Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) with
P-12 Instructional Leadership Concentration
Program Highlights & Benefits
100% online format
Earn your EdS while you complete your EdD
Up to 12-27 graduate transfer credits considered
No thesis required
For
Teachers who want to earn ther Ed.D. degree with P12 Instructional Leadership concentration.
What You Learn
Positively contribute to administration, teaching, policy and curriculum formation, and research.
How You Learn
All courses are offered in an online format.
Career Outcomes
The primary purpose is to provide experienced educators a broad, systematic understanding of educational theory, inquiry, and practice, as well as an ability to create and apply current research to educational problems. Students also work toward earning the Tennessee Instructional Leadership License.
Degree Requirements
| Course | Title | Hours |
| Leadership Issues Courses: | ||
| EDU 707 | Legal Issues in School Governance | 3 |
| EDU 712 | Pre-Candidacy Resources | 3 |
| EDU 714 | Leadership Issues I: Theories and Strategies | 3 |
| EDU 715 | Leadership Issues II: Planning and Finance | 3 |
| EDU 722 | Teacher Leadership | 3 |
| EDU 723 | Faith and Ethics in Educational Leadership | 3 |
| Leadership Practice Courses: | ||
| EDU 703 | Supervision | 3 |
| EDU 706 | Organizational Decision Making | 3 |
| EDU 708 | Curriculum and School Improvement | 3 |
| EDU 721 | Literacy Across the Curriculum | 3 |
| EDU 737 | Leadership Practicum Summer | 1 |
| EDU 738 | Leadership Practicum Fall | 1 |
| EDU 739 | Leadership Practicum Spring | 1 |
| Leadership Research Courses: | ||
| EDR 700 | Research Issues in Educational Leadership | 3 |
| EDR 707 | Leadership Research Seminar | 3 |
| EDR 710 | Intermediate Statistics | 3 |
| EDR 712 | Dissertation Research Seminar | 3 |
| EDR 720 | Research Methods and Design | 3 |
| EDR 725 | Advanced Statistics and Design | 3 |
| EDR 790 | Dissertation | 9 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 60 |
Note:
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, and oral defense of dissertation.
