Loyola Marymount University is a top-ranked national university by U.S. News and World Report, which places LMU among the top six Jesuit universities in the country and in the top six private universities in California. Founded in 1911, LMU is a Catholic, Jesuit, and Marymount university with more than 7,100 undergraduate students and more than 3,000 graduate and law students. LMU offers 56 undergraduate majors and 56 minor programs, along with 46 master’s degree programs, three doctorate programs and 12 credential/authorization programs. LMU’s intercollegiate athletics teams compete in the West Coast Conference with 14 Division I varsity sports.

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Changing Mindsets: A Case Study of a Community of Practice between Charter and Traditional Public School Leaders in the School Leaders Network

EDLA 6429 Specializing in Charter Schools

EDLA 6428 Business of Education

EDLA 6427 Advocacy from a Legal Perspective

EDLA 6423 Student Learning and Professional Growth for Diverse Students, Families, Staff, and Community and Residency/Fieldwork Component

EDLA 6422 Responding to Diversity: Access, Equity, and Educational Opportunity

EDLA 6421 Vision of Learning for Diverse Students, Families, Staff, and Community and Residency/Fieldwork Component

Dr. Manuel N. Ponce, Jr. currently serves as a clinical associate professor and director of the Institute of School Leadership and Administration (ISLA) at Loyola Marymount University. He Joined LMU in August of 2015 after spending the beginning of his career as an elementary and middle school teacher, a principal of a high achieving charter middle school, PUC Lakeview Charter Academy, and most recently the Regional Superintendent for PUC Schools (Valley). He has also served as a University Supervisor and adjunct professor in the LMU ISLA program. 
 Dr. Ponce earned his B.A. in Liberal Studies from California State University, Northridge and his M.A. in Educational Leadership as a Fellow in the Charter School Leadership Academy at Loyola Marymount University. In 2010, he was named Student of the Year for the LMU School of Education and in 2013, earned a Doctorate in Educational Leadership for Social Justice from LMU. 
 Dr. Ponce currently sits as Board Chair of the PUC Schools Board of Trustees, and a Board Member of PUC National. His research areas include educational leadership preparation, communities of practice, charter and tradition public school collaboration, and urban school reform.

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K-12 School Leadership and Administration

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Charter and Traditional Public School Collaboration

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Clinical Professor & Director, Institute for School Leadership and Administration (ISLA)

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