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.
Consideration for the Accelerated Licensure Program is by school superintendent nomination only. Application Requirements for the Accelerated Licensure Program for Superintendents:
- Accelerated Licensure Program for Superintendents Nomination Form*
- Accelerated Licensure Program for Superintendents Application
- Statement of Intent+
- Resume
- Three Letters of Recommendation (you must use the reference coversheet for licensure) (pdf). Please note: Admission to the Superintendent’s Program is by school district nomination only. One reference form must be completed by your school district superintendent. If you are not currently working in a school district please contact the Licensure Coordinator at 614-688-4007.
- Official, Sealed Transcripts from All Universities/Colleges Attended (except Ohio State). Please note: the accelerated licensure program requires a cumulative combined undergraduate GPA of a 3.0 or higher for consideration.
- Copy of Standard Administrative (Principal) License
- PRAXIS II (NTEAS or NTLAS) Administration and Supervision Exam Scores (if still available). The state of Ohio requires that all administrators (principals/superintendents) pass the PRAXIS II exam. If you do not currently hold an Ohio Administrator’s license you will need to take/pass the PRAXIS II exam and have scores sent to OSU and ODE before your license can be approved.
- GRE Scores (required if combined cumulative undergrad GPA is below a 3.0 or if applying to the PhD program)
- IF you have previously enrolled as a degree seeking graduate student at Ohio State: Request for Transfer of Graduate Program Form (pdf) and a copy of your Application File from your previous academic department.
* Nomination forms are given directly to area district superintendents. If your superintendent has not been sent the nomination form please contact Diane Baugher for a copy.
+ Statements of intent should be one to two pages in length and include items listed in the outline below:
- Autobiographical statement including educational and professional goals
- 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
- the responsibility of school administrators to understand the authority of the school and the rights of students, faculty, and staff
- 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