Leader programs will demonstrate their application of professional dispositions, laws and policies, codes of ethics, and professional standards appropriate to their field of specialization.

The Tier I Educational Leadership Certification only program also requires the following pre-requisite courses or a pre-approved equivalent:

EDUC 7090     Research Methods
EDUC 7350     Curriculum Theories and Philosophies
EDUC 7015     Management and Analysis of Educational Data
EDUC 6070     School Law

Courses

EDUC7400 - Internship in Educational Leadership (Technology) - 1 hours

EDUC7085 - Management and Operations - 3 hours

EDUC7410 - Internship in Educational Leadership - 3 hours

EDUC7075 - Collaborating and Communicating in a School Environment - 3 hours

EDUC7380 - Improving Professional Skills - 3 hours

Elective Hours -

Total Hours to Complete - 13