Professional Administrator (PAC)
Advanced Certificate for Professional Administrators
New York State Registered Program Code: 44844
HEGIS Code: 0827
Molloy Program of Study Code: PMPAD
In response to the recent school leadership licensure changes at the New York State level, Molloy University’s Professional Administrators Certificate (PAC) is a 21-credit Post-Master’s Advanced Certificate Program that develops school district and school building leaders in the areas of curriculum, assessment, administration, and supervision. The program focuses on providing a strong foundation to apply knowledge, concepts, and theory into practice. Through diverse and comprehensive experiences candidates will be exposed to strategies, theories, and fieldwork necessary to create and develop skills to address the challenges of our diverse learning communities and includes experiences, in districts serving students at different developmental levels and with a variety of characteristics and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Beginning in Summer 2026, the Professional Administrators Certificate Program will replace the School Building and School District Leader Programs.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate an understanding of instructional leadership as essential to school and district success by utilizing the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (PSEL) to drive decisions that include instruction that promotes each student’s academic success and well-being.
- Demonstrate an awareness and appreciation of diverse philosophical, religious, and cultural concerns within education at the school and district level.
- Develop a conceptual base from which learners can exert educational leadership in the areas of administration and management at the school and district level.
- Identify and interpret the components of an annual school and district budget and the connection between budget decisions and student outcomes.
- Utilize data-driven decision-making, by implementing technically appropriate systems of data collection and strategic planning and additionally, to improve student outcomes and organizational effectiveness.