Miami University

How to apply

Admission requirements:

To be eligible for consideration you must have the following minimum qualifications:

• Completed an undergraduate degree in education with a minimum 2.75 grade-point-average.
• Possess a professional teacher licensure.
• Three years of teaching experience.
• Master’s in school administration, school leadership, or curriculum and teacher leadership.

 

 

Application process:

Follow the procedures outlined for continuing non-degree graduate status students.

*Students who have obtained the degree from Miami need not submit a transcript.

Select “continuing non-degree status” when completing the application.

 

If you intend to pursue a doctoral degree in educational leadership in addition to licensure, review the application procedure for the degree sought by going here:

• Curriculum and Teacher Leadership
• Doctor of Philosophy
• Doctor of Education

 

Detailed admission information, including an application, can be found here or contact the EDL office at 304 McGuffey Hall, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056; 513-529-6825.

 

Financial aid

• TEAM Scholarship for Ohio educators. The TEAM Scholarship at Miami provides a 50 percent tuition and fee scholarship to professional educators for graduate course work. Go here for more information.
• A limited number of other scholarships are available to EDL graduate students. For more information, go to the Financial Aid / Team Scholarship section of this site.

 

Program Requirements

Required courses for superintendent’s licensure (15 hours):

• EDL 614: Family-Community Partnerships
• EDL 727: Business Affairs and Physical Resources
• EDL 729: Board-Superintendent-Staff Relationships
• EDL 710S: Superintendent and Internship
• EDL 780Y: Public Engagement

 

 

All EDL courses are offered once a week in the evening during the school year, and on alternative schedules during the summer. Students may complete this licensure program while working full time.

 

Admission Resources

• The Miami University Graduate School
• Graduate School admission information
• Graduate student life
• Graduate fees
• Graduate School Handbook
• Campus map
• Oxford and Beyond

 

Contact Us

Dr. Ellen Bueschel
bueschme@muohio.edu

Department of Educational Leadership
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio 45056
513-529-6825