Educational Leadership, Ed.S. (Performance-Based)

Contact: Dr. Ugena Whitlock
Office: KH 3201
Phone: 470-578-6888
Fax: 470-578-9189
Email: rwhitlo3@kennesaw.edu
Web address: http://www.kennesaw.edu/education/grad/EdLeadership

The Educational Specialist Educational Leadership for Learning Performance-Based (PL-6) EdS program is designed for experienced educators.

• Candidates in the program are required to be employed as teachers or administrators in a school district.
• Candidates must be referred for admissions by their respective schools/districts, and Kennesaw State University must hold a Performance-Based partnership with the referring district.

Program Admission Requirements

Expected qualifications for applicants to be considered for admission will include: 1) an earned master’s degree in professional education or a related field; 2) a Georgia leadership certificate (L-5 or equivalent or above) or other appropriate Georgia state requirements, 3) current full-time employment as a professional educator with at least four years of teaching and/or administrative experience in P-12 education and 4) a Graduate Aptitude & Achievement Index Score of at least 3000 (Graduate Index Score = GRE Quantitative Score plus GRE Verbal Score times GPA for the master’s degree). See Note below regarding GACE exam and 6 credit hour preservice.

Applicants to the program must submit the following:

1. Official transcripts of all college coursework, undergraduate and graduate.
2. Evidence of completion of Master degree or its equivalent in a related field.
3. Copies of Official scores on the General Test of the Graduate Record Exam within the last five years and copies of GACE for Leadership scores ifapplicable.
4. All relevant professional teaching and/or administrative certificates.
5. Professional Profile detailing related professional qualifications.
6. Reflections on Leadership for Learning.
7. Official request for consideration of transfer courses.

If accepted to the program, up to nine post-master’s graduate semester credit hours of comparable transfer credit may be accepted toward completion of the requirements for the EdS. Transfer credit will not be accepted for the core course requirements that are central to the program’s distinctive focus on Distributed Leadership. Consequently, transfer credit considerations will typically be restricted to courses in the concentration, guided electives, and the initial course in applied research methods. Decisions about the acceptability of transfer credit will be made on a case-by-case basis and must be approved by the concentration advisor and Director of the Doctoral and Specialists Programs

*Note: Until September 1, 2011, candidates must have passed the Leadership GACE (NL-5) for admissions. After September 1, 2011, candidates who do not hold an MEd in Educational Leadership will be required to take 6 hours of preservice coursework in lieu of the Leadership GACE (NL-5). The preservice coursework must be completed prior to enrolling and completing any other program courses.

Program of Study