Leadership In Educational Administration Doctorate LEAD

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Leadership In Educational Administration
Doctorate (LEAD)

• Leading to make a difference

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Opportunity Knocking

• Convenience
• Cost
• Prestige

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Doctorate of Education (Ed.D.)

• 90 Credit Hours
• Elective Courses 15 credit hours
• Department Courses 36 credit hours
• Research Courses 15 credit hours
• Dissertation Hours 24 credit hours

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Program Plan

• Cohort based
• Online with 2-3 weekend meetings per semester
• Classes at the University of Florida campus
• Some classes in Orlando
• One meeting per year at the Futures Assembly
• University of Florida faculty

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Curriculum

• Innovative, new and practical
• Designed for the working professional
• Approximately 4 years of part-time study

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Sample Courses

• Higher Ed Administration
• Higher Education Finance
• Community College in America
• Theory of Student Development
• Curriculum in Higher Education
• Law and Higher Education

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Curriculum Information

• Core Coursework
• Courses in educational research
• Courses in research design
• Preparation to write a doctoral dissertation

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Why is an graduate degree required?

• Prepare for the leadership gap
• To be a viable candidate for promotion
• To be considered for educational leadership
  opportunities in other colleges and districts

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The Leadership Gap Model Strategies for
Leadership Development Dale Campbell and
Associates Washington, DC Community College
Press -American Association of Community
Colleges, 2002

• Existing doctoral programs will not be able to
  supply enough candidates to fill the anticipated
  demand.
• Forty-five (45) percent of presidents recently
  surveyed by the AACC indicate they will be
  retiring within six years.
• Another 34 will be retiring within the next
  seven to ten years.
• Average age of administrators reporting to
  presidents is 50.

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EAP Admissions

• Easy Steps
• Department Website
• http//www.coe.ufl.edu/Leadership/Leadership.html
  
• Admissions
• http//www.coe.ufl.edu/Leadership/admissions/inde
  x. html

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Online Application Material

• Admissions Forms Graduate School (Choose PhD)
• Admissions Form Department
• Personal Statement
• 3 Letters of Recommendation
• Official GRE (2)
• Resume
• Writing Sample
• Application Fee
• Official Transcripts (2)

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Codes to Remember

• University Code 5812
• Educational Leadership Code 3001
• Higher Ed Code 3502

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Deadlines

• Review of applications begins March 1st
• Will be accepted until June 1st

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Web Addresses

• Graduate Forms
• http//www.admissions.ufl.edu/
• Department Forms, Recommendation Forms, Personal
  Statement Information
• http//www.coe.ufl.edu/Leadership/admissions/forms
  .html
• On-line Application and Fee Payment
• http//www.admissions.ufl.edu/start.html

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Writing Sample

• The writing sample requirement provides a measure
  of your potential and current ability to write at
  the graduate level. You must prove that you can
  coherently present a thesis, develop an idea, and
  present your ideas on paper. Students may write
  on any topic in the general field of learning,
  teaching, critical issues or leadership.
  Regardless of topic, the paper must include
  citations and a reference list.
• Ed.D. 7 10 pages

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Program Plan Handout

• Doctoral Committee
• Chair
• 2 Department Member
• 1 Non-Department Member
• All must be UF faculty with Graduate Faculty
  Status

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Questions

• For questions about the admissions process,
  contact Kathy Gratto at kgratto_at_coe.ufl.edu
• To check on admissions status, contact Angela
  Rowe at angela_at_coe.ufl.edu
• For program questions contact Dr. Linda Serra
  Hagedorn at hagedorn_at_coe.ufl.edu