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The LEAPS Council and its membership work to promote and graduate leaders who will shape social justice, legal justice, and health care education.

Advancing Visionary Education

Symposium Evaluation

Thank you to all who attended the Third Annual Symposium on April 2. If you have not already done so, please take a few moments to provide feedback on your experience Third Symposium Evaluation.

Nominations for 2025 LEAPS Educator Scholarship Awards

Would you like to nominate yourself or a colleague for one an Educational Scholarship award? Submit an application by June 30, 2025.

Past Innovation Seed Grant Winners

Explore past recipients of the Innovation Seed Grants and their groundbreaking projects.

Past Distinguished Educator awardees

Review the achievements of UMB's Distinguished Educator awardees.

Educational Scholarship

Do you have an idea for an educationally focused research project?

Click here to learn more about the scholarship of teaching and learning in health professions.

Send an email to LEAPS@umaryland.edu if you would like support with your project.

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What is LEAPS?

A resource for advancing educational leaders.

“The initiative on education creates a great opportunity for educators ... along with the opportunity for UMB to become a presence in the professional education scholarly community.”

— UMB President Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS

Moving the Needle

‘Moving the Needle’ Podcast

Episode 15: Announcing LEAPS, Leaders in Education: Academy of Presidential Scholars

LEAPS co-chairs Donna Parker, MD, FACP, and Christina Cestone, PhD, discuss this new initiative designed to support faculty members at UMB.

Goals

  • Achieve educational excellence and value ​
  • Advance the careers of faculty and staff educators ​
  • Invigorate our culture to fully embrace the education mission 

LEAPS will achieve these goals by:

  1. Developing an environment that inspires, recognizes, and rewards educational scholarship and innovation in all UMB schools, to stimulate the intellectual discourse needed to reimagine professional and graduate student education for the future.
  2. Developing and making available resources, such as faculty development programs and mentorship, that will help advance the career path of UMB educators.
  3. Creating a local and national reputation in professional and graduate student education and educational leadership.
  4. Supporting sourcing of, application to, and competition for extramural funding and producing scholarly work in education.

‘Moving the Needle’ Podcast

Donna Parker, MD, FACP, and Christina Cestone, PhD, co-chairs of LEAPS, discuss this new initiative designed to support current faculty members at UMB by recognizing and rewarding educational scholarship and innovation, as well as help advance the career paths for UMB educators.

Contact

Leaders in Education: Academy of Presidential Scholars

leaps@umaryland.edu

We welcome your questions, comments, and suggestions.

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