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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

  • Brittany Reese

    Reese Named Broughal Principal

    A last minute course addition as an undergraduate student led Brittany Reese to her career in education. A graduate of the COE's Educational Leadership doctoral program, Reese also earned her principal certification with the COE.

  • COE News Fall 2025

    Fall Issue of COE News Celebrates Centennial School

    The fall issue of COE News is a celebration of Centennial School's 60th anniversary. Julie Fogt, director of Centennial School and affiliated COE professor, introduces the issue.

    Read the full issue at: https://conta.cc/4nIdaQR.

  • Dylan Fedell

    Fedell Earns Fulbright Teacher Exchange Award

    Palisades High School science teacher Dylan Fedell has received a Fulbright Teacher Exchange award from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship. In addition to his full time teaching duties, Fedell is a student in the COE's Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction certification program.

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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