Seton Hall University has been a catalyst for leadership for more than 150 years at the local, national, and international levels and has been recognized for its outstanding academic and humanitarian programs.

The University’s College of Education and Human Services has a long standing commitment to leadership and to school improvement, a tradition which led to the creation of The Institute for the Advancement of Teaching, Learning and Leading in International Schools.  Under the leadership of Dr. Charles P. Mitchel, Associate Dean, the Institute seeks to share the expertise and diverse experiences of its dedicated faculty to serve the international school community.

The Academy is committed to raising student achievement by providing urban schools with research-based, practitioner-validated, quality education services in education capacity building, parent training and world class professional development and mentoring/coaching for today’s leaders, teachers, counselors and psychologists.

• Leadership: Increase the number of aspiring highly qualified education leaders through SetonWorldWide’s nationally accredited on-line Master’s of Arts in Education leadership and providing current school leaders with the latest research and exemplary practice
  
• Curriculum: Help international teachers deliver quality curriculum through research-based strategies such as curriculum mapping
  
• Supervision, Assessment, Evaluation: Ensure that principals have the latest knowledge and conferencing skills to help teachers continue to grow and improve
  
• Teacher Training: Provide continuing education and mentoring to international school teachers based on identified needs
  
• School, Family, and Community Support: Workshops based on nationally researched strategies
  
• Education Capacity Building: Preparing in-school and in-country educators in the latest research-based strategies, allowing schools to have their own professional development experts
  

Highly qualified, committed Seton Hall professors and practitioners, with extensive experience in international education, apply proven research-based approaches to the international setting with a focus on the teaching and leadership trifecta of knowledge (what), skills (how), and character strength(why).  The complete and competent teacher and education leader must possess the Knowledge of What to do; the Skill in How to do it and the Why it must be done…therefore having the Character Strength and Courage to do it.