University of Portland Bulletin 2022-2023

Post Master's Principal Administrator License Certificate

The post master's principal administrator license certificate program provides teachers with experiences in addressing the leadership and management needs of contemporary schools. Successful completion of the certificate program leads to principal administrator licensure in Oregon and will be noted on the candidate's transcript.

Post Master's Principal Administrator License Certificate Program Performance Standards: 

Standard 1: Mission, Vision and Core Values. Effective educational leaders develop, advocate, and enact a shared mission, vision, and core values of high-quality education, equity and inclusion, and academic success and well-being of each student.

Standard 2: Ethics and Professional Norms. Effective educational leaders act ethically and according to professional norms to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Standard 3: Equity and Cultural Responsiveness. Effective educational leaders strive for equity of educational opportunity and culturally responsive practices to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Standard 4: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment. Effective educational leaders develop and support intellectually rigorous, culturally responsive, and coherent systems of curriculum, instruction, and assessment to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Standard 5: Community of Care and Support for Students. Effective educational leaders cultivate an inclusive, caring, and supportive school community that promotes the academic success and well-being of each student. 

Standard 6: Professional Capacity of School Personnel. Effective educational leaders develop the professional capacity and practice of school personnel to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Standard 7: Professional Community for Teachers and Staff. Effective educational leaders foster a professional community of teachers and other professional staff to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Standard 8: Meaningful Engagement of Families and Community. Effective educational leaders engage families and the community in meaningful, reciprocal, and mutually beneficial ways to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Standard 9: Operations and Management. Effective educational leaders manage school operations and equitably distribute resources to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Standard 10: School Improvement. Effective educational leaders act as agents of continuous improvement to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.

Source: OAR 584-235-0010 The performance standards are established as the Oregon School Leadership Standards and are rooted in the state’s commitment to student success and equity, and have been further supplemented and informed by the 2015 Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (Council of Chief State School Officers.)

Post Master's Principal Administrator License Certificate Program Requirements — 27 credit hours

ED 519Principal Leadership Seminar — Research/Case Study Analysis

3

ED 526Principal Leadership Practicum – Clinical Experience

3

ED 543Cultural Responsiveness & Community Building

3

ED 544Human Resource Development, Growth, Supervision, and Evaluation

3

ED 545Leadership and Organizational Change

3

ED 546Policy, Ethics, and the Law

3

ED 547Operations Management, Resource Allocation and School Finance

3

ED 548Supervision of Learning and Instruction

3

ED 549Principal Leadership Practicum—Leadership Portfolio

3