Doctorate (EdD) in Educational Leadership
The Doctorate in Education degree program offers students who have demonstrated superior scholastic ability and special interest and aptitude in educational leadership areas of P-12 administrative leadership and educational technology leadership to gain an advanced level degree within the field. This Doctorate of Education program will help prepare students to become practitioner educational leaders.
Admission Requirements
The application process will consist of completion of an application submitted to Enrollment Services with accompanying items listed below. The application will initially be reviewed by EdD faculty. Students who are considered likely potential candidates will be interviewed by an admissions committee composed of EdD faculty and public school partners. In order to choose the most outstanding applicants, the EdD admission committee will make selections based on a holistic evaluation of the candidate's application file including:
- GRE, Miller Analogies Test (MAT), or GMAT scores including GRE writing score or on-demand writing sample.
- Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate coursework.
- Documentation of a master's degree from an institution accredited by a nationally recognized accreditation body.
- Resume' or vita documenting years of related professional/leadership or educational technology, instructional design and training experience.
- Letter of introduction/interest stating professional goals, leadership style, and educational philosophy.
- Recommendation forms: at least three professional references from persons in a position to evaluate the applicant's potential for success in a doctoral program. At least one to be completed by immediate or up-line supervisor or (for Ed. Tech track) professional familiarity with candidate's use of technology, instructional design, and training. Other recommendation forms to be completed by professional colleagues or university faculty who are familiar with the applicant.
- Documentation of previous statistical methodology, research related coursework or evidence of use and application of data-informed decision making to determine possible need for statistical methodology coursework.
- International students and ESL students must meet university minimum TOEFL score or its equivalent.
Requirements for the Degree
- Satisfy all degree requirements.
- The student must successfully complete and defend a qualifying examination to enroll in EDD 899 capstone courses and continue within the doctoral program.
- Students are required to successfully complete and defend a doctoral capstone.
- Students must apply for graduation with the Graduate Office at the beginning of the semester in which they intend to complete.
- Maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA in all courses taken.
- Must be unconditionally admitted. If a student is not unconditionally admitted after completing twelve graduate hours, he/she will not be permitted to register for additional credit hours.
- Students are encouraged to complete the program within the cohort time limit. The maximum allowed time for completion is ten years.
- A total of 18 hours will be permitted to be transferred from other universities.
Core Courses
|
Sem. Hrs. |
EDD 801 - Principles of Leadership: Service to Others |
3 |
EDD 804 - Analysis and Synthesis: Problem-Framing and Problem-Solving in Ed. |
3 |
EDD 806 - Educational Change: Change Theory, Futuring, and Creative Planning |
3 |
EDD 808 - Legal and Ethical Issues and the Exercise of Judgment in Education |
3 |
EDD 810 - Understanding and Conducting Research: Effective Schools |
3 |
EDD 811 - Action Research and Grant Writing |
3 |
Core Total |
18 |
Doctoral Tracks
P-12 Administrative Leadership |
|
EDIL 641 - The School Superintendent |
3 |
EDIL 649 - School Systems Administration |
3 |
EDIL 659 - Strategic Planning in Education |
3 |
EDIL 631B - Superintendent Practicum |
3 |
Total |
12 |
|
|
Educational Technology Leadership |
|
EDUC 681 - Individualized Learning Systems |
3 |
EDEL 682 - Advanced Curriculum Development |
3 |
EDTC 682 - Advanced Instructional Design |
3 |
EDTC 645 - Advanced Multimedia Design |
3 |
Total |
12 |
|
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Emphasis Areas (12 hours minimum) (Graduate level courses and approved program will be selected for emphasis areas by the candidate and doctoral committee to support candidate's professional goals and dissertation/capstone project requirements). |
12 |
Possible Emphasis Areas
- Highly Skilled Educator
- Rural Education
- Technology Teacher Leader
- Assessment Coordination
- Leadership for Technologists
- School Library Media
- School Business Administration
- Research
- Curriculum Coordination
- Director of Special Education
- Instructional Design for School Leaders
Applied and Capstone Courses |
18 |
EDD 800 - Doctoral Seminar (This one credit hour course must be taken each summer for a total of 3 credit hours) |
3 |
EDD 876 - Directed Doctoral Study |
3-6 |
EDD 899A - Doctoral Capstone I |
6 |
EDD 899B - Doctoral Capstone II (EDD 899A & EDD 899B require that all coursework be complete prior to enrolling) |
6 |
Total Minimum Hours |
60 |
Student Competencies
After completing the program, candidates in the Educational Leadership EdD program will:
- Support current and aspiring school leaders who are seeking opportunities for educational advancement while providing ongoing day-to-day leadership.
- Strengthen partnerships between public schools and universities in order to bring about improved student achievement.
- Mine the rich data resources that are already currently available in the educational settings and assist participants in making data-driven decisions.
- Use current technologies to deliver content, facilitate discussions, share data, and provide alternative forms of instruction that provide flexibility for practitioners to be involved in advanced educational study.
- Incorporate field-based components and activities in each of the required courses thereby enabling students to design, test, and analyze solutions to authentic challenges faced by today's school leaders.
- Incorporate performance-driven participant assessments that demonstrate advanced knowledge and skill in authentic settings.
- Collaborate with other universities both within and outside the state that have similar programs in order to facilitate the transfer of student hours as well and tap into the expertise of faculty and services provided at other universities.
Assessment Procedures
The above competencies will be measured on three levels. This first level will be a measurement of competencies at the individual course level. Each course syllabi will have built-in individualized assessment measures. The second level of measurement will occur as a qualifying examination that will be required of students to pass before moving on to the capstone project. The third measurement will be the capstone project that will be required of students in order to complete the program.