K-12 Leadership Certification Programs - Director of Instruction

All K-12 Leadership Certification Programs

Director of Instruction Certification – 36 credit program*

•Professional Socialization (complete all three courses)

• ELPA 702 Introduction to Elementary and Secondary Education Administration
• ELPA 848 Professional Development and Organizational Learning
• ELPA 735 Student Services and Diversity in Elementary/Secondary Education

•Professional Socialization - Instructional Leadership (complete all three courses)

• ELPA 725 Research Methods and Procedures in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
• ELPA 845 The School Principalship
• ELPA 703 Evaluating and Supporting Quality Classroom Teaching (select 703 or 830 or 662, or
• C&I 830 Theory and Design of the Curriculum, or
• Other approved curricular course

•Instructional Leadership - Integrative Leadership (complete all three courses)

• ELPA 840 Legal Aspects of Education
• ELPA 847 Instructional Leadership and School Improvement
• ELPA 830 Financing Elementary and Secondary Education

•Integratative – Capstone Field Experience (link to attached pract info)

• ELPA 700 Field Experience – class and 150 hours in the field

•Certificate Specific Course Work (complete both courses)

• ELPA 860 Organizational Theory and Behavior in Education
• ELPA 875 Theory and Practice of Educational Planning
  

•Degree/Licensure Requirements

• Master’s degree or an approved equivalent in Education Administration (PI 34.32)
• Portfolio
• Program Assessments

*Additional Requirements for Administrative Licenses

• Master’s degree or an approved equivalent in Education Administration (PI 34.32)
• Eligible to hold teacher, counselor, school psychologist, or social worker licenses in the State of Wisconsin
• Three years successful experience at the elementary/secondary level, or three years successful experience as a school counselor, psychologist, or social worker which included 540 hours of classroom teaching experience.
• Completion of the human relations requirement of PI 4.11
• Undergraduate or graduate course in human growth and development including child psychology, early adolescent psychology, or adolescent psychology.  (Ed Psych 301, 303, 320, 502, 520, 521, or 701)

(From Department of Public Instruction FAQ website http://dpi.state.wi.us/tepdl/doc/pi34faqs.doc) 

Q:  Can a teacher who holds an Initial Educator License and who completes an approved principal program apply for and be issued an Initial Educator License as a principal?

A:  No. The educator would first have to complete all requirements to advance his/her non-renewable Initial Educator License for teaching to the professional educator license stage. If an Initial Educator License was issued in an administrative category to an educator who still was licensed at the initial educator stage as a teacher, there is no assurance that the educator would complete requirements for advancement to the professional educator stage as a teacher. The educator would therefore no longer be eligible for the administrator license since eligibility for a teaching license is a prerequisite.

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