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CATHOLIC SCHOOL LEADERSHIP GRADUATE CERTIFICATE (ONLINE) Would you like to enhance your school leadership skills? Improve your school’s finances and enrollment? Operationalize your Catholic mission? Here at Merrimack College, we have the solution for you. Our online Catholic School Leadership Graduate Certificate program will teach you how to: • Become an effective change agent • Market your school’s strengths and Catholic mission • Maintain financial solvency • Integrate your faith into leadership decisions You will strengthen your skillset and be well prepared to promote, manage, and lead a Catholic school and its students. For more information, visit www.merrimack.edu/csl.
TAILORED FOR YOU Convenient, accessible, and high quality, the Certificate in Catholic School Leadership is an online, three-course, 12-credit graduate level certificate. Students are admitted twice a year (fall and spring) and have the option to take only one or two courses to acquire specific skillsets (i.e., CFOs may opt to take only the Financial Leadership course). DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
The Certificate in Catholic School Leadership requires successful completion of three four-credit courses for a total of 12 credits. These eight-week online modules are: • ED 6305G Fundamentals of a Faith-based Education • ED 6307G Financial Leadership • ED 6308G Educational Leadership and Managerial Strategies ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
To apply, you must have completed a bachelor’s degree and submit: • An online application • Current resume • All transcripts from previous studies Student should already be in a professional leadership role when enrolling in the certificate program. Applicants whose first language is not English will be asked to provide proof of English proficiency (e.g., TOEFL or IELTS results in accordance with Merrimack’s policy).
www.merrimack.edu/csl
Term: Spring 2022 Begins: January 20, 2022 Application Deadline: January 6, 2022 (December 13, 2021 for international applicants) Term: Fall 2022 Begins: August 2022 Application Deadline: August 2022 (Exact Dates TBA) TUITION
In support of the college’s Catholic Augustinian mission, tuition is reduced 50 percent. • $339 per credit hour* • The Graduate Certificate in Catholic School Leadership is 12 credits ($4,068). *2021–2022 tuition. Rates subject to change.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
ED 6305G Fundamentals of a Faithbased Education: Using documents from Vatican Council II and Post-Conciliar works, emphasis is placed on the importance of school leaders to promote faith-formation by operationalizing the charism and mission of their faith-based school, and to employ methodologies to market it. ED 6307G Financial Leadership: This course provides insights into budgeting and its interconnectedness to student enrollment, tuition, income, the parish budget, scholarships, capital improvements, strategic planning, fundraising, and working with Boards. ED 6308G Educational Leadership and Managerial Strategies: This course is designed to provide school administrators with leadership and managerial skills to strategically create high performing teams and organizations within their school, and to employ social media for ongoing professional development.
Program information subject to change. Visit the website for up-to-date program information.