The Illinois State Board of Education also requires satisfactory scores on the Illinois Certification Testing System Basic Skills Test and General Supervisory And General Administrative Tests prior to issuing a certificate. By offering students theories that focus on transformational leadership, open systems and opportunities for practical experiences, as well as a review of issues and problems of educational reform, the college hopes to produce practitioners skilled in communications, human relations, and managerial analysis and informed about law and finance. Two letters of recommendation and a screening interview are required. Since these positions offer no tenure and since that advancement rout is from building administrator or department chairperson to positions with a larger span of control, there is a constant market supply for training administrators at the executive level. This program provides a balance of theoretical and practical training, including supervised field experience.
Instruction is provided by academicians and practicing professionals in the field of administration.
In order to qualify for Roosevelt University's recommendation for the superintendent endorsement, all requirements in effect at the time of application must be met. The Illinois State Board of Education also requires satisfactory scores on the Illinois Certification Testing System Basic Skills Test and the Superintendent Test before issuing a certificate. Students seeking the superintendent endorsement must present evidence of two years of administrative or supervisory experience for which the Type 75 Certificate is required. For those not interested in this endorsement, but only in the CAS, the two years of administrative or supervisory experience is not required for admission into the CAS Program.