Ed.D. in Leadership for Learning
Concentration: Adolescent Education - English/Language Arts

The Ed.D. in Adolescent Education—English/Language Arts concentration is designed for educators who are currently certified to teach English, Language Arts, or a closely related field (for example, reading or communications) at the middle or secondary level and who have previously successfully completed a Master's degree from a reputable institution of higher learning in graduate-level English, English Education, Language Arts, or a closely related field.   Graduates of the program are leaders for learning because they possess the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to serve in a variety of distributed leadership roles in P-12 schools.  The concentration is aligned with NCATE and PSC Unit Standard 1, as well as with the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) standards. Consistent with the Bagwell College of Education's Conceptual Framework—the Collaborative Development of Expertise in Teaching, Learning, and Leadership—graduates of the program are prepared to serve as collaborative experts in the content area of English/Language Arts and to be effective advocates, agents, mentors, and models and to serve in a variety of distributed leadership roles.

COMMON CORE COURSES IN DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP
TOTAL: 27 Semester Hours
EDL 8000 Foundations in Leadership for Learning
EDUC 8100 Advanced Study of Learning
EDUC 8300 Intercultural Communication and Global Learning
EDRS 8000 Applied Quantitative & Qualitative Research
EDL 8100 Critical Issues in School Transformation
EDRS 8900 Applied Field Research
EDRS 9100 Advanced Qualitative Research Methods
EDRS 9200 Advanced Quantitative Research Methods
EDUC 9800 Doctoral Seminar

Adolescent Education Core (18 hours):
EDAD 8100 Curriculum Theory & Practice in Middle & Secondary Schools
EDAD 8200 Supervision, Mentoring & Advocacy in Mid & Sec Schools
EDAD 8300 Critical Analysis of Educational Policy for Teacher Leaders
EDAD 8400 Internship in Teacher Development or Teacher Education
EDAD 9300 Critical Issues for Student Learning: (Topic)
EDAD 9350 Doctoral Directed Study in Adolescent Education

English/Language Arts (15 hours):
English/Language Arts Core: Required Courses (9 hours)            
ENED 8310 Applied Theory and Research in Writing
ENED 8701 Applied Theory and Research in Literature
ENED 9400 Designing and Conducting Research in English/Language Arts Education
and
English/Language Arts Elective Courses (Select 6 hours with approval Faculty Advisor):
ENED 8741 Digital Media and Pedagogies in English/Language Arts Education
ENED 8998 Internship in English/Language Arts Education
ENED 9300 Critical Issues in Student Learning (Topic)            
ENED 9350 Doctoral Directed Study
ENED 9375 English/Language Arts Program Assessment
PRWR 6280 Business and Technical Editing
PRWR 6500 Teaching Writing in High Schools and Colleges
PRWR 6650 Introduction to Literacy Studies
PRWR 6750 Teaching Writing to Speakers of Other Languages
PRWR 6860 Intercultural Communication in Context
PRWR 7550 Advanced Applied Writing

  Dissertation Hours (9 hours)
If the doctoral candidate's dissertation committee chair is an English Education faculty member, the candidate will also enroll in
ENED 9900 Dissertation instead of EDAD 9900 prefix.

Course Outline for EDD Adolescent Mathematics Concentration Majors:
Course Rotation

TOTAL: 75 SEMESTER HOURS

For more information you may contact
the Office of Graduate Programs in Education at
770-423-6043 or send us an email.
We are located in Kennesaw Hall Room 3026.

For additional information on certification, please e-mail Kelli Oxford koxford@kennesaw.edu, Certification officer in the Teacher Education Advisement Center at KSU.