
Agnieszka Zak-Moskal | Alumni Story
The work and research Agnieszka Zak-Moskal began during her Educational Leadership dissertation led to conferences, workshops, consulting opportunities, and even the landing of her dream job.
Read Her StoryExpand your career with D'Youville's unique Doctor of Educational Leadership program. Take on new roles as a leader in education and be a part of transformative change.
The Educational Leadership EdD program at D’Youville is focused on social justice for the transformational leader. As a student in D’Youville’s Educational Leadership EdD program, you'll gain real-world research and policy analysis experience to confront the key challenges faced by educational institutions. You'll become uniquely qualified to take on new roles as a transformative educational leader and prepared for new opportunities in your career.
Through disciplined discussions, student presentations at regional and national conferences, awards dinners and social seminars, students engage with peers, faculty, local and regional leaders and researchers. Coursework not only includes the traditional academic paper which prepares students for the dissertation, but also incorporates the crafting of policy briefs and other projects that apply classroom learning to the student’s practice site and the education profession at large.
Our graduates go on to advance their careers, with many now occupying senior leadership positions in K12 and post-secondary educational institutions; many conduct nationally recognized research, are noted policy analysts, and innovators of educational practice.
Our program can be completed part-time or full-time and is ideal for working professionals who want to give their career a boost. Most courses are offered during evenings, using a hybrid (50% online format), with many offered during the summer.
Develop a foundation for growth in the program by learning to utilize library resources including databases and information technologies; conduct thorough literature reviews; apply theory to guide both research and practice; and comprehend, interpret, critique and produce academic prose.
Explore the relationship between education and various forms of social inequality. Use both historical writing and empirical research to analyze the various ways institutions have been and are sustaining, increasing, and reducing social inequality.
Identify and analyze cultural issues at the institutional, organizational, and classroom level as you apply cultural studies and multicultural education to understand cultural phenomena related to education.
D'Youville graduates become top-level administrators, superintendents, and education analysts who make a difference in the schools, colleges, universities and communities they serve.*
For higher education administrators, D'Youville's doctoral program in Educational Leadership enhances the leadership and managerial abilities needed in colleges and universities.
Doctoral degrees are often the preferred qualifications for district leadership positions.
*The Educational Leadership EdD program is not intended to lead to certification as a school principal.
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