Funnel your ideas and passions for learning by diving into new research to make a deviation in pedagogy on a societal and academic level.

The Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership (EdD-EL) from Florida Southern prepares teachers and administrators to abound both intellectually and professionally for professional advancement in the field of education.

This degree volition increment your cognition and build your skills to become exceptional leaders in primary didactics to grade 12 administration, school districts, policy evolution, or public, private or college/academy teaching. Students engage in research and collaborative projects, providing a rigorous academic program geared toward enriching leadership, management, and motivational abilities. Outstanding and passionate faculty bring a wealth of enquiry and practical experience to courses, preparing you to navigate today's almost complex and challenging issues in education.

Virtual Graduate Education Student Panel

Apr 20

An online webinar for prospective graduate and doctoral students to learn more most Florida Southern Higher'southward Schoolhouse of Teaching. This event is designed to provide an opportunity to connect with kinesthesia and hear testimonials from electric current students in our programs.

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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Students are brash to submit applications as early on equally possible to assure optimal admission consideration.

P-12 Focus

With a requirement of students possessing a Primary of Didactics or total professional pedagogy document, this program focuses on the P-12 sector and learner.

Outstanding Faculty

Composed of credentialed professors and scholars whose research and practitioner experience delve straight into today's near complex and important issues in education. These kinesthesia members are circumspect, available, and committed to your academic success.

Nationally Recognized

Florida Southern Higher ranked as the No. 1 Regional College in the state of Florida by the prestigious college guidebook U.S. News & Earth Report.

Engaged Learning

You volition feel unparalleled robust, active, and hands-on faculty-led collaborative projects that provide a rigorous academic program geared toward enriching your leadership, management, and motivational abilities.

Early Selection

Subsequently completion of twenty doctoral credit hours, students are given an choice to complete ta concept paper at this fourth dimension to enter dissertation credits of i-hour increments.

Accredited

Florida Southern College is accredited by the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges

Employment Outlook

9%

Demand for teachers (P-12, and postal service-secondary) is supposed to grow by an average of ix% by 2028.

$65,070

Robust Median Salary (P-12, and post-secondary)

Examine the role of today's leader

EDU 7010 Educational Leadership and Theory Through the investigation of different aspects of leadership, this grade provides an in-depth study of educational leadership to include traits, characteristics, models, and dimensions of leadership. The form examines the role of today's leader. It as well explores theoretical frameworks related to leadership, organizational behavior, alter, and sustainability.

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Small Classes

Coursework is made up of twelve classes of 4 credits each. Classes are offered face-to-face and online. There are seven face-to-face classes and 5 online classes. Nearly classes are fabricated up of accomplice members of less than xv class members. When set to movement to dissertation credits, all students are required to consummate a concept paper. Coursework prepares students with a potent bookish foundation for writing this concept newspaper. The concept paper is rigorous paper students are required to complete to prove competency in skills needed to being dissertation work. A School of Education committee does a blind review of each educatee'south concept newspaper looking for what theories contribute to a educatee's area of involvement. They are also looking for valid methodologies that are used and what applications of theory and research that can assistance tin can working with bug in a certain area identified by the student. Finally, the terminal step in the concept paper is to assist in identifying a good fit between the student's research topic and a chair for the doctoral educatee.

Cohort Groups

Students move with an established cohort group during the 12 hours of doctoral coursework. Each assignment has been vetted by professional person scholar-practitioners to deliver the knowledge, content, and credible evidence-based learning required for successful alignment. Being linked to members in a cohort group serve to build collaboration amidst student to student and serve every bit a support grouping for one another in their specialized fields.

The Passion To Get Alee

Dr. Howard Hepburn '20, Instructional Superintendent, School Commune of Palm Beach County, explains why Florida Southern was the correct school for him to advance his passion for education and professional goals.

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Lana Tatom

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Lana Tatom

I am passionate almost growing the next generation of teachers and leaders! Florida Southern College provides teachers and leaders the opportunity to pursue their personal and professional goals. I am thankful for all the professors that are guiding me on my journeying to pursue my Doctor of Instruction in Educational Leadership degree. Each of them has helped me abound in my journey; to proceed growing, learning and irresolute. We are all on this journey together to make a difference in the lives of our children, staff, and families.

Amy Weingarth

Amy
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Amy Weingarth

I have thoroughly enjoyed working on my Doctorate in Educational Leadership at Florida Southern College. The doctoral program at Florida Southern College provides a course sequence that is tailored to working professional person leaders. Equally a Chief, I utilize the research skills and practices from this programme to build systems that will have a positive touch on student achievement. A huge benefit of the doctoral program at Florida Southern College is the relationships developed with colleagues and faculty. The faculty members support and guide doctoral students through coursework and the dissertation process. Florida Southern Higher has helped me piece of work towards my personal and professional goals.

Timothy Warren

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Timothy Warren

Every bit an uncomplicated principal, I accept a burning desire to reach my full potential and become a alter agent in education to ensure educatee success. Working towards my doctoral degree at Florida Southern Higher affords me the opportunity to deepen my knowledge of inquiry-based educational practice that not only allow me turnaround schools, but transform them.

Beth Livesay

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Beth Livesay

The Ed.D. in Educational Leadership program has inverse my life. My professional skills take been sharpened, my educational philosophy has been challenged and refined, and my commitment to making an excellent didactics attainable for all students has been strengthened. Personally, I have learned to call back more deeply and listen to others more carefully.

Camaran Cella, MEd

Karen
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Karen Peck

The experiences I had while enrolled in the Doctor of Education - Educational Leadership program was incredible. The coursework helped me relate my school administration position to scholarly content, and I was able to use my daily work feel to contribute to class discussions and assignments. Information technology was a pleasure working with my dissertation committee and the professors. Their efforts in assisting me with balancing work, abode, and existence a doctoral educatee was evident as they lead me to the final defense and and so to graduation. I graduated from the Doctor of Educational Leadership program and was promoted from banana master to principal as a upshot of receiving my doctoral degree from Florida Southern College. I highly recommend the program!

Monifia
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Monifia Neal

The rigorous content, skills, and leadership development gained in the Doctorate of Instruction - Educational Leadership Programme programme provided past Florida Southern Higher, volition further set me for my career advocacy within a schoolhouse, district, or higher education institution. The support from my advisors and professors, take all helped to make this rewarding journey possible.

Dr. Lynda Wolverton
- Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership Programme Coordinator

FSC's doctoral program in educational leadership offers a degree to change lives together by linking cohorts of students, providing a curriculum staffed past globally qualified doctoral professors, and creating opportunities to larn from and with field-expert professors. Geared to maximize students' personal and professional person potential through a wide range of experiences, students will examine evolving educational issues to facilitate positive change in their organizations and communities. This caste is designed to help y'all manage organizational effectiveness in many educational settings for a life-changing and rewarding career.

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A full-time schedule is comprised of two courses per semester.

Hybrid

A combination of online and in-class courses are offered to run across the needs of your decorated schedule. Past enrolling in our EdD full-time, you volition consummate all of your coursework in ii years, plus a dissertation.

  • An earned baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education as verified by an official transcript from the conferring establishment
  • An earned graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher teaching as verified by an official transcript from the conferring institution
  • Earned class betoken boilerplate of 3.0 in accredited master'south degree program*
  • Applicants to Florida Southern Higher'southward Dr. of Education in Educational Leadership programme are required to submit a personal argument as office of their application materials. In no more than 500 words, students should address the following in their personal statement:
    1. How will the pursuit of a doctoral caste help you in achieving your personal and professional goals?
    2. Why are you pursuing a doctoral degree at Florida Southern College?
    3. Describe any related research experience, professional presentations, or major projects yous have completed
  • Recommendation Form or Letter of Reference
  • Electric current Résumé
  • Valid Florida Professional Teaching Certificate or an earned Master of Education
  • Official Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores taken inside last 5 years**
  • Personal Interview

* If you do non have at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA from your graduate caste, please submit official Graduate Tape Exam (GRE) score.

** If you have at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA from your graduate degree, then you run across the requirements for a Graduate Record Exam (GRE) exemption.

Additional International Requirements

  • Official Translated Transcripts With Grade Past Course Evaluation**
  • Bank Letter Verifying Funds of Sponsor***
  • Sponsor'south Guarantee Class
  • Valid Passport
  • Official TOEFL/IELTS Score****

** SpanTran (discount available), Academic Evaluation Services, Inc., Josef Silny, or World Education Services or another similar approved transcript evaluation agency.

*** A bank letter is a written statement on banking company letterhead and signed past a depository financial institution official.

**** Must have completed an English language training program or at least one year at an English speaking institution to waive the TOEFL/IELTS testing requirement.

Grade descriptions are available in the academic catalog.

Academic Catalog

Course Number Course Name
EDU 7010 Educational Leadership and Theory
EDU 7020 Curriculum, Learning and Instruction
EDU 7030 Ethics in Educational Leadership
EDU 7040 Organizational Theory and Beliefs
EDU 7050 Educational Politics, Policy and Current Issues
EDU 7060 Yard-12 Law and Governance
EDU 7070 Curriculum Analysis
EDU 7080 Finance and Resource Allocation
EDU 7090 Quantitative Analysis
EDU 7110 Educational Accountability and Student Cess
EDU 7120 Qualitative Methods of Inquiry
EDU 7130 Policy Assay, Implementation and Evaluation
EDU 7140 Dissertation (12 hours)
*Courses 7010-7130 are four credit hours each.

Florida Southern College reserves the correct to revise fee schedules.

2021-2022

Base of operations Required Fees Cost
Tuition Per Credit Hour $500
Engineering science fee per semester is based on credit hours enrolled $25 to $100

$250 Not-Refundable Enrollment Deposit (Upon acceptance and applied toward your offset semester tuition balance)

*Tuition volition be billed prior to the beginning of each semester based on credit hours. Tuition must exist paid by the first day of class.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Our program uses a cohort model wherein students move through the program with the same group of students throughout the two years of coursework. Courses are delivered via a hybrid model where a typical semester is comprised of ane face-to-face grade typically meeting every other Sat and one online class each semester. Summertime courses meet for 7 consecutive weeks. During your first summer term you have the opportunity to make meaningful connections with other students in your cohort by meeting face-to-face for 7 consecutive weeks. Ane grade meets every Saturday (8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.Yard.) and the other meets every Monday and Midweek (v:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.K.). Students' first summer term is the only term that students enroll simultaneously in two in-person courses.

Classes are scheduled every other Saturday in the Autumn and Spring from 8:00 A.One thousand. – v:00 P.Thou. In the Summer, classes are 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. every Saturday for the 7-week B term.

Students seeking financial assistance should complete the FAFSA to decide eligibility.

Textbook costs vary each semester, by course, and by professor.

At the doctoral level, you are considered total fourth dimension when you lot are enrolled in 8 credit hours.

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Lynda Wolverton

Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership Program Coordinator
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