Educational Specialist in Leadership for Learning (Ed.S.)
Next Enrollment Term: Spring 2010

• Deadline Date for ALL Admission Requirements - Spring 2010 Cohort:
  October 1, 2009
  
  
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  * Please note that Kennesaw State University will be enrolling for the Ed.S. program this Spring 2010 with a deadline date of
  September 1, 2009 for ALL admission criteria.
  * Please note that Kennesaw State University will not be enrolling for the
  Ed.D. with an embedded Ed.S. again until Spring 2011. Please link to www.kennesaw.edu/education/grad/edd for information.
  * At this time, Kennesaw State University does not have a stand alone Ed.D. program.
  
  
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The Bagwell College of Education is proud to offer the Educational Specialist Degree (Ed.S.). Our post-master’s specialist degrees are designed for the experienced and active professional. This profession shares our common commitment to distributed leadership for the improvement of schools and learning.

The specialist programs are highly selective and designed using a collaborative cohort model for the candidates. The faculty believe that leaders for learning must see and experience the collaborative, problem-solving nature of distributed leadership in their program if they are to be collaborative, problem-solvers in distributed leadership roles in the real world of P-12 schools.

Incoming students will be admitted to pursue one of the initial concentrations areas below at the Ed.S. levels:

• Elementary & Early Childhood Education
• Adolescent Education-Mathematics
• Inclusive Education
• Instructional Technology
• Adolescent Education—English/Language Arts
  
• Educational Leadership (Traditional Program - For those who already possess a L-5, clear, renewable)
• Educational Leadership (Performance-Based Program - leads to PBL-6 certification)
  Admission to the Ed.S. program in Educational Leadership is two tiered.  Candidates initially apply for admission to the Department's Ed.S. PL-6 program.  After College and Departmental review, successful candidates will be asked to provide documentation of their school system's support of their candidacy.

Ed.S. - The Educational Specialist (Ed.S.) degree in Leadership for Learning may be awarded upon completion of 18 hours of the common core and 15 hours in one of the concentrations (33 credit hours).

Admission is granted through a College level admission process and is competitive. Please note that candidates admitted to the Ed.S. program will be given the opportunity to apply to the Ed.D. program, however, admission to the Ed.D. program is not guaranteed and is highly competitive.

HOPE Teacher Scholarship - Some concentrations may qualify for the HOPE Teacher program. For more information regarding HOPE Teacher Scholarship, please contact Kellie Oxford (koxford@kennesaw.edu - 770-423-6043).

HOPE Teacher Scholarship Update - The application for the 2010-2011 fiscal year will be released on June 1, 2010.
Please visit the HOPE Teacher Website for more detailed information and AN APPLICATION.

Financial Aid questions should be directed to KSU Financial Aid at 770-423-6074.  Hope Teacher questions should be directed to Kellie Oxford ( koxford@kennesaw.edu ) or the Georgia Student Finance Commission at 770-724-9000.