1. Your reasoning for pursuing an EdD.2. How your academic and professional experiences have prepared you for the program.3. A significant Problem of Practice relevant to your current context of professional practice. The personal statement is intended to highlight your professional experiences and goals while also offering our faculty a snapshot of your writing abilities. It is important for faculty to easily ascertain how this program will help you to reach goals and how your professional experiences might aid in your success in the program.The statement should align your interests to the mission of the school and your desire to enter the program. Here’s how to submit your best possible personal statement:Step 1: Provide an introduction that includes your goals for pursuing an EdD and how your academic preparation and/or professional experiences have prepared you to enter the program.Step 2: Describe a significant Problem of Practice relevant to your current context of professional experience. Indicate the importance of this problem within the educational landscape, as well as the context of current and past roles. The idea here is to demonstrate your understanding of the Capstone Project and to illustrate your conceptualization of research.Be sure to follow these formatting parameters:750 words12-point Times New RomanDouble spacedFaculty is looking for:articulate and explicit goals and objectives,connection to current position and future professional goals,clearly identified Problem of Practice that describes issue in detail and includes possible solutions,scholarly and professional formatting.The information below should be helpful, particularly regarding the third prompt.A Problem of Practice (PoP) is a situation that exists in one’s place of work, school, college, non-profit organization, or other professional settings. The PoP revolves around a specific issue or innovation that results when values/goals are not, or might not be entirely met. In other words, there is a gap between the goal state and the current state of the organization. According to CPED (2016), a PoP is a “persistent, contextualized, and specific issue embedded in the work of a professional practitioner, the addressing of which has the potential to result in improved understanding, experience, and outcomes.”In the personal statement you should identify a significant Problem of Practice relevant to your current context of professional practice. Indicate the importance of this problem within the educational landscape, as well as the context of your professional practice that offers the problem and potential solution.
