Gain Practical School Administration Skills That Yield Immediate Benefits
Among its many goals, the Catholic school leadership graduate program aims to help educators develop strategies for sustaining high-quality Catholic education. Like all school administrators, Catholic school leaders are constantly challenged to adapt to changing technologies, demographics and cultural trends.
The graduate certificate offers pragmatic solutions to the everyday demands of operating a Catholic school, along with a long-range planning framework to help you identify strengths, address challenges and put your school on a growth trajectory.
As you complete Merrimack’s graduate certificate in Catholic school leadership, you’ll sharpen your ability to:
- Manage financial resources
- Maintain vigorous curriculum and academic excellence
- Build high-functioning teams
- Motivate and empower teachers
- Forge partnerships in the community
- Market your school to maintain or increase enrollment
- Reconcile Catholic values and principles with modern technology and forward-facing college preparatory curriculum
- Collaborate with school trustees, board members and leaders in the Catholic community
Catholic School Leadership: What You’ll Learn
One of the few U.S. graduate programs that’s focused on Catholic school administration, this online certificate caters to mature professionals with busy schedules and heavy work responsibilities. Whether you’re already a school administrator or aspire to become one, Merrimack’s Catholic school leadership program equips you to take the next step forward in your career.
The graduate certificate consists of three online courses, each lasting eight weeks. Major course themes include:
- Faith-based curriculum and school culture
- The role of mission and charism
- Faith-informed managerial strategies
- Exercising leadership in interactive, digitally mediated communities
- Maintaining excellence in an environment of financial scarcity
You can earn the Catholic school leadership certificate in a single academic year, working full-time while you complete the program. Because courses run concurrently with the Catholic school calendar, you’ll have the ability to apply class material in the workplace and refine your understanding as you go.
