Specialist in Education (Ed.S.) Degree in Educational Leadership
WELCOME EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS ELC
Agenda Faculty Introductions The ELC Department Who are we? What are we about? Our Students Candidate Introductions The EdS Degree Graduate School Admissions Process Discussion/Questions Adjourn
EDL Faculty Introductions Dr. David Ayers, Associate Professor Dr. Silvia Bettez, Associate Professor Dr. Gay Citty Visiting Assistant Professor Dr. Brian Clarida Clinical Assistant Professor and MSA/PMC Coordinator Dr. Larry D. Coble Adjunct Professor Dr. Ann W. Davis Clinical Assistant Professor [EdS Coordinator through Jan. 31, 2015] Dr. Kim Kappler-Hewitt Assistant Professor Dr. Glenn Hudak - Professor Dr. Kathy Hytten Professor Dr. Carl Lashley Associate Professor Dr. Craig Peck Associate Professor and EdS/EdD Coordinator Dr. Rick Reitzug Chair, Professor Dr. Svi Shapiro Professor Dr. Leila Villaverde Associate Professor
The ELC Department Who are we? What are we about? The UNCG Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations Department seeks to prepare thoughtful and effective leaders in education through programs of study that are inter-disciplinary in focus and that emphasize questions of moral concern, the cultural context of education, and a reconstructive vision for excellent and equitable schooling through a social justice framework.
The ELC Department Academic Programs Master of School Administration (MSA) Post-Master s Certificate in School Administration (PMC) Post-Master s Certificate in Cultural Foundations and Social Justice Education Specialist in Education (Ed.S.) degree in Educational Leadership Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership (Ed.D.) Doctorate in Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Educational Studies with a Concentration in Cultural Studies
Statement of Commitments The Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations is committed to the development of a just and caring democratic society in which schools serve as centers of inquiry and forces for social transformation. We believe that: education is an ongoing process of knowledge creation and acquisition, lived experience, interaction with others, and conscious reflection; good schooling and a good society create occasions for people to build human, intellectual, and spiritual connections; schools must foster social, economic, and educational equity; honoring differences in race, class, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and ability are critical to human understanding; every human being is worthy of respect and deserving of dignity.
Our purpose is to create educational leaders who work with parents, staff, students, and communities to develop critical understandings of the assumptions, beliefs, and regularities that support schooling and who identify and create practices that allow schools to function more fully as democracies while preparing students for democracy. We believe educational leaders should: advocate for teaching and learning by articulating and working to achieve a school-community s shared educational commitments; facilitate processes that engage self and others in critiquing the way things are, exploring the way life should be in moral and just communities, and stimulating action directed toward achieving the latter; mobilize economic, political, social, and personal resources to articulate and achieve a school-community s shared educational commitments; appreciate the joy of learning, delight in the growth of self and others, promote the love of learning, and create practices in schools that provide an outstanding education for all students.
Our Students: Currently serving over 150 schools and 26 LEA s in North Carolina
Candidate Introductions
Specialist in Education (Ed.S.) Degree in Educational Leadership The Ed.S. in Educational Leadership is a 33-semester hour intensive, low-residency, innovatively delivered, personalized, online, high quality program for advanced graduate study beyond the master s degree designed to prepare students for leadership and administration at the district office level of a PK-12 school system. The Ed.S. leads to North Carolina Level II (Advanced Principal) and Superintendent licensure. Potential students who do not have North Carolina Level I Principal licensure must first obtain such licensure by completing the Post-Masters Certificate (PMC) program.
Specialist in Education (Ed.S.) Degree in Educational Leadership The program is online with one summer intensive requirement: (June 25, 26 & 30, 2015 & July 1 & 2, 2015) In addition, students will participate in two Saturday leadership enrichment sessions each semester. CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE: 1) Analytical & Reflective Narrative, 2) e-portfolio, 3) Action Research Project COHORT BASED STUDENT FOCUSED
Specialist in Education (Ed.S.) Degree in Educational Leadership Course Title ELC 754 Personal Leadership Assessment & Development Summer II 2015 (June 25, 26 & 30, 2015 & July 1 & 2, 2015) ELC 688T 21st Century Teaching, Learning and Leading Fall 2015 ELC 700 Critical Perspectives in Education, Leadership, & Culture Fall 2015 Low Residency Dates: August 15 & Oct. 17, 2015 ELC 750 Advanced Seminar in School Law Research Spring 2016 ELC 751 Concepts & Cases in Educational Administration (addressing students at the margin) Spring 2016 Low Residency Dates: Jan. 16 & March 19, 2016 ELECTIVE Elective Summer I or II 2016 or Summer 2017 ELC 688D District Leadership for Educational Change Summer II 2016 ELC790A Internship in Educational Leadership Fall 2016 ELC 688R Systematic Inquiry and Data Literacy Fall 2016 Low Residency Dates: TBD for Fall & Spring 2016 ELC790B ELC 701 Internship in Educational Leadership The Superintendency with a District Leadership focus
UNCG Tuition Please check with the UNCG cashiers office website for current tuition figures: http://csh.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/spring-2015-fee.pdf We anticipate that most courses in the program will be designated at the distance learning rate Some courses may be designated at the main campus rate Please contact the Cashiers Office to confirm exact costs
Graduate School Admissions Process The School of Education s formal admission requirements for Masters, Specialist, and Doctoral studies specify the following: a grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better during the last half of the Bachelor s degree, or a GPA of 3.5 during the Master s degree; For the Ed.S. and Ed.D. programs, a Master s degree from an accredited institution; and an acceptable score on the GRE or MAT exams. Admissions decisions are based on an applicant s full set of application materials. All evidence about a prospective student, including work experience, recommendations and letters of reference, district support and the individual s personal statement will be used in making admissions decisions. http://grs.uncg.edu/prospective/
Specialist in Education (Ed.S.) Degree in Educational Leadership Admissions decisions are made once per year in mid-april and applicants should submit all application materials by March 31st to be considered for Summer 2015 semester admission. http://grs.uncg.edu/apply-online/
Doctorate in Education (Ed.D.) The Ed.D. in Educational Leadership is a 54 semester hour doctoral program designed to prepare students for advanced study of educational leadership and administration. The Ed.D. program consists of 42 credit hours of coursework and 12 hours of dissertation research. The time allowed for obtaining the degree is seven years after the first date of enrollment (or the first transfer course counted for credit, whichever comes first). 18 hours of coursework may be counted from the EdS program as foundational courses in the EdD program. A separate admissions process is required for admissions into the EdD Program of Study
Questions/Discussion Life on this turbulent, complex planet is no longer linear and sequential, one thing logically leading to another. It is spontaneous, contrary, unexpected, and ambiguous! Things do not happen according to plan, and they are not reducible to tidy models. We persist in grasping at neat, simple answers, when we should be questioning and examining everything!!! Warren Bennis 2009 Craig Peck, PhD EdS/EdD Coordinator c_peck@uncg.edu 336-908-7262 Final thought The goal isn t worth arriving at unless you enjoy the journey! Norman Lear