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The Importance of a Commitment
to a Lifetime of Leadership
Professional Development
to Support Positive Change
Professionally and Personally
By Kathleen Koop, Principal, Madison School District
Less than two years ago University of Pennsylvania. The cohort of students is diverse in
I sat in a classroom with The week was a kick-off to a three- gender, race, ethnicity, and origin and
we hold a variety of positions in the
24 talented, dedicated, year mid-career doctoral program at field of education across the nation.
the Graduate School of Education. My
educators from around cohort colleagues and I travel to the Our professors in this program are
comprised of a mixture of both faculty
the country to begin our prestigious campus of the University of at the University of Pennsylvania as
Pennsylvania one weekend a month
first summer week at the and for one week for three summers well as researchers in the fields of
to complete our doctoral studies. education and leadership. Every class,
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