ADMINISTRATION & Supervision SPRING 2016
Admin & Supv Faculty Denny Berry Assistant Professor U.Va. Northern Virginia Center Sara Dexter Associate Professor CANLEAD Director Dan Duke Professor David Eddy-Spicer Associate Professor Pamela D. Tucker Professor Admin & Supv Program Coordinator Michelle D. Young Professor Executive Director, University Council for Educational Administration Read more about the work of our faculty online at curry.virginia.edu/ adminsupvnewsletter
ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISION is edited by Lynn Bell, Director of Alumni Relations, and published by the Curry School of Education, P.O. Box 400268, Charlottesville, VA 22904. Email: lynnbell@virginia.edu #UVA Curry
Our third cohort of students in the Executive Studies in Educational Leadership (ExSEL) doctor of education program at the Northern Virginia UVA Center.
Program News B Y PA M E L A D. T U C K E R A N D D E N N Y B E R R Y
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he Administration and Supervision program is continuing its process of program redesign. This past summer the administration and supervision faculty welcomed the third cohort of students in the Executive Studies in Educational Leadership (ExSEL) doctor of education program at the Northern Virginia UVA Center. We launched our redesigned EdD model in 2011 with a heavier emphasis on leadership potential in the admissions process, a cohort delivery model and a more coherent leadership curriculum. Our candidates have been exceptional, and their response to the program has been very positive. Our current cohort represents a diversity of experiences and levels with two high school principals, one middle school principal, one middle school assistant principal, two elementary assistant principals, three central office administrators working in special education, math and advanced academic programs, two teacher leaders and an educational consultant. The students also provide a variety of perspectives as part-time students with full-time jobs in Albemarle, Fairfax, Greene, Loudoun and Stafford County Public Schools, as well as in private school settings. The faculty is delighted to be working with these talented leaders and anticipates their successful completion of the doctoral program within the next three years. We will be admitting our next EdD cohort in 2017. Similar redesign work of the principal preparation program is underway with funding from the Jefferson Trust Foundation. We hope to leverage our early efforts with additional funding from the Wallace Foundation through a major grant for a principal preparation program redesign to be awarded this summer. Grant funding would enable our program to redefine leadership preparation for the next generation of leaders in Virginia. A D M I N I S T R AT I O N & S U P E R V I S I O N • S P R I N G 2 0 1 6
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