The Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate

Name of institution:

University of Oklahoma

College of Education

Key Institutional Characteristics:

• Flagship institution
• Instructional leadership, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, Educational Psychology
• Rural state with three groups clientele-rural, urban & suburban

Traditional Programs:

• 324 doctoral students
• 62 graduate faculty
• One EdD program-Executive EdD for Ed administration

Foci:

Education administration

Pilot Project Description:

Executive Doctorate of Education Program

Purpose/Goals:

Redesign current program by reworking program of study, internships, professional experiences and culminating project

Key Characteristics:

• Grounded in ELCC standards
• Working with state professionals
• Creating collaborations with public school districts

Student profile:

Admissions:

Core Courses:

Action steps:

• Faculty meeting 2006 based on Shulman et al (2006)
• Develop intellectual community to discuss design concepts
• Invite PK-16 professionals to join intellectual community
• Develop concept papers around: moral formation, stewardship of professional practice, signature pedagogies, capstone & assessment and implementation of laboratories of practice.
• Monthly meetings

Evaluation steps:

• Creating a comprehensive evaluation framework
• Formative assessments are embedded in course evaluations to examine effectiveness of professional skills
• Summative assessments include survey of graduates

Progress toward design concepts:

• Designing culminating project
• Relate fieldwork to public schools
• Align projects in core courses to ELCC standards
• Integrate technology into leadership activities
• Laboratories of practice = set of rotations in 3 areas: rural, urban and suburban; aligned with signature pedagogies
• Co-teaching model: faculty with practitioner

Challenges:

Creating change in light of varying student constituencies--Students with contrasting professional goals and who serve contrasting professional environments