Administrative Licensure Programs

• Licensure Requirements
• Licensure Competencies
• Pre-assessment of Prior Experience & Preparation forms

LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS

Each administrative license requires:

1. A master’s degree;
2. Initial competency assessment to determine competencies already met and to set a plan for licensure coursework completion;
3. Minnesota requires a candidate to have 3 years of teaching experience for the Principal, Superintendent, and Director of Special Education license, or satisfy Minnesota Rule Chapter 3512.0700, subpart 4; and 
4. 20 additional credits, including:
   1. GED 8145: Developing the School Administrative Licensure Portfolio (2 semester credits)
   2. EDUC 0090: Initial Competency Assessment (1 credit fee assigned/no credit or grade granted)
   3. GED 8100: Leadership and Organization in Schools, Part I (4 semester credits)
   4. GED 8125: School Finance (2 semester credits)
   5. GED 8142: Education Law (4 semester credits)
5. One for each K–12 license you seek (4 semester credits each):
   1. GED 8135: The Principalship
   2. GED 8120: The Superintendency 
   3. GED 8115: The Special Education Directorship
6. Field Experience — 320 clock hours within a 12-month period (4 semester credits).
7. Students must register for and attend 4 seminar sessions.          
8. Electives — including transferred coursework — that pertain to leadership competencies (varies by individual program).
9. EDUC 0091: Portfolio Presentation and Exit Assessment — candidate demonstrates license-related knowledge, skills, and abilities to a review board of K–12 practitioners and Hamline education faculty (2 credit fee assigned/no credit or grade granted). 

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LICENSURE COMPETENCIES:

• Principal
• Superintendent
• Director of Special Education
  

PRE-ASSESSMENT OF PRIOR EXPERIENCE & PREPARATION FORMS:

• Principal Competencies (pdf)
• Superintendent Competencies (pdf)
• Director of Special Education Competencies (pdf)

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