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Clarion University of Pennsylvania 53Slippery Rock University/Clarion UniversityPost-Master’s Principalship Preparation ProgramCollege of Education, SlipperyRock University (administrative site)C. Jay Hertzog, D.Ed., dean105 McKay Education Building724-738-2007Website: www.sru.edu/dept/educatio/principalship.htmCollege of Education and HumanServices, Clarion UniversityJohn Groves, Ph.D., dean102 Stevens Hall814-393-2146Website: www.sru.edu/dept/educatio/principalship.htmThe Post-Master’s Principalship Preparation Program,a collaborative offering through Slippery Rock andClarion universities, is designed around the standards ofprincipalship certification of the Pennsylvania Departmentof Education (PDE) and the Interstate School LeadersLicensure Consortium (ISLLC). The PDE and ISLLCstandards provide the framework for the themes of theprogram.These themes include: Leadership and theAdministrative Process; Curriculum Issues; SchoolManagement; Administrative Ethics and School Law,Special Education; Human Resource Management; andCommunity Relations. The program is designed to providea strong clinic-theory link and to prepare candidates tobecome collaborative, instructional leaders for the newmillennium.Admission RequirementsFor admission to the program, each candidate must:1. Provide evidence of completing a master’s degreefrom an accredited institution with official transcriptsshowing a cumulative QPA of 3.0/4.0 scale.2. Submit two personal writings: 1) LeadershipPhilosophy; and 2) a personal Teaching/LearningPhilosophy. Each philosophy must contain citationsfrom the literature relevant to the philosophydiscussed.3. Three years of satisfactory teaching experience(although other certificates are acceptable forprincipal certification in the state of Pennsylvania,admission to this program is limited only to thosecandidates who have a valid Pennsylvania teachingcertificate).4. Names and phone numbers of two individuals toserve as references who are qualified to speak aboutthe candidate’s professional qualifications.Throughout the Program:1. Successfully complete a minimum of 30 clockhours in field experience per theme. The fieldexperience must reflect the practical applicationof the module being discussed.2. Successfully complete a minimum of 90clock hours practicum per semester to includeinformation obtained from his/her developmentalassessment center activity.3. Work on his/her school improvement project.The project, based on an identified need of theschool and with the approval of the universitymentor and mentor administrator, is developedand implemented during the first semester of theprogram. The project is completed and evaluatedduring the second semester of the program.PrincipalshipPreparation