CPED – Operationalizing the Working Principles

Working Principle #1 Is framed around questions of equity, ethics, and social justice to bring

about solutions to complex problems of practice.

Working Principle #4Provides field-based opportunities to analyze problems of practice and

use multiple frames to develop meaningful solutions.

Cohort Model – Ed.D. students recruited every other year into small cohorts (5-6 students) after completing Ed.D. core courses.

Specialization Areas – Cohorts organized around 3 areas of specialization:•K-12 Education (Principals, Superintendents, other K-12 Leadership roles)•Higher Education (Administration, Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, other Higher Ed Leadership roles)•Workforce and Human Resource Development (V.P. of Corporate Education, Training Director, Organization Development Consultant, Director of Workforce Development, other roles)

Ed.D. Faculty •Professor of Practice leads cohort in K-12 Education – 5 students •Tenured Professor leads cohort in Higher Education – 11 students (2 cohorts)•Tenured Associate Professor leads cohort in Workforce and HRD – 3 students

Field sites serve the following field-based learning purposes:•Serve as sources of problems of educational leadership and contexts for the study of those problems.•Afford application of theory-to-practice and practice-to-theory.•Support research projects focused on problems of practice.•Provide the context for Ed.D. application exercises, field studies, dissertations, capstone projects

Field Sites •Students propose sites for field-based learning experiences – Approved by faculty•With the cooperation of site leadership, students are expected to demonstrate cross-disciplinarycollaboration and build intra- and inter-institutional partnerships.•Sites must have a qualified field supervisor who agrees to oversee student’s work.•Sites must agree to UNL Cooperative Learning Contract.

K-12 Sites – Lincoln Public Schools, Omaha Public Schools, Millard Public Schools, others

Higher Education – U of Nebraska–Lincoln, U of Nebraska–Omaha, Iowa State, Creighton, others

Workforce and HRD – Pfizer, Gallup, Wells Fargo, Kawasaki, Duncan Aviation, Boys Town, others