The Educational Specialist (Ed.S.) in Educational Administration program in the school of education at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota invites applications for the position of program director. As one of the most renowned licensure programs in the state and region, Saint Mary’s Ed.S. in Educational Administration prepares students for careers as K-12 principals, directors of special education, and superintendents.   The Ed.S. in Educational Administration program is also distinctly grounded in character and virtue formation. In 2019, Saint Mary’s received a $1.7 million grant from the Kern Family Foundation to develop an enhanced curriculum in the Ed.S. program that emphasizes the moral character of educational leaders. The University of Birmingham's (UK) Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtue framework is a model for this work. Other components of the initiative include a multi-day, residential summer institute on character and virtue in leadership, character-based...

Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota is seeking a Program Director to provide vision and leadership for the public health programs (certificate, bachelor completion and graduate programs). In concert with the university’s new strategic plan and its distinctive Lasallian Catholic mission, the director integrates the public health programs with Character Education and Virtue Formation according to the framework developed by the Jubilee Centre in the United Kingdom at the University of Birmingham overlaid with Lasallian Catholic principles.    We seek a leader who can ensure program vitality and academic quality by balancing administrative and academic functions that support a rigorous approach to teaching public health and meeting student learning goals. The person in this role must support, respect, and advance the mission of Saint Mary's University as a Lasallian Catholic institution by understanding and supporting the alignment between the Lasallian core principles of...