School District Superintendent Certificate

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To help equip you for the diverse responsibilities of a superintendency, the UW School District Superintendent Certificate program combines a robust curriculum of educational leadership courses with an internship in two districts, so you acquire the executive background and operational skills you’ll need to lead in rural or urban school districts.

Required Courses

Core Educational Leadership Courses (26 Credit Hours)

EDAD 5580 - Supervised Internship in Educational Administration Credits: 1-8
EDAD 5650 - Educational Leader as Communicator Credits: 3
EDAD 5700 - Educational Leader For Instruction Credits: 3
EDAD 5720 - Educational Leader as Change Agent Credits: 3
EDAD 5750 - Educational Leader for the Board and Community Credits: 3
EDAD 5800 - Educational Leader as Resource Manager Credits: 3
EDAD 5850 - Educational Leader as Direction Setter Credits: 3
EDAD 5815 - Advanced School Law Credits: 3
One Elective Course (3 Cr hrs) ) 5000 level course of the student’s choice that may be earned in HIED 5630 , EDCI 5665 , or certain courses in LDTE, check with your advisor if you have questions.

Additional Information:

As a school district’s chief executive officer, you will serve a wide variety of roles from representing your district in public to working with district principals and the school board to foster student success.

The program meets the requirements of the Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board for the district superintendent endorsement as well as the superintendency standards of the National Educational Leadership district level standards as approved by the National Policy Board for Educational Administration (NPBEA).