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Guidelines for Ed.S. Capstone Experience

Essay

The student will write a paper (no less than 10 pages in length) that responds to the following:

Reflect on the ways in which your approach to leadership practice in schools (or other contexts) has changed as a result of your learning experiences in the Specialist in Education program. 

Reflecting on your coursework and the literature on education, leadership, and culture, describe the core values you want to promote in your professional practice and discuss how they would be reflected in your response to several challenges you expect to face in your work. 

Discuss some of the lingering questions you still have about education, leadership, and culture and society, questions that may frame your personal and professional learning in the future.

Additionally, the capstone essay should elaborate on why the assignments selected for the portfolio (see below) were meaningful to the student, and how they assisted the student in addressing various standards.

The capstone essay should be both reflective and scholarly. It should include reference citations to works that were influential in the student’s development, and a properly-formatted reference list (that is, using APA format, as detailed in the 5th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association). The essay should reflect growth beyond the student’s master’s degree work. Two copies of the capstone paper are due to the student’s advisor 2 weeks before the capstone hearing.

Portfolio

The capstone portfolio contains the 3 Ed.S. hallmark assignments selected by the student as most meaningful to him or her. The portfolio does not need to be submitted in advance of the capstone hearing, but should be brought to the hearing.

For students who graduated from the UNCG Masters of School Administration (MSA) program, the portfolio should also include the capstone paper they wrote for the MSA program.

Hearing

The capstone hearing is conducted by the student’s advisor and one other faculty member. Capstone hearings will take place during late October/November (Fall semester) or March/April (Spring semester). Students will typically be notified of the date and time for their capstone hearing by early October (Fall) or mid to late February (Spring).

Applying for the Ed.S. Capstone

The student should provide notice of intent to complete the Capstone Experience at the beginning of the semester in which they intend to do so by submitting a written memo to their advisor and to the Coordinator of the Ed.S. Program by the end of the second week of that semester.  

Rev. 1-08-06