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UT Tyler Partners with Henderson ISD to Develop District Leaders

May 13, 2021

Media Contact: Beverley Golden
Senior Director of Media Relations
Marketing and Communications
The University of Texas at Tyler
903.566.7303

The University of Texas at Tyler announced a new partnership with Henderson Independent School District to make two master’s degrees more accessible to district employees.

UT Tyler will offer the Master of Education in curriculum and instruction and the Master of Education in educational leadership degrees via online and on-site instruction.

“The partnership will increase leadership capacity in Henderson while allowing the district to embed within the program targeted district-specific needs,” said Wesley Hickey, EdD, College of Education and Psychology dean.

The university will provide a field supervisor to coordinate each program and incorporate district-specific instruction to complement online instruction.

“We are thrilled to be partnering with UT Tyler in a project that will offer advanced degrees to our teachers and administrators that are both convenient and affordable,” said Thurston Lamb Jr., PhD, Henderson ISD superintendent. “One of the best ways to serve our children is by our teachers honing their craft and improving their leadership skills.”

By doing so, teachers are modeling what it looks like to be a lifelong learner, he added.
“UT Tyler’s commitment to rigorous academics and quality instruction mirrors our own, and I look forward to their involvement in helping HISD become a top performing district in the nation,” Lamb said.

With a mission to improve educational and healthcare outcomes for East Texas and beyond, UT Tyler offers more than 80 undergraduate and graduate programs to 10,000 students. Through its alignment with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler and UT Health East Texas, UT Tyler has unified these entities to serve Texas with innovative medical research, medical education and excellent patient care. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S. News & World Report as a national university, UT Tyler strives to fulfill our primary missions of education, research and service.