The University of West Alabama's center for leadership excellence
Project GROW
Developing leaders & teachers of The highest caliber
As part of UWA’s Julia Tutwiler College of Education, we work with schools, teachers, and leaders throughout the Alabama Black Belt and surrounding areas of West Alabama and East Mississippi. The University of West Alabama’s College of Education is committed to developing teachers and leaders of virtue, the Empowered Practitioner.
The UWA Empowered Practitioner performs with a high degree of responsibility through initiative, and perseverance, exhibits the highest level of professionalism with a foundation based on integrity and respect, exercises high-level reasoning and reflection to develop practical wisdom, and prioritizes cooperation, and patriotism in the name of service to cultivate a culture of community.
Through our research, outreach, and training efforts, Project GROW works to prepare teachers and school leaders to become empowered practitioners. These teachers and school leaders are an innovative catalyst of change, guided by principles to create positive change for humanity and a better life for our students across Alabama and Mississippi.
Become an Empowered Practitioner
Transforming lives through education, and leadership with character, are the heart of who we are.
Words of supportFrom our sponsor
Project GROW is funded by the Kern Family Foundation.
“It is essential the knowledge and skills needed in work and life in the 21st century to be build on on a strong foundation of character and virtue. Project GROW supports emerging and existing school teachers and administrators in this work.”
James Rahn
President, Kern Family Foundation