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The Campaign for the Graduate School of Education
Center for Urban School Leadership
Strong leaders are the driving force behind strong schools, and our Center for Urban School Leadership supports the preparation and ongoing development of those leaders. The center’s programs — the Principal Leadership Institute (PLI), Leadership Support Program, and Coaching Initiative — reflect UC Berkeley’s commitment to serving the public interest by improving educational equity, student achievement, and school performance in our communities.
For eight years, the PLI, an intensive master’s study and professional credentialing program, has been the center’s anchor program for preparing teacher-leaders in K–12 urban settings to improve teaching and learning in their schools. Fully half of PLI graduates themselves are persons of color, and many are the first in their families to go to college, reflecting the demographics of the children they serve and providing an essential example and catalyst for educational equity.
The Leadership Support Program and Coaching Initiative support our graduates and novice and veteran administrators in local school districts with a pipeline of services that gives them coherent, consistent support in their challenging roles. These programs also link administrators to Berkeley faculty, programs, and research resources, helping them to create lasting professional networks.Your investment in the Center for Urban School Leadership will enable us to sustain the excellence of this rigorous program and build an endowment to provide scholarships for aspiring leaders — all of whom are working teachers, many with families to support. You can play a significant role in supporting leaders who hold the key to transforming today’s urban schools, especially those that serve our most vulnerable youth.
Opportunities to give
$5,000,000+ Endowed Principal Leadership Scholarship
Provides scholarship support to a cohort of students annually, ensuring the long-term stability of this exemplary leadership preparation program.
$2,000,000 Endowed Chair
Provides faculty salary support, as well as funds for research and teaching, to a distinguished faculty member who is addressing challenges in urban school leadership. (For a limited period, a $1 million gift will be matched by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to create a $2 million Endowed Chair.)
$1,000,000 Director’s Endowed Fund for the Center for Urban School Leadership
Provides partial salary support, as well as funds for research, for the advancement of the Center for Urban School Leadership and its programs.
$500,000 Principal Leadership Institute Endowed Fund for Excellence
Provides support for innovative professional development for new and veteran school leaders.
$50,000 Endowed Fund for the Center for Urban School Leadership
Provides restricted or unrestricted support for the research programs and initiatives of the Center for Urban School Leadership.
$10,000 Principal Leadership Institute Endowed Program Fund
Provides support for pipeline activities to recruit, support, and develop urban school leaders.
With your gift of $50,000 or more, you may establish an educational legacy in your name, or in honor of a professor, colleague, mentor, or loved one. The principal of an endowment is held intact in perpetuity and invested for growth to provide a steady flow of income to support your designated purpose.
All gifts made to the Graduate School of Education during the campaign count toward the campaign goal. Make an online gift to the Center for Urban School Leadership.
For more information, please contact the Office of Development and External Relations at:
Graduate School of Education
3627 Tolman Hall, #1670
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California 94720-1670
510.643.9784
gse.berkeley.edu
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