The University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Educational Leadership, Ed.D.

INTRODUCTION

Hosted at the Eastern Shore Higher Education Center-Chesapeake College Campus in Wye Mills Maryland, the Educational Doctorate in Leadership (EDLD) will be a Cohort, weekend, mid-career, program designed to embrace the emerging needs of the Eastern Shore Community. The EDLD program is not designed for State Certification; it is designed for a terminal degree in the following strand areas:

• Guidance and Counseling
• Special Education
• Career and Technology Education

As the doctoral degree-granting institution on the Eastern Shore, UMES has been invited to join the collaborative doctoral program in Education Leadership, the Maryland Education Leadership Collaborative (MELC), working with the University of Maryland College Park (UM), Bowie State University (BSU) and Morgan State University (MSU). This program is designed to respond to the educational needs of school administrators across the state with particular emphasis on those residing and/or working on the Eastern Shore (and in Western Maryland). The unique and complementary roles of the UM flagship mission coupled with the MSU urban doctoral mission and the regional doctoral focus of both BSU and UMES offers great promise for the addition of UMES in the collaborative partnership. With the participation of the other regional comprehensive universities, the MELC can respond to the regional needs for education leadership in a timely manner. The MELC has as its vision developing a Doctorate of Education whose aim is to produce ethical and humane leaders for Maryland and the nation’s schools who are:

• Sensitive to the diverse needs and diverse peoples who attend our schools and who will seek to provide an equal and quality education for all children,
• Instructional leaders able to build an effective team-oriented approach to teaching and learning in order to maximize the academic achievements of all students,
• Scholar practitioners with reflective, problem solving habits who are able to design, consume, critique and implement research relevant to effective practice and
• Adaptable to changing environments and problems, solve new problems, and develop adaptive learning environments.

In Maryland, the need for education leaders with training at the doctoral level has been cited as a statewide need. Personnel needs in this area parallel the projected shortage of teachers, both being impacted by the growing school-aged population and projected retirements. Over the next five years, nearly 75% of Maryland’s current school administrators will become eligible for retirement.

Beginning with the new 2005-2006 cohort, UMES will be seeking national accreditation (NCATE) and state approval (MSDE) for the EDLD Program. In addition, the program is being modified to align with the standards of the Educational Leadership Constituent Consortium (ELCC) and the Maryland Instructional Leadership Framework (MILF). The intent of this redesign is also to seek eligibility for state licensure as an Administrator-I for doctoral candidates, after successful completion of this program.

for more information please, contact the Director of the program, Dr. Harry Hoffer

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