Happy New Year! As my doctoral program rolls right along, I am currently in the throes of the literature review section of my dissertation. After some going back and forth between potential topics, I have decided to focus my dissertation on the theory of distributed leadership. I’m still in the…
Category: Doctoral Studies
Taking Stock
It’s hard to believe that the school year is 20% over already. The past few months have been a whirlwind for me, due primarily to me starting both a new job and a new graduate program at the same time. I’ve debated the wisdom of that decision several times over…
Research Opportunity: Writing and AAC
Normally unsolicited emails about products, guest posts, or “special opportunities” get deleted with barely a cursory skim, but I received one recently that I felt warranted a closer look, and eventually a blog post (guess there’s a first time for everything). Samuel Sennott is a doctoral student at Penn State…
Accepted
After lamenting limited options… After making my statement… After sharing my views… After all this and an application process that started over a year ago, today I received my acceptance letter into the 2011 Cohort for Wilmington University’s Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership program. I start in September; “excited”…
Giving Students a Voice
I just completed a timed writing sample as part of the application process to the Doctor of Education program I’ve mentioned previously. The prompt required me to take a pro or con stance on allowing students to participate in the curriculum development process. Please forgive the lack of links or…