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Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Leadership

School of Education

Preparing Transformative Leaders

The Doctor of Education (Ed.D.领导力是一个研究生课程,专为像你这样想在教育或行政领导方面发展事业的专业人士而设计. 康考迪亚大学欧文分校的综合课程提供领导力方面的实践指导,以便您可以指导不同的学习型组织不断改进和持续有效. 通过你的理论学习和应用研究, 你将成为知识的化身, character, 技能需要成为变革的催化剂. Because your lives are busy, 我们的课程提供灵活方便的在线安排, 连同一个综合的论文轨道, 同时保留面对面交流的好处. 研究生可以从领导力教育博士学位提供的三个专业领域中进行选择: Educational Administration, Organizational Change or Special Education.


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Program Highlights

  • 3 Areas of Specialization研究生选择教务管理专业, 组织变革或特殊教育.
  • Blended Delivery Option: Concordia’s Ed.D. 提供灵活的面对面交付系统, on-campus classroom sessions; real-time, online video conferencing; and self-paced learning modules.
  • Fully Online Option:供不住在学校附近的学生使用, we offer an online distance learning option that utilizes both synchronous and asynchronous delivery.
  • 3 Years to Complete每门课程的典型学期长度为8周,这样你就可以在33到36个月内毕业.
  • Student Cohorts: You will belong to a small cohort strategically arranged to facilitate interaction and learning among your fellow students and faculty.
  • Integrated Dissertation Track: You will enjoy an individualized learning plan and senior faculty support, 旨在指导您完成论文过程.
  • Fieldwork Experience: Educational trips are embedded within the curriculum to enhance your understanding of how policy, law, 文化影响学习型组织.
  • Experienced Christian Educators博士课程可以与致力于教育和教学实践的教师进行频繁的实时互动,以更好地满足每个学习者的需求.
  • Competitive Price per Unit: The Concordia Ed.D. is priced near or below other Ed.D. programs in Southern California and tuition costs are “locked” for three years.
  • 明确的行政服务证书计划:在奥兰治县教育部注册在任何时候,并通过康考迪亚大学欧文完成你的课程要求.

教学选择:混合或完全在线

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We believe there is great value in frequent real-time interaction with fellow students and your instructors. Our Doctor of Education program is delivered through either a blended or a fully online instructional approach. 这意味着更少或根本没有时间在校园里, more time online, 以及将继续教育融入家庭的灵活性, family, and work life.

我们的混合交付选择采用面对面, on-campus classroom sessions; real-time, online (video conferencing) learning sessions; and self-paced learning modules. 我们的完全在线选项使用最先进的技术,将学生和教师聚集在实时电话会议和24/7学习模块上. 这两种选择都为学生提供了一个宽松的学习环境,鼓励学生和教师在每个学期之间进行互动和学习.

你也会享受的经验 educational travel. The Ed.D. 野外工作是你学习的继续, 为你的学术知识提供丰富的背景, 进行项目观察和研究的社会实验室, and a setting for establishing and deepening relationships with fellow students in your cohort.

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Cohort Membership to Promote Success

Students in the online doctoral program move through a sequence of courses collectively. The common goal of starting and completing the program together encourages students to work together, which promotes the development of personal relationships and the building of a professional network. Cohort membership enables students to support and learn from other students, raising expectations that all students will strive to complete the program successfully.

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课程和综合论文轨道

The purpose of the doctoral program is to develop transformative leaders who embody the knowledge, competencies, and skills necessary to guide organizations toward continuous improvement and sustained effectiveness. 该计划通过严格的综合课程来实现这一目标,重点是领导力的理论和应用研究, 强调系统思维的分析能力的发展,适用于动态和多样化的学习型组织.

论文跟踪的目的是让学生沉浸在研究从开始到完成该计划. 在课程开始时开始研究过程可以让学生将他们的课程主题整合到他们的学习中, and allows them to continually progress through the dissertation steps. In addition to a dedicated advisor, 以及论文委员会的支持, 研究基准在整个课程中整合,以确保您有一个适当的基础来建立.

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Educational Trips

Concordia’s Ed.D. program integrates two educational trips within the curriculum: a required trip to Washington D.C.还有一次可选的国际旅行,最近一次是去纽约 People’s Republic of China.

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Washington, D.C.

康考迪亚大学的博士课程在课程中整合了教育旅行,以增强您对政策的理解, law, 文化影响学习型组织. You will travel to Washington, D.C., 并与政府官员会面讨论标准, policies, 以及目前在国家层面指导决策的实体,以及政治因素如何影响教育政策.

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People’s Republic of China

你也可以选择去旅游 People’s Republic of China 与中国同事和学生互动,对不同的教育体系进行比较分析,并找出适合融入当地教育体系的可取之处. 这些旅行还为学生和教师提供了在队列中建立社区意识和同志情谊的机会.

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Ed.D. Spotlight

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Nnenna Okpara:赋予她的社区力量

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Dissertation: A Mixed Methods Study of Charter School Administrators' Perspectives of Effective Inclusion Practices


Vendetta Dozier Brown

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Long before Concordia, as a teacher and administrator, Vendetta热衷于为她所在学区的孩子们发声,并特别直言不讳地指出孩子们的阅读和写作水平达不到可接受的水平. Her time at Concordia University Irvine served to deepen her passion with respect to this issue, and has motivated her to continue working in her community to improve literacy. Full Story

Dissertation: 共同核心时代学生写作能力的提高:显性预写指导的有效性与教师的看法, Perceptions, 有关实施的关注事项


Vonda Rogers

Vonda Rogers: Stepping Out in Faith

Most of us cringe when we think of spending a full day with Middle Schoolers, but not Vonda. She has always had a heart for adolescents and a passion for equality and equity. 这种结合使这位中学科学教师成为她所在的大城市中学校园里一股强大的变革力量,她正在向她的整个社区宣传文化和相互理解的必要性. Full Story

Dissertation: The Relationship Between Spirituality and an Adolescent's Perspectives and Experiences with Peer Victimization


LaVonne Riggs

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拉旺一生都在维护弱者. 早在她来到康科迪亚之前,她就热衷于反对不公正,为那些没有发言权或被视为“不如”的人挺身而出.” She currently works with university students implementing restorative practices in higher education. Full Story


Corinna Lee-Hathuc

Corinna Lee-Hathuc:影响教育者

For as long as she can remember Corinna always wanted to be an educator. 但是作为老师的女儿长大, it wasn’t always easy to distinguish between where her mother’s dream ended and hers began. It wasn’t until she stepped out of classroom teaching and into Administration that this calling became her own. Full Story


William Nelson

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威尔的目标是提升他的学生, offering them more opportunities than those he was afforded early in his life. He’s a strong believer that a student’s success reaches far beyond the individual student, 但也影响了学生的家庭和社区. 一个学生在学校越成功, 他们就越有可能在成年后的生活中获得成功——希望未来不那么依赖政府资源. Full Story


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Faculty Spotlight

康考迪亚大学拥有一支由经验丰富的基督教教育者组成的强大师资队伍,他们忠实于大学“赋予学生权力”的使命. . . 为了学习,服务和领导的生活.” Our doctoral program is structured to enable frequent real-time interaction among students and instructors, 无论是面对面还是在线设置.


关于康考迪亚教育学院

教育学院有培养教师的悠久传统. We have graduates teaching around the world as a part of our mission to go into the world and serve. Our 西部学校和学院协会 (WASC) accredited programs currently serve over one thousand graduate and undergraduate students on campus, online, 以及我们在Temecula的区域队列, Orange County, 洛杉矶县和内陆帝国. 康考迪亚大学的毕业生在他们的领域被认为是杰出的.

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