Education
Welcome to the Education Programs at Lesley University, a vibrant learning community for scholars of educational practice. We welcome you to our community and look forward to partnering with you as you embark on this new chapter of your learning journey. Our mission statement is demonstrated in our offerings of programs undergraduate through graduate:
Equity, Inquiry, and Advocacy: We are a community of learners whose work is grounded in equity, collaborative inquiry, and advocacy. We aim to create educational spaces that cultivate deep learning, critical thinking, and social justice building from the expertise and experiences of children, youth, adults, and families. Alongside our educational partners, we co-construct learning experiences centered in collaboration and oriented toward creating sustainable and impactful systemic change. Responsive to the ever-changing field, we offer inclusive, innovative, and interdisciplinary programs framed by evidence-based theory and deeply embedded in practice. Our work is informed by liberatory practices in school and community learning spaces, constructivist pedagogies, and the relational nature of teaching and learning.
Our Education Programs work in alignment with the broader goals and strategic vision of Lesley University. As such, we create active partnerships between educators and employers, support students over the arc of their careers, and work to create an ecosystem of support that nurtures people to live their best lives, challenge inequity, heal communities, and promote human connections at the intersection of education, mental health, the arts and related fields.
Our education programs are marked by its commitment to education reform, experiential learning and research, and a philosophy of providing lifelong learning for educators. With nationally recognized degree and certificate programs in early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school education; special education; multilingual learners; literacy and language arts; utilizing technology; trauma-informed instruction; and PhD in Educational Studies, Lesley is a major source of teachers and other educational personnel for schools across the country.
Degree Programs
We offer degrees in education from undergraduate through PhD programs. Our initial licensure programs at the bachelor's and master's level prepare new teachers to enter the field while our professional programs and certificates support in-service teachers to enhance their educational practice and support their professional learning development. The PhD programs in Educational Studies prepare researchers and leaders in the field to be active in schools, communities, and agencies. Programs are offered in multiple modalities including low- residency, in person on campus, and in dynamic online formats as well as teacher residency scholar models and district partnerships. We offer accelerated programs from bachelor to masters completion earning multiple teaching credentials to prepare educators for maximum classroom effectiveness.
Stephanie Spadorcia, Ph.D.
Vice Provost of Education