The Pennsylvania PK-12 Principal Certification (ONLY) seeks to recruit individuals who are proactive in meeting the diverse needs of students. We pride ourselves with the ability to provide job embedded learning through various situations and settings. We also strive to constantly integrate present principals and administrators into our program to create meaningful learning experiences to our future school leaders.
After all materials have been submitted to the School of Graduate Studies, your complete application will be forwarded to the department for review.
Upon acceptance into the program, the program coordinator will schedule an interview to clarify program requirements, discuss goals, evaluate academic records and outline a long ‐ range program.
Practicing educators with proven satisfactory experience apply to the PK-12 Principal Certificate Program. Candidates are required to complete 30 credits in order to receive Principal Certification.
Classes are typically offered during the evening 5 to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday.
Graduate students must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Students who do not take classes in either the Fall and/or Spring semester(s) will be considered inactive in MyHusky. Students are required to contact their Academic Advisor or Graduate Program Coordinator with their request to be reactivated. Their request is then forwarded to the Graduate Office, who will process the reactivation. Students have six calendar years to complete their chosen degree or certification program.
Upon acceptance, students desiring to transfer credits may make this request upon application to their chosen program. Upon approval, degree students may transfer up to a maximum of nine semester hours or parallel courses (determined by BU) from accredited institutions. These courses will be applied towards completing the degree requirements of the program. However, no courses will be transferred in which a grade less than a B was earned. Pass/fail grades are not acceptable.
(As taken from the PDE website *)
(*) Please see the PDE website for additional requirements for PDE certification and for any updates as certification requirements may change over time.