my ultimate goal is Ed.D HELP FROM THE BEGINNING

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What kind of work are you currently doing? It seems like you are on the wrong path if you aren’t interested in teaching. What do you mean by administrative? Many leadership roles in education are filled by those who worked their way up the ranks through teaching. That being said, there are a lot of non-teaching roles, but that wouldn’t require an Education degree at all. There’s marketing, Human Resources, technology, psychology, counseling, just to name a few. Many will be things where you start at an entry level position and work your way up. If you want to work in higher ed, get a job in admissions, enrollment, finance, etc. Then you can use tuition benefits and gain experience to lead whatever department you work in. I work in K-12 education. I started 12 years ago as an administrative assistant. I gained experience in a lot of areas. Now I am working in data & compliance mostly because that’s where my interests and abilities led me.