Assistant Principal, Certificate of Graduate Study

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The assistant principal certificate program is offered through the Educational Leadership program and is designed to meet the state course requirements for assistant principal certification in Maine and to provide a foundation for graduate work in educational administration. This 12-credit program consists of four courses.

Program Requirements

Courses may be taken in any sequence. At the conclusion of the certificate program, students will not only have satisfied state course requirements for a Maine assistant principal’s certificate but will have completed a significant part of the entry and foundation coursework for a master’s degree in educational leadership. In addition, they will receive a USM certificate of program completion which can be cited on résumés and vitae.

Although credits from the certificate program may be transferable to a master’s program, students who wish to matriculate into a master’s program must apply separately for admission.

This 12-credit certificate consists of four courses: