MURFREESBORO — Educators eyeing a doctoral
degree to help boost their pre-K through 12th-grade students’ academic
achievement can learn more about MTSU's new education degree at a free session
set for Thursday, Nov. 20, on campus.
Dr. Rick Vanosdall, interim director of the university's program for the Doctor
of Education in Assessment, Learning and Pre-K-12 School Improvement degree,
will present information and answer questions beginning at 6 p.m. in Room 202A
of MTSU's College of Education Building.
A searchable campus
map with parking notes is available at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParking14-15.
Reservations are required for the session and must be made before
Thursday, Nov. 13. Interested teachers may call 615-898-2995 or email EdD@mtsu.edu to reserve a seat for the
event.
The program, also known as the Ed.D. in ALSI, is the first of its kind in
Tennessee and aims to help educators serving pre-K through 12th grade improve
their students’ academic achievement.
It launched in fall 2013 and targets all levels of pre-K through 12th-grade
educational leaders, including teacher-leaders, administrators, district office
personnel, policy makers, policy advisers and staff members of philanthropic
and not-for-profit agencies focused on school improvement.
The new doctorate
will train educators to analyze student-learning data and pinpoint areas of
success as well as areas in need of attention. MTSU also offers doctoral
degrees in economics, English, human performance, literacy studies, molecular
biosciences, computational science, public history, and mathematics and science
education.
Applicants
for the new education doctoral program must have earned a master’s degree and
“be in a position to effect immediate pre-K-12 school improvement and gains in
student learning,” according to program specifications.
The
deadline for applications for the fall 2015 program is Jan. 31, 2015.
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