Applications for our next cohort are being accepted through January 5, 2026.
We do not admit students on a rolling basis and will review all submitted applications after the deadline.
The Teachers, Schools, and Society (TSS) EdD program in Curriculum and Instruction reinvents doctoral-level education as innovative, job-embedded professional learning that supports educational leaders, change agents, and advocates in cultivating the skills of practitioner scholarship.
The TSS EdD program is not intended to prepare educators for positions in research-intensive universities but instead supports practicing educational professionals as they draw on educational theory and research, and the expertise of colleagues and UF faculty, to identify, examine, and address pressing problems of practice in their unique contexts. TSS EdD students work full time as teachers, administrators, and other educational professionals as they engage in online coursework directly related to their work as educators.
The TSS EdD program connects practice, theory, and research and provides opportunities for students to intentionally and critically think, question, and act.
Though primarily online, the TSS EdD program’s cohort model supports student engagement through a range of asynchronous (readings, multimodal discussions, “try-it” assignments) and synchronous (individual/small group/whole cohort meetings via Zoom, summer institutes, etc.) learning opportunities. In these inquiry-based experiences, students engage as an equity-oriented community of learners who co-construct knowledge and enact change in their local contexts.
In 2020, the TSS EdD program was named the Program of the Year by the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate.
