Leadership Quality Standard Certificate
The Leadership Quality Standard (LQS) certificate prepares teachers looking to enter school leadership roles such as principal and assistant principal with the necessary competencies for success. Topics include fostering effective relationships, embodying visionary leadership, leading a learning community, and more. Participants will also develop skills for managing school operations and resources, and responding to societal contexts.
Teachers in this online program (two 3-credit courses) will learn to lead sustainably and according to how students and school personnel might flourish as individuals, a community, in society, and in relation to the natural world.
The Leadership Quality Standard (LQS) certificate fulfils the Government of Alberta's requirement for educators looking to explore careers as principals and assistant principals at public, Catholic, charter, or independent schools. For more information contact The King's University's admissions department.
Inside this program
EDUC 510 – Leadership and Vision
This course asks students to connect their motivations for leadership with the goal of service so that students and school personnel can flourish as individuals and as a community. Students are challenged to develop personal vision and values to purposefully lead from the heart in a manner that understands and responds to the contexts impacting schools, supports high-quality teaching and learning, and demonstrates the competencies aligned to the Leadership Quality Standard.
EDUC 511 – Leadership and Action
This course examines actions school leaders take in support of their call to the vocation of school leadership and their vision for student engagement, learning, and well-being. Students study the alignment of policies and procedures with the management of school operations and resources in order to support the desired teaching and learning practices in a manner that demonstrates the competencies aligned to the Leadership Quality Standard. The course also surveys improving the instructional program.
Admission Information
Application Deadline: August 15, 2025
Course 1: Fall 2025 Term, Thursday evenings online
Course 2: Winter 2026 Term, Thursday evenings online
Admission eligibility
- Completed B.Ed. degree, or its equivalent, from an accredited institution.
- Valid teaching certificate (Alberta applicants require a Permanent Teaching Certificate, Alberta issued Interim Teaching Certificate will require a supporting letter).
- Three years or more of approved teaching experience while holding a valid Alberta teaching certificate or an approved teaching certificate issued by a jurisdiction outside of Alberta. This is to be demonstrated through the confirmation of teaching experience and a supporting letter from the current principal.
- International Applicants and out of province students will be required to provide a supporting letter confirming at least 3 years of teaching experience.
- Completion of a brief interview with the Dean of Education to chat about your passions for education and plans for the future.