Professional Administrator License
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Begin Online ApplicationThis page covers the prerequisites and admissions requirements for Lewis & Clark’s Professional Administrator License Program. All Lewis & Clark graduate applicants are also required to fulfill the graduate school’s general admissions requirements.
Please carefully review all admissions requirements as only complete applications will be considered for admission.
Now accepting applications for 2024
Professional Administrator License Prerequisites
To be a candidate for the Professional Administrator Program for practicing administrators, you should:
- Applicants must hold a current Oregon Legacy Administrator license or an Oregon Principal license.
- Serve as an administrator in an educational setting.
- Be current in educational trends and research.
- Be able to demonstrate a desire to collaborate with others and be willing to participate in meaningful dialog about your practice and educational principles.
- Applicants must have earned a master’s degree from a regionally accredited institution in the United States (the college or university must be regionally accredited when enrolled and the degree was conferred) or the foreign equivalent.
Professional Administrator Application Requirements
Admission to the graduate school requires the completion of all standard admissions requirements in addition to the program-specific admission requirements outlined below.
Applicants are required to write an essay approximately 500 words in length. The essay may be submitted electronically as part of the online application.
Please write an essay on the following topics:
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Describe why you would like to pursue the professional administrator license program. Please describe your current leadership work and social justice work. Describe how it focuses on transforming schools through equitable practice.
All applicants must hold a minimum 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale), or the equivalent in their graduate degree.
Applicants who have an GPA of less than a 3.0 on their graduate, degree-posted transcript are required to provide a statement that explains their previous academic record
Applicants must hold a valid regular an Oregon Legacy Administrator license or an Oregon Principal license. Please submit a copy of your current license.
Candidates who did not complete the Preliminary Administrator License program at Lewis & Clark must document passing scores on the ORELA: Civil Rights Test.
NOTE: Candidates who currently hold an Oregon Legacy, Professional, or Principal license (Teaching, or Personnel Services) at the time of application are exempt from submitting official scores from the ORELA: Civil Rights Test.
Next Steps
Additional Information
Graduate School Admissions is located in South Chapel Annex on the Graduate Campus.
MSC: 87
email gseadmit@lclark.edu
voice 503-768-6200
Director of Admissions Rebecca Sexton-Lee
Graduate School Admissions
Lewis & Clark
615 S. Palatine Hill Road MSC 87
Portland OR 97219
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