certificate of graduate studies in educational leadership

educators who hold a master’s, educational specialist, or doctoral degree in a field of education, and have three years of successful educational experience may enter the certificate program for administration to earn credits toward the instructional leader license. the 21-credit-hour program provides course work and field experiences to prepare candidates for the slla exam required for earning the administrative license. 

the program adheres to similar admission standards and procedures and academic policies of the graduate students in education department and the requirements of the tennessee state board of education’s learning-centered leadership policy.