Center for Educational Leadership Archives - Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

McIntyre Moderates Panel at UT Teacher Preparation Summit

September 25, 2019 by Jonah Hall

McIntyre Moderates Panel at UT Teacher Preparation Summit

On September 19, the University of Tennessee hosted a Teacher Preparation Summit in Nashville. Participants in the successful event included University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd, and the Chancellors of the Chattanooga, Knoxville and Martin campuses, as well as many elected officials, state policy-makers, deans, provosts, faculty members and advocates. The summit brought together key stakeholders to discuss increasing the effectiveness of UT’s teacher preparation programs, share best practices and information and address increasing performance on the Tennessee State Board of Education’s Teacher Preparation Report Card. McIntyre at Teacher Preparation Summit 2019

The Director of the University of Tennessee’s Center for Educational Leadership, Jim McIntyre moderated a productive and incisive panel discussion regarding the state perspective on high-quality teacher preparation. Panelists included Tennessee Commissioner of Education Penny Schwinn, State Representative Mark White, who serves as Chair of the House Education Committee, Executive Director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission Mike Krause, and Executive Director of the Tennessee State Board of Education, Sara Heyburn Morrison.

Rev. Harold Middlebrook Shares Insights on Leadership

February 26, 2019 by Jonah Hall

Rev. Harold Middlebrook Shares Insights on Leadership

University of Tennessee Leadership Academy fellows and alumni recently had the opportunity to hear perspectives and insights on leadership from civil rights icon and Knoxville legend Rev. Harold Middlebrook. Rev. Middlebrook, a long-time pastor and community leader in Knoxville, shared his experiences, his stories, and what he has learned about leadership over his extraordinary career. In the midst of a lovely setting in the new Student Union, he spoke of faith, vision, perseverance in the face of obstacles, and the importance of bridge-building to make an easier path for others who follow. Most poignantly, Rev. Middlebrook spoke of the remarkable lessons learned about leadership and life from his close affiliation with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his youth.

Angelle and McIntyre to Present at Annual UCEA Convention in Houston

November 12, 2018 by Jonah Hall

Angelle and McIntyre to Present at Annual UCEA Convention in Houston

Pamela Angelle and Jim McIntyre will jointly present a paper entitled “Aspiring Leader Internship Experiences in a Full Time and Online Internship” at the annual meeting of the University Council for Education Administration in Houston, Texas, on November 16, 2018. The paper explores the common elements of success between the non-traditional aspiring school leader internships offered by the University of Tennessee’s two prinicpal preparation programs, VOLS Lead and the Leadership Academy. (Pictured above are Rachel Hodges and Michelle Clayton, from the 2017-2018 Leadership Academy Cohort)

UT Center for Educational Leadership Recognized with National Award

October 16, 2018 by Jonah Hall

UT Center for Educational Leadership Recognized with National Award

The National Rural Education Association (NREA) has recognized the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Center for Educational Leadership with the 2018 NREA Exemplary Practices Award for its Administrators Planning Innovation for Rural Education (AsPIRE) rural school leadership initiatve.

The NREA Exemplary Practices Award is given to an individual or organization for demonstrating exemplary practice in one or more of the following areas: curriculum or staff development to provide more equitable educational opportunities for rural children, enhancement of communications within and among local school districts, promotion and development of state and rural delivery systems, curriculum planning and/or instructional strategies to utilize effectively the rural environment, and financial efficiency in school operations.

The award was received at the annual NREA Convention on Friday, October 12, by public school principals Christie Amburn and Ginny McElhaney, both participants in AsPIRE. Amburn is the principal at Loudon Elementary School in Loudon County, Tennessee, and principal at the Washburn School in Grainger County, Tennessee.

AsPIRE is a unique collaborative effort to enhance rural school leadership in Tennessee,facilitated by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and funded by SCORE and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The initiative was developed to address the challenges of rural school leaders, including a diverse array of responsibilities, limited quality learning opportunities, and the scarcity of mentoring and professional networks.

AsPIRE represents a groundbreaking principal-driven delivery system of collaborative professional learning experiences to support and develop exceptional rural school leadership. Participating principals have designed and are implementing a series of collaborative professional learning opportunities for their rural colleagues, including mastermind groups and a cohort learning experience.

“These collaborative learning experiences are bringing together small groups of rural principals to learn with and from each other,” said Jim McIntyre, director of the Center for Educational Leadership and facilitator of the AsPIRE initiative. “Through this innovative programming, rural school principals will explore and address shared problems of practice, enhance knowledge in critical areas, cooperatively problem solve, and develop strong professional support networks.”

The Center for Educational Leadership began in 2010 as a collaborative effort between UT’s College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences and local school districts to grow and support the next generation of outstanding school principals and to meaningfully enhance educational leadership in Tennessee.

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CONTACT:

Jules Morris (julesmo@utk.edu, 865-719-7072)

ELPS PhD Student Joining THEC for Summer

May 15, 2018 by Jonah Hall

ELPS PhD Student Joining THEC for Summer

Jacob Kamer, a PhD student in the Higher Education Administration program, will join the Tennessee Higher Education Commission as an intern in the Planning and Research Bureau during the summer semester. During the academic year, Jacob serves as a graduate research assistant in the Center for Educational Leadership. Good luck in Nashville this summer, Jacob!

ELPS, PERC, & CEL Honored at Big Orange Family Campaign Celebration

April 19, 2018 by Jonah Hall

ELPS, PERC, & CEL Honored at Big Orange Family Campaign Celebration

The Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, including the Postsecondary Education Research Center and the Center for Educational Leadership, were honored at the Big Orange Family Campaign Celebration for achieving 100 percent participation among its faculty and staff.

The Big Orange Family Campaign is an annual month long initiative to enhance philanthropy among faculty and staff. Last year, donations helped provide 6,148 undergraduate and graduate students with scholarships. This year the Big Orange Family Campaign reached 59.56% participation, a full 5.5% higher than the campus-wide goal of 54%.