Building Leadership Kansas Licensure (Principal)
This licensure qualifies you to be a building principal at the PK–12 level in the State of Kansas. You must have a graduate degree, complete the requirements for the Building Leadership Kansas Licensure program (see below) with a 3.25 or higher GPA, have a current Professional Teaching License and pass the PRAXIS subject assessment test. You must also have 5 years of experience in a state-accredited school while holding a professional level teaching, school specialist, or clinical license or a full vocational-technical certificate.
Initial Kansas Licensure after program requirements are met
Professional Kansas Licensure after Initial Licensure and 1-year mentored performance assessment
For information about the program coursework, please contact Dr. Toby Holmes at wtholmes@ksu.edu. All courses are 3 credits.
• EDLEA 801 Ethical Dimensions of Educational Leadership (3 credits)
• EDLEA 810 Philosophical Analysis of Leadership in Education (3 credits)
• EDLEA 819 Introduction to Education Finance (3 credits)
• EDLEA 820 Data Literacy/Data Informed Decisions in Educational Leadership (3 credits)
• EDLEA 831 Educational Law (3 credits)
• EDLEA 835 The Principalship (2 credits)
• EDLEA 836 School-Community Relations (3 credits)
• EDLEA 855 Leadership in Teaching and Learning (3 credits)
• EDLEA 860 Inclusive School Culture in Educational Leadership (3 credits)
• EDLEA 870 Educational Professional Learning/Human Resource Administration (3 credits)
• EDLEA 889 Practicum in Educational Leadership (1 credit)
All initial building leadership license candidates must complete the School Leaders Licensure Assessment through ETS. Students are required to document a minimum of 150 clock hours guided field experience through the formal practicum and other coursework (i.e. additional practicum requirements are imbedded in many courses in the licensure sequence to assist in reaching the 150 clock hour requirement). A written log of practicum activities must be included with the student’s final portfolio assessment.
- Graduate degree from a regionally accredited college
- Completion of a graduate level state approved program in school leadership
- 3.25 cumulative grade point average in graduate coursework
- Applicant must have at least 8 credit hours or one year of accredited experience completed within the last six years
- A minimum of five years of accredited experience under a valid professional license/certificate
- Complete the School Leaders Licensure Assessment Praxis exam. To have your score sent to Kansas State University, enter code #6334 when registering for the Praxis test.
The administrator must hold a currently valid initial school leadership license. While holding the initial license the administrator must complete a performance assessment (year-long approved mentoring program chosen by the hiring local education agency).