Office: Sweeney Hall 401

Telephone: 408-924-4098 (Voice); 408-924-3713 (Fax)

Email: edd-leadership@sjsu.edu

Website: www.sjsu.edu/edd

Overview

The Ed.D. in Educational Leadership at San José State University emphasizes human centered approaches to educational leadership. The program builds on the view that educational leaders serve in learner-centered systems in which inquiry, learning, equity, and human care are central concerns. The expected role for educational leaders involves creating a learning community, one that promotes collaboration and shared decision making. This view implies moving towards more distributed models of leadership and creating a public will that is networked, dispersed and charged with successfully educating all students. The doctoral program begins with an intensive on campus five-week summer session that meets three days per week. During the fall and spring semesters in years 1 and 2, two classes each semester are scheduled. Together, the classes meet one evening per week for 8-10 weeks and on 4 or 5 Saturdays. The second summer session includes a required a global experience including a two-week educational and cultural experience outside of the United States. No formal class sessions are scheduled during the final two semesters of the Ed.D. program, when students complete independent research as part of the dissertation.

Programs

• Educational Leadership, EdD

Courses

• EDD 501 - Quantitative Analysis for Educational Research
• EDD 502 - Qualitative Methods in Educational Research
• EDD 510 - Educational Leadership: Theory and Practice
• EDD 511 - Leadership for Learner Centered Organizations
• EDD 512 - Leadership, Complexity, and Systems Thinking
• EDD 515 - Leadership, Diversity, and Culture: Family, School and Community Connections
• EDD 520 - Organizational Behavior and Change in Education
• EDD 522 - Communication and Educational Leadership
• EDD 525 - District Office Administration: The Superintendency
• EDD 530 - Assessment, Testing and Evaluation: Contexts and Implications for School Reform
• EDD 535 - Education Policy, Resource Allocation and School Reform
• EDD 536 - The Politics of Education and Finance of Schooling
• EDD 540 - Education and Leadership in Global Context: Globalization & Narrative Ethics
• EDD 585 - Field Experience: Global Context
• EDD 591A - Proseminar I: Introduction to Doctoral Studies in Educational Leadership
• EDD 591B - Proseminar II - Practitioner-Led Research
• EDD 591C - Professional Seminar III: Structuring & Writing a High Quality Dissertation
• EDD 599 - Dissertation
• EDD 1290R - Culminating Experience Supervision