Rossier Doctoral Support Center Blog

Fall 2014 Operation Dissertation Acceleration

Thursday - Sunday,  Sept 4 – 7  (9 am – 9 pm)

Main Campus

 

Operation Dissertation Acceleration (ODA) is an intensive writing retreat for doctoral students who need or want to set aside a serious block of time to make a significant push toward the next step in their dissertation.

To participate, you must apply.  Acceptance is on a first come, first serve, basis – so apply early!

 

 

Applications due Monday,  Aug 18
Download UPC ODA SEPT2014 App

 

Contact Dr. Ilda Jiménez y West at

[email protected] or (213) 740-2199

 

Call for book chapter proposal - Deadline August 30, 2014

Call for Chapter Proposals

The Education Doctorate (Ed.D.): Issues of Access, 

Diversity, Social Justice, and Community Leadership

 

©2014 Dr. Virginia Stead, Ed.D. (Editor)

Vol. 5 in V. Stead (Series Ed.), International Perspectives on

Higher Education Admission Policy: A Reader, New York, NY: Peter Lang.

Proposal Format: Chapter proposals should be 400 words, include at least three references from the literature, and detail author affiliation and contact information. Please submit proposals as .doc or .docx attachments in Times New Roman, 12 Font. Please submit to [email protected]

Chapter Deadline: August 30, 2014: Completed chapters should be between 4,500 and 5,000 words (excluding references). The deadline is tight in anticipation of book availability by AERA 2015. Thank you in advance for considering this invitation. I hope to hear from you soon. [email protected]

Book Overview

This book will embody mostly North American voices on many interrelated topics that have not previously been linked in academic research. Our focus underpins a belief in the power of the EdD to prepare highly competent scholars for civic engagement. Among these future leaders we envision educators who head up not only public school boards, but private foundations, not-for-profit organizations, cultural institutions, and a broad array of community projects. 

Outstanding features of this work will be a clear and compelling challenge to end inequities across genetic and economically constructed demographics such as race, gender, class, ability, and ethno-cultural heritage. This book will embody existing and emerging issues such as, but not limited to, candidate recruitment and admission policy; program funding, fees, and student expenses; academic support services; faculty recruitment, compensation, evaluation, and promotion; onsite/online instruction, internship policy, opportunities for graduate student employment, publishing, and conference engagement; student supervision protocols, and dissertation and capstone project parameters. Also of interest would be an exploration of cultural and socio-political contexts, public/private sector relationships, and the kinds of legislation that frame Ed.D. theory, policy and practice. 

Managing Your References

Are you struggling with your references?   Is the volume of your references getting too big to handle?  Do you want to be able to have your references at your fingertips, any time, any where?  

If you aren't already using RefWorks, a web-based bibliography and database manager, I encourage you to check it out.  Our library supports RefWorks.  You can use it to search, read and annotate your references.  For more information regarding RefWorks at USC, go to http://libguides.usc.edu/RefWorks.

I also encourage you to check out Mendeley, which is not supported by USC Libraries.  It is a free online reference manager.  One of the best features is that you can use Mendeley to collaborate with your peers and/or your advisor. Compare its functionality with RefWorks, EndNote, Zotero, and Papers at http://www.mendeley.com/compare-mendeley/.

If you need any assistance with your papers, please contact your assigned writing advisor:  

Cohort 2012 - Linda Fischer, [email protected], (213)740-3813
Cohort 2013 - Evelyn Felina Castillo, [email protected], (213)740-3845
Cohort 2014 - Ilda Jimenez y West, [email protected], (213)740-2199

Research Assistant LAUSD: Best Foot Forward Project (BFF) Harvard Graduate School of Education

The Best Foot Forward Project (BFF) is an initiative at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Housed at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard (CEPR), BFF is a study to identify whether video technology can make observations fairer and more reliable, easier to implement and more preferable to teachers and administrators. BFF will then transform these results into a suite of reports and tools intended for use by school districts and states interested in pursuing the project.
Scope:

The Research Assistant(s) for the BFF project will coordinate data collection activities in Los Angeles and serve as the primary contact for participating teachers and school principals. The Research Assistant(s) will work with up to 30 schools and 120 teachers – half of those will be in the control group and will require less hands-on attention. The Research Assistant(s) will also play an important role in assuring continued participation and re-recruitment of schools and teachers for each year of the study.

Please see attached for more information  Download LAUSD Research Assistant Description

CSULB: 2015 Annual Educational Leadership Symposium - January 31, 2015

2015 Annual Educational Leadership Symposium

The Educational Leadership Program at Long Beach State University hosts the Annual Symposium on Educational Leadership—Practice, Policy, and Research.  The symposium themes are selected by the Ed.D. Program Student Advisory Board.  Each year the theme acknowledges the need to build bridges between school leadership across the P-16 continuum in order to allow for dialogue and discussion on the interrelationship of problems affecting our students, faculty, and administrators. Save the date: January 31, 2015.
 

RSVP to receive more information about the symposium, including the call for proposals.

If you would like to serve on the Educational Leadership Symposium Planning Committee, please contact Heidi at[email protected].

Redondo Beach Unified School District Job Opening: Assistant Principal Position

Dear Students,

Reondo Beach Unified School District currently has an administrative position open. The position will close on August 1, 2014. 

District: Redondo Beach Unified School District

School: Adams Middle School

Position: Assistant Principal

Please see the attachment for more information:

  Download Assistant Principal Adams Missle School Job Posting