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First Ring Leadership Academy | Cleveland State University in Partnership with the First Ring School Superintendents Collaborative

Licensure

As the result of the Academy experience, i.e., 220 contact hours, and 22 graduate credit hours, participants gain principal licensure or recertification. Although participants pay tuition (many are reimbursed by their school districts), the cost of books and speakers are absorbed in the Academy budget. It is an intended outcome that the Academy will create a sustainable network of school leaders in the region. Graduates also have the opportunity to facilitate for later cohorts by completing the Faculty Training Program upon invitation.

The Ohio State Department of Education has approved the First Ring Leadership Academy as an alternative program for licensure to the principalship. Further, the Academy satisfies the Department’s scoring rubric for its entry year program including the portfolio component. Embedded within the fact that the Academy has been developed to recruit, train, and retain exemplary principals for First Ring Schools is an expectation for reality-based training to better prepare school leaders. Members of the Academy may earn up to 22 graduate credits from Cleveland State University which will suffice for licensure if they need it, as well as be applied towards a Masters, Education Specialist, or PhD degrees.

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