TLAC Departmental Application for Online Ed.D. in Curriculum and
Instruction
Spring 2017
Please complete this form and return to:
Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture
4232 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-4232
or onlineedd@cehd.tamu.edu
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Note: No application will be processed until the ApplyTexas application, official
transcripts, and GRE scores are on file with the Office of Admissions, and the
completed recommendations are received by the TLAC Graduate Advising Office.
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Indicate the total number of years you have taught at each level:
Level
Pre-School
Elementary (K-5)
Middle School (6-8)
High School (9-12)
Public School
Private School
Junior/Community College
Four-Year College/University
Other (e.g industry, religious)
List below:
No. of Years
What types of professional certifications do you currently hold?
What is your career goal following graduation from this program?
References
Please list three professional references and their contact information. We will email the
recommendation link directly to them.
Name
E-mail Address
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3.
Please attach your resume/vita, which includes employment, professional presentations,
publications, grants, professional certifications/licenses held and participation in
professional organizations.
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Essay Questions
Please read the question carefully and note that questions have multiple parts. Your responses will be
evaluated holistically by rubric using these four criteria: (1) Focus, (2) Content, (3) Style and
Organization, and (4) Mechanics and Format. Employ your best writing skills and include in-text
citations to attribute specific ideas to experts. Please follow APA format.
Please be sure to answer the following questions on separate pieces of paper. Make sure each
document is clearly labeled so the readers know what question you are answering. Submit all of the
questions as attachments at the same time you submit the departmental application to
onlineedd@cehd.tamu.edu.
1. Describe your personal and professional experiences that have contributed to your current
desire to pursue a leadership-focused doctoral degree. Extend the discussion to include the
personal and professional aspirations you have for yourself.
2. Discuss your guiding beliefs as an educator. In your response, present WHAT your educational
principles are, WHO (including expert sources) has influenced your thinking in shaping your
principles, and WHY you adhere to these beliefs. Also provide at least two examples of how
your beliefs have guided your practice as an educator. Also explain how you envision these
guiding beliefs influencing the leadership you will provide to others.
3. Identify a significant classroom instructional issue, such as the impact of technology on teaching
and learning, from the perspective of a classroom teacher. Explain the significance of this issue
and describe possible solutions (your ideas and the ideas of experts) for this instructional issue.
4. Select and discuss a significant social issue affecting schools. Explain the significance of this issue
and describe possible solutions (your ideas and expert others) for this social issue.
5. The online Ed.D. in C&I in the Department of TLAC requires considerable time for its completion.
This question requires you to consider the arrangements you will have to fulfill program
requirements while you are still employed. Please consider both items (a) and (b) below, which
provide details for estimating the time required for courses and internships to complete the
Ed.D. degree. After you have read (a) and (b), please answer the set of the questions appearing
after each of them.
(a) Time commitment for course work. A standard method for approximating maximum time
commitments per week during the school year is to estimate 9 hrs. out of class per week for
every one hour of course hour in which you have enrolled. (One 3-hour course = (3x3) hours =
9 hours/week.) For one course during one school year semester, a student would expect to
spend about 9 hr/week for 14 weeks = 126 hours. The Ed.D. program requires two courses per
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semester, which could be approximated as 126 hours x 2 courses = 252 total hours for two
classes. Two courses are required every semester, including summers. In the required courses
for the summer term, however, the two courses could be scheduled as either 5-week, 10-week,
or a combination of the two. The total time commitment for each course would remain the
same as a school year course. Over the 10 weeks of the two summer terms, the commitment of
252 total hours would be spread over 10 weeks rather than 14 weeks. If two courses were
offered as 10-week courses, you may have to spend as many as 25 hours/week to complete the
requirements for both courses. (In a 7-day week, you would estimate 3-4 hours/day; for a 6-day
week, you would estimate a little over 4 hours/day.)
What potential problem(s) do you foresee for you to fulfill the time commitment for course
work for the Ed.D. at this university? If you were selected to be a member of the next cohort of
doctoral students pursuing the Ed.D., what steps would you pursue (and with whom) to solve
the potential problems you have identified? [Please answer both of these questions
completely.]
(b) Internship hours. Two 150-hour internships are required in the spring and fall semesters of
the third year of the Ed.D. program. The focus of Internship I is on leadership, and a 3-hour
course complements the internship activities for this internship. The focus of Internship II is on
collecting data to frame your ROS problem. In Internship II, you would be responsibility for
arranging your internships with a field-based supervisor who will mentor you as you complete
the problem-framing process. On the average, about 10-12 hours per week would be required
to complete the internship, which could average two to two and a half hours per day. As the
hours cannot be part of your regularly assigned occupational duties, many times an intern must
make an arrangement with his/her supervisor to use lunch periods, flexible scheduling, and/or
time before or after school to complete the hours required.
What potential problem(s) do you foresee in fulfilling the non-negotiable internship
requirements for the Ed.D. at this university? If you were selected to be a member of the next
cohort of doctoral students pursuing the Ed.D., what steps would you pursue (and with whom)
to solve the potential problems you have identified? [Please answer both of these questions
completely.]