Program Catalog
USC Rossier’s Office of Professional Learning aims to be the K-12 community’s premier source of professional learning opportunities. We look forward to helping educators, leaders, parents and alumni gain the skills and mindsets they need to reach their goals in a rapidly-changing world.
Mathematics Instructional Added Authorization
Office for Professional Learning
This program is designed to equip multiple/ single subject credentialed teachers with advanced expertise in mathematics, focusing on both Math subject content knowledge and pedagogical strategies. The knowledge and skills you gain will prepare you to:
- Develop and coordinate Math curriculum.
- Coach Math teachers and design/implement intensive Mathematics interventions.
- Support teachers to effectively intervene, accommodate, and differentiate their Mathematics instruction to increase student engagement and proficiency in Mathematics.
- Develop programs and deliver staff development for Mathematics education programs.
USC Mathematics Instructional Added Authorization Program (Added Authorization) is approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
Mindfulness for Educators
Office for Professional Learning
In this hands-on course, you will explore strategies to incorporate mindfulness and well-being tools in life and your classroom. For your students, these tools can build focus, resilience and emotional literacy. For educators, these tools can strengthen their own personal and professional resiliency and work-life balance. Together, we will explore the research and practice of how to mindfully incorporate stress resilience, mental health, emotional regulation, connection, and present awareness so that those who work and learn in schools can fully thrive.
Alongside a community of practitioners, we will practice meditation together and learn mindfulness techniques you can directly apply to your life, to the stressors you may face in schools and to the classroom. Classes consist of a combination of lecture, practice and discussion across six interactive modules.
Reading & Literacy Added Authorization
Office for Professional Learning
This program is designed for current teachers. Under the new Common Core State Standards, teachers must be able to help students use “complex and varied” texts to learn how to access and understand information. Are you prepared?
The USC Reading and Literacy Added Authorization program is designed to help you become a literacy expert. The knowledge and skills that you will gain will help you:
- apply the progression of reading and writing development in your instruction
- analyze data from diagnostic tools to determine students’ reading and writing needs, and
- create and teach lessons to address students’ identified reading and writing needs.
With these skills, you will be well-prepared to help your students develop into proficient and advanced readers and writers.
USC Reading and Literacy Added Authorization Program (Added Authorization) is approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
School Business Management Certificate Program
Office for Professional Learning
The School Business Management Program: Thinking Like a CBO takes you through an 11-month experience that engages participants through a scenario-based learning model that is continuously updated based on the ever-changing landscape in K-12 education.
School Leadership Academy
Office for Professional Learning
The School Leadership Academy program challenges candidates to critically examine contemporary issues confronting a variety of school systems. During the 15-month, online program, candidates draw from research, practice, and their own experiences as educators and work collaboratively to develop effective and sustainable strategies for school leadership. The curriculum is aligned to the California Administrators Content Expectations (CACE) and the California Administrators Performance Expectations (CAPE), which have the following focus areas:
- Development and Implementation of a Shared Vision
- Instructional Leadership
- Management and Learning Environment
- Family and Community Engagement
- Ethics and Integrity
- External Context and Policy
Courses support candidates’ ability to master the CAPEs and effectively demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to address the challenges and opportunities in leading today’s diverse California’s TK-12 schools. Courses are taught by experienced and successful school administrators who have significant knowledge and skills in leading diverse systems.
The curriculum is also connected to the California Administrator Performance Assessment, also known as the CalAPA. The CalAPA is the embedded performance assessment that determines candidates’ ability to investigate, plan, act, and reflect with the mindset of equity-centered continuous improvement. Candidates are guided through their submissions to the CalAPA Leadership Cycles with coursework assignments that align to the content of the CalAPA.
The USC Rossier School Leadership Academy Preliminary Administrative Services Credential Program meets all requirements of the California Teachers Credentialing Commission (CTC). Successful completion of the program and all CA required prerequisites, including passing all three CalAPA Leadership Cycles, results in a recommendation to the CTC for the candidate’s Preliminary Administrative Services Credential (PASC) in the state of California.
USC Leadership in Enrollment Management Certificate
The certificate in Leadership in Enrollment Management, offered by the Center for Enrollment Research, Policy and Practice, will prepare you with knowledge, skills, and tools to bring mission-driven leadership to admissions, financial aid, and other enrollment management activities. Our thoughtfully designed online program is created for individuals or campus teams, with a tuition discount available to teams. The content is thematic, ensuring that whether you work in a K-12/ independent school, higher education institution, or graduate/professional program, you will leave each session with actionable insights.
Urban Superintendents Academy
Office for Professional Learning
The AASA-USC Rossier Urban Superintendents Academy is a program designed to support current and aspiring superintendents as they navigate the complexities of equity-centered leadership in school districts. Participants gain the knowledge, insights, skills and practices needed to make a lasting meaningful impact as superintendent.
Applications are now being accepted for Cohort 11 for August 2025. Interviews will be scheduled upon application submission.
- If you wish to have a representative contact you prior to submitting an application, please email Fal Asrani, EdD, Program Administrator at falasran@rossier.usc.edu.
- Application are now being accepted. Please click here to apply.
- Upon receipt of your application, the USC Rossier School of Education will contact you to arrange a phone interview with Faculty Advisor, Maria Ott.