丹佛科罗拉多大学和健康科学中心丹佛市区分校

CU Denver’s EdS in Leadership for Educational Organizations with principal licensure is designed for individuals whose next career goal is to become a school principal. It is a professional degree that is well suited for individuals who already have a master’s degree plus a teaching license or a master’s degree with a special services license. With CU Denver’s expert and supportive faculty, you’ll start a path to a fulfilling career as an elementary, middle or high school principal. You’ll develop the skills critical to success as a leader, and learn to encourage diversity, equity and social justice.

What you'll learn

CU Denver’s EdS in Leadership for Educational Organizations with principal licensure is designed for individuals who wish to become school principals. Our program curriculum is designed to build your knowledge, skills and dispositions as a powerful and successful leader.

CU Denver prepares you with the wide breadth of knowledge necessary to create a school learning environment that is cooperative, safe, welcoming and reflects a growth mind-set. You will learn how to:

Collaborate across communities and stakeholder groups

Become well-versed in current educational issues and how to address them, and

Gain a deep understanding of the legal, financial and political dimensions of schools and school districts.

You’ll learn all of this with a focus on equity and social justice, ensuring that all students have equal opportunities for an excellent education.

There has never been a more important time to have great leadership in public schools. The demands of the job require personalized instructional development with practitioners and successful leaders. There are multiple options below for you to enroll and complete the 41-credit hour Leadership for Educational Organizations (LEOs) Principal Licensure program.

While earning the principal license, students will be placed in cohorts. Typically, cohorts are comprised of 25 principal candidates who move through the four-semester principal licensure program together. We welcome applicants from all districts into our principal licensure cohorts. However, we partner with metro-area districts to prepare leaders specifically for their schools.

Choose CU Denver's School of Education & Human Development

You can trust CU Denver to provide an education that will prepare you for excellence in your career as a school principal. We have a name that is recognized for preparing leaders of excellence who value equal opportunities in education. Additionally, CU Denver’s School of Education and Human Development is counted among U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools,” making us one of the top education schools in the country.