Graduate Certificate in School Leadership


The Graduate Certificate in School Leadership (GCSL) provides you with opportunities to enhance your skills as an aspiring or current school leader.

The GCSL is a flexible, part-time that facilitates studying without taking a leave from your career. You will be engaged in authentic tasks and experiences directly linked to school leadership, including a job-embedded learning component in which you will visit, observe, and collaborate with a school leader or leadership team in a school setting of your choice. Courses are offered fully online, with some synchronous components. In this program, you can tailor your assignments based on your school context - public, Catholic, independent, charter, etc.

This certificate also enables you to apply for your principal certification - the academic requirement is met through these courses (EDU 520 and 521).

Join us for an online information session: Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
The session will run between 30 and 45 minutes.

Register now!


Ladder in to a Master's Degree

A Graduate Certificate in School Leadership (GCSL) provides students with up to 12 credits in advanced standing in the Master of Education in Educational Studies (MES) program. For more information, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca
 

Alternatively, the GCSL can ladder into:

Note: Completion of a GCSL does not guarantee acceptance into any Master's program.

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