Supervisors of Instruction, Assistant Principals, and Principals

Please be prepared to submit documentation verifying that you qualify for one of the options below:


Administrator I

This license qualifies an individual to be assigned as a supervisor of instruction or assistant principal.

  1. Master's degree;

  2. 27 months of effective teaching performance or effective performance as a certified specialist;

  3. Three (3) semester hours or State-approved Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits in special education coursework; and

  4. One of the following:

    1. A Department-approved program which leads to licensure as a supervisor of instruction, assistant principal, or principal;

    2. An approved out-of-State program which leads to licensure as a supervisor of instruction, assistant principal, or principal and includes a supervised clinical practicum; or

    3. 18 semester hours of graduate coursework taken at an institution of higher education at the post-baccalaureate level to include a balance of content in the following categories:

      1. Curriculum, instruction, and assessment;

      2. Development, observation, and evaluation of staff;

      3. Legal issues and ethical decision-making;

      4. School leadership, management, and administration; and

      5. Practicum, internship, or a collaboratively designed and supervised experience by the local school system and institution of higher education, to include Department- approved instructional leadership outcomes with verification of this experience submitted by the applicant.


Administrator II

This license qualifies an individual to be assigned as a school principal.


Option I:

(1) Complete the requirements for Administrator I; and

(2) Present evidence of a qualifying score on the School Leaders Licensure Assessment.


Option II:

A principal who enters Maryland from another state may obtain an Administrator II license if that principal held a valid professional state license and verification of at least 27 months of effective performance as a principal.