Welcome to the UWG Department of Educational Leadership and Professional Studies. Our website explains changes to school leadership certification in Georgia, provides details about our new West Georgia leadership programs, discusses specific department policies, and more. Please visit all the links.

The mission of the Department of Educational Leadership and Professional Studies at the University of West Georgia is to inspire and develop educational leaders who can transform schools into communities of inquiry that pursue high levels of learning, equity, and democratic ideals.

***Attention Educational Leadership program completers: You are responsible for submitting your certification paperwork to the UWG Certification Official as soon as possible, and for tracking your paperwork during each step of the process to ensure receipt at the Georgia Professional Standards Commission by the deadline of September 30, 2009.