The 54-semester-credit specialization in Administrator Leadership for Teaching and Learning is designed for educational administrators seeking to develop the knowledge, abilities, and dispositions of scholar-practitioners. With a curriculum that focuses on leadership development and professional renewal, the program provides an opportunity for educational leaders to build their capacity as agents of change in reforming schools and other learning organizations.
Foundation Course (6 sem. cr.)
EDAD 8001 Foundations for Doctoral Study (6 sem. cr.)
Proseminars (18 sem. cr.)
EDAD 8011 Proseminar: Leading to Promote Learning (6 sem. cr.)
EDAD 8021 Proseminar: Leading Communities of Practice (6 sem. cr.)
EDAD 8031 Proseminar: Leading for Social Change (6 sem. cr.)
Research Sequence (18 sem. cr.)
EDAD 8015 Research Approaches (6 sem. cr.)
EDAD 8025 Quantitative Research (6 sem. cr.)
EDAD 8035 Qualitative Research (6 sem. cr.)
Doctoral Study (12 sem. cr.)
EDAD 8080 Doctoral Study Companion (non-credit)
EDAD 8090 Doctoral Study Intensive (12 sem. cr. — 6 sem. cr. per term for 2 terms)
Course Sequence
| Semester |
Course |
| 1 |
EDAD 8001 Foundations for Doctoral Study |
| 2 |
EDAD 8011 Proseminar: Leading to Promote Learning |
| 3 |
EDAD 8015 Research Approaches |
| 4 |
EDAD 8021 Proseminar: Leading Communities of Practice |
| 5 |
EDAD 8025 Quantitative Research |
| 6 |
EDAD 8031 Proseminar: Leading for Social Change
EDAD 8080 Doctoral Study Companion |
| 7 |
EDAD 8035 Qualitative Research
EDAD 8080 Doctoral Study Companion – continued |
| 8 |
EDAD 8090 Doctoral Study Intensive |
| 9 |
EDAD 8090 Doctoral Study Intensive – continued |
The 54-semester-credit specialization in Teacher Leadership focuses on the “teacher as leader” and promotes experienced educators to effect change through improvement of teaching and learning. Unlike doctoral programs that are designed to lead instructional professionals out of the learning setting into positions as principals, superintendents, or other administrators, this degree is intended for educators whose aspirations are to perfect the art and science of teaching and to use their talents to improve learning among students in the classroom and to influence positively the conditions for learning at the school, district, community, and state levels.
Foundation Course (6 sem. cr.)
EDUC 8000 Foundations for Doctoral Study (6 sem. cr.)
Proseminars (18 sem. cr.)
EDUC 8010 Proseminar: Leadership in Teaching and Learning (6 sem. cr.)
EDUC 8020 Proseminar: Teacher Leadership in the School (6 sem. cr.)
EDUC 8030 Proseminar: Teacher Leadership Beyond the School (6 sem. cr.)
Research Sequence (18 sem. cr.)
EDUC 8015 Research Approaches (6 sem. cr.)
EDUC 8025 Quantitative Research (6 sem. cr.)
EDUC 8035 Qualitative Research (6 sem. cr.)
Doctoral Study (12 sem. cr.)
EDUC 8080 Doctoral Study Companion (non-credit)
EDUC 8090 Doctoral Study Intensive (12 sem. cr. — 6 sem. cr. per term for 2 terms)
Course Sequence
| Semester |
Course |
| 1 |
EDUC 8000 Foundations for Doctoral Study |
| 2 |
EDUC 8010 Proseminar: Leadership in Teaching and Learning |
| 3 |
EDUC 8015 Research Approaches |
| 4 |
EDUC 8020 Proseminar: Teacher Leadership in the School |
| 5 |
EDUC 8025 Quantitative Research |
| 6 |
EDUC 8030 Proseminar: Teacher Leadership Beyond the School
EDUC 8080 Doctoral Study Companion |
| 7 |
EDAD 8035 Qualitative Research
EDAD 8080 Doctoral Study Companion – continued |
| 8 |
EDAD 8090 Doctoral Study Intensive |
| 9 |
EDAD 8090 Doctoral Study Intensive – continued |
