The Center for Leadership in Education is a collaboration between the University of Richmond’s Jepson School of Leadership Studies and the School of Continuing Studies. The Center for Leadership in Education infuses leadership studies across the K-12 curriculum.

Mission

The Center’s mission is based on the principle that the study of leadership creates citizens prepared to exercise their responsibilities in a democratic society. Higher education has a duty to provide elementary and secondary education institutions with the capacity to sustain our democratic heritage. The Center complements the purpose of the Jepson School, to educate people for and about leadership, and the mission of the School of Continuing Studies, to transform lives through lifelong learning. Educating for leadership mandates development of critical and analytical skills. Educating about leadership requires a base of knowledge about the concepts required to be an active and engaged leader.

The Center will provide both pedagogical and research tools to assist elementary and secondary institutions in three main areas:

• Providing instruction to elementary and secondary students in the area of leadership studies;
• Assisting elementary and secondary teachers with pedagogy and knowledge to infuse a rigorous standard of leadership studies into their subjects;
• Facilitating a dialogue with elementary and secondary administrators to strengthen their leadership knowledge.

The Center will also conduct and be a resource for research on the effectiveness of a non-traditional approach to leadership studies for educators.

Vision

The Center will transform how leadership studies is taught and administered in the K-12 setting by preparing students, teachers, and administrators in elementary and secondary schools to be active leaders in their schools and in their communities. The Center will become a national model in the study, teaching, and practice of leadership in the K-12 arena.

Visit the Center online at http://leadershipk12.richmond.edu.