Edwin Acevedo of New York City Earns Doctorate in Educational Leadership at College of Saint Elizabeth

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Edwin Acevedo of New York has successfully defended his dissertation for a doctorate at the College of Saint Elizabeth.

MORRISTOWN, NJ (05/08/2013)(readMedia)-- Edwin Acevedo of New York, N.Y., has successfully defended his dissertation at the College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE), 2 Convent Road, Morristown, N.J., to earn his doctorate in educational leadership. Acevedo's dissertation is entitled, "Professional Learning for Teachers through a Differentiated Professional Development Program." He is principal of Hazel Avenue Elementary School in West Orange, N.J.

"I thought the program at CSE did an amazing job in preparing me as a servant leader to handle the complexities of educational leadership," said Acevedo.

Acevedo has been an educator for the past 14 years, teaching Spanish at West Morris Central High School and Maplewood Middle School. He was the kindergarten through 12th grade World Languages Supervisor for the West Orange district. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish from George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., and a Master's in Education from Montclair State University in Montclair, N.J. He has corporate experience with international banking in New York and the World Bank in Washington, D.C.

The doctoral program at CSE, which is dedicated to preparing leaders who are committed to social justice and ethical practice, began in August 2007. "Integrated into all course work and learning activities are the central values and beliefs necessary for school leaders to function as morally purposeful stewards for their school communities," states Msgr. Thomas J. McDade, Ed.D., course of study coordinator for the CSE doctoral program in educational leadership. "This philosophy of servant leadership represents a major shift from the traditional paradigm of school leaders as managers of resources which is so prevalent in today's practices."

Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, N.J., the College of Saint Elizabeth enrolls more than 1,700 full- and part-time students in more than 25 undergraduate, 10 graduate and two doctoral degree programs; an Ed.D.in educational leadership and a Psy.D. in counseling psychology. For information on other activities or programs, visit the College of Saint Elizabeth web site at www.cse.edu.