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Ed.D. in Professional Leadership - K-12

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Sugar Land and Cypress-Fairbanks Cohorts

The program partners with UH at Sugar Land to create cohorts of Fort Bend ISD employees that receive instruction in Sugar Land. Cohorts are also created in collaboration with Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, and receive instruction at district facilities. New cohorts that receive instruction at the UH main campus are created every fall semester. Sugar Land cohorts are formed in the fall of even numbered years (2024, 2026, etc.) and Cypress-Fairbanks cohorts are created in the fall of odd numbered years (2023, 2025, etc.). 

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Ed.D. in Professional Leadership - K-12

To apply for this program, please visit Graduate Admissions.

Is this Program for Me?

The Ed.D. in Professional Leadership — K-12 prepares students for Professional and Administrative Leadership positions in a variety of settings. The program provides intensive research and applied skills for students grappling with real-world concerns in education. Students bring the most pressing concerns experienced by the educational community to each course.

The Ed.D. in Professional Leadership — K-12 offers a number of distinctive benefits, including:

  • This degree was initiated by the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate - Executive Ed.D. in Professional Leadership
  • A program structure that enables fully employed professionals to earn a doctorate while continuing to manage their career. This 51 credit-hour program is delivered through a combination of face-to-face and online instruction
  • Texas superintendent certification
  • Concentration areas tailored to specific career interests
  • Personalized academic and career advisement
  • A cohort structured program where students help students and develop a learning community

What will I learn?

The Ed.D. program places a strong emphasis on reflective, creative and critical thinking when dealing with problems and dilemmas. It develops professional leadership, ethical, interpersonal and intrapersonal skills through:

  • Coursework
  • Laboratory of Practice
  • Doctoral Thesis
  • TExES Superintendent (195)

The successful Ed.D. candidate enthusiastically and rigorously:

  • Identifies and develops professional leadership identity through ongoing reflection
  • Develops and implements a vision for establishing rich teaching and learning environments with input from all stakeholders, based on creative and effective use of data
  • Builds community and encourages collaboration, internally and externally, among teachers, students, families, industry, non-profit and other community resources
  • Frames, analyzes, and innovatively resolves educational dilemmas in light of political, social, economic, legal, and cultural contexts that are informed by current literature, applied theoretical knowledge, and current policies
  • Implements a continuous cycle of inquiry based on reflection and collaboration that includes authentic data collection, analysis, and dissemination
  • Identifies and acts with professionalism, integrity and ethical behavior

What can I do with my degree?

The program prepares graduates for academic leadership positions in the following settings:

  • K-12 Schools
  • Technical Schools
  • Adult Schools
  • Educational Agencies
  • School District Offices

Graduates of Professional Leadership — K-12 may pursue the following careers:

  • Superintendents
  • Central and District Office Directors
  • K-12 School Administrators
  • College or University Professors

Professional Leadership — K-12 doctoral student Dameion Crook talks about his experiences in the program.

For more details, please contact myEdD@cougarnet.uh.edu.

To apply for this program, please visit Graduate Admissions.