Dedicated to training educators who will serve as ethical and humane social critics in their educational communities, the Doctoral Program in Educational Policy and Leadership at Hofstra University produces outstanding graduates. Taking its goal as social transformation, the program has an approach to education more visionary than that of simply training competent teachers. Its graduates are trained to develop critical and reflective habits in order to evaluate both organizational and individual effectiveness in the educational realm. As experts in educational leadership, graduates take a proactive approach to defining new transformative possibilities.
Amy Kenton, a Hofstra graduate, has expanded the leadership education she received to students as well. Completing a dissertation in 2012 on youth leadership development, she has identified a transformative possibility that extends Hofstra’s emphasis on leadership to youth. Kenton’s experience prior to her graduation from Hofstra included 15 years of teaching and seven years of administrative responsibilities.
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The international charity Free the Children began with the efforts of one boy. While reading the “Toronto Star” newspaper one morning in 1995, Craig Kielburger was struck by an article about the plight of a 12-year-old Pakistani factory worker. Wanting to do something, Kielburger rallied his seventh-grade classmates to the cause of abolishing child labor and exploitation through Free the Children. Wanting to hear child laborers’ stories firsthand, he raided his savings and performed odd jobs to earn enough for a plane ticket. A 25-year-old family friend from Bangladesh chaperoned Kielburger as he met with children from labor camps and slums throughout Bangladesh, India, Thailand, Nepal, and Pakistan. They also arranged meetings with human rights groups of those countries. During the trip, Kielburger was unable to secure a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, who was in Southeast Asia for a trade delegation. However, the Canadian reporters following Chrétien took an interest in Kielburger’s efforts. When he returned home, Free the Children had gained national attention.
Today, Free the Children still relies on youth. In classrooms and churches across North America, young people raise funds for its Adopt a Village developmental program, which builds schools and removes barriers to education in 45 countries. About Amy Kenton: As an Assistant Principal in the Montauk Public School District of New York, Amy Kenton started a chapter of Free the Children. Typically requiring three years of full time study, a doctorate in education, whether a Ph.D. or an Ed.D., is a significant commitment of time and tuition expense often costing tens of thousands of dollars. Courses are extensive and difficult, covering areas such as research methods, theory, and dissertation work. Obtaining the degree allows professionals to specialize in certain areas and potentially advance in the field, despite the challenges involved.
Teachers with a doctorate typically earn higher salaries than those with only undergraduate or other graduate degrees. In Florida, for example, those with a doctorate make approximately $6,000 more per year. Educators with the degree also open themselves up to new and better jobs, including positions as high level administrators and even college professors. Amy Kenton recently earned her doctorate in education from Hofstra University and has approximately 20 years of experience in the field. Kenton also holds several additional graduate degrees in social studies, liberal studies, and school administration. |
AuthorApart from her EdD, Amy Kenton holds Master's degrees in Social Studies Education and School Administration and Supervision from C.W. Post College and an additional Master's degree in Liberal Studies from Columbia University. Archives
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