GW Educational Leadership & Administration

08/07/2026

Congratulations to Kimberly Bigelow, named Interim Principal at Hyde-Addison Elementary School in DCPS!

Hyde-Addison Elementary School Kimberly Bigelow is an experienced elementary educator, native Washingtonian, and proud DCPS graduate. Since returning to DCPS as an educator in 2006, she has served as a teacher in second through fifth grades, Literacy Instructional Coach, and an Assistant Principal...

07/14/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Danielle Terry who successfully defended her dissertation yesterday. We are so proud of your research and accomplishment!

04/16/2026

Please consider participating in this study for one of our EdD students!

03/17/2026

On March 9th, Jillian Blair, a member of GW/DCPS Cohort 2, led her triad in an Equity Visit at H.D. Woodson High School. She was joined by two members of Cohort 2 - Angela Baskin and Tiescheka Stuart - and by Dr. Tynika Young-Aleibar, Deputy Chief of School Leader Recruitment, Selection, & Development, and Dr. Rebecca Thessin from the ELA program faculty. We all enjoyed visiting classrooms and collectively tackling a problem of practice. Great work!

03/06/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Denise Soukup for defending her dissertation this week. Her study was entitled, "Leadership of STEM Programming Supporting Underrepresented Students". Well done!

03/03/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Abby Brandt who successfully completed her dissertation last Friday. It was entitled "Leaving Already? You Just Got Here: The Role of Transformational Leadership in Special Education Teacher Retention in Non-Public Schools". Great work!

02/23/2026

On Tuesday, February 24th, Monique Alexander, a member of GW/DCPS Cohort 2, led an equity visit with members of her Cohort 2 Quad at LaSalle-Backus Elementary School. The team had the opportunity to visit 6 classrooms to explore a problem of practice and equity focus. Principal Shelly Gray and Ms. Shelley Anderson, Director of School Leadership Support, Recruitment, and Development, also joined the visit. Congratulations to Monique and all the members of her Quad for an excellent job!

01/27/2026

GW's ELA program is pleased to announce its ranking as #13 among Online Educational Administration programs in this year's US News and World Report. For more information on ELA's programs, check out our website. https://gsehd.gwu.edu/edadmin

The U.S. News rankings evaluate degree-granting online programs at regionally accredited institutions.

12/16/2025

On Friday, December 12th, members of GW/DCPS Cohorts 1 and 2 came together for a holiday/end-of-semester networking event at Whiskey and Oyster in Alexandria. Dr. Abe Tekleselassie (GW), Dr. Rebecca Thessin (GW) and Mr. Greg Moffitt (DCPS) were excited to attend and share in the celebrations. Thank you to all of the Cohort 1 and 2 members who came; we very much
enjoyed seeing everyone celebrate and mingle outside of the classroom setting!

09/24/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Nate Thomas who successfully defended his dissertation today. It was entitled Bridging Careers, Building Confidence: A Qualitative Study of Induction, Collegial Support, and Self-Efficacy Development Among Career Changer Teachers.