Online Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership (EdD)
Educational Leadership
Program Overview
Are you ready to turn your passion for education into impactful leadership? If you have at least three years’ leadership experience in K–12 education, apply for our online Doctor of Education (EdD) program in Educational Leadership.
At the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, our online EdD program offers advanced study that empowers K–12 leaders nationwide to serve as practitioner-scholars in various positions, such as school district or state leaders.
Why Choose Educational Leadership?
Today’s K-12 environment is full of opportunities, challenges, and uncertainty…whether that be accelerating student academic progress, building community trust and confidence, creating conditions for educators to thrive, or advocating for adequate funding. At the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, we know it takes experienced educational leaders to tackle these complex issues. We offer a pathway for K-12 school leaders nationwide to become practitioner-scholars and serve in various leadership positions.
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Featured Courses
During the Doctor of Education Degree (EdD) in Education Leadership program, you can take various courses. Here are just a few:
The foundations of designing, conducting, and evaluating quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research and the philosophical assumptions underlying these approaches. Topics covered include: identifying a research problem, reviewing the literature, specifying a purpose, writing research questions and hypotheses, and collecting and analyzing data.
Local, state, and federal education policy: theory analysis, development and implementation. Why education policy is changing rapidly, ways to follow and influence education policy, and conceptual frameworks to use for future understanding.
Will thoroughly examine the complex role and potentially significant impact of today’s school district superintendents (as well as their Charter Management Organization leader counterparts). Particular attention will be paid to the challenges of instructional leadership in today’s complex education organizations that operate in a resource-constrained, politically charged, and publicly scrutinized environment.
Examination of the moral and ethical dimensions of the work of educational leaders.
