Certificate in Social Justice Leadership
Certificate in Social Justice Leadership
Develop current and aspiring leaders to enact a theory of change to boldly advance equity in schools. This program provides intensive support to educators committed to deepening their knowledge, skills, and dispositions to ameliorate educational inequities in relation to standards-based reform and technological advances and to employ evidence-based practices.
The Certificate in Social Justice Leadership will prepare students to:
- Practice critical self-reflection and discernment
- Foster an ethical, mission-driven school or educational environment/organization
- Create structures that advance organizational and professional learning
- Observe, assess, and support effective teaching and instructional practices
- Advance equity and agency across multiple constituencies
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At a Glance
Curriculum
This online or hybrid program develops administrators, community leaders, and advocates who will create fair and meaningful learning opportunities for all students. Through a series of three courses, participants discern organizational impediments to students’ opportunities to learn, then envision and enact a systemic response to confront these barriers.
Requirements
- Courses: 3
- Credits: 9
| Course | Course Title | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| ELHE7707 | Leadership for Social Justice This course introduces students to the theory and practice of leadership for social justice at the school and district level. In particular, students will learn about leadership that is culturally and linguistically responsive; strengthens parent-community-school relationships; and formulates diversity policies to promote educational equity for students from diverse groups | 3 |
| ELHE7712 | School Leadership for Emergent Bilinguals This course strengthens the knowledge and skills of current and aspiring school leaders to ensure that culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students experience optimal opportunities to learn. Shifting demographics in the US have led to increasing enrollments of CLD students. These students come from a diversity of backgrounds and prior educational experiences, and speak a wide variety of languages, with varying English proficiency. They share a common experience as immigrants or children of immigrants. This course will help current and aspiring school and district administrators structure their schools to effectively educate CLD students. | 3 |
| ELHE7704 | Ethics and Equity in Education The course explores how schools are used as a vehicle of the state to de-culturalize various communities of people throughout a country's history. Students will explore how schools can more appropriately promote respect for valuing diversity as a generative source of a nation’s vitality and its relationship to the global village. | 3 |
Faculty
In both research and teaching, our faculty champion diversity—inclusive of race, language, learning abilities, and socioeconomic status—necessary to effect meaningful change. As students put their own scholarship into action, faculty members help guide their growth as critical thinkers, reflective leaders, and engaged citizens.
Careers
Employers
- Princeton University
- Brown University
- University of Miami
- Kyung Hee University
- Fordham University
- University of Connecticut
- Merrimack College
- Elms College
- Monsignor Haddad Middle School
- The Legal Aid Society
Roles
- Communications & Outreach Coordinator
- Study Abroad Advisor
- Director of Enrollment Marketing and Operations
- Policy Analyst
- Admission Counselor
- Career Consultant
- Resident Director
- President
- Guidance Counselor
- Education Attorney
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PrintApplication & Deadlines
Resume
To be uploaded to your online Application Form.
In addition to your academic history and relevant work experience, please include any licenses currently held, any social justice-related experience, any language skills other than English, and any research experience or publications.
Personal Statement
To be uploaded to your online Application Form.
In 1,000-1,500 words, describe your academic and professional goals, any experience relevant to this program, and your future plans, expectations, and aspirations.
Transcripts
All official undergraduate and graduate transcripts must be sent to our office before the application deadline. Please note the following:
Only official sealed (unopened) transcripts are acceptable. An official postsecondary transcript must be printed on official institutional paper and include at least one of the following: an institutional watermark, the registrar’s signature, or the registrar's seal.
Copies and unofficial transcripts sent directly from applicants are not acceptable, the transcript must come directly from the institution.
If you are a current student and have not completed your undergraduate and/or graduate degree, the most updated version of your transcript is acceptable.
Official electronic transcripts are accepted when sent directly to gsoe@bc.edu from the institution. When requesting electronic transcripts, you must manually type in gsoe@bc.edu to ensure it is received by our office.
Mailed transcript(s) should be sent to the following address:
Lynch Office of Graduate Admissions, Boston College
Campion Hall 135
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
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Contact Us
gsoe@bc.edu
617-552-4214