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For more information about this program, contact the department at:
phone: (215) 204-8061
e-mail: edelps@temple.edu

or

Marcia Whitaker, Office Manager
e-mail:marcia.whitaker@temple.edu
phone(215) 204-8063

 



Educational Leadership Principal Certification

Program Description:

Temple's Principal Certification Program prepares individuals to serve as principals and assistant principals, provides insight into the purposes and processes of schools, as well as the expertise necessary to lead and administer a school community.

Approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, this program meets state educational requirements for certification as a principal.

Students who successfully complete all program requirements will, at the same time, satisfy the academic requirements for an administrative certificate in Pennsylvania.

Students who successfully complete all requirements for the program at Temple, and successfully passed the School Leaders Licensure Assessment Praxis test, he/she will have satisfied the academic requirements for a Principal Certificate in Pennsylvania. Temple University will endorse the successful candidate for certification.

Students who complete the program will be certified to serve as a school principal (K-12). To be eligible for a principal’s certificate, one must first be certified as a professional educator, and acquire (5) five years of satisfactory experience.

Course requirements for the Principal Certification can be completed fully online or in a blended format including online and campus-based courses.

 

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Program Requirements:

Specific Program Requirements include:

Candidates must complete a field experience as part of the program. Candidates must receive a satisfactory evaluation from the supervisor or administrator most familiar with performance demonstrated during the field experience.

Five years of satisfactory professional experience (under proper certification) must be completed in teaching, as required by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Students must pass the Praxis test. It is the student’s responsibility to schedule him / herself for this test and arrange to have the results reported to Temple and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Admission Requirements:

The criteria for admission to the Principal Certification program include:

  1. A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with a minimum grade point average of 3.0.
  2. A Pennsylvania Teaching Certificate.
  3. Master’s degree (or Master’s equivalency) from an accredited institution.
  4. A satisfactory recommendation on a Temple University form from the applicant’s immediate superior (administrator or supervisor).

The applicant shall secure, complete, and send in the following to the address listed below:

Application documents should be sent to the following address:

Ms. Marcia Whitaker, Office Manager
Educational Leadership Certification Program
College of Education, Temple University
Ritter Annex 283
1301 W. Cecil B. Moore Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19122

Contact Information:

For more information about this program please contact:

Marcia Whitaker, Office Manager
phone: (215) 204-8063
email: marcia.whitaker@temple.edu
office location: Ritter Annex 283