{"id":91036,"date":"2019-12-22T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/fort-lewis-trustees-approve-new-masters-program-to-license-principals\/"},"modified":"2019-12-22T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T17:00:00","slug":"fort-lewis-trustees-approve-new-masters-program-to-license-principals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/fort-lewis-trustees-approve-new-masters-program-to-license-principals\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Lewis trustees approve new master\u2019s program to license principals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=753f973e-9471-47ce-8d2e-2eef3c371552&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1131\" height=\"754\" alt=\"Fort Lewis College trustees approved a Master of Arts in Education: Principal Licensure degree program Friday.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Fort Lewis College trustees approved a Master of Arts in Education: Principal Licensure degree program Friday.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Durango Herald file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>The Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees voted Friday to approve an online degree program to license principals.<\/p>\n<p>The Master of Arts in Education: Principal Leadership degree is expected to start in the fall and accept new students every two years.<\/p>\n<p>The program was developed with help from regional principals and superintendents and will expose students to the best practices used to lead schools across the region, said Richard Fulton, dean of the School of Education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn important part of attracting and retaining teachers is having educators that understand our culturally distinct region,\u201d he said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>The college is developing videos for each course that will feature how districts and schools across the region deal with challenges, such as developing new strategic plans and integrating language and culture into schools, he said.<\/p>\n<p>FLC expects to feature how Navajo, Ute and Spanish cultures have been integrated into regional schools, he said. The new master\u2019s program will also have in-person events each semester to discuss educational challenges with regional experts and provide opportunities to network, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Since FLC hasn\u2019t been offering a principal licensure program, regional educators have been turning to other state colleges, such as Adams State and the Western Colorado universities, Fulton said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople would rather take an online program from a college or university that\u2019s closest to them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The two-year program is expected to draw about 20 students in its first year, he said. Students can earn their principal licensure in the first year and their master\u2019s degree in the second year.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:mshinn@durangoherald.com\">mshinn@durangoherald.com<\/a> This story has been updated to correct the name of the degree program. Incorrect information was provided to The Herald.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>developed by regional educational leaders<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[155,132,28,29,180],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-91036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-education","tag-fort-lewis-college","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter","tag-schools"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91036"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=91036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}