executive leadership program brochure
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Are you ready to lead your school or district to the next level? The executive leadership program at Texas A&M University leads to a doctor of education degree in public school administration with a focus on executive leadership.TRANSCRIPT
College of Education &Human Development
http://eahr.tamu.edu
ExEcutivE LEadErship program
Ed.d. in
EducationaL administration
contact & rEsourcEs
admissions
Department of Educational Administration & Human Resource Development
Department of Educational Administration & Human Resource DevelopmentGraduate Advising Office511 Harrington TowerTexas A&M UniversityCollege Station, TX 77843-4226
Avery Pavliska 979.458.1758 | [email protected]
Office of Admission and [email protected] of Financial Aid979.845.3236Office of Graduate Studies979.845.3631
Anthony Rolle, Ph.D.979.862.3519 | [email protected]
Students will be admitted only as a member of a cohort.
Applications will be accepted until December 1 of each year. Graduate applications are available online at http://eahr.tamu.edu/articles/graduate. Applicants who have met all admission requirements will be interviewed in February for classes to begin in September.
All candidates are required to complete and return the following items to the Off ice of Admissions:
TAMU graduate applicat ion and processing fee ($50 for •US cit izens or permanent residents; $75 for international applicants)Official transcripts from universities indicating previous degrees •awardedOf f icia l TOEFL scores taken within the last two years •(international students only)
In addition, the Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development requires the following:
Departmental applicat ion (http://eahr.tamu.edu/articles/•graduate)Three evaluation forms•Career objective•Résumé•
T he D e p a r t me nt o f E d u c a t i on a l Administration and Human Resource Development offers a doctor of education
degree in public school administration with a focus on executive leadership.
The goal of the executive leadership program is to provide students with the culturally responsible leadership understandings and skills needed to develop and administer
districts that are socially just and to equitably serve all students to a high level of success while demonstrating the following:
Ethics both personally and professionally•Instructional understandings and strategies that create high performing schools for a •diverse population of studentsEthnicfinancialmanagementskills•An understanding of and the ability to use systems and organizational management •to achieve objectivesThe courage and understandings to engage in the policy and political issues that are •critical to successful change and innovationThe knowledge and experiences with research that will strengthen the ability to evaluate •information and develop studies to determine appropriate courses of action
The Record of Study is the culminating research project for the student. Work on the study will be woven into the three-year course of study and shall address some aspect of school leadership, management or instruction and have a context of addressing social justice in public education. Students
will choose from three Record of Study options:
a comprehensive district analysis/•redesignjournal articles•research following traditional •dissertation guidelines
pubLic schooL administration spEciaLization
program goaLs
rEcord of study guidELinEs
Ed.d. dEgrEE pLan
EDAD 615 • The SuperintendencyEDAD 616 • Administration of Staff PersonnelEDAD 618 • Educational Administration in Cross Cultural EnvironmentsEDAD 619 • Administration of Urban SchoolsEDAD 620 • Educational Program EvaluationEDAD 625 • Advanced Topics in Public School LawEDAD 630 • Instructional Leadership at the District Level EDAD 639 • Foundations of Educational AdministrationEDAD 651 • Education Finance and EconomicsEDAD 652 • Politics of EducationEDAD 653 • Organizational Theory in Educational LeadershipEDAD 684 • InternshipEDAD 689 • Instructional LeadershipEDAD 690A • Theory of Educational Administration Research: Statistics IEDAD 690B • Theory of Educational Administration Research: Statistics II or EDAD 623 • Qualitative Research Methods IIEDAD 690N • Qualitative Research MethodsEDAD 690X • Theory of Educational Administration Research: Research MethodsEDAD 692 • Research hours EHRD 651 • Models of Epistemology & InquiryEHRD 655 • Qualitative Research Methods
facuLty
Bryan ColeContinuous Quality Improvement in Education> [email protected]
Virginia CollierPublic School Superintendency; Personnel and Facilities;> [email protected]
John HoylePublic School Administration; Future Studies> [email protected]
Jean MadsenPublic School Administration; Urban Schools > [email protected]
Kathryn McKenzieDemocratic Schooling; Equity and Social Justice; Feminist Studies> [email protected]
Anthony RolleEducation Finance and Policy > [email protected]
Jim ScheurichSchools and Districts that are Successful with All Children; Qualitative Research> [email protected]
Linda SkrlaPublic School Administration> [email protected]
Mario TorresEducation Policy and Politics; Education Law> [email protected]
Terah Venzant ChambersEducation Policy> [email protected]
Gwen Webb-JohnsonMulticultural Education; Parental/Family Involvement; Special Education> [email protected]