Administration and Supervision Superintendent Endorsement Certificate

Loyola’s Online Superintendent Endorsement is grounded in four core principles:

LUC seeks to prepare district-level leaders to be responsive and adaptive, viewing superintendent candidates as apprentice professionals from the time they enter the program and fostering their development of reflective learning and transformative leadership skills. Because superintendent candidates are in school districts observing, learning, and honing their own skills in Chicagoland’s diverse school districts, candidates gain extensive experiences engaging with diverse populations, including diverse learners, special needs and English learners (ELs) programs. The curricula is aligned with the NELP (2018), ELCC (2011), and ISBE Standards (2016). 

We strive to purposefully dismantle traditional boundaries between institution-based and field-based scholarly work and service; to build trust and deep, lasting relationships with our partners in education; to understand that we must work not for communities but to be of those communities; working shoulder to shoulder with partners, communities and families, sharing their commitment and responsibility to address their needs, priorities, and goals from a social justice perspective. The Online Certificate in Superintendent Preparation Program is comprised of two distinct phases: Professional Inquiry and Equity Studies; and Continuous Improvement Studies:  System, Community, Self, and Reflective Practice.