July 2023 University Catalog with October Addenda

ED7903 Superintendency Internship 1

This course is the first of two consecutive superintendent internship courses that serve as the capstone courses for the PhD and EdS Leadership in Educational Administration District Leadership concentration. It provides learners with the academic and internship experiences that are prerequisites for superintendent licensure in most states. Learners assess their leadership in educational administration competencies and demonstrate proficiency. They serve the first 160 hours of a 320-hour internship during which they create, sign, and fulfill a competency-based contract with their educational administration site supervisor and Capella University supervisor. Throughout the course, learners maintain a log of their experiences and develop a final portfolio as part of their contract materials. For PhD and EdS Leadership in Educational Administration learners only. Grading for this course is S/NS. This course requires access to a P-12 classroom and/or educational stakeholders in a P-12 school or district. ED7903 and ED7904 must be taken in sequence and prior to the comprehensive examination for PhD learners and during the final two quarters for EdS learners. Cannot be fulfilled by transfer.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

A cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better and completion, submission, and approval of an internship application. Please refer to practicum and internship Campus resource pages for information regarding application due dates and site and supervisor guidelines. ED7014, ED7108, ED7542, ED7543, ED7544, ED7545, ED7820, ED7823, ED8812