Welcome to the Educational Leadership Department
We prepare future administrators who are highly qualified to lead their schools in meeting state and national standards, and in adopting school reform initiatives. Our graduates leave with new career potential and a commitment to make a difference in children's lives.
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- Meet our faculty
- Graduate petition form & instructions
- Forms and links (including NEW Special Approval Request Form)
- More resources
What's New

Latest EDL Newsletter Fall '09
- Dr. Karen Swan's Investiture as the first James J. Stukel Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership...
- Join our Faculty - seeking tenure-track Assistant Professor with earned doctorate...
- Litchfield PMC Cohort
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(Brochure on Cohort) - Student: "The quality of professionalism… em-ployed by the profess-ors, …made it possible for each student in the program to achieve his/her personal best."
- Alumni magazine article features MTL success story!
- Illinois Certification Testing System Website update for 2008-09
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FACULTY FOCUS
Dr. Dana Thompson Dorsey joined the Department faculty with a focus on the law and educational leadership...
Dr. Don Kussmaul was recognized for his work serving Illinois Schools...
Dr. Bill Phillips was honored by the Illinois Association of School Administrators...


