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2023-2024 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Educational Leadership (Administrator Endorsement 486), Ed.D. (52-58 hrs)
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Program Overview
The purpose of the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in P-12 Educational Leadership is to prepare professional educators to become change agents in the field of education and in schools. The program is fully online with coursework which will lead students through visionary planning, strategic utilization of resources, effective management and leadership, and practical application of research.
This program meets the requirements for applying for a K-12 administrator’s license upon successful completion of coursework and clinical practice. Flexible course offerings allow this program to meet the needs of full-time working professionals. Classes are designed to help prepare students to be successful on the School Leadership Licensure Assessment (SLLA).
The doctorate is 52-58 hours above a specialist’s degree and cohorts begin each summer and fall trimester.
Program Goals and Objectives
- Effective leaders develop and articulate reasonable personal and school goals.
- Effective leaders are instructional leaders and are knowledgeable about analyzing data, identifying, securing, and organizing appropriate resources for school reform (human, technological, etc.)
- Effective leaders create nurturing and caring educational environments.
- Effective leaders are knowledgeable about safe practices regarding ethical, legal, social, and political issues.
- Effective leaders skillfully communicate with internal and external publics.
- Effective leaders emphasize the importance of literacy.
- Effective leaders skillfully practice leadership theories in real world settings.
Graduate Outcomes
- Students will identify and demonstrate skills in building nurturing, diverse, and caring educational environments including students and teacher advocacy.
- Students will design an advocacy program that promotes active and positive working relationships between a school and the community.
- Students will design a professional learning plan for professional educators (school and/or district) aligned to the Learning Forward Standards as required by Mississippi and many other State Departments of Education.
- Students will design a technology plan after analyzing school/district data to organize resources the most effective and appropriate technologies to support learning.
- Students will demonstrate the application of educational leadership content knowledge and skills through a doctoral comprehensive examination.
- Students will demonstrate knowledge in constructing a viable school mission and vision based on current research.
- The students will interpret their state’s Code of Ethics (or equivalent) which will be followed by producing a Professional Development Plan on Faculty and Administrator Ethics encompassing the standards and providing group reflection and discussion on scenarios as they impact faculty and administrator decisions and their implications.
- Students will demonstrate their research skills by designing an action research project, which includes an introduction, review of literature, description of population, procedures, and references.
- As instructional leaders, students will demonstrate knowledge about analyzing data, identifying, securing, and organizing appropriate resources for school reform through the design of a Data-Based Decision-Making Plan.
Program Admission Requirements
- Complete and submit an online application to William Carey University graduate school admissions.
- Pay application fee.
- Hold a valid 5-year teaching license (provide copy).
- Hold a specialist degree in a related field from an institution fully accredited by a recognized accrediting agency.
- Have a GPA > 3.25 in a related specialist’s program.
- Submit Graduate Record Exam score (competitive) taken within the last five years or approved writing in lieu of GRE assignment score from RSH 7020 or EDL 7890 in conjunction with completion of a Specialist degree from WCU.
- Submit two reference forms from present or previous administrators who have supervised your work.
- Submit a current resume that includes your leadership and community service experience.
- Provide documentation certifying a minimum of 3 years teaching experience.
- No student will be admitted on a provisional or probationary basis.
Transfer Credit
Students may transfer six hours of approved coursework from an institution that is fully accredited by a recognized accrediting agency. Coursework used in a previous degree may not be used toward the doctorate.
Program Progression Requirements
To progress through the doctorate degree program, the student must:
- Maintain a GPA > 3.0 for 52-58 program hours as outlined in the curriculum.
- Complete all required work within six years after enrolling in the program.
- File with the coordinator of the Ed.D. program a signed program of study prior to completing 9 hours.
- Only two grades lower than a ‘B’ are allowed. Upon receiving a second grade lower than a ‘B’, a student is advised to repeat one of the first two grades lower than a ‘B’ before continuing in the program. A student making a third grade lower than a ‘B’ will be dismissed from the program.
- Pass a comprehensive examination, successfully defend a proposal, and obtain approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB).
- Progress to the research process, where one will obtain a Pass (P) or a Fail (F) for the research courses (EDL 8110-8150, and EDL 8160, if needed). Students must contact his/her chair and begin working with his/her committee after completing EDL 8260 Advanced Applied Research .
- A grade of ‘I’ (incomplete) will be assigned only when unavoidable circumstances prevent completion of the work of the course on schedule and must be approved by the instructor and the academic dean. In order to be eligible for a grade of ‘I’, a student must be doing passing work, must have completed 80% of the required work for the class, and must provide appropriate documentation for requesting the incomplete. Requests are made using the Incomplete Grade Request Form obtained from the registrar’s office. When the work is completed satisfactorily, the ‘I’ may be changed to any grade assigned by the instructor. If a grade of ‘I’ is not changed to a passing grade by the end of the next trimester, it will automatically be changed to an ‘F’.
- Successfully complete all dissertation requirements as per the dissertation guidelines, chair, and committee. This includes successfully defending the dissertation proposal and defense before the dissertation committee, having a GPA of 3.0 or higher, making revisions suggested by the graduate reader, and successfully submitting the dissertation to ProQuest.
- Maintain continuous enrollment until the dissertation has been successfully defended.
Program of Study (52-58 hrs)
The Ed.D. with Administrator endorsement requires 52 credit hours post-specialist’s degree. However, candidates who have not completed the WCU program prerequisites as part of their previous Ed.S. program, must complete these two courses as part of the Ed.D. program of study for a total of 58 credit hours.
Program Requirements and Professional Licensure Disclosure
Teacher education programs at William Carey University are designed to meet the professional competency standards for licensure in Mississippi. William Carey University cannot determine whether any program leads to licensure in any state other than Mississippi. It is recommended that students who intend to seek licensure in another state verify that their program of study meets the desired state’s licensure requirements.
Further, the Mississippi Department of Education establishes and maintains state licensure requirements, policies, and procedures, which supersede requirements listed in this catalog. Mandatory changes to this program of study will be communicated to the student through the School of Education.
Refer to the Mississippi Department of Education Office of Educator Licensure (http://mdek12.org/OEL) for the most current licensure requirements, application procedures, and deadlines.
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