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An alumna: Explore the Advancing Leadership Certificate offered by Regent University, Virginia Beach.

Post-Master’s Certificate in Advancing Leadership (CAL)

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October 21, 2024
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The Post-Master’s Certificate in Advancing Leadership (CAL) is an online certificate of nine credit hours for teachers and administrators who wish to advance their knowledge in special education leadership. These post-master’s classes will train you to understand and assist with the special education needs in your school division.

  • Transfer your credit hours from all three courses (nine hours total) into the Ed.S. in Exceptional Education Executive Leadership.
  • Learn the latest research and up-to-date regulations in special education.
  • Collaborate on a professional project focusing on supervision, curriculum, instruction, assessment, law, and finance.

This certificate may help advance your career in teaching and administration by equipping you as an expert in your field.

Please complete the Request Information form on this page to learn more about this program.

Emphasis on interpreting research to develop strategies and to solve problems across the spectrum of exceptional education in order to improve instruction and assessment.
Investigate the unique issues of supervision of exceptional education teachers and classes. Effective exceptional education instruction and curriculum across the continuum of services (e.g. consultative, pull-out, resource, self-contained, through inclusion) will be highlighted. Effective schools research, collaboration, assessment, instruction, and innovation will be investigated.
Study the process of the development of policy in exceptional education from standard techniques for analyzing, evaluating, and developing policies for educational systems and organizations with special attention to contemporary policy issues and the process starting at the federal level.

2024-25 Semester Check-In Deadlines

All students are expected to check-in for the semester two weeks before the session start date. Students should apply, be accepted, enroll in their first courses, and confirm a plan to pay for their courses prior to this date.

Session Semester Check-In Session Start Date
Session A Friday, August 9 Monday, August 19
Session M Friday, September 6 Monday, September 16
Session B Friday, October 11 Monday, October 21
Session C Wednesday, January 8 Monday, January 13
Session T Friday, January 31 Monday, February 10
Session D Friday, March 7 Monday, March 17
Session E Friday, May 2 Monday, May 12
Session F Friday, June 13 Monday, June 23

Application Requirements

Step 1: Apply to Regent University

Submit your application using the Regent University Online Application.

Note: If you are unable to complete our application due to a disability, please contact our Admissions Office at 757.352.4990 or admissions@regent.edu and an admissions representative will provide reasonable accommodations to assist you in completing the application.

Step 2: Submit Your Unofficial Transcripts

Submit your unofficial transcripts to regent.edu/items.

Upon submitting your application, you will receive an email requesting authorization for Regent University to obtain your official transcripts from your U.S. degree-granting institution. International transcripts must be evaluated by a NACES, AACRAO or NAFSA approved agency.

Step 3: Submit Your Government-Issued ID

To ensure academic integrity, Regent University requires a copy of a government-issued ID. Please submit a scanned copy or photograph of it to regent.edu/items.


Please feel free to contact the Office of Admissions at 757.352.4990 or admissions@regent.edu should you have any further questions about the application process.

Note: All items submitted as part of the application process become the property of Regent University and cannot be returned.

Certificate Tuition Cost Per Credit Hour Total Credits Tuition Cost for Certificate
Certificate in the Law & Higher Education $250 9 $2,250
Certificate of Graduate Studies in Autism $250 12 $3,000
Certificate of Graduate Studies in Career Switcher $250 24 $6,000
Certificate of Graduate Studies in Christian Education $250 9 $2,250
Certificate of Graduate Studies in Educational Leadership $250 12 $3,000
Certificate of Graduate Studies in eLearning Design $250 10 $2,500
Certificate of Graduate Studies in Gifted & Talented Education for Teachers $250 12-14 $3,000-$3,500
Certificate of Graduate Studies in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) $250 10 $2,500
Certificate of Graduate Studies in TESOL – Adult Education-Collegiate $250 15-18 $3,750-$4,500
Certificate of Graduate Studies in TESOL – K-12 $250 15 $3,750
Post-Master’s Certificate in Advancing Leadership (CAL) $250 9 $2,250

Student Fees Per Semester

University Services Fee (Online Students) $700
Library Orientation $50 (one-time)

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*Rates are subject to change at any time.

“Regent University taught me how to be a servant leader when it comes to reaching children. I've learned to not just teach students, but to serve them according to what they need.”

Anthony Swann, M.Ed. in Educational Leadership, 2014 5th Grade Teacher, Rocky Mount Elementary

“From the professors to advisors to support staff, my experience at Regent has been extremely satisfying, and I highly recommend the program to others.”

Lorri Wilke, M.Ed., 2012 NILD Educational Therapy

“The Career Switcher program gave me the skills that I needed to feel comfortable stepping into my classroom and allowed for my success. I am now a first-year teacher who is thriving in an environment that applauds creativity and innovation.”

Breanna Mead, M.Ed., 2018 Career Switcher

“My credentials from Regent helped earn me the respect of parents and the confidence of school leaders. I'm so pleased that I could go one step further and share on a national level.”

Catherine Webb, Autism Certificate, 2004 Instructional Coach, Giles County Public Schools

“A Regent education will open up doors for you. It certainly has for me.”

Roxie Godfrey, Ed.D., 2005 Teacher Educator & Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University