Doctor of Education D' Ed' in Curriculum and Instruction

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Doctor of Education (D. Ed.)in Curriculum and
Instruction

• With Option of Pursuing the
• Advanced Certificate, Supervisor of Curriculum
  and Instruction

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Agenda

• Two, current Monroeville candidates, and Dr.
  Hooks
• How the cohort was selected
• Outcomes for our graduates
• Overview of the program
• Program quality indicators
• Expectations for doctoral students
• Financial support
• Candidacy Examination
• Getting started this fall

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2005 MV Doctoral Cohort

• Mrs. Tina Burns, Principal
• Mr. Pearce Miller, PCI President

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Put this into your cell phone

• One of the most important people you will get to
  know in this program will be Dr. James Hooks, the
  Head Librarian at the IUP Northpointe Campus.
• His contact information is
• Dr. James Hooks (jhooks_at_iup.edu)
• Northpointe Campus Librarian
• 1-866-889-5254

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Cohort Selection Process

• Academic credentialsgrade point average, letters
  of recommendation, work experience, and Goal
  Statement
• Online writing sample independently evaluated by
  members of the Doctoral Screening Committee
• Five minute recorded presentation evaluated by
  the Doctoral Screening Committee

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Our D.Ed. Program Graduates Become

• teacher educators (next frame)
• curriculum specialists
• scholars who contribute to the field
• ethical professionals

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2002 cohort - Ethical professionals with a
commitment to equity and excellence in education
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College of education faculty members who teach
and supervise preservice and inservice teachers
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Curriculum developers and evaluators

• Local Assessment

The assessment distribution plan for these
content areas is shown in Table Two. This
graphic delineates the measures being used by the
Conemaugh Township Area School District to
determine the degree to which students are
progressing in the Pennsylvania Academic
Standards. To ensure students have multiple
opportunities to demonstrate proficiency level in
the standards and to increase the validity and
reliability of district assessment, many
evaluative tools have been identified. The
district will use commercial products, the
Pennsylvania State System of Assessment (PSSA),
and locally developed assessments. The results
from this data collection will be triangulated
and used to design and revise curriculum, provide
formative information that can inform and direct
instruction in the classroom, give information to
parents, set learning goals, and identify
students who need additional learning
opportunities, remediation, enrichment, or
acceleration. A visual of the locally developed
district assessment in mathematics, writing, and
reading is seen at the left. From Dr. Tracy
McNellys Internship
Mathematics
Writing
Reading
Standards
Authentic Tasks/Prompts
Rubrics
Holistic Domain Scoring
Anchor Papers
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Scholars who contribute to the field

• As of today, the 17 members of Cohort 2004 have
• Published numerous professional journal articles
• Made local, state, regional, national, and
  several international conference presentations.
• www.neero.org

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• For Cohort 2004, consisting of 17 students, about
  half will have graduated by August and the rest
  are actively writing the dissertation
• About two-thirds are college faculty members
  and, all are employed as educators

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Overview of the Program
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The D. Ed. is defined as 60 credits beyond the
masters degree.

• Cohort Portion (required courses completed as a
  group in 2.5 years)
• 6 credits in Fall, Spring, and Summer in
• Years 1 and 2.
• One course in Fall of 3rd year.
• 39 credits

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• Individual Portion (completed at own pace within
  the 7-year time limit)
• 6 credits of electives (may be transferred must
  be pre-approved)
• 6 credits of doctoral internship (may be
  conducted at an off-campus site)
• 9 credits of dissertation (individual research)
• 21 credits
• Students who wish to be full time in any semester
  register
• for 3 of these credits in addition to the
  required 6 credits
• for the cohort. 20 hour graduate assistants must
  be full
• time students (9 credits a semester) 10 hour
  graduate
• assistants must be enrolled in 6 credits a
  semester).

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Program Delivery

• Each 3-credit course meets 5 times (usually) from
  830 a.m. to 400 p.m.
• To complete 6 required credits in the Fall and
  Spring semesters, the cohort meets 10 full
  Saturdays in a 14-week semester.
• During the summer months, students attend five
  all day Friday/Saturday weekend college dates.

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Financial Support
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• Graduate Assistant Program
• Students work with a faculty mentor in both Fall
  and Spring or during summer only. Work duties
  are 10 or 20 hours per week. Tuition remission
  and/or stipends are available.
• Fellowships and Grants
• The School of Graduate Studies and Research has
  several different mechanisms for financial
  support that are described in the Graduate
  Catalog and in the Doctoral Program Handbook.

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• Teaching Associate Program
• Outstanding doctoral candidates are hired as
  half-time faculty members to teach and supervise
  student teachers at IUP.
• School District Support
• Prospective doctoral students should check into
  their school districts policies concerning
  tuition remission and sabbatical leave.

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Program Quality
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The D.Ed. In C I is accredited by

• Pennsylvania Department of Education
• Earned four commendations in last Program Review
  in 2003 (Handbook)
• National Council for Accreditation of Teacher
  Education NCATE Fully accredited in last 2005
  review
• Middle States (Regional Accreditation)

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Typical Evaluation of Program (2003)N19, 100
return rate4excellent, 3good, 2average, 1poor
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Expectations for Doctoral Students
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• Be self-directed. Refer to your Handbook before
  you ask.
• Follow the chain of command. Contact your
  instructors for course-related questions. Contact
  us concerning any academic program questions. It
  is seldom necessary to contact the School of
  Graduate Studies and Research.
• Work diligently inside and outside of class.
  Saturdays do not make it easy they only make it
  possible.

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• Make the most of the opportunity. Come to class
  fully prepared. Do additional readings, not
  merely what is required. Engage in professional
  conversations that build your skills in
  expressing complex ideas.
• Set higher standards. Become scholars, defined as
  people who find their own mistakes. Attend to
  details and be a perfectionist.

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• Be responsible colleagues. This program is not
  about competing for the title of tops in class
  nor is it about mindless cheerleading.
  Colleagues are responsible for themselves but
  committed to helping one another improve. Study
  together, learn from one another, and think of
  criticism as a kindness.
• Be open minded. If your education doesnt change
  you, it hasnt done its job. Approach new ideas
  thoughtfully rather than rushing to pass
  judgment. Think beyond your immediate contexthow
  things are done at your school or institutionto
  the larger issues confronting the field.

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The Candidacy ExaminationThe Written will be on
January 5th from 10AM -2PM.Orals will be
January 18, 19, 25
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Preparing for the fall semester requires that you
register for your two classes ASAP (On URSA) as
there is a fee for late registration. We can not
stress enough the importance of study groups as
you think about and prepare for Candidacy in
early January.
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The Last Word

• You are free to leave as soon as you can spell
  from memory
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