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Prospective Students

You & A Whole New Way to Excel in Life!

Are you ready for a new challenge?
Then lead the way...as a school administrator!

Find out how you can maximize your education through teamwork and leadership skills with the New Century Educational Leadership Program (NCELP) at Tarleton State University. You can earn a master's degree & principal's certification while getting on-the-job training.

Here is more information about the program:

Program Goal:

The New Century Educational Leadership Program (NCELP) is an accelerated Master's Degree/Principal certification program. Its objective is to prepare highly qualified individuals to serve as public school administrators in Texas. NCELP is a collaborative administrator program between Tarleton State University and public school districts in Texas.

Program Description

This is an accelerated 18-month cohort program that is delivered in a unique cohort/web-based/ face-to-face format.  This format provides the benefits and conveniences of web-based courses (high tech) combined with the meaningful learning support of cohorts who meet for face-to-face seminars (high touch).

NCELP relies upon current research and technology to offer a dramatically different training design and delivery system in developing prospective administrators. The NCELP proficiencies, which provide the basis for integrated curriculum, are developed from the National Policy Board for Educational Administration's (NPBEA) 21 proficiency domains and the State Board for Educator Certification principal standards. The leadership proficiencies are integrated throughout the program, serving as a comprehensive framework for the NCELP curriculum.

At the conclusion of 18 months, the student will have received 33 hours of university credit, a Master's Degree in Educational Administration and a Principal certificate that enables the intern to accept administrative positions in Texas public schools. To accomplish this, the NCELP provides up-to-date conceptual, technical, and human relations skills training necessary for principals to be effective instructional leaders in current and future educational environments.

Program Objectives:
The NCELP student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate mastery of the leadership proficiencies associated with the National Policy Board of Educational Administration (NPBEA) and the State Board For Educator Certification (SBEC) standards.
  2. Demonstrate mastery of Instructional Leadership Development (ILD) and the Professional Development and Appraisal System (PDAS).
  3. Demonstrate leadership proficiencies during the internship and residency.
  4. Secure satisfactory performance ratings in the local school district's administrator appraisal system.
  5. Accomplish individual goals as identified in the Tarleton Assessment of Principals assessment instrument.
  6. Design and complete a comprehensive field-based school improvement plan
  7. Maintain a professional portfolio and a reflective journal.
  8. Satisfactorily complete all tasks assigned during the pre-assignment instructional block, the internship seminars, the instructional seminars, coursework, and conferences.
  9. Achieve acceptable scores on the TExES exam.

Click here to view the NCELP course sequence

Important Forms

When completed, please mail them to:
NCELP
Box-T 0210
Stephenville, Texas 76402

or

Fax them to: 254-968-9525