Educational Leadership, Ed.D.

About the Educational Leadership Ed.D. Program

The Doctorate in Educational Leadership (Ed.D.) program is designed for current school leaders with a design-based school improvement focus for instructional coaches, assistant principals, principals, and central office leaders. The Superintendent Certification is integrated into the program coursework and available for school leaders to continue advancing their learning. The doctoral curriculum is theoretically aligned to both the Texas Education Agency frameworks and the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED) delivered synchronously online via web-based links. Applications are reviewed twice a year in November for a January cohort and April for a June start. The program requires participation in a weekend Orientation Colloquium and participation in a weekend Summer Institute at the end of June as part of the summer coursework designed to build capacity and a collaborative network of cohort members and faculty.