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Leadership for Learning Program

University of Washington
College of Education
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Box 353600
Seattle, WA 98195-3600

Fax: 206-616-6762


For information contact:

Brieanne Hull
206-221-3468
k12admin@u.washington.edu

Program Design Principles

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  1. The Leadership for Learning Program offers an Ed.D. and Washington State superintendent certification.
  2. Students work as a cohort based community, with some opportunity to learn with other educator programs at the university.
  3. Courses are structured with working adults in mind; teaching occurs primarily in the summer and on weekends throughout the academic year (generally one weekend each month); intensive (3+ years to completion). Electives may be taught in regular course format.
  4. Curriculum is rigorous and interdisciplinary; focus is on developing leaders with strengths in both supervision of teaching, learning, assessment and visionary leadership of education organizations.
  5. Field-based internship is multidisciplinary; placements and experience include but also extend beyond public school districts (e.g., OSPI, ESD, non-profit agencies, businesses, architecture and communication firms).
  6. CAPSTONE project and assignments are based on problems of practice (assessing needs, gathering and analyzing data, developing and implementing an action plan to address a problem of practice).
  7. Program is values-based with clear commitments to social justice and equity in the schools.
  8. Courses are taught by College of Education faculty as well as adjunct faculty practioners from the field (education, law, architecture, business, public affairs, social work).
  9. Student admission is competitive and requires evidence of innovative, values-based, and committed leadership.
  10. Program operates on a self-sustaining budget (student tuition) and coursework is graduate level and credit bearing.
  11. Program curriculum connects with a continuum of services and credit bearing activities through the K-12 Center for Educational Leadership, Danforth Educational Leadership, and EDLPS (see Principal’s Mentoring and Coaching Design, CEL).