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Educational Leadership in PreK-12 (Ed.D.)

  • Program Overview

    Ed.D. in Educational Leadership in PreK-12 (51 Credits)

    Our mission is to develop dynamic, transformative, and socially responsible leaders who engage others, value diversity, operate with professional integrity, and believe in the value of enabling and empowering all stakeholders for the creation of high-performing schools and school districts.

    • A highly personalized approach: Small cohorts keeps the student/teacher ratio low and the level of support high. You will develop career-long professional relationships with your peers, faculty, and advisors.
    • Apprenticeship experience: A doctoral apprenticeship offers students the chance to build their professional network, expand career options, and hone their leadership skills.

     

    Doctoral Admission Requirements 

    西瓜视频 College doctoral student
  • Curriculum

    Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 51

    The Foundation Courses provide the framework for what we mean by scholar practitioner. Each of聽 the Foundation Courses is grounded in the assumption that research in service of improved practice will facilitate deliberate change.


    These courses address such issues as: how bias and our histories聽 inform how we understand the world; how we can ethically identify and describe practice-embedded聽 educational research; how conducting a literature review and integrating, from both practice and聽 research, allows us to be transparent and critical about the ways we pursue and generate knowledge;聽 how we can align research questions and approaches; and what it looks like to gather and work with聽 research data in the context of practice.

    Foundation Courses

    • EDL 702聽-聽History of Public Education (Cr: 3)
    • EDL 708聽-聽Change Leadership in Education (Cr: 3)
    • EDL 710聽-聽Sociology of Education (Cr: 3)
    • EDL 730聽-聽Current Issues in Educational Policy (Cr: 3)

    Method Courses

    • EDL 715聽-聽Introduction to Qualitative Research (Cr: 3)
    • EDL 716聽-聽Literature Review I (Cr: 3)
    • EDL 752A聽-聽Action Research (Cr: 3)
    • EDL 735聽-聽Introduction to Quantitative Research (Cr: 3)
    • EDL 736聽-聽Literature Review II (Cr: 3)

    Leadership Courses

    Students Choose two from the following:

    • EDL 738聽-聽Ethical Leadership in Education (Cr: 3)
    • EDL 720聽-聽Transformational Leadership in Contemporary Education (Cr: 3)

    K-12 Leadership Electives

    Electives - 9 credits

    Students must choose three of the following courses:

    • EDL 705聽-聽Principles of School Finance (Cr: 3)
    • EDL 706聽-聽Family-School Engagement (Cr: 3)
    • EDL 711聽-聽Prior Learning Assessment Seminar (Cr: 3)
    • EDL 712聽-聽Organizational Consulting: A Fieldwork Approach (Cr: 3)

    Misc Courses

    • EXM 700聽-聽Research Defense Proposal (Cr: 0)

    Experiential Courses

    • EDL 772A/772B聽-聽Doctoral Apprenticeship I & II (Cr: 6)

    Dissertation Courses

    • EDL 755A聽-聽Dissertation Study Part I (Cr: 3)
    • EDL 755B聽-聽Dissertation Study Part II (Cr: 3)
    • EDL 755C聽-聽Dissertation Study Part III (Cr: 3)

    Learning Outcomes

    Upon completion of this program, students will:聽

    • Locate, analyze and synthesize existing research to address problems in the field.
    • Apply key concepts, theories, and frameworks from education and related fields of inquiry to critically examine leadership issues and decisions in educational settings.
    • Utilize social scientific research processes (qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods) to develop and evaluate research
    • Communicate clearly with a scholarly audience via written research, oral presentations, and in dialog with each other.
    • Conduct original scholarship that contributes significantly to the field.

"From the beginning of the program to the end, the strength of my cohort and supporting faculty ensured my success. The faculty who served my cohort were focused, empathetic, and held us to high expectations. They modeled the principles of adult education and gave us first-hand insight."
Charmie Curry Ed.D. '17
Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Wellesley Public Schools

Accreditations

西瓜视频 College is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE). The Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership program is approved by the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education.