Lewis & Clark offers multiple programs for impassioned and inspired leaders who want to change schools from the inside out. Programs include: School Counseling degree and licensure, Educational Administration degrees and licensure, and a Doctor of Education in Leadership degree.

Our programs emphasize socially just responses to the changing nature of our schools and are focused on the work you will be doing every day as a leader, whether you are a counselor or an administrator. Graduates from our programs go on to improve schools by working on behalf of every student. You will learn to:

• Advocate for all students
• Work in collaboration with school staff, parents, peers, and the community
• Use data-based decision-making as the means for improving schools
• Share leadership responsibilities to support systemic change

Graduates of the Lewis & Clark Department of Educational Leadership serve as school counselors, assistant principals, principals, program directors, district office administrators, and leaders in agencies working with k-12 students. Whether you are becoming a school leader for the first time or continuing a decades-long career, you will make lifelong connections with peers founded on a shared sense of calling to the field of education and a commitment to serving whole communities.

We seek to prepare confident individuals who embrace the challenges facing our schools. Collaboration and dialogue centered around scholarship, inquiry, and self-knowledge serve as the foundations of our programs. Our faculty members are experts with deep ties to the field and advocates who are sensitive to the need for professional flexibility in your own growth and development as a leader. The curriculum is continually updated to integrate timely issues with a balance between theory and practice.

These programs provide opportunities to work with colleagues (teachers, counselors, administrators, and leaders) across the Portland metropolitan area and around the state of Oregon.

Programs

• Doctor of Education in Leadership
  
• Educational Administration
• School Counseling

Department Courses

• A full list of courses in the Educational Leadership department is available in this catalog