Licensure
Accelerated Licensure Program for Superintendents
The College of Education and Human Ecology at Ohio State recognizes the importance of high-impact professional education for school district executive leaders. Understanding that development extends beyond the classroom, we offer a unique accelerated licensure program for superintendents based on three primary propositions:
- Individuals with leadership responsibility and experience can be educated and developed as executives.
- Thoughtful reflection on experience through the lens of relevant theory and research advances executive learning.
- The next generation of superintendents must learn from and be mentored by the best of the current generation of superintendents.
The Accelerated Licensure Program for Superintendents is designed for educational leaders with a demonstrated track record of success. Program participants are carefully screened and, if selected, will join other participants in a one-year cohort learning experience involving university and field practitioner faculty members.
Application Requirements for the Accelerated Licensure Program for Superintendents:
- Nomination letter from district superintendent *
- Two additional letters of recommendation *
- Nomination form signed by district superintendent
- One-page Statement of Interest in the superintendency +
- Resume
- Bachelor's degree with a minimum combined 3.0 GPA (original transcripts for all coursework)
- Master's degree with a minimum 3.0 GPA (original transcripts for all coursework)
- Copy of principal license or certificate
- Licensure application form
* Please use the Reference Letter cover sheet (pdf) specifically for the Licensure program
+ Please follow statement of intent outline available below:
- Autobiographical statement including educational and professional goals
- If you are applying for administrative licensure + degree include an expression of your beliefs about the capacity for all students to learn and achieve reasonable standards and your knowledge and appreciation of the following:
- the role played by principals and/or superintendents
- the influence schools have on society and culture, as well as how schools reflect the society in which they are situated
- the role school personnel play as agents of change
- the diversity and worth of students, families, communities, cultures, and background across all ethnic groups, genders, disabilities, and socioeconomic levels
- You should also address your willingness to:
- use multiple data sources to drive decisions about student learning
- study professional practices that impact student learning
Accelerated Licensure Program for Superintendents Coursework
Autumn Quarter
- EPL 962 - Board Relations
- Begin the Planned Field Experience and Portfolio Development
- Begin Special Topics in Educational Administration
Winter Quarter
- EPL 843 - Administrative Responsibilities and Perspectives: Equity, Learning, and the Individual in a Standards-Based Era
- Continue the Planned Field Experience and Portfolio Development
Spring Quarter
- EPL 724 - Local School District Finance
- Continue the Planned Field Experience and Portfolio Development
Summer Quarter
- EPL 725 - Public and Political Relations
- EPL 727.30 - Registration and Completion of Special Topics in Educational Administration
- EPL 884.30 - Registration and Completion of the Planned Field Experience
- EPL 896 - Registration and Completion of the Portfolio Development