Doctor of Education

You'll build your analysis, problem-solving and leadership skills in one of two concentrations:

In Curriculum and Instruction you'll learn to:

• Build curriculum to meet the needs of diverse students
• Identify the need for staff development and deliver it to faculty
• Support and facilitate curriculum with the right resources
• Evaluate the effectiveness of staff development
• Explain standards and changes to diverse audiences
• Use student data to adapt curriculum and instruction
• Implement standards changes to curriculum and instruction
• Use technology effectively
• Evaluate digital educational programs

In Educational Leadership you'll learn to:

• Plan, implement and manage organizational change using data to create a collaborative culture
• Implement a shared vision of learning
• Manage resources to provide a safe, efficient learning environment
• Make ethical decisions
• Understand and respond to political, social, economic and legal landscapes
• Nurture and sustain a school culture conducive to student learning
• Use technology effectively campuswide

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Our program is arranged in a cohort structure with a new group of students admitted each fall semester. Each cohort meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the fall and spring semesters. 

Many courses embrace a hybrid format with online and face-to-face meetings alternating over the course of a semester.

Summer terms call for concentrated meeting periods to allow educators to include vacation time in their calendars.

• Bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university.
• GPA of 3.2 or greater on a 4.0 for your master's work.
• Minimum GRE of 150 on verbal reasoning and 141 on quantitative reasoning within the last five years. (Or equivalent on the old scoring scale)
• Minimum GRE score of 4 on analytical writing exam within the last five years
• Two years of experience as a teacher or administrator (with teaching experience) in a public, private or higher education setting
• Interview session with program faculty

Admission Deadline:

Admission deadline for fall 2016 is June 1.

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