Post-Graduate Certificate in Montessori Leadership

Are you a passionate Montessori educator ready to take your career to the next level?

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.

Experience the Xavier Difference in Montessori Leadership.

  • Specialized Curriculum: Designed specifically for Montessori leaders, addressing the unique challenges and opportunities of this educational approach.
  • Expert Faculty: Learn from experienced educators and administrators who are leaders in the field.
  • Practical Application: Collaborate with area school administrators and gain real-world insights into effective leadership.
  • Ignatian Values: Integrate the principles of Jesuit education into your leadership practice, fostering ethical and impactful leadership.
  • Career Advancement: Position yourself for leadership roles in the growing field of Montessori education.

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Why Xavier Online?

You’ll get more from your online education, from the personal attention of faculty to rigorous courses taught in the Jesuit Catholic tradition.

Personalized Experience

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.

Jesuit Values

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.

Affordability

We offer exceptional online programs at an affordable cost. Numerous financial aid resources are available for our online students, making education more affordable.

Curriculum

Post-Graduate Certificate in Montessori Leadership

15 credits

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.

Admission

Our admission process is easy, on your phone or computer!

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:

1   Free Online Application

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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

State Authorization

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.

Tuition

Get More from Your Education with a Graduate Degree from Xavier

At Xavier, we understand that no two degree programs and no two students are alike. Therefore, we structure every online degree program to address the unique needs of individual students and have created unique fee structures for each degree program, as well.
$660

Per Credit Hour

$9,900

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.
For the full, official listing, please visit xavier.edu/costs.
Xavier University reserves the right to correct any computational or clerical errors.

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