Superintendent Certification

Requirements to earn certificate

• 30 graduate credits beyond the master's degree
  
• 3.5 GPA in post-master's courses
  
• 20 semester hours or more of the CAS requirements must be earned at Iowa State University
  
• Satisfactory completion of a field experience in educational administration under supervision of a mentor superintendent approved by the faculty adviser

Required Courses
21 credits or the equivalent, subject to approval by the adviser
EdAdm 601, Planning Systems, Operations, and School Environments (3 credits)
EdAdm 602, Human Resource Development and Negotiations (3 credits)
EdAdm 603, Personnel Evaluation and System Assessment Practices (3 credits)
EdAdm 605, Current Practices of the Superintendency (3 credits)
EdAdm 611, Policy Development and Issues: School Board and Superintendent Roles (3 credits)
EdAdm 612, School Finance and Business Management (3 credits)
EdAdm 591C/691C, Field Experience (Internship) (3 credits)

Elective Courses
EdAdm 593, Workshops in Educational Administration (1-4 credits)
EdAdm 604, Theories of Leadership (3 credits)
EdAdm 606, Administrative Technology Systems (3 credits)
EdAdm 607, Advanced School Law (3 credits)
EdAdm 608, Administrative Problems (3 credits)
EdAdm 609, Instructional Management (3 credits)
EdAdm 615, Seminars in Educational Administration (1-3 credits)
EdAdm 690, Advanced Topics in Educational Administration (1-3 credits)
ResEv 550, Research in Education (3 credits)

"Principals are incredibly busy people and the time to drive to Ames is often a barrier to enrolling in the CAS program. Being able to take courses on the ICN opens doors for them that would otherwise be closed. As an instructor, I can reach aspiring administrators in different parts of Iowa. It's very possible to build positive relationships between teacher and student using the ICN - I've done so a number of times and continue to mentor former students as a result."
Veronica Stalker, Ph.D.
Clinician