EDLE 60093 Principal Practicum in Educational Leadership
Prerequisites: Must be admitted to the College of Education Graduate Program in Educational Administration; have completed/credit for at least 24 hours of educational leadership coursework; and have arranged for a local certified administrator to serve as their site mentor. The administrative practicum is a two-semester (fall-spring) opportunity for the graduate student to apply skills and knowledge learned in the classroom and in other professional experiences to real world, field-based tasks under the guidance of a practicing onsite administrator and a TCU supervisor. The student will spend at least 160 clock hours engaged in the sheltered practice of administration under the guidance of certified onsite administrator performing collaboratively agreed upon tasks outlined in the practicum proposal and tied to the nine principal competencies of the state of Texas. (This course is only offered as P/NC.)