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Research (3 hours)

3 semester hours from the following or from other courses in research:

ELC 664 Foundations of Interpretive Inquiry (3) ELC 665 Approaches to Qualitative Research (3)

ELC 688 Contemporary Topics: Action Research & Integrated Data Analysis (3)

ELC 688 Contemporary topics: Statistics & Basic Quantitative Methods for Educational Leaders (3)

ERM 604 Methods of Educational Research (3) ERM 605 Educational Measurement & Evaluation (3) ERM 642 Evaluation of Educational Programs (3) ERM 668 Survey Research Methods in Education (3)

+ To be taken during the Spring Semester in conjunction with the second semester of ELC 790 Internship

++ The first 3 semester hours of ELC 790 should be tken during the Fall Semester; the second 3 hours should be taken dur- ing the Spring Semester in conjunction with ELC 701 Capstone Experience

The EdS Capstone experience consists of an essay and hearing.

Essay

The student will write a paper that responds to the following:

• Reflect on the ways in which your approach to leadership practice in schools (or other contexts) has changed as a result of your learning experiences in the Specialist in Education program.

• Reflecting on your course work and the literature on edu- cation, leadership, and culture, describe the core values you want to promote in your professional practice, and discuss how they would be reflected in your response to several challenges you expect to face in your work. • Discuss some of the lingering questions you still have

about education, leadership, and culture and society, questions that may frame your personal and professional learning in the future.

The capstone essay should be both reflective and scholarly. It should include reference citations to works that were influential in the student’s develop- ment, and a properly-formatted reference list (that is, using APA format, as detailed in the 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association). The essay should reflect growth beyond the student’s master’s degree work. A copy of the capstone paper is due to each of the 2 faculty mem- bers participating in the student’s capstone hearing 2 weeks prior to the capstone hearing.

The discussion of the capstone essay prompts (see above) should be thoroughly grounded in the profes- sional literature. The essay should provide evidence not only of the student’s professional growth in the Ed.S. program, but it should also document how the professional literature contributed to that growth. It is likely that in order to adequately address the prompts and to ground them in the professional literature, the capstone essay will be 15-20 double-spaced pages in length, plus references.

Hearing

The capstone hearing may be an individual hearing with the student’s advisor, or a group hearing with multiple students and faculty members participating in each hearing. During individual CAP hearings, the student will discuss the essay with the advisor. During group CAP hearings, each student will have 10 min- utes to make a presentation about the content in their CAP essay. The student will answer questions specific to his/her presentation and dialogue about it with fellow students and faculty members. Students are welcome to use PowerPoint or other media for their individual presentations, but they are not obligated to do so.

Capstone hearings will take place during late October/November (Fall semester) or March/April (Spring semester). Students will typically be notified of the date and time for their capstone hearing by early October (Fall) or mid to late February (Spring).

Applying for the Ed�S� Capstone

The student should provide notice of intent to com- plete the Capstone Experience at the beginning of the semester in which they intend to do so y submitting a written memo to their advisor and to the Coordinator of the Ed.S. program.

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Application and Admission

In addition to the application materials required by The Graduate School, the applicant must submit a resume or curriculum vitae and a personal statement (see departmental website for topic and details). Applicants must submit all application materials by September 1 to be considered for Spring admission or by January 1 to be considered for Fall admission.

Degree Requirements

Foundational Coursework (18 hours)

Coursework from the areas of administration and leadership, curriculum and instruction, social and cultural foundations, or research that provides a foundation for the student’s in-depth inquiry in the major focus area (see below). Coursework in this category may be counted from the EdS program if courses meet Graduate School regulations and are approved by the student’s doctoral committee. Major Focus Area Coursework (12 hours) Coursework in this category should be carefully selected to help the student develop scholarly expertise in her/his chosen area of focus within educational leadership. Focus areas and supporting coursework include the following:

Organizational & Leadership Studies

ELC 662 Power, Politics, & Schools (3)

ELC 688 Contemporary Topics: Leadership, Equity, & Democracy (3)

ELC 691 Urban School Organizational Leadership: Best Practices (3)

ELC 752 Theories in Educational Administration (3) ELC 754 Personal Leadership Assessment and Development

(3)

Law, Policy & Finance

ELC 659 Educational Finance (3)

ELC 688 Contemporary Topics: Law and Culture (3) ELC 688 Contemporary Topics: Church-State Relations (3) ELC 688 Contemporary Topics: School Policy and Reform (3) ELC 751 Cases & Concepts in Educational Leadership (3) ELC 755 Law & Policy in Special Education (3)

Curricular & Instructional Leadership

ELC 615 Foundations of Curriculum (3)

ELC 672 Technology & Administrative Leadership (3) ELC 673 Principal Leadership for Special Education (3) ELC 675 Schools as Centers of Inquiry (3)

ELC 686 Curriculum Theory (3)

ELC 688 Contemporary Topics: Issues in Leadership and Instruction (3)

ELC 688 Contemporary Topics: Data and Action Research (3) ELC 688 Contemporary Topics: Analyzing and Cultivating

Instructional Efficacy (3)

ELC 688 Contemporary Topics: 21st Century Teaching, Learning and Leading (3)

ELC 693 Introduction to Critical Pedagogy (3)

Social, Cultural, Historical, & Ethical Foundations of Educational Leadership

ELC 604 Moral Dimensions of Education (3) ELC 616 Culturally Responsive Leadership (3) ELC 661 Ethics and Education (3)

ELC 663 Educational Administration in Historical Perspective (3)

ELC 683 Engaging the Public in Education (3) ELC 688 Contemporary Topics: Law and Culture (3) ELC 688 Contemporary Topics: Church-State Relations (3) ELC 688 Contemporary Topics: Leadership, Equity, &

Democracy (3)

ELC 697 Selected Critical Issues in American Education (3) ELC 721 Social and Cultural Change and Education (3) Research (12 hours)

Coursework in this category should be carefully selected to help the student develop research expertise that facilitates the completion of a high-quality

dissertation. Courses may be selected from a single or multiple methodological perspectives.

Students pursuing a qualitative track would typically complete the following course:

ELC 665 Approaches to Qualitative Inquiry (3) or ELC 664 Foundations of Interpretive Inquiry (3)

9 additional hours from those listed below would be selected by the student in consultation with her/his committee chair:

ELC 767 Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis (3) ELC 688 Contemporary Topics: (Various qualitative research

topics) (3)

ELC 666 Writing Preparation & Proposal Development (3) ELC 775 Directed Doctoral Research (should not be taken until 9

hours of research courses have been completed) (3)

Other research courses pre-approved by the advisor & committee.

Students pursuing a quantitative track would typically select, in consultation with their committee chair, from courses such as the following:

ELC 688 Statistics & Basic Quantitative Methods for Educational Leaders

ERM 604 Methods of Educational Research ERM 605 Educational Measurement & Evaluation ERM 642 Evaluation of Educational Programs ERM 668 Survey Research Methods in Education ERM 680 Intermediate Statistical Methods in Education ERM 682 Multivariate Analysis

ERM 732 Hierarchical Linear Modeling

ERM 750 Case Study Methods in Educational Research Dissertation (12 hours)

ELC 799 Dissertation (12 hours)

EDD Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership