In this course, students will explore major concepts related to developing partnerships and communities of learners. Course topics include the change process, forms of school and community governance, school culture, the concept of collaboration, and agencies and organizations involved in community programs and initiatives. Special attention is focused on planning and implementing system-wide and building-level networks. Students will develop and evaluate a framework for collaboration and demonstrate systems thinking. Typically the first course completed in the CAGS program.
This course focuses on the development of a self-renewing capability inherent in professionals and organizations. Students will discuss the notion of transformation in the context of knowledge base, self-reflection, and the socio-professional processes in educational change. Students will explore the integration of ecological perspectives within a changing society and the demand for greater tolerance of human behavior in the context of learning. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the need to keep student learning and development as the central core of educational change. Prerequisites: EP 7020 and EP 7040.
This course addresses qualitative research methodologies with a particular emphasis on constructing grounded theory. Candidates will engage in the process, design, and critique of qualitative inquiry and research. Organizational and community issues will be explored and discovered through the analysis of patterns of beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors within interpersonal and intercultural contexts. The course includes theory and practice related to initiating an inquiry; gathering, recording and analyzing data; and evaluating a study. (Prerequisites: Eligibility for CAGS level coursework, and a graduate level course in research design).
This course meets in Lebanon NH, contact instructor for more information.
This course addresses qualitative research methodologies with a particular emphasis on constructing grounded theory. Candidates will engage in the process, design, and critique of qualitative inquiry and research. Organizational and community issues will be explored and discovered through the analysis of patterns of beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors within interpersonal and intercultural contexts. The course includes theory and practice related to initiating an inquiry; gathering, recording and analyzing data; and evaluating a study. (Prerequisites: Eligibility for CAGS level coursework, and a graduate level course in research design).
This course presents a discussion of ways institutions and their communities must deal with the legal and political environment in which they exist. Topics include current legal issues and how the stakeholders in society can use the law as a tool for social change. Institutions must advocate for positive change through the development of thoughtful legal policies and practices. Prerequisite: AD 5700 or SE 5300.
Contemporary social, economical, political, and educational issues are the core of the course. They are identified in a forum that provides opportunities for the students to research current methodology together to address problems that relate to the specific roles of the course participants in their work inside or outside of the educational field. Working collaboratively, course candidates explore short-range and long range problem-solving strategies directed toward increasing their awareness of community perception and expectations, techniques for facilitating institutional change, and responding to the nature and culture of internal and external political systems and environments as they apply to their work sites. Prerequisite(s): EP 7020.
Focus on policies and procedures affecting personnel management in the schools. Discussion of staffing, program and personnel evaluations, office procedures and record keeping, decision making, and negotiations. Emphasis on collective bargaining statutes, case law, grievance processing, mediation, employee relations boards, union security provisions, scope of bargaining, and the administration of the negotiated contract. Prerequisite: EP 7020 and admission to Superintendent Certification program.
The role of the school administrator in planning school construction projects, maintaining school facilities, and overseeing the transportation of students is the focus of the course. Also emphasizes the relationship of facilities and transportation to the program needs of the students while complying with state and federal regulations. Prerequisite: EP 7020 and admission to the Superintendent certification program.
The competence, skills and knowledge required for providing leadership in curriculum, instruction and assessment are the foundations of this class which focuses on improved teaching and learning. Graduate students will hone their ability to plan and facilitate the implementation of a developmentally appropriate, standards-based comprehensive curriculum, instruction, and assessment program that includes the effective use of data to improve student learning while making use of technology and information systems to support the instructional program. Interwoven is a close examination of the best practices and current trends in developing the culture, climate and partnerships necessary for successful growth. Prerequisite: EP7020.
A collaborative supervised field experience in one of several cooperating institutions or agencies. The purpose is to gain meaningful work experience as an administrator through applying knowledge learned in coursework to on-the-job situations. It is recommended that this course be taken near the end of the candidate's program.
Please note: this course will meet in Highland 248
This course is designed as the culminating field experience for enrolled advanced graduate students seeking New Hampshire Department of Education (NHDOE) Certification as a K-12 Curriculum Administrator. The Practicum is a performance-based analysis of the role of the K-12 Curriculum Administrator in practice with emphasis on changes in society and schools as well as with reference to job responsibilities of the position - the art and science of school system leadership. Students enrolling in the practicum are expected to spend time interacting with a practicing curriculum administrator and completing a practicum project to fulfill requirements meeting state certification. Practicum readings and activities are designed to provide experiences relevant to building a required certification portfolio that demonstrates formal knowledge of executive leadership and management, dispositions (using that knowledge to reflect on experiences), and performances (school-based applications) as described in the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards for School Leaders and New Hampshire Education Standards for Curriculum Administrator. Pre-requisites: Completion of required Curriculum Administrator coursework and permission of instructor.
Students should contact Professor Sciarappa at k_sciarappa@plymouth.edu before beginning the capstone.
The capstone experience is designed to provide an opportunity for CAGS level graduate candidates to demonstrate their knowledge of leadership and the arts by designing and implementing an art, leadership and learning project within an educational setting. Candidates are required to spend a minimum of 40 hours per credit hour devising and executing their planned project. At the conclusion of the capstone, candidates are expected to share their results in a public setting with faculty and others interested in arts and learning.
Students should contact Dr. Trish Lindberg at plindber@plymouth.edu the semester before beginning the capstone.
In this course students will utilize scholarly literature to develop a conceptual framework for their dissertation rsearch. Using their work with the literature as a foundation, students will be expected to draft a high quality, comprehensive and compelling prospectus for recruiting their dissertation chair and committee. The proposal will continue to be refinded in EP 8050. Pass/No Pass.
In this course students will utilize scholarly literature to develop a conceptual framework for their dissertation rsearch. Using their work with the literature as a foundation, students will be expected to draft a high quality, comprehensive and compelling prospectus for recruiting their dissertation chair and committee. The proposal will continue to be refinded in EP 8050. Pass/No Pass.
Dissertation courses serve as the culminating experience in the Doctor of Education program, building on research conducted throughout the coursework and resulting in extensive research and writing on a topic appropriate to a candidate's program, under direction of a Dissertation Chair and Committee. Candidates' projects demonstrate comprehensive understandings of the knowledge and practices of their selected field of study. Dissertation Block I is concerned with the completion of the Review of Literature chapter for the Dissertation. The dissertation research involves writing the proposal; writing the literature review and methods sections; collecting data and analyzing findings, and writing up the results and conclusions/discussions. (Prerequisites: Doctoral candidacy and completion of all coursework for doctoral degree). Pass/No Pass.
Dissertation courses serve as the culminating experience in the Doctor of Education program, building on research conducted throughout the coursework and resulting in extensive research and writing on a topic appropriate to a candidate's program, under direction of a Dissertation Chair and Committee. Candidates' projects demonstrate comprehensive understandings of the knowledge and practices of their selected field of study. Dissertation Block I is concerned with the completion of the Review of Literature chapter for the Dissertation. The dissertation research involves writing the proposal; writing the literature review and methods sections; collecting data and analyzing findings, and writing up the results and conclusions/discussions. (Prerequisites: Doctoral candidacy and completion of all coursework for doctoral degree). Pass/No Pass.
Dissertation courses serve as the culminating experience in the Doctor of Education program, building on research conducted throughout the coursework and resulting in extensive research and writing on a topic appropriate to a candidate's program, under direction of a Dissertation Chair and Committee. Candidates' projects demonstrate comprehensive understandings of the knowledge and practices of their selected field of study. Dissertation Block I is concerned with the completion of the Review of Literature chapter for the Dissertation. The dissertation research involves writing the proposal; writing the literature review and methods sections; collecting data and analyzing findings, and writing up the results and conclusions/discussions. (Prerequisites: Doctoral candidacy and completion of all coursework for doctoral degree). Pass/No Pass.
Dissertation courses serve as the culminating experience in the Doctor of Education program, building on research conducted throughout the coursework and resulting in extensive research and writing on a topic appropriate to a candidate's program, under direction of a Dissertation Chair and Committee. Candidates' projects demonstrate comprehensive understandings of the knowledge and practices of their selected field of study. Dissertation Block I is concerned with the completion of the Review of Literature chapter for the Dissertation. The dissertation research involves writing the proposal; writing the literature review and methods sections; collecting data and analyzing findings, and writing up the results and conclusions/discussions. (Prerequisites: Doctoral candidacy and completion of all coursework for doctoral degree). Pass/No Pass.
Dissertation courses serve as the culminating experience in the Doctor of Education program, building on research conducted throughout the coursework and resulting in extensive research and writing on a topic appropriate to a candidate's program, under direction of a Dissertation Chair and Committee. Candidates' projects demonstrate comprehensive understandings of the knowledge and practices of their selected field of study. Dissertation Block I is concerned with the completion of the Review of Literature chapter for the Dissertation. The dissertation research involves writing the proposal; writing the literature review and methods sections; collecting data and analyzing findings, and writing up the results and conclusions/discussions. (Prerequisites: Doctoral candidacy and completion of all coursework for doctoral degree). Pass/No Pass.
Dissertation courses serve as the culminating experience in the Doctor of Education program, building on research conducted throughout the coursework and resulting in extensive research and writing on a topic appropriate to a candidate's program, under direction of a Dissertation Chair and Committee. Candidates' projects demonstrate comprehensive understandings of the knowledge and practices of their selected field of study. Dissertation Block I is concerned with the completion of the Review of Literature chapter for the Dissertation. The dissertation research involves writing the proposal; writing the literature review and methods sections; collecting data and analyzing findings, and writing up the results and conclusions/discussions. (Prerequisites: Doctoral candidacy and completion of all coursework for doctoral degree). Pass/No Pass.
Dissertation courses serve as the culminating experience in the Doctor of Education program, building on research conducted throughout the coursework and resulting in extensive research and writing on a topic appropriate to a candidate's program, under direction of a Dissertation Chair and Committee. Candidates' projects demonstrate comprehensive understandings of the knowledge and practices of their selected field of study. Dissertation Block I is concerned with the completion of the Review of Literature chapter for the Dissertation. The dissertation research involves writing the proposal; writing the literature review and methods sections; collecting data and analyzing findings, and writing up the results and conclusions/discussions. (Prerequisites: Doctoral candidacy and completion of all coursework for doctoral degree). Pass/No Pass.
Dissertation courses serve as the culminating experience in the Doctor of Education program, building on research conducted throughout the coursework and resulting in extensive research and writing on a topic appropriate to a candidate's program, under direction of a Dissertation Chair and Committee. Candidates' projects demonstrate comprehensive understandings of the knowledge and practices of their selected field of study. Dissertation Block I is concerned with the completion of the Review of Literature chapter for the Dissertation. The dissertation research involves writing the proposal; writing the literature review and methods sections; collecting data and analyzing findings, and writing up the results and conclusions/discussions. (Prerequisites: Doctoral candidacy and completion of all coursework for doctoral degree). Pass/No Pass.
Dissertation courses serve as the culminating experience in the Doctor of Education program, building on research conducted throughout the coursework and resulting in extensive research and writing on a topic appropriate to a candidate's program, under direction of a Dissertation Chair and Committee. Candidates' projects demonstrate comprehensive understandings of the knowledge and practices of their selected field of study. Dissertation Block I is concerned with the completion of the Review of Literature chapter for the Dissertation. The dissertation research involves writing the proposal; writing the literature review and methods sections; collecting data and analyzing findings, and writing up the results and conclusions/discussions. (Prerequisites: Doctoral candidacy and completion of all coursework for doctoral degree). Pass/No Pass.
Dissertation courses serve as the culminating experience in the Doctor of Education program, building on research conducted throughout the coursework and resulting in extensive research and writing on a topic appropriate to a candidate's program, under direction of a Dissertation Chair and Committee. Candidates' projects demonstrate comprehensive understandings of the knowledge and practices of their selected field of study. Dissertation Block I is concerned with the completion of the Review of Literature chapter for the Dissertation. The dissertation research involves writing the proposal; writing the literature review and methods sections; collecting data and analyzing findings, and writing up the results and conclusions/discussions. (Prerequisites: Doctoral candidacy and completion of all coursework for doctoral degree). Pass/No Pass.
These courses serve as culminating experiences in the Doctor of Education program, building on research conducted throughout the coursework and resulting in extensive research and writing on a topic appropriate to a candidate's program, under direction of a Dissertation Chair and Committee. Candidates' projects demonstrate comprehensive understandings of the knowledge and practices of their selected field of study. These doctoral seminars are organized into a sequence to support the writing of the dissertation and Dissertation Block II is concerned with completing the full Dissertation Proposal, which includes all of Chapters 1, 2 and 3 of the Dissertation. (Prerequisites: Doctoral candidacy and completion of all coursework for doctoral degree). Pass/No Pass.
These courses serve as culminating experiences in the Doctor of Education program, building on research conducted throughout the coursework and resulting in extensive research and writing on a topic appropriate to a candidate's program, under direction of a Dissertation Chair and Committee. Candidates' projects demonstrate comprehensive understandings of the knowledge and practices of their selected field of study. These doctoral seminars are organized into a sequence to support the writing of the dissertation and this final block includes the completion of the entire Dissertation, including the public defense. (Prerequisites: Doctoral candidacy and completion of all coursework for doctoral degree). Pass/No Pass.
These courses serve as culminating experiences in the Doctor of Education program, building on research conducted throughout the coursework and resulting in extensive research and writing on a topic appropriate to a candidate's program, under direction of a Dissertation Chair and Committee. Candidates' projects demonstrate comprehensive understandings of the knowledge and practices of their selected field of study. These doctoral seminars are organized into a sequence to support the writing of the dissertation and this final block includes the completion of the entire Dissertation, including the public defense. (Prerequisites: Doctoral candidacy and completion of all coursework for doctoral degree). Pass/No Pass.
This course is designed to facilitate successful completion of the doctoral disseration. This course is repeatable. Students collaborate with their dissertation chair to determine tasks and resources needed to move toward dissertation completion.
This course is designed to facilitate successful completion of the doctoral disseration. This course is repeatable. Students collaborate with their dissertation chair to determine tasks and resources needed to move toward dissertation completion.
This course is designed to facilitate successful completion of the doctoral disseration. This course is repeatable. Students collaborate with their dissertation chair to determine tasks and resources needed to move toward dissertation completion.
This course is designed to facilitate successful completion of the doctoral disseration. This course is repeatable. Students collaborate with their dissertation chair to determine tasks and resources needed to move toward dissertation completion.
This course is designed to facilitate successful completion of the doctoral disseration. This course is repeatable. Students collaborate with their dissertation chair to determine tasks and resources needed to move toward dissertation completion.
This course is designed to facilitate successful completion of the doctoral disseration. This course is repeatable. Students collaborate with their dissertation chair to determine tasks and resources needed to move toward dissertation completion.
This course is designed to facilitate successful completion of the doctoral disseration. This course is repeatable. Students collaborate with their dissertation chair to determine tasks and resources needed to move toward dissertation completion.
This course is designed to facilitate successful completion of the doctoral disseration. This course is repeatable. Students collaborate with their dissertation chair to determine tasks and resources needed to move toward dissertation completion.
This course is designed to facilitate successful completion of the doctoral disseration. This course is repeatable. Students collaborate with their dissertation chair to determine tasks and resources needed to move toward dissertation completion.
This course is designed to facilitate successful completion of the doctoral disseration. This course is repeatable. Students collaborate with their dissertation chair to determine tasks and resources needed to move toward dissertation completion.
This course is designed to facilitate successful completion of the doctoral disseration. This course is repeatable. Students collaborate with their dissertation chair to determine tasks and resources needed to move toward dissertation completion.
This course is designed to facilitate successful completion of the doctoral disseration. This course is repeatable. Students collaborate with their dissertation chair to determine tasks and resources needed to move toward dissertation completion.
The externship represents an important stage in the preparation of doctoral candidates. The externship provides an opportunity to explore and research topics of interest related to the dissertation at domestic and international locations outside the University. Externship placements allow candidates to gain new perspectives, sample different career paths, gather practical experience related to the dissertation and network with leaders in education and related fields. Candidates work with their instructor to establish the focus and site of the externship placement. Candidates develop and present their research project at the conclusion of the externship to faculty and peers. Students should be aware that a background check might be a requirement of certain externship sites. (Prerequisites: Successful completion of EP 8040, and permission of the instructor).