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EdD Concentration in EDL
KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY
GRADUATE PROGRAM/CONCENTRATION PROPOSAL
Educational Leadership Educational Doctorate (EdD)
Leadership for Learning
Executive Summary
The Education Doctorate concentration in Leadership for Learning is a
post-master’s professional degree developed under the umbrella of the Bagwell
College of Education’s and Professional Teacher Education Unit’s approved
EdS/EdD in Leadership for Learning.
Candidates for the EdD in Leadership for Learning complete 9 credit hours
of the core courses, 12 credit hours in the Educational Leadership concentration,
12 credit hours of electives, and a minimum of 9 dissertation hours.
The EdD in Leadership for Learning is an extension of the Educational
Leadership EdS in Leadership for Learning. The PSC performance-based
residency requirements for PL-6 certification are met prior to completion of the
doctoral program. The four doctoral concentration courses have embedded
performance activities thus extending the field-based component from the EdS to
the EdD.
All course requirements have been linked to the EdS/EdD Performance
Outcomes in Leadership for Learning which help clarify exactly what
characteristics and behaviors candiates should demonstrate. The performance
outcomes are consistent with the NCATE, SACS, and KSU Assurance of Learning
initiatives since they describe the knowledge, skills, and dispositions KSU
graduates must demonstrate to impact positively student learning in P-12 schools.
The KSU Educational Leadership EdD program is unique and distinctive
The program has no counterpart in the state.