The Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (ELPS) seeks to excel in preparing effective leaders for PreK-12 schools and colleges, researchers and policy scholars involved in state, regional, and national study of major policy issues related to schools and colleges, educational leaders for active participation in policy dialogue affecting the purpose and performance of schools and colleges, and faculty to serve in schools and colleges. The graduate programs of the department are designed to enrich knowledge, skills, and values requisite to effective leadership and to effective teaching and research in educational settings.

The department views leaders as stewards and servants of organizations; designers of the social and cultural climate in which they work; teachers who facilitate and encourage human growth and development; agents of change who continually examine the purpose and performance of their organizations; and conceptual provocateurs who challenge ideas and assumptions on which policy and practice are built. The faculty actively engage in research; research interests and publications can be found in the individual faculty biographies within the online faculty directory.

The Center for Educational Leadership

The Center for Educational Leadership is the centerpiece of a leadership development system that is purposefully and aggressively growing the next generation of outstanding leaders for our schools. The center takes an innovative multi-disciplinary approach to school leadership development and integrates research-tested education leadership theory with proven, effective practice. A unique partnership between the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and local school districts is a defining element in the structure of the Center, which focuses on formal preparation as well as career-long professional development of educational leaders. We believe this comprehensive approach to principal preparation has set a new standard in the field of public education leadership development.

Faculty

Vincent A. Anfara, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor and Department Head: Educational Administration and Supervision

Pamela A. Angelle, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor: Educational Administration and Supervision

E. Grady Bogue, Ed.D.
Professor and HEA Program Coordinator: Higher Education Administration

Ernest W. Brewer, Ed.D., LPC
Professor, PI/Director of Federal Programs: Educational Administration and Supervision

Jimmy G. Cheek, Ph.D.
Chancellor

Jason T. Huff, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor: Educational Administration and Supervision

Norma T. Mertz , Ed.D.
Professor and CSP Coordinator: College Student Personnel

Margaret W. Sallee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor: Higher Education Administration

Autumn K. Tooms, Ed.D.
Professor & Director,
Center for Educational Leadership

Support Staff

Karen Crumley, Administrative Specialist I

Constance Honorable, Administrative Supervisor III

Janie Young, Administrative Support Assistant III

Contact

Dr. Vincent A. Anfara, Jr., Professor and Head
Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
The University of Tennessee
1122 Volunteer Boulevard
325 Bailey Education Complex
Knoxville, TN 37996-3430

Phone: (865) 974-2214

E-mail: vanfara@utk.edu

Website: http://elps.utk.edu/