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Leaders in Education: Academy of Presidential Scholars LEAPS

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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

UMB's educators are driving innovation in professional and graduate education, and LEAPS is here to support them. Through awards, seed grants, events, and a growing scholarly community, LEAPS provides pathways for faculty to grow as educational leaders and share their work with peers across all seven schools.

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

Nominations Open for LEAPS Educational Scholar of the Month

LEAPS Educational Scholar of the Month

 

Nominate yourself or a colleague for Scholar of the Month! The Leaders in Education: Academy of Presidential Scholars (LEAPS) seeks to advance the achievements of educators across UMB. Help us recognize faculty doing scholarly work related to Educational Research by completing a brief nomination form.  We will highlight a monthly scholar, then from that roster select a Scholar of the Year to be celebrated at our annual symposium in the Spring. Examples of Educational Research scholarship include conference presentations, posters, publications (article, book chapter, etc.), receiving an educational research grant, and IRB approval for starting an Ed Research project.

Nomination Form

Mission

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

LEAPS Council

Goals

  • Recognize and advance the achievements of educators across the University
  • Cultivate skills and knowledge for educational leadership and scholarship
  • Promote educational innovations and scholarship
About LEAPS

LEAPS Educational Research Journal Club Launching This Fall!

Interested in learning more about educational research? LEAPS invites faculty from all UMB schools and career stages to participate in this new facilitated journal club.

Innovation Seed Grant Awardees

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

Innovation Seed Grants Program

Educator Awardees

Review the achievements of UMB's past Educator Scholarship awardees.

Award-winning Educators

Speaker Series

Check out the semi-annual talks focused on evolving pedagogy and instructional techniques.

LEAPS Speaker Series

Annual Symposium

Get insights from UMB’s annual symposium highlighting progress and achievement in educational scholarship.

LEAPS Symposium

‘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

leaps@umaryland.edu

We welcome your questions, comments, and suggestions.

Related Information

Educator Scholarship Awards Innovation Seed Grants Program LEAPS Symposium LEAPS Speaker Series

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