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A. Admission Criteria
1. Criteria for Admission to the Education
Specialist Program (Ed. S.) in Educational Leadership:
a. A completed master's degree in education or related field
from an accredited institution.
b. An academic record of at least a 3.0 grade point average in
master's degree work (on a 4.0-point scale).
c. A minimum score of 38 on the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) or a
combined score at the 35th percentile or above on the Verbal and Quantitative sections of the Graduate Record
Examination (GRE).
d. Verification (via letter) of at least 5 years of successful
teaching and/or
administration PK-12 experience and letter of reference from a supervisor attesting to the applicant's school administration potential.
B.
Admission Process
1. Applicants must submit the following
application materials to the ISU
Office of Graduate Studies (unless otherwise noted below) :
a. The admissions application (available in the ISU
Graduate Catalog & from the ISU Office of
Graduate Studies).
b. Official transcripts of all undergraduate & graduate
academic work.
c. Official scores of GRE
or MAT test.
2. Submit to Department of
Educational Leadership
a. Verification letter of at least 5 years of
successful PK-12 teaching and/or administrative experience.
b. Letter of reference from a supervisor attesting to the
applicant's school
administration potential.
3. When an application for admission to the
Ed.S. program in Educational Leadership is received, it is
forwarded from the ISU
Office of Graduate Studies to the College
of Education and Department of Educational Leadership. The Department reviews the
application for completeness and acceptability. If materials are missing the applicant will be informed in writing.
4. If the application is complete, the
Department Chair will make a recommendation that the applicant either
be accepted as Classified, Conditional, Unclassified,
or may reject the
application if the applicant fails to meet the required
criteria. The application
recommendation is then forwarded through the College
of Education to the ISU
Office of Graduate Studies.
Classified Status may be granted to
graduates of accredited institutions who have earned a grade
point average of 3.0 or higher for all graduate credits, and
achieved and submitted official MAT or GRE
scores that meet or exceed minimum requirements (38 or above on
the MAT and 35% tile or better in at least one area of the GRE).
Conditional Status may be granted to those students who do
not have an acceptable GPA, and/or have not yet taken the GRE
or MAT test, or achieved scores that do not meet minimum
requirements.
Unclassified Status may be granted to applicants
holding a master's degree who desire to take courses for
graduate credit for personal or professional enrichment at the
Ed.S. level, but who do not want to pursue an Ed.S. graduate
degree. There is no assurance that courses taken under
unclassified status may be used later to satisfy degree
requirements. See the ISU
Graduate Catalog for further detail.
C. Notification
of Admission
1. Applicants will be notified of their
acceptance or rejection via a letter from the
ISU
Office of Graduate Studies.
2. Applicants for admission to the Ed.S.
program in Educational Leadership will also be notified of their
acceptance or rejection via a letter from the College
of Education - Department of
Educational Leadership. The acceptance notice will include an advisor assignment.
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