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Academic Program

Educational Leadership

Our graduates are trained to lead, advance and improve educational systems. 

Our Educational Leadership program provides educational professionals with the training they need to be effective leaders in education practice and policy. Students learn from faculty who are at the forefront of research on best practices in education and those with years of experience in school administration. 

About

Our vision of effective leaders is working collaboratively as scholar-practitioners who foster the cognitive and affective development of all learners both through technological, managerial and interpersonal skills as well as through agile and creative habits-of-mind.

The Educational Leadership program offers master’s and doctoral degree programs for individuals interested in pursuing leadership careers within academic institutions. We also offer K-12 principal certification, director of curriculum and instruction certification, and superintendent of schools certification.

Features of our program include:

  • Personalized advisement and attention
  • Excellent instruction by full-time faculty
  • Balance of theory and practice
  • Earned reputation for quality
  • Proven placement record

Accreditation

The Educational Leadership Certification programs are accredited by the Pennsylvania Department of Education to offer PreK-12 Principal Certification, Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction Certification and Superintendent PreK-12 of Schools Certification - Letter of Eligibility.

Educational Leadership Spotlight

  • Dylan Fedell

    Fedell Receives Classroom Grant, Awards

    Congratulations to Dylan Fedell, a student in the COE's Supervisor of Curriculm and Instruction certification. Fedell has received a Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees’ Stock the Classroom Grant. The Palisades High School science teacher will use the $5,000 award to start an aquaponics program at his school.

    Fedell was awarded a Pennsylvania Power & Light Corporation’s STEM (Science, Technology Engineering, and Math) Educator award in January to support his work in the classroom. He is also the recipient of a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST).

  • 2025 COE Student Research Colloquium

    COE Grad Students Present at 2025 Colloquium

    What a great event! Thirty-three COE graduate students shared their high-impact research at the Inaugural College of Education Student Research Colloquium last Friday. Students from the Counseling Psychology, Educational Leadership, School Psychology, Special Education and Teaching, Learning and Technology programs participated in the Mountaintop campus poster session.

    Thank you to everyone who came out to show their support.

  • 2025 COE Networking Event

    Fogt Provides Strategies for School Leaders

    In response to a need for strategies to address student behavior concerns, the COE held a networking event, Strategies for School Leaders: Addressing Problem Behavior, on March 26 on Lehigh's Mountaintop campus. Julie Fogt provided an engaging keynote address along with opportunities for local leaders to share strategies with each other.

  • Giving Day + March Mania

    Your Support Makes a Difference

    On March 25th and 26th, Giving Day + March Mania: Combined Challenge for Lehigh takes place. This 48-hour event impacts all areas of the student experience and challenges all members of the Lehigh family to demonstrate their support for the campus initiatives and causes they are most passionate about. Please visit the COE Giving Day + March Mania page to participate:

A Day in the Life

Learn more about our Educational Leadership degree programs from our students:

Spring Shank, M.Ed., Educational Leadership, '19 

Gina Gullo, Educational Leadership, M.Ed. Special Ed, '14 and Ed.D. Educational Leadership, '16

Faculty & Staff

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