Launching in Fall 2025, Xavier University’s 100% online, 15-credit hour Post-Graduate Certificate in Montessori Leadership equips you with the essential skills and knowledge to excel as a principal or Head of School in a dynamic Montessori environment.
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You’ll get the personal attention and flexibility needed to reach your goals at your pace. Our invested professors and small class sizes will set you up for success.
Our Jesuit Catholic values are based on a vision of a world changed for the better, emphasizing service and community engagement in addition to academics.
We offer exceptional online programs at an affordable cost. Numerous financial aid resources are available for our online students, making education more affordable.
This 15-credit hour Post-Graduate Montessori Leadership Certificate program consists of five courses.
In this course, you dive into a rigorous study of formative and summative supervision processes, which emphasizes accountability and utilizing supervision for individual professional growth. This also includes the practical application of state-mandated instructional policies and processes.
Designed to incorporate both administrative theory and practice, the Principalship course highlights the role of the principal and places a particular emphasis on the changes in the role of a principal as a result of demographic changes in society, state and local regulations, and in schools.
This course examines the legal framework within which schools operate, including federal and state precedents, state code and legal provisions for school finance.
Through this class, you learn about the theory and practice of curriculum design, development, implementation and evaluation. Additionally, you examine the correlation between curriculum and teaching strategies, including formative and summative supervisory functions.
Budgetary control, purchasing, food, supplies, equipment and machinery, school insurance, plant records, maintenance and repair, pupil transportation, utilization of facilities. In addition, the school construction process is reviewed and analyzed.
Start Date: Fall 2025
Applicants to the Post-Graduate Certificate in Montessori Leadership must hold a master’s degree from a regionally accredited institution with a minimum 3.2 GPA.
To be considered for admission, students must submit the following:
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One official transcript directly from all colleges or universities that you have attended for any undergraduate and graduate course work. Applicants must have a degree from a regionally accredited university. A strong candidate will have a minimum of a 3.0 GPA. Send transcripts to:
Xavier University
ATTN: Admission Processing Center
3800 Victory Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45207-5131
For electronic transcripts, send to:
xugrad@xavier.edu
Xavier University is authorized to offer fully-online programs in most states. View the complete list of approved states by programs on the State Authorization page. Students must reside and complete practicum hours in approved states only.
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Total Program Tuition
The amounts listed are for the 2025-2026 academic year, and include classes from Summer 2025 through Spring 2026. Tuition cost is per credit hour unless otherwise stated.
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