Program Description

The Educational Leadership Performance-Based Educational Leadership Tier II Graduate Certificate program is offered by the Department of Educational Leadership in the Bagwell College of Education.  Georgia’s distributed leadership concept calls for the collaboration of teacher leaders in the classroom with executive leaders in administration to improve their schools and student learning at the K-12 level. The program’s courses, experiences, and assessments are tightly aligned with key performance outcomes that are consistent with Georgia’s initiatives to improve schools and increase student learning through data-driven reforms and sustained change.  

Program Student Learning Outcomes

The Student Learning Outcomes are based on GaPSC 505-3-.77 EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.

Students who successfully complete this program will be able to:

1. Develop, advocate, and enact a shared mission, vision, and core values of high-quality education and academic success and well-being of each student.

2. Act ethically and according to professional norms to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

3. Strive for equity of educational opportunity and culturally responsive practices to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

4. Develop and support intellectually rigorous and coherent systems of curriculum, instruction, and assessment to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

5. Cultivate an inclusive, caring, and supportive school community that promotes the academic success and well-being of each student.

6. Develop the professional capacity and practice of school personnel to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

7. Foster a professional community of teachers and other professional staff to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

8. Engage families and the community in meaningful, reciprocal, and mutually beneficial ways to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

9. Manage school operations and resources to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

10. Act as agents of continuous improvement to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

This program is a part of the Leland and Clarice C. Bagwell College of Education .

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Admissions, Enrollment, and Graduation Criteria

Admissions Criteria

The following are program-specific requirements beyond the general Graduate Admissions  requirements. To be considered for admission to this program, the following application materials must be submitted to the KSU Graduate Admissions Office:  

• Valid GaPSC-issued PRL Tier I or SRL Tier II Leadership Certificate and evidence of passing GACE Leadership Ethics 

• Leadership Mentor Form - Mentor must hold GaPSC Tier II Leadership Certificate 

• Superintendent & District Agreement Form - Completed by the superintendent, or a proxy, indicating system level support for entry and progression through the program 

• Educational Specialist degree or higher  

• Resume indicating a minimum of four (4) years of teaching or administrative experience 

Note: Candidates must serve in a leadership position at either the P-12 school or local education agency or a regional educational service agency that will enable the candidate to fully meet the program’s residency requirements. A partnership agreement shall be established with the employing LUA, agency, or organization of each enrolled candidate to ensure candidates can meet Tier II level residency requirements. 

Enrollment Criteria

This program does not have specific enrollment criteria; however, students are expected to meet the requirements of Academic Policy 4.0 ACADEMIC STANDING, DISMISSAL, & REINSTATEMENT .

Graduation Criteria

Each student is expected to meet the requirements outlined in Academic Policy 5.0 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS & GRADUATION .  

PSC Program Completion Requirement 

In addition to completing the degree, candidate must attempt the Georgia PASL exam prior to KSU’s submission of the PSC Approved Program Completion form. The PSC requires passing Georgia PASL scores to add Tier II Leadership field and leadership upgrade to the candidate’s PSC certificate. 

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Program Course Requirements