About The Program

When applying to the Educational Leadership, M.Ed. program, you will need to submit several documents for review.

• Online Application

• $50 Application Fee

• Goals Statement 

  • What are your reasons for applying to Georgia State’s Educational Leadership program?

  • One major part of the Educational Leadership program is logging 250 hours of clinical leadership experience. This requires you to participate in leadership experiences in your school and/or district. You will be responsible for working with a mentor to identify and participate in these experiences. Describe how you will be able to complete those hours.

• Identify a mentor who currently holds leadership certification in Georgia and complete the following mentor agreement form. (If you are out of state and/or only seeking the degree and no Georgia leadership certification, your mentor does not need to be Georgia-certified but does need to be in a current school/district leadership position.) Once the mentor agreement form has been completed by both parties, upload the signed agreement to your application under the MISC documents section.

• Two Letters of Recommendation (one must be a school leader who supervises/evaluates you; enter the name and email addresses of your recommenders on your application)

• A minimum of three years experience in a Pk-12 school setting (upload teaching certificate to application); currently working in a Pk-12 educational setting

• Official Transcript(s): minimum 2.5 undergraduate GPA required for admission

• Submit official transcripts from all colleges or universities attended either electronically to gradapplytranscripts@gsu.edu or by mailing directly to Georgia State University | Office of Graduate Admissions | P.O. Box 4018 Atlanta, GA 30302

• Successful completion of the Georgia Ethics Assessment for Educational Leadership — For more information and how to register, visit Georgia Ethics Assessment for Educational Leadership. (Not applicable if you are an out-of-state applicant seeking the master’s degree only)

When applying to the Tier I Certification Add-On Certificate Only program, you will need to submit several documents for review.

• Online Application 

• $50  Application Fee

• Goals Statement 

  • What are your reasons for applying to Georgia State’s Tier I leadership program? 

  • One major part of the Tier I program is logging 250 hours of clinical leadership experience. This requires you to assume leadership positions in your school and/or district. You will be responsible for working with a mentor to identify and participate in these experiences. Describe how you will be able to complete those hours. 

• Resume (upload with application) 

• Identify a mentor who currently holds leadership certification in Georgia and complete the following agreement form. Once the agreement form has been completed by both parties, upload the signed agreement to your application under the MISC documents section. 

• Two Letters of Recommendation one must be a school leader who supervises or evaluates you) 

• A minimum of three years’ experience in a Pre-kindergarten through 12th school setting (upload teaching certificate to application); currently working in a Pre-kindergarten through 12th educational setting 

• Official Transcript(s): minimum 3.25 graduate GPA required for admission (must hold a master’s, specialist or doctoral level degree) 

• Submit official transcripts from all colleges or universities attended either electronically to gradapplytranscripts@gsu.edu or by mailing directly to Georgia State University | Office of Graduate Admissions | P.O. Box 4018 Atlanta, GA 30302 

• Successful completion of the Georgia Ethics Assessment for Educational Leadership — For more information and how to register, visit Georgia Ethics Assessment for Educational Leadership.