Candidates who complete the program are educational leaders who have the knowledge and ability to promote the success of all students by:

Standard 1: facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a school or district vision of learning supported by the school community.

Standard 2: promoting a positive school culture, providing an effective instructional program, applying best practice to student learning, and designing comprehensive professional growth plans for staff.

Standard 3: managing the organization, operations, and resources in a way that promotes a safe, efficient, and effective learning environment.

Standard 4: collaborating with families and other community members, responding to diverse community interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources.

Standard 5: acting with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner.

Standard 6: understanding, responding to, and influencing the larger political, social, economic, legal, and cultural context.

Standard 7: through substantial, sustained, standards-based work in real settings, planned and guided cooperatively by the institution and school district personnel for graduate credit.