EDA 584 & 684 Internship

As a Master of Education, Educational Leadership and Innovation student, you are required to complete a two-semester Principal Internship (EDA 584/684), which includes field experiences, reflections, and coursework.  The internship experience is designed to provide you with substantive school-based opportunities to apply the knowledge and skills you have been learning in preparation for school leadership.  During the internship, you will engage in observations of mentor principals, participate in relevant activities, and complete specific assignments which allow you to function as contributing members of a school’s administrative team.

Each Principal Internship experience will be individualized, but must meet the requirements of the Arizona State Board of Education for Principal Certification based on the ten Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (PSEL) (for the internship, these are narrowed to the ASU Internship Standards, which focus specifically on elements that align to the internship).   To meet the principal internship requirements of the Arizona Department of Education (ADE), you must complete and log a total of 270 hours of internship activities.  One hundred-twenty (120) of these hours are embedded in the program coursework (see “Field Experience Hours” on pages 4–5) and the remaining 150 hours are to be completed in EDA 584/684.  Even though you may reside outside of Arizona, the ASU program falls under the approval of the Arizona Department of Education.

Please review the EDA Internship Handbook (sent to you by the course instructor after you are registered for the internship coursework) for more information. Questions or concerns can be sent to GradEdPrep@asu.edu.

Please note that some states require you to take your internship courses at more than 3 credits in order to meet the requirements for principal certification. These internship courses are set up as "variable credit" so that you can select the number of credits you wish to take the course at. For the program, the requirement is 3 credits of EDA 584 and 3 credits of EDA 684. Please check with the credentialing body in the state(s) where you wish to be certified to verify the number of credits required.