Ethical Building Leader Endorsement (Indiana)

Karen A. Dowling, Ph.D., Director

The EBL program will prepare candidates to take the Indiana Principal License Exam and will be innovative in its focus on the disposition aspect of leadership, and the concentration of blending sound educational leadership theory with real life experiences and application of the theory covered in each module. The program seeks to equip candidates to take the Indiana Principal License Exam, prepare future school leaders through sound educational leadership theory with real life experiences, and provide application of the theory and knowledge the courses and professional seminars. The program is 18-20 months in length, and each course is 8 weeks in length. Classes are scheduled to meet online (weekly format) or onsite (one night per week) with seminars at the end of each course. The EBL program clinical experiences include a practicum beginning in the first course of the program and will continue throughout the core program courses. Students will submit standards-aligned assignments as evidence of course learning outcomes mastery and each student will be assessment by both the university supervisor and the building mentor.

Program Completion/Licensure requirements:

• Take and pass State-required pedagogy and content exams. In Indiana, this includes the Indiana CORE Assessments for Building Level Administrator. The content exam is the (039) School Administrator-Building Level for the Building Level Administrator P-12 license.
• Must complete approved educator preparation program (Ethical Building Leadership at Olivet Nazarene University/ONU Global core program of study qualifies).
• All master’s degree candidates must have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher.

21 hours