EDLL 701 History of Leadership in Education

Content: In 1837, Horace Mann said, "A nation could not long remain ignorant and free." Mann argued for universal public education, supported by tax funds. The major questions of the day: Who is to be educated? Who will teach them? What will they learn? These have since been answered many times over; in the 21st century we are raising those questions again. Explore how leadership, organization, and ethical and political issues relate to those three fundamental questions.
Prerequisites: None.
Restrictions: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credits: 2 semester hours.

EDLL 702 Personal and Organizational Theory and Leadership

Content: Major perspectives in organizational theory and behavior and their application and transformation over time. Students will evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of various theories of organizational behavior both in terms of the theories' internal logic and explanatory power for understanding individual, interpersonal, and group-level issues when it comes to efforts to strengthen the performance of educational organizations.
Prerequisites: None.
Restrictions: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credits: 2 semester hours.

EDLL 704 Leading Change Through Cultural Competence

Content: Offers leaders help developing strategies to lead their schools in the development of cultural proficiency. Explores how policies and practices can enable staff, students, and families to interact effectively in a culturally diverse environment. Discussion of how a lack of cultural competence impedes teaching and learning in many of today's schools. Participants will learn how to analyze their values, beliefs, and behavior in this context and will reflect on their own cultural competence.
Prerequisites: None.
Restrictions: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credits: 2 semester hours.

EDLL 705 Seminar in Systems Thinking and Critical Social Theory

Content: In-depth investigation of systems and systems thinking as a conceptual framework for understanding organizational phenomena. Learn, practice, and use advanced leadership skills to achieve desired organizational priorities.
Prerequisites: None.
Restrictions: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credits: 2 semester hours.

EDLL 708 Ethics and Leadership for Social Justice

Content: Leaders face challenges when implementing policies and procedures regarding diversity, equity, and social justice. Explore ethical issues dealing with leadership, governance, and policy development pertaining to public institutions.
Prerequisites: None.
Restrictions: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credits: 2 semester hours.

EDLL 709 Adult Development and Learning

Content: This course draws from the literature on adult education, development, and leadership to explore the relationship between educational leaders, community leaders, parents and other stakeholders who work with K-12 students. Content includes adult learning theory, transformational learning, adult development, the adult life-world, and critical/feminist perspectives. Students will analyze and critique educational, sociological, economic, cultural, and professional issues impacting diverse learning communities.
Prerequisites: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Restrictions: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credits: 2 semester hours.

EDLL 710 Introduction to Educational Research

Content: Introduction to epistemologies, paradigms, methodologies, and methods in social science research. Students learn about different approaches used in education research and examine assumptions and values that underlie various paradigms and methodologies. The course addresses and critiques some of the long-standing traditions in education and social science research that have privileged certain values and viewpoints while marginalizing others. It prepares students to link research interests and research questions with a suitable design, and addresses how education leaders can use research for advocacy and transformative social action.
Prerequisites: None.
Restrictions: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credits: 2 semester hours.

EDLL 715 Intercultural Community Collaboration

Content: Building collaborative relationships between schools and the diverse families and communities they serve is critical. By analyzing nontraditional forms of parent and guardian involvement and learning to work with existing cultural traditions, education leaders will gain skills to support diverse students and strengthen community connections. The goal is to build on the diverse assets of families and to connect with valuable local resources in order to strengthen collaborative learning for the entire school community.
Prerequisites: None.
Restrictions: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credits: 1 semester hour.

EDLL 716 Critical Theory and Pedagogy

Content: Introduction to critical approaches to teaching, learning, and social transformation. Advanced study of the links between the theoretical foundations of progressive education and its major proponents (such as Dewey, Horton, Freire, Greene, and hooks) in order to ground research and applications in pedagogy and leadership.
Prerequisites: None.
Restrictions: Admission to doctoral program or consent of program director.
Credits: 1-2 semester hours.

EDLL 725 Leadership in a Changing Global Society: Alternative Perspectives

Content: Advanced seminar exploring the dynamics of change through the application of organizational leadership. Investigate through literature review, lectures, panel presentations, and discussions the lessons of historical and contemporary leaders. Apply leadership concepts from varied disciplines such as anthropology, history, economics, and philosophy.
Prerequisites: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Restrictions: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credits: 1-2 semester hours.

EDLL 726 Seminar in Scholarship and Writing

Content: Introduction to scholarly writing and the development of self-as-scholar in education and the social sciences. Students gain an understanding of the elements and processes of scholarly writing. The course also provides training in APA style and library and reference resources.
Prerequisites: None.
Restrictions: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credits: 2 semester hours.

EDLL 727 Focused Literature Research

Content: This seminar is designed to prepare students to develop a critical review of pertinent academic literature focused on the problem or problems that will be addressed in their dissertation research. The seminar will provide instruction and support with the processes and techniques for scholarly discussion of controversial literature and students will receive feedback on academic writing from the course instructor. Additionally, each student will work with a Lewis & Clark faculty member serving as a "content advisor" who will assist them with interpreting literature pertaining to their problem area.
Prerequisites: EDLL 726.
Restrictions: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credits: 1-2 semester hours.

EDLL 728 Conceptual Framework/Problem Articulation

Content: Development of the dissertation proposal. Participants will define the purpose of their research, area of investigation, and focus of their study; fully develop the rationale underlying their proposal and the background/context of their study; analyze and/or summarize relevant literature to support the logic for and background of their study; and identify useful research methodologies.
Prerequisites: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credits: 2 semester hours.

EDLL 729 Dissertation Proposal

Content: Development of the dissertation proposal. Students will learn the acceptable formats, techniques, and approaches necessary for producing a defensible doctoral dissertation as well as the purpose and process of applying for permission to conduct studies involving human subjects. Students will explore key elements of framing the problem and their literature review and identifying and articulating useful research methodology.
Prerequisites: None.
Restrictions: Admission to the Ed.D program or consent of program director.
Credits: 3 semester hours.

EDLL 730 Advancement to Candidacy Seminar

Content: Extends time and support for doctoral students to complete advancement to candidacy and institutional review board (IRB) process. Provides individualized coaching and writing assistance and allows students to work toward finalization of their dissertation proposal under faculty supervision while maintaining access to college services through continuous enrollment in the doctoral program.
Prerequisites: Completion of all doctoral coursework, excluding EDLL 729 and EDLL 750.
Restrictions: Admission to doctoral program. Students may register for a maximum of 3 consecutive semesters of EDLL 730 beginning in the third summer of their program.
Credits: 1-3 semester hours.

EDLL 731 Public Policy: Creation and Implementation

Content: Analyzes the process for creating public policy, examines the intended and unintended outcomes of policy development, and assists participants in increasing their understanding of the political arena in which policy is developed. Students will examine successful and unsuccessful policy initiatives in order to develop effective methods for planning and leading change initiatives in organizations.
Prerequisites: None.
Restrictions: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credits: 2 semester hours.

EDLL 733 Educational Leadership Field Experience

Content: The Educational Leadership Field Experience provides authentic, sustained, in-situ opportunities for candidates to synthesize and apply theory and research from program coursework to their leadership practice. In concert with the doctoral program mission, candidates' field experiences center on the practice of transformative social change in educational settings, including a focus on inquiry and fostering organizational growth for equity. Field experiences are planned and guided collaboratively by the Lewis & Clark supervisors and school, district, or agency personnel for graduate credit.
Prerequisites: EDLL 780.
Restrictions: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credits: 2 semester hours.

EDLL 741A Qualitative Research Methods

Content: Overview and application of qualitative research methods. Through course readings, discussion, and practical application, candidates explore: (1) different approaches in qualitative research and epistemologies and common theoretical perspectives that undergird qualitative inquiry, and (2) various methods and techniques for gathering, interpreting, and making meaning of in-depth and rich information about things as they occur in their natural settings. Candidates gain the skills necessary to review and critique qualitative research and to design and undertake their own qualitative research.
Prerequisites: None.
Restrictions: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credits: 2 semester hours.

EDLL 741B Quantitative Research Methods

Content: Overview and application of quantitative research methods. Through course readings, discussion, and practical application, we examine basic designs and methods associated with quantitative research and become acquainted with descriptive and inferential statistical analyses and relevant analysis software, as well as learn how to interpret and present statistical findings. Candidates gain the skills necessary to review and critique quantitative research and to design and undertake their own quantitative research.
Prerequisites: None.
Restrictions: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credits: 2 semester hours.

EDLL 750 Doctoral Dissertation

Content: Completion of dissertation research under the direction of the chair of the candidate's dissertation committee. Candidates must be enrolled in this course during the term in which they defend their dissertations, and must complete at least 12 semester hours before defending their dissertations. Grade will be considered incomplete until the candidate has successfully defended his or her dissertation.
Prerequisites: Advancement to candidacy, and successful defense of a dissertation proposal.
Restrictions: Admission to Ed.D. program.
Credits: 1-12 semester hours.

EDLL 780 Social Justice Leadership Retreat

Content: Leaders of school communities and agencies must be able to work effectively with individuals and groups representing diverse cultures and backgrounds; these skills are at the core of leading and serving all members of the community. This retreat will provide an opportunity to explore and learn about issues of diversity in a mutually supportive environment led by trained diversity facilitator(s). The retreat builds experientially on the academic emphasis on social justice and equity threaded through the doctoral program curriculum and leads to a practical application component during the ensuing academic year.
Prerequisites: None.
Restrictions: Admission to Ed.D. program or consent of program director.
Credits: 1-2 semester hours.