Nov 08, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Educational Administration (Principal P-12), M.A.Ed.


Degree offered at: Available Online, Harrodsburg, and Casey County Education Center

Campbellsville University’s Principal Preparation Program is a 30 hour program that has both a traditional and Option 6 track. It will be delivered by administrator program faculty in collaboration and partnership with area school district personnel. At the heart of the program is the foundational goal of all CU educator preparation programs: empowerment for learning. Empowerment is both a process and a product. The empowerment process will occur throughout program coursework as candidates acquire the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to be effective principals. The empowerment outcome will be documented in several critical assessments including the PRAXIS, Internship Field Project, and School Budget Project.

The unique features of this program include: small candidate to faculty ratio, curriculum based on needs of 21st century classrooms and designed around intentional field experiences ; excellent, hands-on advising; systematic mentoring for alternative certification candidates; and, a small core faculty that work well together to create a dynamic program for pre-service administrators that provides opportunities for promoting academic excellence, preparing candidates for lifelong learning in the public schools and continued scholarship. Courses will be taught in an online format. The MAEd program is designed for coursework and requirements to be completed in 8-week graduate terms.

Program Admissions


CAP 5, admission to the program requires traditional and Option 6 candidates to complete an application for admission to the Campbellsville University graduate program and meet entrance requirements (valid teaching certificate; official transcripts, minimum 3.0 GPA; Rank II, dispositional self-assessment; documentation 3 years of experience as classroom teacher; three letters of recommendation-one from building or district level administrator, two from P-12 educators; signed Code of Ethics/Character and Fitness; Leadership Essay or Video (see Instructions and Rubric - Topics to address include the candidate’s skill and understanding of his or her ability to improve student achievement, leadership, and advanced knowledge of curriculum, instruction, and assessment); signed Superintendent’s Statement, for the MAEd Educational Administration (Principal P-12) program. Candidates must also complete a criminal background check (if not currently teaching) and complete a diversity survey. EPP Graduate Faculty and an administrator from one of the P-12 partner districts review all application documents and make recommendations for approval to the entire EPP faculty. CA-TP (Option 6 only)

CAP 6 is a midpoint check in the program. It requires the completion of 15 hours of graduate level work and an academic standard of a 3.0 GPA. One faculty dispositional assessment is required at this level. Those meeting the criteria receive a letter of candidacy for the MAEd Educational Administration (Principal P-12) degree.

CAP 7, program completion/exit, requires the candidate to complete an application form with appropriate supporting documentation. For program completion/exit, candidates must have a minimum 3.0 GPA, submit a School Budget Project, an Internship Project, and Field Experience Log Sheets, along with three dispositional assessments (self, faculty, principal mentor). The School Budget Project and Internship Project both provide candidates opportunities for demonstrating candidate growth, adherence, and success in implementing the Dimensions, Dispositions, and Functions of School Leaders, and PSEL standards. Candidates must pass the School Leaders Licensure Assessment. In addition, a completed CA-1 Application must be submitted to the certification office.

Throughout their coursework and CAP criteria candidates’ knowledge, skills, and dispositions are evaluated through a wide variety of assessments including traditional and nontraditional performance-based measures including exams, research papers, electronic presentations, projects, and field experiences.

CAP 5 - Entrance Requirements Application


_____ Application to Graduate Studies and MAEd in Educational Administration (Principal P-12) Program

_____Valid Teaching Certificate

____Official transcripts; Minimum 3.0

____Master’s degree from an accredited IHE

____Current professional growth plan

____Disposition self-assessment

____Documentation of three (3) years’ experience as a teacher

____Three letters of recommendation; one letter must be from a building or district level administrator, and two letters from a P-12 Educator

____Criminal Records Check (if not currently teaching)

____Diversity Survey

____Signed Code of Ethics/Character and Fitness

____Leadership Essay (5-7 pages addressing the candidate’s skill and understanding of his or her ability to improve student achievement, leadership, and advanced knowledge of curriculum, instruction, and assessment)

____Signed Superintendent’s Statement

CAP 6 - Mid-Point Admission to Candidacy


_____Transcript Review

_____GPA (minimum 3.0)

_____ Credit Hours Completed (15 earned hours)

_____ Disposition Recommendation (Faculty)

CAP 7 - Exit Requirements


Transcript Review
_____GPA (minimum 3.0)
_____Transcript Attached

____Field Experience Log Sheets

____School Budget Project

____Internship Project

____School Leaders Licensure Assessment

____Kentucky Principal Specialty Test (PRAXIS Content Exam) (158 minimum score)

_____Three Disposition Recommendations

(1)_____ (self) (2) _____ (faculty) (3)____(Principal Mentor)

_____CA-1 Form Completed and Attached

_____ Exit/Completer Survey

_____Application for Additional Credentials

_____Graduation Application