Meet Our Students

First Year Cohort

The 2023 Cohort takes a break on the steps of the CORE building during our annual Fall Forum, the department’s orientation held in August for our administrative credential, Master’s, and EdD students. This year’s cohort includes students from all levels of education--TK through high school, community college, and 4-year universities. Our students are teachers, counselors, principals, district administrators, coordinators of resources for the deaf, directors of disabled student services and programs, accessibility services analysts, and directors of undocumented student programs.

Second Year Cohort

With some participants traveling as far away as Santa Cruz and Los Angeles to participate in our hybrid EdD program, the summer 2022 cohort includes education professionals from the non-profit sector, community college, K-12, higher education, and social services. Students pictured here include teachers, directors, a deputy superintendent, a principal, ASL faculty, a literacy coach, a field education director, an assistant director of special education, and a chief academic officer. As a testament to their sense of cohort community and their commitment to their mission, this cohort created their own T-shirt! It reads “Educational Leadership for Social Justice” on the front and “Social Justice is Harder than Rocket Science” on the back.

Third Year Cohort

Members of the 2021 Summer Cohort take a break in the Zen Garden during the last class session of EDLD 705, Foundations of Inquiry for Social Justice, taught by Dr. G. Reyes. Students in this year's cohort fill a variety of positions, including assistant superintendent of instructional services, athletics director at a public university, high school counselor, clinical supervisor for a Bay Area city, and director of secondary education.