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Welcome Message from Dr. Shane Martin, Dean

Dean Martin
The Cuban poet José Marti once said that only those who are educated are truly free. The LMU School of Education is dedicated to the education of K-12 professionals who will impact countless lives in local schools and school districts. Our commitment can be summed up in the four key action words of our Conceptual Framework: respect, educate, advocate, and lead. The true measure of our success will be how well we model these concepts in our teaching, scholarship, and service to the entire community.

This is a very exciting time for the LMU School of Education. We are accredited by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCATE), and are only one of five private schools of education in California to have received this prestigious distinction. We have forged significant partnerships with the Los Angeles Unified School District, the Lennox School District, the Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese, Teach for America (TFA), and the National Catholic Education Association (NCEA). Our credential and degree programs are training educators to be successful teachers, special educators, school counselors and psychologists, reading and literacy specialists, and administrators in the public and private urban schools of the Los Angeles region. Our newest program—an Ed.D. in Leadership for Social Justice—is the first doctoral program at Loyola Marymount University. The Ed.D. program is dedicated to preparing future educational leaders for Los Angeles, and serves as a preeminent illustration of our commitment to improving urban education for a culturally diverse citizenry. Our partnerships with Teach for America and with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles for our PLACE Program (Partners in Los Angeles Catholic Education) focus on under-resourced public and Catholic schools respectively, further concretizing our commitment to the inner city and connecting us with the communities we serve.

There are many more exciting projects on the horizon for the School of Education We are beginning a partnership with Green Dot Public Schools to train new principals for small and charter school settings. We will hold the second summer institute of our LEAD Center (Leadership in Equity, Advocacy, and Diversity) in partnership with the NCEA. The LEAD Center will be engaged in a major study of campus culture and climate for Catholic secondary schools in the U.S. Our faculty members continue to publish books and research articles, and present at major national research conferences. Our School of Education continues to grow and plan for the future.

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