Certification for Intermediate Administrators

Students enrolled in the sixth year program or the intermediate administrator certification program who hold or are eligible for a Connecticut Teaching Certificate and have five years of successful teaching experience may be recommended for an Initial Educator Certificate for Intermediate Administrator/Supervisor (092 certification) upon completion of the 21-credit program requirements outlined earlier under program requirements. 

Two Additional Requirements for Certification:

• Completion of Special Education Course as required by the Connecticut State Department of  Education. CSDE link
• Completion of a Technology Portfolio (see Appendix C -- Student Handbook) or successful completion of EDL 664. Completed Technology Portfolios must be submitted to the department's office.
  
  Please note: These are in addition to the 30 credits in the Sixth Year Program and the 21 credits for certification. Students are strongly urged to contact the department office for updated information on certification.
  

Successful completion of one year of service under the Initial Educator Certificate leads to Provisional Educator Certification as an Intermediate Administrator/Supervisor. To receive a Professional Educator Certificate, the individual must have completed 30 credit hours beyond the master's degree and served successfully as an intermediate administrator for three years under the Provisional Educator Certificate.

Candidates must have earned a master's degree and maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better at the post-baccalaureate level, and must submit a writing sample explaining prior leadership experience, along with two letters of recommendation for matriculation.

Certification through this program provides its graduates the basic background for positions as assistant principals, principals, staff developers, supervisors of instruction, curriculum coordinators, assistant superintendents of schools, department chairpersons, and supervisors in special subjects or fields such as art, elementary or secondary education, health and physical education, special education, pupil services, and subject matter disciplines.

INITIAL REQUIREMENTS -- 6 credits
EDL 680 - Leadership Perspectives
EDL 681 - Leadership Development

INTERMEDIATE REQUIREMENTS -- 12 credits
EDL 682 - Organizational Development
EDL 683 - Supervision and Staff Development
EDL 684 - Learning Theory into Practice OR
EDL 685 - Curriculum Development

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS -- 6 credits
EDL 602 - School Law
EDL 657 - School Finance

CULMINATING REQUIREMENTS -- 6 credits
EDL 688 - Internship
EDL 689 - Seminar in Administration

The field experience/internship is satisfied by successfully completing and reporting on a formal internship. The student works under the joint supervision of a faculty adviser and a practicing school administrator or supervisor.

The final required course consists of seminars which focus on problem-solving in simulated field problems and discussion of contemporary issues applying skills and understandings developed throughout the sixth year program.

Transfer credits are not accepted for inclusion in the certification and/or sixth year program. The program requirements must be met by enrolling in SCSU's Educational Leadership core courses.

CERTIFICATION
Graduate students enrolled in this program who hold or are eligible for a Connecticut Teaching Certificate and have five years of successful teaching experience may be recommended for an Initial Educator Certificate for Intermediate Administrator or Supervisor upon completion of the initial and intermediate requirements and EDL 688 (internship) in their planned programs (18 credit hours). Successful completion of one year of service under the Initial Educator Certificate leads to Provisional Educator certification as an Intermediate Administrator or Supervisor. To hold a Professional Educator certification, the individual must have completed a sixth year program of graduate studies (30 hours beyond the master's degree) and served successfully as an intermediate administrator or supervisor for three years under the Provisional Educator certificate.

Several important changes in certification requirements have been issued by the State Department of Education, some of which relate to special education, technology, and exit testing. Students are strongly urged to contact the department offices for updated information.

OFF-CAMPUS LIMITATION
Students must perform at least 50 percent of their total program at the SCSU campus. In effect, this restricts the total number of courses any student may take off campus if he or she wishes to qualify for certification (no more than three courses) and/or the Sixth Year Diploma (no more than five courses).

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