La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXXXI-1529

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section CXXXI-1529 - Secondary School Principal

A. Eligibility requirements:

1. valid Type A or Level 3 Louisiana teaching certificate for the secondary school;

2. graduate degree from an institution of higher education accredited in accordance with 34 CFR 602 ;

3. five or more years of classroom teaching at secondary school level;

4. score of 620 on the Educational Administration and Supervision Area Exam of the NTE;

5. minimum of 30 semester hours of graduate credit, as follows:

a. educational administration and instructional supervision, nine semester hours of three hours each:

i. foundations of or introduction to educational administration, or theory of educational administration;

ii. secondary school principal; and

iii. principles of instructional supervision in the secondary school;

b. professional education, 21 semester hours:

i. 18 semester hours, to include three semester hours from each of the following:

(a). educational research;

(b). history or philosophy of education;

(c). secondary school curriculum;

(d). school law;

(e). school finance;

(f). school personnel administration;

ii. three semester hours of educational administration electives to be selected from the following courses:

(a). school-community relations;

(b). school facilities; or

(c). program development and evaluation (either in professional education or in areas outside of professional education).

B. Individuals who meet the requirements of Item A above are eligible for a provisional secondary school principal endorsement. Upon employment as a principal or assistant principal, an individual with provisional principal endorsement must enroll in the two year Principal Internship Program under the auspices of the Administrative Leadership Academy.

C. A regular secondary school principal endorsement will be added to the standard Type A certificate upon satisfactory completion of the two year principal internship program.

D. Persons holding provisional or regular principal endorsements at the secondary school level may serve as principal of an elementary, middle, secondary, or combination grade-level school.

E. Secondary school assistant principals are required to meet the same standards as elementary school principals.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXXXI-1529

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 32:1826 (October 2006), amended LR 46:1383 (October 2020), LR 48471 (3/1/2022), Repromulgated LR 481079 (4/1/2022), Amended LR 50673 (5/1/2024).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6(A)(10), (11), and (15), R.S. 17:7(6), R.S. 17:10, R.S. 17:22(6), R.S. 17:391.1- 391.10, and R.S. 17:411.