Applicants for admission to the Master of Education in School Leadership and Administration program must have completed a baccalaureate degree program at a regionally accredited institution. To be considered for admission, applicants must possess an initial or professional teaching license in an area other than administration and have been teaching for at least 2 years.

As an alternate route, students who are not currently teaching but who wish to apply for the school leadership and administration license must demonstrate completion of at least 3 full years of employment in an executive management/leadership role. This option can only be used with the approval of the program coordinator (documentation required).

To apply for consideration, applicants must provide the following:

Graduate school application
Essay explaining why the applicant is interested in becoming a school administrator, addressing the 4 professional standards for administrative leadership
Copy of a Massachusetts initial or professional teaching license
Minimum of at least 2 years of teaching experience, at least 3 years of teaching experience is required to earn the license
Official undergraduate and graduate transcripts of all college-level work
Evidence of passing scores on the Communication and Literacy MTEL exam
Three letters of reference from professionals who can speak to the applicant's promise of becoming an effective school administrator, including a letter of support from a school district administrator.
Candidates for the fully online, non-licensure track must possess a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution or its equivalent with a minimum GPA of 2.75. Applicants must possess a minimum of 2 years of instructional or related work experience in a preK-12 educational setting, and provide 2 professional references.
TOEFL(iBt 79), Duolingo (100), Pearson PTE (59), iTEP (4.0) or IELTS (6.5) score report is required if education was in a language other than English