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The Ph.D. program in urban leadership is an innovative program designed to meet the needs of urban K-14 educational leaders. Each cohort is a highly selective group of educators with a demonstrated potential for leadership in education or a related field. Courses are offered on Friday evenings and Saturdays to accommodate the busy schedules of educational leaders.
"Claremont's Urban Leadership Program is distinctive in that it affords a small group of students and professors an opportunity to work together on very compelling educational problems facing administrators in urban settings. The seminars and materials have been useful for work in my own district. I have been able to share them with fellow administrators to use in our efforts to ensure success for all of our students."
-Ralph Baker, Superintendent, Victor Elementary School District,Victorville
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The program encourages students to bridge the real life experience of their work place to their academic studies. California's requirements for the Professional Administrative Services Credential are available in the program. We encourage applications from experienced working professionals interested in promoting accountability and social justice in education--from K-12 to college, from policy-makers to classroom teachers.
The program is built on the premise that the sustainability of urban communities will serve as a key indicator of the vitality of the larger society, and it regards the development of successful urban inner-city schools as the major educational challenge of the twenty-first century. The urban leadership Ph.D. program is based upon four guiding principles:
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Effecting local and systematic change in education will require a critical mass of effective urban education leaders.
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Creating successful urban schools will require a redefinition of schools as organizations and educational leadership in grades K-14.
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Sustainable urban communities are enhanced by the presence of successful schools and community colleges.
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Educational leaders in sustainable urban communities must have the capacity to effectively integrate natural, human, and social assets in their immediate communities.
The Ph.D. in Education with a concentration in Urban Leadership requires completion of all course work after a master's degree, as well as oral and written qualifying examinations, proficiency in at least two research tools, and a dissertation. Students may transfer up to 24 approved units of course work from their master's degree to count toward the 72-unit Ph.D. degree requirement. During the first year, students will enroll in required classes in urban leadership and communities.
The course offerings of the program are designed around three distinct competencies: the development of knowledge, skills, and strategies for leaders in urban settings; Socratic seminars that introduce students to the literature related to urban education; and research projects based on the candidate's workplace realities. The program places a great deal of emphasis on the importance of the high quality leadership in public education.
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Issues in Contemporary Urban Leadership
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The Politics, Policy and Governance of Urban Schools
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Creating Learning Organizations in Urban Communities
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Understanding the Community Context of Sustainable Urban Communities
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Coaching, Mentoring, and Professional Development:
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Seminar in Urban Education:Literature and Practice
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Developing Transactional and Sensemaking Evaluation Practices
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Coaching, Mentoring, and Organizational Development
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Seminar in Urban Education:Literature and Practice
Coaching, mentoring, and organizational development are designed for individual student need. Students and their advisers meet independently to design a research agenda linked to a specified set of strategies. Each assignment is based on strategies that can enhance the viability and sustainability of urban schools. Students produce studies based on real-life situations that exist at their sites.
Friday evening Socratic seminars provide students with an opportunity to engage literature focused on leadership, teaching, and learning practices, and urban education.
In addition to completion of the core course of study, Ph.D. students in the Urban Leadership Program must complete the following requirements:
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Competency in two research tools
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Four written qualifying examinations
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Oral qualifying examination
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Completion of dissertation and dissertation defense
For more information about the Ph.D. Program in Urban Leadership, please contact Barbara DeHart, Professor and Director of the Urban Leadership Program.
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School of Educational Studies, Harper Hall 202, 150 East Tenth Street, Claremont, CA 91711
Education questions, contact Jeanine Kraybill, Director of External Affairs,
call (909) 607-8493, fax (909) 621-8734
For Information about the Teacher Education Internship Program, contact Ann Lara,
Teach Ed Recruitment / Placement Coordinator, call (909) 607-3692, fax (909) 607-7793
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