Writing for Professional Publication

Catalog description

The Transformative Leadership project classes provide opportunities for doctoral candidates to engage in leadership-related, authentic, action-research experiences in approved settings. Balancing theory with practice, working under the mentorship of an Ed Leadership Professor and in collaboration with a superintendent or assistant superintendent, candidates will be immersed in the realities of practice and hone their research skills while solving relevant, school-based challenges. Doctoral candidates will utilize the design process in order to identify an organizational challenge, create a solution, implement, measure, and redesign as appropriate. Sessions will encompass a blended learning model where candidates will have the opportunity for face to face experiences with peers as well as virtual sessions and ongoing support. Learning activities are experiential and research driven, reflect the School of Education's Conceptual Framework, and are linked to the leadership paradigm advocated by the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (formerly ISLLC). This course is designed to introduce doctoral students to the professional publication process. Students will engage in two major activities during the course: 1) learning how to organize a dissertation to fulfill the program requirements for the transformative learning project and 2) to write an article for professional publication. To meet the first requirement, you will revise your three-chapter project proposal created during EDD-801 Research Design, make a formal project proposal for the second year of the program to your dissertation committee, and learn how to write chapters 4 and 5 of the dissertation. To meet the second requirement, you will become familiar with editorial policies of relevant periodicals, identify various professional publication outlets, and review manuscripts using professional editorial criteria. The course will culminate in a finished manuscript submitted for publication.