Advanced Educational Leadership
Department
of Educational Leadership
704-687-8730
http://education.uncc.edu/eart
Degree
Ed.D.
Coordinator
Dr. Grace Mitchell
Graduate
Faculty
Robert Algozzine, Professor
Claudia Flowers, Associate Professor
Adam Friedman, Assistant Professor
John Gretes, Professor
Richard Hartshorne, Assistant Professor
Lisa Howley, Assistant Professor
Michael Jazzar, Assistant Professor
Richard Lambert, Associate Professor
Corey Lock, Professor
James Lyons, Professor
Ann McColl, Associate Professor
Grace Mitchell, Assistant Professor
Glenda Poole, Assistant Professor
Erik Porfeli, Assistant Professor
J. Allen Queen, Professor
Chuang Wang, Assistant Professor
Wayne White, Assistant Professor
ED.D. IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
The Ed.D. program in Educational Leadership is designed to prepare educational administrators who can assume mid-level and senior-level leadership positions in pre-collegiate educational or non-public school settings. The program includes two specializations, a school specialization and community specialization.
Program
Objectives
Graduates of the program are prepared to:
1) exhibit a broad understanding of their roles as educational leaders in the organizations they serve.
2) demonstrate leadership competencies and skills necessary to accomplish the goals of complex organizations.
3) interact successfully with the numerous institutions and interests that influence their organizations
4) understand theoretical concepts that under gird organizational theory and behavior, leadership, social psychology, policy development, and organizational change.
5) address basic issues that face educational leaders, including resource acquisition and management, policy development and analysis, program management, personnel selection and evaluation, community relations and curriculum development.
Note to Students in School Specialization: The Department of Educational Leadership follows the standards and guidelines of the ISLLC / ELCC for the school specialization. A complete copy of the standards and guidelines are available at the following web sites:
http://www.npbea.org/ELCC/
http://www.ccsso.org/projects/Interstate_School_Leaders_Licensure_Consortium/
Ed.D. in Educational Leadership
School Specialization
Superintendent Focus and
Curriculum/Supervision Focus
Overview
The program is designed to serve the needs those interested in the study of issues regarding the administration of PK-12 public and private educational institutions. These students pursue careers as superintendents and senior level administrators. In addition to the program requirements regarding leadership experiences, (see below), these prospective students must hold a Master of School Administration, Master of Education in Curriculum Supervision, Master of Education in Instructional Technology, or a comparable program. These students must already have a valid certificate in an appropriate field. Appropriate PK-12 North Carolina licensure will be recommended at graduation. A Superintendent Focus or Curriculum / Supervision Focus may be chosen by working with your advisor and selecting the courses and experiences required for the licensure selected.
The Ed.D. program consists of a minimum of 60 credit hours beyond the master’s degree:
1) 15 semester hours in RSCH Prefix Courses:
RSCH 8210 Applied Educational Research
RSCH 8110 Descriptive/Inferential Statistics
RSCH 8120 Advanced Statistics
ADMN 8699 Proposal Development
One Research Elective Courses (Work with your advisor)
2) 33 semester hours of specialization coursework which includes one of the following areas of focus: Educational Leadership/Superintendency; Curriculum Leadership and Instructional Supervision. See complete listing of courses for each focus
3) 6 semester hours of electives *
4) 6 semester hours of dissertation credits **
*Elective Courses: An elective course must be at the 8000 level and offered within the University. Permission of the department offering the course and approval by the student’s advisor and doctoral coordinator is required.
**Students continue to enroll in dissertation study until the completion of the degree.
Ed.D. in Educational Leadership
Community Specialization
Overview
The mission of the Department of Educational Leadership is to prepare educators as leaders. This program within the department emphasizes leadership in the areas of curriculum development and instructional supervision in non public school settings. It is designed for those interested in careers as senior level administrators in educational organizations or for those whose professional responsibilities relate to the supervision of instruction in other contexts. To ensure the effectiveness and competence of individuals in such positions, coursework within the program also reflects the need for proficiency in program design, evaluation and research.
Prospective students should already have a Master’s degree in an appropriate and related field. They are not required to hold N.C. PK-12 licensure nor will any license or certificate be recommended upon graduation.
This Ed.D. program consists of a minimum of 60 credit hours beyond the Master’s degree in the following areas:
15 Semester Hours - Foundations Coursework*
33 Semester hours - Specialization Coursework
15 Semester Hours - Ed. Research and Evaluation
18 Semester Hours - Subspecialty Coursework
6 Semester Hours - General Electives**
6 Semester Hours - Dissertation Coursework***
*Suggested Foundations Coursework
ADMN 8160 Educational Leadership
EIST 8101 Adult Learner
ADMN 8121 Doctoral Seminar in Curriculum Design
ADMN 8660 Instructional Leadership Seminar
ADMN 8110 Organizational Theory and Behavior
**Elective Courses: An elective course must be at the 8000 level and offered within the University. Permission of the department offering the course and approval by the student’s advisor and doctoral coordinator is required.
***Students continue to enroll in dissertation study until the completion of the degree.
School
and Community Specializations Degree Requirements
School Specialization
Superintendent Focus
Foundations and Specialty: 33 Semester Hours
ADMN8610 Interdisciplinary Seminar
ADMN8160 Educational Leadership
ADMN8121 Doctoral Seminar in Curriculum Design
ADMN8140 Advanced School Finance
ADMN8130 Educational Government & Policy
ADMN8110 Organization Theory & Behavior
ADMN8120 Advanced School Law
EIST8101 The Adult Learner
ADMN8150 Human Resources & Development
ADMN8410 Adv Internship in Educational Leadership Part 1
ADMN8420 Adv Internship in Educational Leadership Part 2
Research: 15 Semester Hours
RSCH8210 Applied Educational Research
RSCH8110 Descriptive/Inferential Statistics
RSCH8120 Advanced Statistics
ADMN8699 Proposal Design
Research Elective 3 Semester Hours
Dissertation 6 Semester Hours
ADMN8999 Dissertation**
Electives 6 Semester Hours *
*Elective Courses: An elective course must be at the 8000 level and offered within the University. Permission of the department offering the course and approval by the student’s advisor and doctoral coordinator are required.
**Students continue to enroll in dissertation study (a minimum of 6 hours) until the completion of the degree.
School Specialization
Curriculum & Supervision Focus
Foundations and Specialty: 33 Semester Hours
ADMN8610 Interdisciplinary Seminar
ADMN8160 Educational Leadership
ADMN8121 Doctoral Seminar in Curriculum Design
ADMN8140 Advanced School Finance
ADMN8125 Doctoral Seminar in Instruction
ADMN8660 Instructional Leadership Seminar
ADMN8122 Advanced Curriculum Theory and Development
ADMN8120 Advanced School Law
EIST8101 The Adult Learner
ADMN8489 Practicum in Staff Development
Specialization Elective 3 Semester Hours
Research 15: Semester Hours
RSCH8210 Applied Educational Research
RSCH8110 Descriptive/Inferential Statistics
RSCH8120 Advanced Statistics
ADMN8699 Proposal Design
Research Elective 3 Semester Hours
Dissertation 6 Semester Hours
ADMN8999 Dissertation**
Electives 6 Semester Hours*
*Elective Courses: An elective course must be at the 8000 level and offered within the University. Permission of the department offering the course and approval by the student’s advisor and doctoral coordinator are required.
**Students continue to enroll in dissertation study (a minimum of 6 hours) until the completion of the degree.
Community Specialization
Foundations and Specialty: 33 Semester Hours
ADMN8160 Educational Leadership
EIST8101 The Adult Learner
ADMN8121 Doctoral Seminar in Curriculum Design
ADMN8660 Instructional Leadership Seminar
ADMN8110 Organizational Theory
18 Semester Hours of Specialty Coursework
Research 15: Semester Hours
RSCH8210 Applied Educational Research
RSCH8110 Descriptive/Inferential Statistics
RSCH8196 Program Evaluation
ADMN8699 Proposal Design
Research Elective 3 Semester Hours
Dissertation 6 Semester Hours
ADMN8999 Dissertation**
Electives 6 Semester Hours *
*Elective Courses: An elective course must be at the 8000 level and offered within the University. Permission of the department offering the course and approval by the student’s advisor and doctoral coordinator are required.
**Students continue to enroll in dissertation study (a minimum of 6 hours) until the completion of the degree.
Additional
Admission Requirements
School Specialization
In addition to the general requirements for admission to the
Admission decisions are based on a comparison on of applicant profiles and are made by a departmental admissions committee that includes program faculty. Applicants with the highest profile rankings are invited to participate in interviews that are conducted by the Ed.D. Admissions Committee is designed to provide evidence of an applicant's academic strength, leadership potential, and personal characteristics. Admission decisions are based not only on the comparative profiles of all applicants, but also on the commitment of the Admissions Committee to achieve diversity among the students admitted in each year's cohort group. Admission decisions are made in the spring, with the expectation that admitted students will begin their course work in the summer.
Community Specialization
In addition to the general requirements for admission to the
Admission decisions are competitive. These decisions are made by a departmental admissions committee that includes program faculty. Applicants with the highest profile rankings are invited to participate in interviews that are conducted by the Ed.D. Admissions Committee is designed to provide evidence of an applicant's academic strength, leadership potential, and personal characteristics. Decisions are based not only on the comparative profiles of all applicants, but also on the commitment of the Admissions Committee to achieve diversity among the students admitted each year. Admission decisions are made in the spring of each year.
Admission to Candidacy Requirements
Students are recommended for admission to candidacy after successfully completing the written and oral comprehensive examination.
Internships
All students (in the School Specialization) seeking licensure are required to complete an internship or practicum in a K-12 school district. The internship is based upon identified objectives and organizational areas within the school system of the internship assignment. Students are also required to complete a project based upon a current educational leadership topic related to student achievement.
Advising
Doctoral students will have the benefit of three phases of advising as they pursue their degree.
Phase l: The doctoral coordinator will serve as the "temporary advisor" when students enter the program. During this phase, the advisor plans a course of study with students during the initial stages of the program. A Program Planning Sheet is used to document tentative plans for projected coursework. The planning sheet should be kept by the student and a copy should be provided to the advisor.
Phase 2: At the beginning of the second semester but no later than the end of the first year of the program, students will select a "program advisor" to serve as a guide through the completion of the coursework. This person will also serve as the coordinator of the process to complete the Qualifying Comprehensive Examinations. This advisor also helps the student identify faculty whose research interests and expertise are congruent with the student's probable area of inquiry for the dissertation. This advisor in consultation of the student has the responsibility for creating a "doctoral committee" that will be made up of the faculty who will prepare and evaluate the written and oral comprehensive qualifying exam. (See Qualifying Comprehensive Examination section of the Handbook.
The responsibility of the doctoral committee members includes:
1) the approval of the student's course of study
1) approval of the dissertation proposal and
2) evaluation of the final dissertation and oral defense.
Phase 3: Upon successful
completion of the Qualifying Comprehensive Examinations, students are
recommended for admission to candidacy. They may then select a
"dissertation advisor" and a dissertation committee and complete a
"Change of Advisor Form" if needed. These committee members are
appointed to serve on the committee with mutual consent between the student and
each faculty member. The committee consists of four members of the Graduate
Faculty: the Chairperson and two other members from the Department and one
member appointed by the
The purpose of this process is to provide students with an opportunity to develop a direct working relationship with several faculty members. At the same time, it provides an individualized and personalized approach to the advising process. For example, some students may choose to keep the same faculty member to serve as both the program advisor and the dissertation advisor. Likewise, the doctoral committee and the dissertation committee could include some or all of the same faculty.
Comprehensive
Examination
Students are required to successfully pass a written and oral examination. The examination is based upon the core areas of the respective specializations.
Dissertation
Students must complete and defend a dissertation focused on a specific problem or question relevant to their specialization. Students must be continually enrolled in ADMN 8999 (3 hrs) (fall, summer and spring sessions) for dissertation research credit, beginning with the semester following completion of the comprehensive examination and continuing through the semester of their graduation. Defense of their dissertation is conducted in a final oral examination that is open to members of the University community.
Application
for Degree
Students may submit an Application for Degree during the
semester in which they successfully defend their dissertation proposal.
Adherence to
Program
Certification/Accreditations
National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI)
Courses In Educational Leadership
Doctoral Students
Only
ADMN 8000. Topics in Educational Leadership.(1-6) Requires departmental approval may be repeated for credit for different topics. (Fall, Spring, Summer)
ADMN 8110. Organizational Theory and Behavior.
(3) Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program in Educational Leadership. Analysis
of the structure and organization of public education in the
ADMN 8120. Advanced School Law. (3) Prerequisite: ADMN 6105 or 6107 or permission of the instructor. Current policy issues, including educational finance, testing/grouping, desegregation/integration, and the provision of public educational services to private-school students. (Spring)
ADMN 8121. Doctoral Seminar in Curriculum Design. (3) Examination of principles and practices for educational leaders in program design, implementation and evaluation. (Spring)
ADMN 8122. Advanced Curriculum Theory & Development. (3) An examination of philosophic thought and its relationship to educational theories which have led to assumptions for educational practices in American schools. (Fall)
ADMN 8125. Doctoral Seminar in Instruction. (3) Analysis of models of teaching and the match between attributes of the models and the instructional outcomes desired by the teacher. (Summer)
ADMN 8130. Educational Governance and Policy Studies. (3) Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program in Educational Leadership. An examination of the institutional structure for policy-making in American education and the theories, models and practices that relate to policy-making in education. (Summer)
ADMN 8140. School Finance. (3) Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program in Educational Leadership or permission of instructor. An examination of the theory and operation of public school finance systems and school business administration with special attention to local, state, and federal sources of revenue and such business functions as budgeting and financing capital outlay projects. (Summer)
ADMN 8150. Human Resources Development and Administration. (3) Prerequisite: ADMN 8110 or initial licensure as school administrator. Examination of personnel administration in educational institutions, including administration of personnel at the school district level and its contribution to the overall management and operation of a school system. (Fall)
ADMN 8160. Introduction to Educational Administration. (3) Examination of behavioral components of administrative theory, organization, decision-making and planning for educational development including appraisal of significant functions, techniques, practices and problems as they relate to public school systems, social institutions, and the system of social and governmental agencies. (Fall)
ADMN 8410. Advanced Internship in Educational
ADMN 8420. Advanced Internship in Educational Leadership Part II. (3) Prerequisite: ADMN 8410. Continuation of ADMN 8410. (Spring)
ADMN 8489. Practicum in Staff Development. (3) Examination of techniques of delivering in-service training and development of leadership for in-service educational programs including design and implementation of a staff development program in a school setting. (Spring)
ADMN 8610. Interdisciplinary Seminar. (3) Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program in Educational Leadership. Ideas, values, cultures, and contemporary issues affecting society generally and education particularly and principles and practices for responding to the publics with whom school leaders interact. May be repeated for credit. (Summer)
ADMN 8660. Instructional Leadership Seminar. (3) Prerequisite: EDUC 8122. Investigation and evaluation of current trends and issues in supervision as they relate to the role of the educational leader, with special attention to the role of facilitating the teaching/learning process. (Summer)
ADMN 8695. Advanced Seminar in Teaching and Learning. (3) Examination of a number of current teaching models to provide a framework for choosing those appropriate for a given classroom setting with special attention to the relationship between teaching strategies and learning outcomes. (Spring)
ADMN 8699. Dissertation Proposal Seminar. (3) Prerequisite: Completion of research requirements. Identification and definition of a research area and development of a proposal draft for an original research study appropriate for the dissertation requirement. (Fall, and On Demand)
ADMN 8800. Individual Study in Educational Administration. (1-6) Prerequisite: Permission of the student's advisor. Independent study under the supervision of an appropriate faculty member. May be repeated for credit. (Fall, Spring, Summer)
ADMN 8999. Dissertation Research. (3) Prerequisite: Consent of Ed.D. program coordinator. Execution of original research study that addresses the solution to an educational or school-related problem or that addresses a substantive educational leadership or programmatic issue. (Fall, Spring, Summer)
EIST 8101. The Adult Learner. (3) The focus of this course will be on the examination of how adults learn in instructional settings. Characteristics of the adult learner will be examined. Students will investigate adult learning theory as well as current trends and advancements in adult learning. The focus will be on making better instructional decisions and media selection for the education and training of adults. (Fall, Summer)