Program Overview

Doctorat Professionnel en Administration de l'╔ducation

Overview

The Doctorat Professionnel en Administration de l'╔ducation is a professional doctoral program designed for senior administrators and educators in educational institutions and systems. The program aims to deepen students' knowledge and understanding of educational administration, enabling them to critically examine and improve their professional practices.

Program Structure

• The program consists of 90 credits, taken over a minimum of 10 trimesters (2 years full-time, 8 years part-time).
• Students are required to maintain a part-time status, with the exception of the first two summer trimesters, which are taken full-time.
• The program includes a series of courses, seminars, and the preparation of a doctoral essay under the supervision of a faculty member.

Courses and Particularities

• ETA 7901: Modķlisation des pratiques professionnelles 1 en admin. de l'ķducation (Methodology for recording, analyzing, and explicating professional practices in educational administration).
• ETA 7902: Modķlisation des pratiques professionnelles 2 en admin. de l'ķducation (Approaches to exposing and formalizing professional knowledge in educational administration).
• ETA 7905: Leadership et activitķ professionnelle en ķducation (Critical study of current leadership trends in education, identification of underlying conceptions and beliefs in problem-solving and leadership).
• ETA 7910: Lectures individuelles en admin. de l'ķducation (Individual readings in educational administration).
• ETA 7916: Paradigme professionnel et ķpistķmologie en ķducation (Professional paradigm and comparative critical analysis with other knowledge production paradigms in education).
• ETA 79171 and ETA 79172: Sķminaire dķlaboration de lessai dhabilitation 1 and 2 (Seminars for the elaboration of the habilitation essay, involving the statement and systemic analysis of a professional practice situation in educational administration).

Admission Requirements

• General Admission Requirements: Satisfaction of the general admission requirements of the Universitķ de Montrķal (Chapitre II, Section II du RĶglement pķdagogique des ╔tudes supķrieures et postdoctorales).
• Specific Requirements:
  • Holding a master's degree in education, option in educational administration, or equivalent, as judged by the dean on the recommendation of the department director.
  • Achieving a minimum average of 3.5 out of 4.3 at the master's level.
  • For non-francophone candidates, passing a French language proficiency test (TEF, TCF, or DALF) with a C1 level in written and oral comprehension and production.
• Additional Documents: A clear and precise text (up to 2,000 words) presenting the context and problematics of the proposed research subject.

Financial Support

• Bourses aux cycles supķrieurs de la Facultķ des sciences de l'ķducation: Institutional and external scholarships tailored to the student's profile.
• Bourses d'ķtudes supķrieures et postdoctorales: Scholarships for students enrolled in graduate programs.
• Bourse d'exemption UdeM: Scholarship for international students (excluding French or Belgian francophone candidates).
• Bourse de mobilitķ: Funding for UdeM students wishing to study outside Quebec.

Research Areas

The program focuses on various aspects of educational administration, including but not limited to leadership, professional practices, and the development of knowledge in educational settings. Students have the opportunity to engage with faculty members who are experts in their fields and contribute to research activities related to educational administration and its foundations.

Conclusion

The Doctorat Professionnel en Administration de l'╔ducation at the Universitķ de Montrķal offers a comprehensive and challenging program for educational professionals seeking to advance their knowledge, critical thinking, and leadership skills in educational administration. With its rigorous academic curriculum, research opportunities, and financial support options, this program is designed to meet the needs of senior educators and administrators aiming to make a significant impact in their field.