FGCU COE Postgraduate Education

FGCU’s Doctorate in Education (EdD) and Educational Specialist (EdS) -- Preparing Learners and Lea

The College of Education at FGCU is proud to offer a Doctor of Education program with two concentrations: Curriculum & Instruction and Educational Leadership. The programs emphasize the growth and transformation of educational professionals as they focus on organizational management, organizational effectiveness issues, and the development, implementation, and evaluation of curricula. Graduates of

the programs will be able to apply research to facilitate institutional effectiveness and will possess the capacity to provide leadership necessary to meet ever-changing educational and organizational goals. The EdD program is designed to provide leaders, policy makers, and researchers with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to design and implement strategies that improve practice and outcomes in organizations, especially schools. Program graduates are also equipped with the research skills to add to the research literature by developing new knowledge. The EdS course of study is a 48 credit hour program and the EdD is an 81 credit hour program. Each includes such coursework as:

o Organizational Leadership
o Curriculum Theory
o Diversity and Global Studies in Education
o Instructional Leadership
o Internship
o Research and Evaluation Courses
o Concentration Courses in either Curriculum & Instruction or Educational Leadership
o Cognate Courses that meet individual’s career goals
o Culminating Research Activity: thesis for the EdS and dissertation for the EdD

The EdS and EdD are QUALITY programs that have:

• Nationally recognized faculty who have held leadership positions in schools, as well as in state and national professional organizations.
• Faculty members use innovative instructional methods.
• Faculty members who are research scholars, have published major textbooks, and who are well-published in national and international journals.
• A mix of coursework delivery that can be taken face-to-face, online, and on weekend.
• Small class sizes to promote faculty-to-student and student-to-student collaboration and learning. The Curriculum and Instruction concentration will meet the need of educators in areas such as staff development, program coordination, and curriculum development, leading to such job titles as Curriculum Specialist, Director of Elementary and Secondary Programs, and Reading Specialist. The Educational Leadership concentration will prepare individuals to become agents of change in organizations as leaders among the ranks of principals, superintendents, and Chief Executive Officers. Graduates of the EdS program will also be prepared to seek doctorates in Education. The EdD degree will also prepare individuals to do research in their chosen career and to hold university faculty positions to teach in college and university degree programs from the bachelor’s degree to the doctoral degree. In addition, some graduates will go on to work in higher education administration careers. Applicants must have a master’s degree and scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Graduate Applications are available at http://www.fgcu.edu/Graduate/prospective.html. For additional information call 239-590-7800.

[These programs are not designed for Educational Leadership certification to be a k-12 school leader. The FGCU certification program in Educational Leadership is a master’s degree program. However, we do work with individuals in the EdS or EdD programs to obtain Educational Leadership certification with some additional coursework.]

12/03/2018

Congratulations to Dr. Danielle Hudzina, who successfully defended her dissertation Structured New Teacher Mentoring Programs and Teacher Retention in Rural School Districts, December 3, 2018. Her committee consisted of Dr. Cecil Carter (Chair), Dr. Jingshun Zhang, and Dr. Jackie Greene.

06/15/2018

Congratulations to Dr. Deborah Cheek, who successfully defended her dissertation THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF BEING ADJUNCT FACULTY IN A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY’S TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAM, June 14 2018. Her committee consisted of Dr. Charles Xiaoxue Wang (Chair), Dr. Michele Stork, and Dr. Jackie Greene.

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05/07/2018

FGCU Commencement Spring 2018
EdD Grads Brian Pollitt and Keiana Desmore, with their chairs Dr. Judy Wilkerson and Dr. Elia Vazquez-Montilla.
College of Education Faculty pose before the ceremony.

04/23/2018

Congratulations to Dr. Brian Pollitt who successfully defended his dissertation, DETERMINANTS OF STUDENT SUCCESS IN EIGHTH GRADE ALGEBRA I, Thursday, April 19, 2018. His committee consisted of Dr. Judy R. Wilkerson (Chair), Dr.Dorothy Rea, and Dr. Jingshun Zhang

04/09/2018

Congratulations to the following EdD students who were among the presenters at the 1st Annual College of Education Symposium on Scholarly Engagement on April 6, 2018:
Jaimee Sidisky- Connecting Authors and Stuents from Title I Schools;
Keiana Desmore- Advising Afro-Carribean Student Immigrants for Success;
Shahid Rasool- Parental Involvement in Childre education: A study Based on Longitudinal Hierarchial Modeling;
Jessica Lennox- Dual Enrollment and Postsecondary Transition Experiences;
Clarisse Halpern- A Descriptive Studyof the Effects of a Family language and Literacy Program: Multiple Perspectives;
Samantha Junkin- Story in High School Mathematics;
Melissa Meehan- Dogs are Great Listeners: A University Course Project Leads to Young Children's Reading to Shelter Dogs

12/16/2017

Fall 2017 Graduation
Congratulations to the two new "Docs" Jaime Gallo and David Sanon! Dr. Gallo and Dr. Sanon are shown with their dissertation chairs Dr. Thomas Roberts and Dr. Lynn Wilder.

12/16/2017

Congratulations to Dr. Jaime Gallo who successfully defended her dissertation, The Effect of an Interdisciplinary Career Exploration Course on College Students’ Career Decision-Making and Career Decision- Making Self-Efficacy, December 15, 2017 . Her committee consisted of Dr. Thomas J. Roberts (Chair), Dr. Dorothy Rea, and Dr. Robert Triscari

12/04/2017

Congratulations to Dr. David Sanon who successfully defended his dissertation, The Use of Exclusionary Discipline Practices by Second-Year Assistant Principals in High Poverty Elementary Schools, December 4, 2017 . His committee consisted of Dr. Lynn K. Wilder (Chair), Dr. Elia Vazquez-Montilla, and Dr. Cecil Carter

10/08/2017

Congratulations to Cohort 3 Graduate Dr. Christopher Parfitt! Dr. Parfitt received the Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award from the Southern Regional Council on Educational Administration, during its recently held 58th Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was also elected to the SRCEA executive board and will coordinate the 2019 SRCEA conference.
Way to go Chris!
🙂

10/04/2017

Congratulations to Cohort 5 EdD student Jennifer Valliere who was named "Teacher of the Year" at Stirling Elementary School in Hollywood, Florida!
Good Luck in the district competition---
🙂

08/06/2017

Graduation-Summer 2017
Congratulations to three new "Docs" who were hooded during the FGCU Summer 2017 Commencement Exercises Saturday, August 5. Pictured are Dr. Thomas Valesky, "New Doc" Chris Parfitt; Dr. Cecil Carter, "New Doc" Jennifer Scrant; Dr. Lynn Wilder, "New Doc" Michael Lancellot; and Dr. Charles Wang.

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