Courses
Courses for the Ed.D. are still being developed and the descriptions below are subject to change.
Year 1: Summer
TEDLD 570: Leadership I: Theory and Research (5)
Focuses on applying theories of leadership behavior. Examines effectiveness of leaders as change agents and in relation to organizational communication, control, motivation, empowerment, and conflict resolution; examines moral and ethical challenges in educational settings.
TEDLD 580: Research and Systematic Inquiry in Education I: Applied Statistics and Critique of Educational Research (3)
Overview of research and systematic inquiry for educational leaders. Emphasizes framing research questions, research as a process, designs, methods, plans for data analysis, and literature critique.
Year 1: Autumn
TEDLD 571: Leadership II: Systems Leadership (5)
Focuses on ways educational leaders advance the organization through systems thinking and evidence-based decision making. Examines the causes and dynamics of organizational systems’ factors that promote professional practice and student learning in educational settings.
TEDLD 581: Research and Systematic Inquiry in Education II: Appraising Evidence for Practice (3)
Emphasizes critique, application of research findings and literature; meta-analysis; designing plans for applying findings to practice as educational leader.
Year 1: Winter
TEDLD 582: Leadership III: Diversity in Education (5)
Focuses on the effects of social, historical, and cultural factors on educational leadership and student achievement. Explores in depth the causes and consequences of inequities in society, as well as educationally-based solutions. Creates plans and practices to foster culturally competent organizations that ensure optimal learning outcomes for all students.
TEDLD 574: Assessment in Educational Systems (3)
Emphasizes the role of assessment in the careful use of evidence to improve student learning. Course is primarily focused on the establishment of ongoing assessment for internal and external audiences and for accreditation.
Year 1: Spring
TEDLD 573: Leadership IV: Instructional Leadership (5)
Focuses on a conceptual foundation for understanding current research and theoretical directions in learning, motivation, and instruction related to diverse educational settings. Examines research, theory, and practices related to effective, high quality instruction.
TEDLD 587: Challenges in Practice I: Curriculum, Assessment, and Program Implementation (3)
Focuses on development of curriculum at the national, state, and local level that establishes coherent, articulated targets for student learning at various academic levels and in various disciplines. Addresses challenges of curriculum implementation.
Year 2: Summer
TEDLD 575: Human Resources in Educational Institutions (3)
Focuses on effective human resource operations that reflect the organization’s core values. Analyzes human resource problems related in educational organizations. Topics include complex legal, procedural, and risk-management issues, human motivation, communication, and group dynamics. Focuses on establishing and implementing rigorous systems for recruitment, hiring, and retention of staff at all levels
TEDLD 576: Education Law and Governance (3)
Focuses on governance models and on laws and regulations that define these models. Examines persistent legal issues in education, including an analysis of how these issues are manifest in public policy debates.
TEDLD 577: Educational Finance and Economics (3) [August-September inter-term]
Focuses on current issues in public and private school finance, including costs, ability to support schools, and financial implications of educational principles. Examines problems of federal, state, and local school support, including financing capital outlay, research, and public relations.
Year 2: Autumn
TEDLD 601: Field Practicum & Reflective Seminar I: (6)
Focuses on competency-based, on-site leadership development dealing with actual problems of practice in the work environment. On-line and in-person reflective seminar to work with peers and supervisors in collective problem analysis and solution generation. Includes competencies required by professional organizations for certification options.
TEDLD 588: Challenges in Practice II: Supervision and Evaluation (3)
Focuses on the development of systems for supervision and evaluation of instruction that directly connects to student learning. Examines established and emerging models of best practice in faculty and staff supervision and evaluation, such as effective use of walk-throughs, peer coaching, mentoring, and instructional rounds.
TEDLD 593: Critical Elements of Literacy (3) (P-12)
Focuses on the school district’s leader’s role in establishing literacy learning systems based on research and best practice for student communities that are economically, culturally, and linguistically diverse.
Year 2: Winter
TEDLD 602: Field Practicum & Reflective Seminar II: (6)
Focuses on competency-based, on-site leadership development dealing with actual problems of practice in the work environment. On-line and in-person reflective seminar to work with peers and supervisors in collective problem analysis and solution generation. Addresses competencies required by professional organizations for certification options.
TEDLD 582: Research and Systematic Inquiry in Education III: Designs and Methods (3)
Focuses on research/scholarly inquiry methods employed by educational leaders in multiple settings.
Year 2: Spring
TEDLD 603: Field Practicum & Reflective Seminar I: (6)
Focuses on competency-based, on-site leadership development dealing with actual problems of practice in the work environment. On-line and in-person reflective seminar to work with peers and supervisors in collective problem analysis and solution generation. Includes competencies required by professional organizations for certification options.
TEDLD 583: Research and Systematic Inquiry in Education IV: Structures of Inquiry in Applied Research (6)
Focuses on the design of the Capstone Project as a structured inquiry process, on the defense of the methodology by which the Project’s questions/problem(s) will be investigated, and the rationale and value of the project as a critical problem of practice.
TEDLD 594: Seminar in the School Superintendency (P-12) (3)
Focuses on the specific role, leadership behaviors, and effective management practices of the public school superintendent. This culminating course assists students to analyze and integrate the experiences and learning acquired through the superintendent practicum. (This course is required for the Initial Superintendent Certificate.)
Year 3: Summer
TEDLD 801: Capstone (2-8)
Focuses on the implementation of the Capstone Project as a structured inquiry process investigating a critical problem of practice.
TEDLD 589: Challenges in Practice III: Crisis and Conflict (3)
Focuses on crisis management and conflict resolution at the institutional level.
TEDLD 591: Leading Professional Learning (3)
Focuses on the educational leader’s role in fostering on-going professional learning for employees at all levels of the organization. Examines models for ongoing professional learning that are data-driven, research-based, collaborative, contextual, and tightly focused on improvements in the interactions of instructors and students around discipline content.
Year 3: Autumn
TEDLD 801: Capstone (2-8)
Focuses on the implementation of the Capstone Project as a structured inquiry process investigating a critical problem of practice.
TEDLD 802: Capstone Seminar (1)
Under the guidance of the instructor, interns meet in discipline specific groups to share and discuss the challenges and progress of their respective capstone projects, providing insight, accountability, and support for one another.
TEDLD 595: Issues and Best Practices for Special Programs (3) (P-12)
Focuses on the school district’s leader’s role in establishing effective management and integration of special programs that are based on research and best practice for student communities that are economically, culturally, linguistically, and disability diverse. (This course is required for the Initial Superintendent Certificate.)
TEDLD 590: Student Development in Higher Education (HE) (NE) (3)
Focuses on unique and specific issues of Student Development/Student Affairs, such as governance of students, campus climate and community issues, finance, facilities, auxiliary services, and legal and ethical issues.
Year 3: Winter
TEDLD 801: Capstone (2-8)
Focuses on the implementation of the Capstone Project as a structured inquiry process investigating a critical problem of practice.
TEDLD 802: Capstone Seminar (1)
Under the guidance of the instructor, interns meet in discipline specific groups to share and discuss the challenges and progress of their respective capstone projects, providing insight, accountability, and support for one another.
Year 3: Spring
TEDLD 801: Capstone (2-8)
Focuses on the implementation of the Capstone Project as a structured inquiry process investigating a critical problem of practice.
TEDLD 802: Capstone Seminar (1)
Under the guidance of the instructor, interns meet in discipline specific groups to share and discuss the challenges and progress of their respective capstone projects, providing insight, accountability, and support for one another.