Master's Degree and/or Licensure as a Director of Instruction
A. Common Core: (18 credits)

AD LDSP 702	Leadership in Educational Organizations or Equivalent	3
AD LDSP 710	Organizational Change and Team Leadership	3
AD LDSP 712	Instructional Leadership	3
AD LDSP 732	The Politics of Education	3
Ad LDSP 752	School Law	3
Ad LDSP 762	Management of Educational Resources	3

B. Area of Specialization: (15 credits)

CURRINS 701 or 715	Curriculum Planning OR Guiding Instructional Improvement	3
EXCEDUC 861	Foundations in Student Services & Special Education	3
AD LDSP 842	Program Planning & Evaluation in Education	3
AD LDSP 790	Internship in Instructional Leadership	3
	Elective (Optional - AD LDSP 782)	3

C. Selecting Electives
Students seeking a master’s degree must complete 33 credits. Students can delect Ad Ldsp 782 as an elective if they wish to earn the Principals licensure and the Director of Instruction in one master's degree.

Students who already have a master’s degree and are pursuing Direrctor of Instruction licensure may be able to use the previous course work to substitute for required courses. All electives or course substitutions must be approved by an advisor.

D. Portfolio Requirement

Upon completion of coursework required for licensure, all applicants must complete and submit for review an electronic portfolio detailing their competencies of the UWM core guiding principles and the UWM-WI state standards for administrators. Electronic portfolios are offered through an outside service for a nominal fee. Portfolios will evaluated by the advisor and one other member of the educational administration faculty at the end of the candidate’s program.