## About the School of Education Our future rests squarely in the hands of the more than 2.2 billion children on our planet. Everyone’s future, therefore, depends on the degree to which children are well educated to change the world for the better. 91ÖÆƬ³§â€™s School of Education faculty, staff and students believe that every child, regardless of language, culture, ethnicity, perceived ability and/or circumstance, can learn. Moreover, we assert that every learner deserves an opportunity to maximize his or her potential. Everyday, we prepare and challenge current and future educators to provide these opportunities. Whether pursuing bachelor’s, specialist, master’s or doctorate degrees, our candidates are more than mere instructors, counselors, and school leaders, they are learner advocates equipped with the knowledge, skill, and disposition to be change agents. That is our brand…and our calling: we equip educators to transform the lives of all learners from preschool to high school graduation and beyond. Because, after all, we believe in education; and we believe in our candidates and their ability to make a difference. If you are committed to the ideals of equity and excellence for all learners, you belong here at 91ÖÆƬ³§â€™s School of Education. ## Contact the School of Education Phone Number: 404-880-8505 Email: 323 Rufus E. Clement Hall 91ÖÆƬ³§ James P. Brawley Drive, S.W. Atlanta, GA 30314 ## Academic Programs ### Undergraduate Programs - [Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education](/academics/schools-departments/school-education/undergraduate-teacher-preparation-programs/bachelor "Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education") - [Bachelor of Arts in Educational Studies](/academics/schools-departments/school-education/undergraduate-teacher-preparation-programs-0 "Bachelor of Arts in Educational Studies") ## Masters Degrees - [Master of Arts in Mathematics Education](/academics/schools-departments/school-education/graduate-teacher-preparation-programs/master-arts "Master of Arts in Mathematics Education") - [Master of Arts in Special Education](/academics/schools-departments/school-education/graduate-teacher-preparation-programs/master-arts-0 "Master of Arts in Special Education") - [Master of Arts in Teaching Science](/academics/schools-departments/school-education/graduate-teacher-preparation-programs/master-arts-1 "Master of Arts in Teaching Science") - [Master of Arts in Educational Leadership](/academics/schools-departments/school-education/department-educational-leadership/master-arts "Master of Arts in Educational Leadership") - [Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling](/academics/schools-departments/school-education/department-counselor-education/master-arts-clinical "Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling") - [Master of Arts in School Counseling](/academics/schools-departments/school-education/department-counselor-education/master-arts-school "Master of Arts in School Counseling") ## Doctoral Degrees - [Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership](/academics/schools-departments/school-education/department-educational-leadership/doctor-education-0 "Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership") - [Doctor of Education in Higher Education Leadership](/academics/schools-departments/school-education/department-educational-leadership/doctor-education "Doctor of Education in Higher Education Leadership") ## Post Baccalaureate and Certificate Programs - [Post Baccalaureate in Early Childhood Education](/academics/schools-departments/school-education/post-baccalaureate-early-childhood-education "Post Baccalaureate in Early Childhood Education") - [Educational Specialist (Ed.S.) in Educational Leadership](/academics/schools-departments/school-education/department-educational-leadership/educational-1 "Educational Specialist (Ed.S.) in Educational Leadership") ## School of Education Information Professional Associations for School Leaders - [National Association for Black School Educators (NABSE)](http://www.nabsef.org/) - [National Black Child Development Institution (NBDCI)](https://www.nbcdi.org/) - [National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)](https://www.naesp.org/) - [National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)](https://www.nassp.org/) - [American Association of School Administrators (AASA)](http://www.aasa.org/home/) - [American Association of School Personnel Administrators (AASPA)](https://aaspa.org/) - [American Educational Research Association (AERA)](http://www.aera.net/) - [Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)](https://naaee.org/) - [National Education Association (NEA)](http://www.nea.org/) - [Phi Delta Kappa (PDK)](http://pdkintl.org/) Professional Educator’s Licensure and Certification - GACE 2 – Educational Leadership - Georgia Assessment of Certification for Education Curriculum Objectives The Curriculum Objectives for the Department of Educational Leadership, grounded in the mission and strategic goals of the University and the conceptual framework of the School of Education, are aligned with the standards set forth by ISLLC, ELCC, CAEP, and the GaPSC. Completers of the various programs within the department are prepared to: 1. Provide effective leadership to diverse P-12 schools, school districts, agencies, institutions and other organizations, to improve student academic learning outcomes. 2. Provide leadership to non-P-12 schools and school districts locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally, especially in the urban centers. 3. Display knowledge about, sensitivity to, and appreciation for cultural diversity in the student population served by schools and school districts in the 21st Century. 4. Direct the development of and pursuit of a shared educational vision for the school or district by mobilizing parents, teachers, support staff, and other community constituents. 5. 91ÖÆƬ³§ tested theories and best practices of leadership as they interface with or enable application within the context of economic, social, political, and philosophical influences. 6. Demonstrate effective management strategies in fostering communication, planning, resource development and allocation, and school/community building. 7. Demonstrate efficiency in the utilization of technology for enhanced productivity in student learning outcomes and organizational efficiency and effectiveness. 8. Foster an understanding of the global context within which 21st Century educational delivery systems must operate and develop programs to reflect this understanding. Educational Leadership Handbooks - [FACULTY HANDBOOK](/sites/default/files/2025-12/FacultyHandbook-2013.pdf) - [STAFF HANDBOOK](https://test-clark-atlanta-university.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/2025-12/Staff-Handbook-CAU.pdf) - [FIELD HANDBOOK](/sites/default/files/2025-12/2020-DOEL-Field-Handbook-Final-Copy.pdf) - [EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP STUDENT HANDBOOK](/sites/default/files/2025-12/DOEL-GRADUATE-HANDBOOK-2020-FINAL-COPY.pdf) Student Organizations - Phi Delta Kappa Honor Society - Department of Educational Leadership Student Association Pearlie C. Dove Colloquium The annual Pearlie C. Dove Colloquium is sponsored by the School of Education, and takes its name from alumna and longtime professor Pearlie C. Dove, Ed.D. Dove is a Professor Emerita and former chair of the Division of Education that 40 years ago led Clark College’s successful national accreditation in teacher education. The Colloquium is a testament to her legacy and the legacy of others who inspired and prepared her as an educator, innovator and advocate. It aspires to encourage and promote spirited exchange related to the work of teacher-education, leadership, and counseling in diverse educational settings. The event is open to the public, particularly the community, teachers, practitioners, scholars, and most of all students, so as to engage, direct, and invoke the best thinking on how to the address challenges, opportunities, and innovations in the world of teaching and learning. Advisory Board Dr. Jayann Allen Ms. Aniya Awkard Dr. Morcease Beasley Ms. Imani Beverly Dr. Beverly Booker-Ammah Mr. Bevin Carpenter Mr. Joseph Edelin Mrs. Jakeia Glynn Ms. Ashley Henderson Dr. Chon Hester Ms. Elizabeth Hinmon Dr. Rhonda F. Jeter Ms. Tracey Knight Dr. Andrea D. Lewis Dr. Donald Prater Mr. Ramon (Ray) Singer Mr. James Smith Dr. Daniel Teodorescu Dr. Chandra Walker Dr. Jamie Wilson, Jr. Dr. Omar Wray Dr. J. Fidel Turner, Jr., Ex-Officio Board Member ## SOE Alumni - Danielle Battle, Doctor of Education, 2009 - Regional Executive Director, Atlanta Public Schools - Adrian Epps, Doctor of Education, 2007 - Associate Dean, Kennesaw State University - Latanya Fanion, Doctor of Education, 2012 - Administrator/Arkansas Department of Education, Consultant US Office of Education - Lakeisa Nicole Gibbs, Doctor of Education, 2013 - Associate Provost, University of the Virgin Islands - Anthony Pinder, Doctor of Education, 2012 - Vice President for Internationalization, Georgia Gwinnett College - Chandra Young-Walker, Doctor of Education, 2006 - Director of Human Resource/Leadership Development, Gwinnett County Public Schools - Maury Wills, Doctor of Education, 2008 - Head Master/CEO, Science/Technology Charter School in DeKalb County Where are they now? ## EPP Annual Reporting Measures EPP Reports - [2023-24 CAEP-EPP-Annual-Reporting-Measures – INITIAL](/sites/default/files/2025-12/UTF-82023-24-CAEP-EPP-Annual-Reporting-Measures-INITIAL.docx) - [2023-24 CAEP-EPP-Annual-Reporting-Measures – ADVANCED](/sites/default/files/2025-12/UTF-82023-24-CAEP-EPP-Annual-Reporting-Measures-ADVANCED.docx.docx) - [2022-23 CAEP-EPP-Annual-Reporting-Measures – INITIAL](/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2022-23-CAEP-EPP-Annual-Reporting-Measures-INITIAL.pdf) - [2022-23 CAEP-EPP-Annual-Reporting-Measures – ADVANCED](/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2022-23-CAEP-EPP-Annual-Reporting-Measures-ADVANCED.pdf) - [2021-22 CAEP-EPP-Annual-Reporting-Measures – INITIAL](/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2021-22-CAEP-EPP-Annual-Reporting-Measures-INITIAL.pdf) - [2021-22 CAEP-EPP-Annual-Reporting-Measures – ADVANCED](/sites/default/files/2025-12/2021-22-CAEP-EPP-Annual-Reporting-Measures-ADVANCED.pdf) - [CAEP Accountability Measures for Academic Year 2020-21](/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2022-CAEP-EPP-Annual-Reporting-Measures.pdf) - [2021-CAEP-EPP-Annual-Reporting-Measures](/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2021-CAEP-EPP-Annual-Reporting-Measures.pdf) - [2020-CAEP-EPP-Annual-Reporting-Measures](/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2020-CAEP-EPP-Annual-Reporting-Measures1.pdf) - [2019 CAEP EPP Annual Reporting Measures](/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2019-CAU-CAEP-EPP-Annual-Reporting-Measures.pdf) - [2018 CAEP EPP Annual Reporting Measures ](/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2018-CAU-CAEP-EPP-Annual-Reporting-Measures.pdf) Quality Assurance System The Council on Accreditation of Educational Programs (CAEP) and the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC) require all degree programs to measure and report student learning outcomes. The School of Education at 91ÖÆƬ³§ has established a Quality Assurance System that includes six key assessments in the initial programs and four key assessments in the advanced programs. Results are reported annually in IMPROVE, which is the assessment management system used by the university. In addition, feedback on the programs is collected regularly from cooperating teachers, site supervisors, graduating students, alumni, employers, SOE Advisory Board members and other P-12 partners. Schedule - [Quality Assurance System Annual Schedule](/sites/default/files/2025-12/Quality-Assurance-System-Annual-Schedule1.docx) - [CAU Timeline Review](/sites/default/files/2025-12/CAU-Timeline-Review1.pdf) Key Assessments - [Key Assessments – Teacher Education Programs](/sites/default/files/2025-12/Key-Assessments-Teacher-Education-Programs.docx) - [Key Assessments – Service Programs ](/sites/default/files/2025-12/Key-Assessments-Service-Programs.docx) - [Assessment Results – Teacher Education Programs ](/sites/default/files/2025-12/Asssessments-Results-Teacher-Education-Programs.xlsx) - [Assessment Results – Service Programs](/sites/default/files/2025-12/Assessment-Results-Service-Programs.pdf) ## Special Programs HBCU C.A.R.E.S. ### Did You Know? - **8 million** U.S. adults will not receive needed mental health treatment and counseling services\* - **5 million** adults and children will not receive needed addiction treatment\* - By **2025** the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services predicts **shortages of behavioral health professionals** - Behavioral Health fields include Counseling, Nursing, Psychology, Psychiatry, and Social Work ### Our Mission The mission of HBCU C.A.R.E.S. is to **raise awareness** of and **offer access** to behavioral health fields for diverse students. ### Goals - **Increase** the **number** of racial and ethnic minority students prepared to **enter behavioral health** fields - **Increase student awareness** of careers in behavioral health - **Assist** students with **continuing** their **education** in behavioral health - **Establish partnerships among HBCUs** and other organizations to share resources and strategies to strengthen their capacity to recruit and train students for careers in substance use, mental and co-occurring disorder treatment. ### Key Initiatives **A. ADVISORY COUNCIL** - The **Advisory Council** provides oversight and support from various HBCUs and community agencies. **B. WEBSITE** - The **HBCU C.A.R.E.S. Website** provides career and training resources to behavioral health students and professionals. **C. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AMBASSADORS** - Behavioral Health Ambassadors **promote Behavior Health fields** and topics **with undergraduates** at HBCUs. - Ambassadors **receive mentoring, professional development** and a **stipend** during their ambassadorship. Visit our official website: [HBCU Cares – HBCU Cares (myhbcucares.org)](https://www.myhbcucares.org/) Horizons Atlanta Program It was the vision and the heart of the 2013 91ÖÆƬ³§ Board of Trustees, Board of Trustees Member Emiratis – Dr. Lisa Borders, and former University Presidents to bring forth the Horizons Atlanta 91ÖÆƬ³§ Program! For the seventh summer, the Horizons Atlanta 91ÖÆƬ³§ Program, anchored in the School of Education, is the only **Historically Black College and University in the Horizons National Network of Affiliates of over sixty other sites.** **The Horizons Atlanta 91ÖÆƬ³§ Program** has a strong and focused presence in Atlanta, Georgia, and in our Nation to reduce and prevent children’s summer learning loss. As a 91ÖÆƬ³§ community outreach Program, we seek to positively impact the learning and living of underserved children and families*!* There are *nine other* **HORIZONS ATLANTA Programs: Horizons Georgia TECH, Horizons Woodward Academy, Horizons Atlanta Technical College, Horizons** **Holy Innocence, Horizons Kennesaw State University, Horizons Georgia State University**, **Horizons International School, Horizons at Purpose Built Schools, Horizons at The Galloway School.** Source: [http://www.horizonsatlanta.org](http://www.horizonsatlanta.org/) ## TRiO Programs The Federal TRIO Programs (TRIO) are Federal outreach and student services programs designed to identify and provide services for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.91ÖÆƬ³§ administers 2 TRiO programs — Upward Bound and Talent Search. Program Information 91ÖÆƬ³§ has successfully conducted an Upward Bound program since 1965. The students that Upward Bound serves must come from low-income families (incomes at or below 150 percent of the poverty level) and/or are first-generation potential college students (neither parent nor guardian has earned a bachelor’s degree). The purpose of Upward Bound is to provide its high school students with the skills and motivation to succeed in and graduate from a college or university of their choice. To this end, Upward Bound has both summer and academic year components. The Upward Bound Program provides services to 100 participants who meet the program’s guidelines and attend either Carver, Jackson, or South Atlanta High Schools in the metro-Atlanta area. The Talent Search Program is designed to encourage youth with academic potential to stay in school, graduate from high school, and ultimately attend a college or university. Talent Search (TS) counselors work with each of the students at their respective school on a weekly basis throughout the academic school year. TS offers additional enrichment activities such as field trips to college or cultural events. Seventy five percent of ETS participants enroll in college! ### TRiO Programs **Upward Bound** Trevor Arnett Hall 2nd Floor (404) 880-8200 (404) 880-6278 (Fax) **Talent Search – Atlanta** Trevor Arnett Hall 2nd Floor (404) 880-6093 (404) 880-8267 (Fax) **Talent Search – LaGrange** (706) 837-9995 (706) 884-8376 (FaX) ### Programs Staff **Zandra Genous-Tate** Director of TRiO Programs 404-880-8263 **Daisha Lark** TRiO Programs Office Manager (Interim) 404-880-8200 **Farris Jones** TRiO Programs Budget Manager 404-880-6093 *The 91ÖÆƬ³§ TRIO Programs has built a reputation for being comprehensive, innovative, and a dynamic educational program. Participants involved in the TRiO Programs at Clark Atlanta engage in highly motivational and experiential curricula designed to uphold the highest standards and utilize up-to-date resources and technology in education. ​* [*Visit Trio Program Official Page*](http://www.cautrio.com/home.html) ### Mission: The mission of [**Upward Bound**](http://www.cautrio.com/calendar--upward-bound-.html) is to provide an intensive, year-round academic program to assist program participants in grades 9 thru 12 in the successful completion of high school and to prepare them for post-secondary education by providing them with rigorous and nurturing academic courses as well as culturally enriching activities. The mission of the [**Educational Talent Search**](http://www.cautrio.com/missing_page.html?page=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000011589214) program is to provide a pre-college service to students in middle school and high school, as well as adults, with potential for education at the postsecondary level and to facilitate academic success, retention, enrollment and graduation from college for first generation and low-income students. TRiO Application Process *The CAU-TRIO Programs are committed to providing equal educational opportunities for all applicants. It* *enrolls participants without regard to race, color, sex, age national origin or disability. This commitment to equal opportunity includes recruitment, admissions, access to and usage of facilities, counseling and testing, financial assistance, placement, co-curriculum programs and all-purpose services and activities.* ***Only target school attendees are serviced by the CAU-TRIO Programs.*** *For a list of participating schools please visit each program’s page.* *Select application type below* - [ATLANTA TALENT SEARCH APPLICATION](http://nebula.wsimg.com/7a4c35299a91fa6547a25d0f4444fdea?AccessKeyId=DA72AFF1E832C6423C9A&disposition=0&alloworigin=1) - [LAGRANGE TALENT SEARCH APPLICATION](http://nebula.wsimg.com/f7f2e11ed673d625341fffd23840f500?AccessKeyId=DA72AFF1E832C6423C9A&disposition=0&alloworigin=1) - [UPWARD BOUND APPLICATION](http://nebula.wsimg.com/8bf4912144c84aa49d528a195ca8c4fd?AccessKeyId=DA72AFF1E832C6423C9A&disposition=0&alloworigin=1) TRiO Fact Sheets - [Educational Talent Search](/sites/default/files/2025-12/9d7cb2972199a274c8f30f298918a547.pdf) - [Upward Bound](/sites/default/files/2025-12/92baec7995001b4f292c0dfae023f35e.pdf)