Graduate Certificate in Teacher Leadership | Salem State University

Graduate Certificate in Teacher Leadership

Today’s collaborative educational environment yields frequent opportunities for teachers to take on informal and formal leadership roles. To be effective, these positions of responsibility require a unique skill set. The Salem State University Graduate Certificate in Teacher Leadership is an engaging and efficient way of acquiring the framework of theoretical and practical knowledge necessary for success.

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Program Requirements

Designed to support current and future teacher leaders (e.g., team leaders, specialists, department heads, instructional coaches, curriculum leaders, teacher mentors, and those aspiring to such roles), participants engage in a one-year, four-course sequence. Educators will learn the art of facilitation, professional learning design, data-driven decision making and action research–all competencies needed to effectively serve in informal and formal teacher leadership roles at the school level. Throughout, educators will focus on developing the mindset and stance of a teacher leader.

The core competencies of the program include:

  • Building a simultaneous stance of leader and learner, including the skills needed to “manage up” and lead alongside formal leaders

  • Engaging in a year-long leadership project, closely connected to a dilemma of practice in participants’ schools

  • Providing a theoretical and practical foundation upon which later formal leadership might rest

  • Providing a solid foundation upon which further graduate study can build -- specifically, for candidates interested in pursuing licensure as a principal/assistant principal via a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS) in Educational Leadership.

Each course is approximately seven weeks long and is a hybrid combination of in-class and online learning.

Core courses include:

AGS 730: Learning to Lead
AGS 800: Facilitative Leadership
AGS 734: Leading Professional Learning
EDS 835: Data-Driven Instruction

The certificate also offers the option of taking additional courses, for up to 18-credits total, for those interested in pursuing a CAGS degree at a later time, or for those interested in a particular content specialization.

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