Info for Program Directors and Doctoral Faculty

Leadership of the edd

The Ed.D. Program Director works closely with the Program Directors/Coordinators in Educational Leadership, TESL, Special Education, and other content areas in designing and managing the new emphases. The division of work is listed as follows. When there is any disagreement or dispute, the final decision will be made by the Director of Ed.D. 

• Director of Ed.D.:

  • Make decision on the coursework and credit requirements

  • Make decision on the registration issues 

  • Manage the recruitment, publicity materials (online and in-print), handbook, flyer, and communicate with current and prospective students

  • Make decision about the comprehensive exam, prospectus defense, and oral defense

  • Make decision about the important forms which are mandatory for keeping track of students' progress

• Program Directors/Coordinators in Content Areas: 

  • Help recruit prospective students 

  • Make recommendation about which content area courses are to be cross-listed with EDOC 7000 Doctoral Module

  • Make decision about which full-time or adjunct professors teach in the content area courses which will be cross-listed with EDOC 7000

    • Understand the challenge for teaching the content area course with both master's and doctoral level students in the same class

    • Understand the importance of hiring competent professors for teaching the content area courses for cross-listing purposes

    • Communicate with the professors teaching the content area courses about the syllabus of EDOC 7000 and offer suggestions on differentiating instruction for both master's and doctoral level students in the same course

    • Address complaints from doctoral students regarding the content area courses 

    • Assist with the grading of comprehensive exam and interview with applicants

Doctoral Faculty and Stipend

• Please submit your updated resume to the Ed.D. Director for record keeping. The website publishes your recent publication and professional presentations. Please notify the Ed.D. Director for any recent accomplishments that you would like to include on the webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/eddwebster/home/doctoral-faculty-profiles-and-annual-research-output

• Please read through the dissertation guidelines and responsibilities for dissertation chairs and committee members.

  • Dissertation Guidelines: https://sites.google.com/view/eddwebster/home/guidelines-for-dissertation

  • Responsibilities as Dissertation Chair: https://sites.google.com/view/eddwebster/home/important-forms

        (Schroll down to Checklist for Dissertation Chairs)

• • Responsibilities as Committee Member: https://sites.google.com/view/eddwebster/home/important-forms

        (Schroll down to Checklist for Dissertation Committee Members)

• Doctoral faculty will be compensated for serving as dissertation chairs or committee members as follows:

  • The stipend is not predicated upon or related to EDOC 8000 credit hours. 

  • Doctoral faculty will be compensated on a lump sum basis:

    •  Dissertation Advisor 

      • Total of $1500 for each completed dissertation: $750 after a successful prospectus defense and $750 after a successful dissertation defense. 

      • If a student did not pass a prospectus defense, the Dissertation Chair will need to work with the student until the prospectus is in good shape for a successful defense. Same for the dissertation defense.

      • Payments will be triggered by the submission of the Prospectus Signatory Form and the Dissertation Signatory Form (https://sites.google.com/view/eddwebster/home/important-forms).

    • Dissertation Committee Member

      • Total of $700 for each completed dissertation: $350 after a successful prospectus defense and $350 after a successful dissertation defense. 

      • Payments will be triggered by the submission of the Prospectus Signatory Form and the Dissertation Signatory Form (https://sites.google.com/view/eddwebster/home/important-forms). 

    • Co-Chair

      • Any Co-Chair is assumed to take on 50% of the effort and service and so the payment will be split evenly between the two Chairs, i.e., $375 per person after each successful defense.

  • Change of Chair/Committee Member

    • A requested change in a dissertation committee must be made by the student and it will be reviewed by the Director of Ed.D. Any approved changes must be documented using the Dissertation Committee Members form (https://sites.google.com/view/eddwebster/home/important-forms).

  • For full-time Webster faculty: stipends will be processed if the professional service counts as an overload.

  • Stipends will be processed in August, December, and May of each year. For any doctoral faculty who received partial compensation under the prior procedure, the partial compensation will be deducted from the full stipend amount to avoid overpayments. Please contact Dawna Moore if you have questions. 

  • Per Office of Academic Affairs' guidelines, it is important to note that full-time administrators and staff at Webster cannot recieve stipends if they serve on dissertation committees, and doctoral students should avoid conflict of interest when inviting people on their committees; supervisors or colleagues at the same office should not serve on dissertation committees.