In order fulfill the state licensing requirements for becoming a school administrator, you must log a total of 360 hours "practicing" to become a principal. This requirement is referred to as the practicum. The hours you log must be under the supervision of a licensed, mentor principal, and you must split the hours 240/120 between two different levels of schools, primary and secondary.
I reached a milestone last week. I attained my 360 practicum hours: 240 at a middle school and 120 at an elementary school. Because of the truly unusual nature of my current position where I have been freed from all of my classroom teaching obligations, and instead am simply training to be a principal all day, every day, I fulfilled my hour count in something comparable to light speed: in just over three calendar months.
I still have two courses to complete, plus a state licensing exam before I am "official" (sometime this fall). But with the practicum behind me, I've cleared the most daunting hurdle in the process.
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