City U offers online principal course

Published 2:37 pm Thursday, February 11, 2010

City University plans to offer an online program for school principals seeking to earn their Washington certification.

It’s the first online principal program in the state.

“The new model also allows us to serve professional educators in search of a certificate program but who cannot attend classes in person because they live in smaller, rural communities or have conflicting family and career responsibilities,” said Judy Hinrichs, dean of the Albright School of Education.

The hope is to establish another community of students who live outside the Seattle area.

The university has a Renton location and will be available to Renton students.

Founded in 1973 in Seattle, CityU is a private university that has awarded more than 45,000 degrees and certificates worldwide.