The Saturday sessions run from 8am to 6pm with breakfast and lunch included. The Sunday session runs from 8am to 1pm and includes brunch. Text and course requirements are sent to the students six weeks in advance of each on-campus session. The summer sessions include guest lecturers with national reputations, e.g., Thomas Sergiovanni, Linda Darling-Hammand, and Philip Schechtly. Each makes a formal presentation followed by a discussion, at length, with the cohort.
All requirements follow the traditional program.
To enable students to complete the degree in two years, an advisor is assigned to each student from the beginning. A mentor is assigned and a dissertation committee formed after the first summer. Research methods are taught in a module at the outset and woven into each module throughout the program. Statistics sessions are scheduled in each module and a second research seminar follows the second summer. Central office administrators, building principals, vice principals, directors, and supervisors with district-wide responsibilities.