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Culminating Activities in California NCATE Accredited Universities  \nLouis Wildman  \nCalifornia State University, Bakersfield  \nThe purpose of this effort is to share information about the variety of culminating activities used in the acquisition of the California Preliminary Administrative Services Credential. Knowledge of these varying culminating activities and related practices has not previously been readily available. The culminating activities among California’s NCATE accredited university educational administration programs are intended to verify that candidates are well-prepared at a level expected of a beginning school administrator. Given the devastating criticism of educational administration preparation programs, such as contained in Arthur Levine’s report, Educating School Leaders (2005), universities need to make sure their culminating activities verify the professional competence of candidates recommended for administrative certification.  \nEditor’Note: We, the editors, realize that programmatic practices are under constant review and revision. If any of the following information is incorrect or incomplete, please contact the author so he may update his information. We do believe that it is imperative for the professors of educational administration to share programmatic best practices and we see this journal as an opportunity to do that.  \nThis report examines the culminating activities required by twenty-one NCATE approved public and private university educational administration programs in the State of California. The purpose of this effort was to share information about the variety of culminating activities used in the acquisition of the California Preliminary Administrative Services Credential. Program coordinators were asked to describe the culminating activities they conduct; program documents on file at the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing were read; and finally, coordinators were asked to verify specific program information used in this report. No effort was made to comparatively evaluate these culminating activities, or to completely describe the fieldwork, portfolios, written and oral examinations each of these universities require. Instead, this is an effort to describe sufficiently the range of culminating activities to stimulate reflective discussion.  \nEducational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development  \nVolume 25, March 2014  \nISSN 1532-0723 © 2014 California Association of Professors of Educational Administration  \nFieldwork  \nStudents in these university educational administration credential programs are mainly teachers, counselors, or quasi-administrators already working in schools on a daily basis. Effective July 1, 2013, a California Preliminary Administrative Services Credential requires five years of full-time experience.  \nAll educational administration program fieldwork occurs at two levels of instruction (such as elementary and secondary), and is supervised by both a university faculty member and an on-the-job practicing administrator. Likewise, all university fieldwork requires students to engage in administrative work pertaining to each California Professional Standard for Educational Leaders (CPSEL) .  \nRequired fieldwork within university educational administration programs vary in length. 25% of the CSU, Dominguez Hills program involves fieldwork in an action-based leadership project. California State University, Long Beach requires three weeks of full-time administrative fieldwork. The University of San Diego requires 40 days of full-time administrative fieldwork, plus a day shadowing an administrator at a school with a grade level that is different from the one in which the candidate works. San Francisco State University schedules fieldwork at the beginning and end of their program.  \nSan Diego State University fieldwork occurs over one academic year. 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