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Ed.D. with P-12 School Administration Specialization and Teacher Leadership Concentration—60 hours

Prerequisites: Human Growth and Development, Instructional Technology, Educational Assessment

Transfer Credit by Petition: Maximum of 12 semester hours of master’s credit and 15 semester hours of education specialist credit from regionally accredited institutions may be applied by petition upon approval of the Ed.D. Program Director.

Teacher Leadership: The coursework for this concentration prepares teacher leaders and is based on the same CAEP and Tennessee Department of Education standards as the IL coursework (without practicum requirements) and integrates doctoral-level outcomes in research, practice, and analysis in school leadership. This non-licensure track has three components: Leadership Issues, Leadership Practice, and Leadership Research.

 

Degree Requirements

Leadership Issues Courses—15 hours

EDU 707Legal Issues in School Governance

3
EDU 714Leadership Issues I: Theories and Strategies

3
EDU 715Leadership Issues II: Planning and Finance

3
EDU 722Teacher Leadership

3
EDU 723Faith and Ethics in Educational Leadership

3

Leadership Practice Courses—15 hours

EDU 702Engaged Learning

3
EDU 703Supervision

3
EDU 706Organizational Decision Making

3
EDU 708Curriculum and School Improvement

3
EDU 721Literacy Across the Curriculum

3

Leadership Research Courses—30 hours

EDR 700Research Issues in Educational Leadership

3
EDR 707Leadership Research Seminar

3

EDR 708Qualitative Inquiry in Education

3
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EDR 725Advanced Statistics and Design

3

EDR 710Intermediate Statistics

3
EDR 712Dissertation Research Seminar

3
EDR 720Research Methods and Design

3
EDU 712Pre-Candidacy Resources

3
EDR 790Dissertation

1.0 - 4.0
EDR 791Dissertation

1.0 - 4.0
EDR 792Dissertation

1.0 - 4.0
EDR 793Dissertation

1.0 - 4.0
 

Exit Assessments

Completion of:

  • Minimum of 3.2 GPA in Ed.D. courses
  • The Qualifying Paper
  • Dissertation Proposal (with Approval by Committee)
  • Comprehensive Examination
  • Oral Defense of Comprehensive Examination
  • Dissertation
  • Oral Defense of Dissertation