Preliminary Administrative Services Credential
How to Apply
If you are applying for the Fall 2025 semester, please check back in September for updated application dates. The application opens October 1st each year for fall start.Important Dates for Spring 2025
| Item | Due Date |
|---|---|
| 1. Cal State Apply application (opens August 1 each year) |
August 31, 2024 |
| 2. Interfolio program application | September 15, 2024 |
| 3. Official transcripts due | September 15, 2024 |
Please submit your Cal State Apply application prior to sending in official transcripts.
Steps to Apply
Step 1: Submit the Cal State Apply application
For assistance, see help and tips on how to complete the Cal State Apply application.
Step 2: Request Official Transcripts
Request that your official transcripts be sent to SDSU, following instructions at Submitting Your Transcripts.
Step 3: Submit the Interfolio Program Application
Your program application has been created in a system called Interfolio. For help, refer to this Interfolio Tutorial (PDF). Please gather the required items below and have them ready to upload to the Interfolio program application
Hold a valid California Clear Credential.
If you do not have a copy of your original CBEST test results, you will need to request them from the CA Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
A minimum of 5 years of successful, full-time experience in a public school, nonpublic school, or private school of equivalent status located in California or another state, or a combination of experience earned in California and another state. This experience may be teaching, pupil personnel work, librarianship, health services, clinical or rehabilitative services, or a combination of teaching and school services. (Substitute teaching does not apply.)
Verification of experience must be on the district or employing agency letterhead and signed by the superintendent, assistant superintendent, director of personnel, or director of human resources. School or district personnel other than the applicant must verify all experience. (See an example: Verification of Experience Template.)
Note: To earn the credential, you must have a full 5 years of teaching experience at the time you finish the program.
Write a Statement of Leadership Philosophy, 1-2 pages, addressing your beliefs and values about:
- Leadership
- Curriculum and instruction
- Students
- Teachers
- Parents
- Other stakeholders
Prepare a resume or Curriculum Vitae to add to your application, which will include your education and employment history as well as any academic honors, awards, scholarships, and publications. Be sure to include leadership activities such as department chair, leadership team member, etc.
Contact 2 individuals who you have interacted with both academically and/or professionally and would be able to write a letter of recommendation for you. One of the recommenders must be an immediate supervisor.
Please collect names and email addresses so you are ready to request these letters in the Interfolio program application. Recommenders will submit their recommendations directly into the online program application.
Please complete this in the Interfolio program application.
The Preliminary Administrative Services Credential is offered through the SDSU Department of Educational Leadership.
Get in Touch
General Questions & Advising
Jose Escobedo, Advisor, [email protected]
Cal State Apply Application Help
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