Guiding Purpose of P-12 Leadership Specialization
The Department of Advanced Studies in Education believes that transformation of P-12 education depends on leaders who demonstrate the skills, abilities, and attitudes that have been found through research and application to be essential to effective leadership. The Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, with specialization in P-12, is designed as a professional degree in which a carefully selected cohort of educational leaders develop advanced research and leadership skills to address specific problems that have local, regional and national implications for teaching and learning, education reform, and professional development with a special emphasis on the Central Valley of California context. It is expected that program graduates, working directly in public schools and districts, will serve as transformational leaders, taking their organizations to high levels of student achievement and creating organizations focused on diversity and acceptance of productive change. |
