As a Doctor of Education, you will
broaden your sphere of influence so that you can shape the future of education
in your school, district, and community. The online program offers
specializations designed for experienced teachers and administrators who want
to continue their practice while effecting positive change.
In this program, you will be
prepared to:
- Evaluate and interpret educational research.
- Collaborate with learning organizations and key individuals to advance education.
- Oversee diverse learning organizations.
- Create positive social change in early childhood, adult literacy, special education or higher education and administrative leadership.
Specializations
- Administrator Leadership for Teaching and Learning
- Adult Education
- College Teaching and Learning
- Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
- Higher Education Leadership
- Reading and Literacy Leadership
- Special Education
- Teacher Leadership
True leaders do more than just help
an organization become successful-they institute and lead changes that benefit
society. Online Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Leadership builds on the
University's Jesuit, Catholic tradition of social justice, self-reflection and
service to create leaders with the vision, commitment, and know-how to become
agents of transformational change.
The fields of arts and sciences,
business, pharmacy and health professions, medicine and law, the online Doctor
of Education in Leadership offers a unique interdisciplinary view of the
field that is applicable across a range of industries, especially business,
education, and health care.
Leadership
for the 21st Century
In a globalized society facing
financial, environmental, and social hardships, farsighted and ethical leaders
devise strategies for growth and change that merge with goals for the common
good. The interdisciplinary nature of the Doctor of Education in Leadership
program encourages this broadened, socially aware perspective across the
curriculum.
Outcomes of the program include:
- The ability to use self-reflection as a tool for professional and personal growth
- A knowledge of how to apply organizational, leadership, and change theories to your workplace
- The development of effective interpersonal and organizational communication techniques
- An understanding of funding and budgeting practices and legal principles
- The ability to identify and implement technology to promote systemic change
- A creative outlook on ways to design, develop, apply, and assess ideas to improve practice
- A framework for leadership rooted in faith, justice, and ethics with an international perspective
- For students who qualify, the option to earn your K-12 Administrator (Superintendent) Certificate1
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Your Dedication to Leadership
The online Doctor of Education in
Leadership offers the most current concepts and theories of leadership and
the opportunity to use your workplace as a laboratory for research on their
real-world applications.
As educational requirements rise and
competition for jobs and advancement heats up, a Doctor of Education will help
highlight your level of commitment and study to this field.
The programme places great emphasis on the development of a deep understanding of universities, operating in a global context, as places of learning and as learning institutions. The focus is on the use of professional knowledge, academic and policy literature, and published and personal research to promote the leader at the heart of institutional development.
This is an international programme focusing on Higher Education as a global enterprise. The curriculum of this programme is constructed from an international perspective – using research, case studies, policy and academic literature from international sources – to complete the international experience.
Modules include Leadership, Policy and Institutional Change, Action Research for Educational Leadership and Internationalisation and the Impact of Global Trends. Alongside the core modules, students each write a Doctoral Development Plan (DDP) reflecting on their development as doctoral practitioners and researchers.
The admission requirements include a masters degree from a recognised institution, and a minimum of two years of relevant work experience, including at least some responsibility for coordinating or managing the activity of colleagues. Students must have ongoing scope to interact with other Higher Education professionals, and to conduct investigative exercises in an educational setting in order to complete assessment tasks on the programme.
