Professional Development Academies in Education

Professional Development Programs in Information Studies

UCLA’s School of Education & Information Studies is home to two departments. Each is a leader in their field, helping to pioneer what's next in the Education and Information worlds.

UCLA Ed&IS faculty are at the forefront of their fields, addressing issues of equality, access and social justice in the fields of education and information. Their scholarship has an international reputation for excellence and commitment to addressing the most critical issues facing our society.

An ecosystem of K-12 teaching schools where UCLA partners to develop, study, share, and advance innovative best practices.

The work at UCLA Ed&IS is guided by the principles of individual responsibility and social justice, an ethic of caring, and commitment to the communities we serve. Learn more about our mission and values, our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in our faculty and students, our history and more.

Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion are defining features of UCLA Ed&IS and we embrace them as a source of strength.

Department of Education 2023 Information Sessions

Department of Information Studies Programs

Department of Information Studies 2023 Information Sessions

Learn more about the undergraduate and graduate academic programs we offer, when program information sessions are being offered and how to apply.

The academy is committed to refining individuals' leadership and coaching identities in order to provide equitable and relationship-centered support in systems. We welcome applicants from education and non-education based fields.

UCLA Professional Leadership and Coaching Academy

Join a community of leaders from diverse backgrounds committed to refining leadership and coaching identities aimed at providing equitable and relationship-centered support within systems.

Learn more about your own personal and social identities so that you can support others in relevant, trusting, and equitable ways. 

A leadership community centered around equity, relationships, and supporting the personal and professional growth of others.

Coaches Supporting Coaches

Equitable and relationship-centered coaching

Navigating growth and learning individually, collectively, and through systems

Brave and safe spaces are intentionally designed to encourage psychological safety, interpersonal trust, and diverse and divergent thinking and feeling.


Our work is informed by the following themes:

Exploring identity through cultural mapping and intentional storytelling and how identity impacts all of our interactions

Developing interpersonal trust and psychological safety for diverse individuals in order to explore issues of equity, justice, and inclusion

Awareness of systems thinking and the impact of systems on individual and group 


Participants will complete the Professional Leadership and Coaching Academy with:

A refined coaching identity with developed consciousness in becoming a more effective leader to provide equitable and relationship-centered support based in systems thinking principles.

A generative coaching plan based on the participant’s development in a coaching continuum that reflects each participant’s unique strengths and systems. 

A resource toolkit for personal and professional growth i.e. website, TedTalk, a guide to resources.

Knowledge of and application for different adult learning theories, the neuroscience of coaching, and socio-cultural theories

UCLA Professional Leadership and Coaching Academy is an intentionally diverse online academy designed to build cognition and center voices through relationships and equity consciousness. Participants will explore personal and social identities, trauma sensitivity, trust, and conflict, as related to individual and systems work. 

Learning and networking will be generative as participants develop their leadership and coaching skills, tools and resources.

Individuals committed to refining their leadership and coaching identities in order to provide equitable and relationship-centered support in systems. We welcome applicants from education and non-education based fields. 

The Professional Leadership and Coaching Academy will be accepting 24 participants for this cohort.

Who should apply?

Contact Nancy Lee Sayre at sayre@seis.ucla.edu for more information.

Registration Information

Early Bird Registration by December 18th: $2,150

Team Discount: A 25% team discount is available for eligible applications registering from the same organization with three or more participants. Discounts cannot be combined.

Program Fees

Thursday evenings (4:00-6:00pm) and Saturday mornings (9:00am-12:00pm) once a month starting in January.

UCLA Professional Leadership and Coaching Academy

Coaches Supporting Coaches

Our Commitment

Our work is informed by the following themes:

Outcomes

Program Information 2024

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