Master Class: The Role of an Equity-Centered School Leader
Dr. Jennifer Clayton
Dr. Jennifer Clayton
Interim Academic Dean; Professor, Educational Leadership and Administration
School: Graduate School of Education and Human Development
Department: Educational Leadership
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Dr. Jennifer K. Clayton is the Interim Academic Dean and a Professor of Educational Leadership and Administration. She previously served as the Chair of the Department of Educational Leadership and the Interim Director of Accreditation and Assessment for GSEHD.
Dr. Clayton's research on leadership development, the educational administration internship, and professional learning for school leaders has appeared in more than 40 publications. She has delivered more than 50 presentations to school districts and research conferences. Dr. Clayton has been nominated for several teaching awards at GW, including the Bender Teaching Award twice and the Honey Nashman Spark-A-Life award.
Prior to her work in higher education, Dr. Clayton served as a Social Studies teacher and in administrative roles in several school districts around the country. She holds a Ph.D. and Education Specialist (Ed.S.) in Educational Leadership from Old Dominion University, a M.A. in Educational Administration from Rutgers University, and a B.A. in History, with minors in Secondary Education and Sociology from James Madison University.
Ph.D., Old Dominion University
M.A., Rutgers University
B.A., James Madison University
Thessin, R. A., Tekleselassie, A. A., Trimmer, L. B., Shepard, S. D., & Clayton, J. K. (2024). Leveraging a Candidate Assessment System to Develop an Equity-Centered School Leadership Pipeline Through a University–District Partnership. Education Sciences, 14(12), 1408. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14121408
Clayton, J. & Thessin, R. (2017) Voices of educational administration internship mentors, Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 25:3, 291-308, DOI: 10.1080/13611267.2017.1364836
Clayton, J., Jamison, K., Briggs, A., & Tekleselassie, A. (2017). Linking Research to Clinical Practice: Insights from the Transformational Pathways in Administrator Preparation program in one Mid-Atlantic Private University. Educational Planning, 24(3), 45-60.
Clayton, J., & Thessin, R. (2016). Learning from our Graduates and Interns: Examining
Graduate and Student Experiences in the Education Administration Internship. Educational Leadership Review, 17(6),17-42.
- K12 School Leadership Development and Preparation
- Equity Centered School Leadership
- School Leader Learning and Pipeline Development