The Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate

Virginia Commonwealth University

School of Education

58 FT faculty

100 research faculty

• 2 PhDs- Education (5 tracks) & Rehabilitation & Movement Sciences
• 164 students
• ¼ minority
• 45 FT tenure, 13 FT instructors
• Currently reforming all PhD programs
• New EdD just approved

Education Leadership

Newly designed and first EdD program

Create a professional preparation model for SoE

• New program, first EdD = a learning community
• Faculty from across SoE - not a new program but a new way of teaching; faculty teams
• 36 month program-varied format
• Practitioner oriented
• Prescribed curriculum
• Three core lenses: learning, equity and accountability
• Reflective practice approach
• Frames of learning= systems, economic, legal, human relations
• Applied research= capstone

Mid-career, full-time professionals working in complex organizations

• Evidence of leadership success
• MA
• GPA 3.5
• Endorsement of field of pursuit
• 3 yrs leadership experience
• Organizational endorsement
• MAT in 50^th percentile

   

• 48 credit hours including capstone
• Course containers:Effective learning networks
• Methods & resources for case study analysis
• Integrated case study analysis I&II
• Case methods
• Leadership practicum
• Case study problem selection & question development
• Case study research I&II
• Capstone Seminar & research

• Discussions about reform of doctoral education to include Virginia Tech and William & Mary
• Task force

Continuous internal evaluation

Outside evaluators

• Inquiry strand = literacy, methods of systematic inquiry and identifying/analyzing data for decision-making
• Capstone = problem of practice, end product
• Continuous assessment = end of term rubric with benchmarks