View our EdD Early Childhood specialization completion requirements
Minimum degree requirements:
60 quarter credits
- Core courses (50 cr.)
- Capstone (10 cr.)
Minimum degree requirements:
60 quarter credits
Courses
In the EdD Early Childhood Education specialization, you’ll build skills and progress toward your final capstone project in every course.
Disclaimers: Walden students have up to 8 years to complete their doctoral program unless they petition for an extension.
In general, students are continuously registered in the dissertation/doctoral study course until they complete their capstone project and it is approved. This usually takes longer than the minimum required terms in the dissertation/doctoral study course shell.
To complete a doctoral dissertation, students must obtain the academic approval of several independent evaluators including their committee, the University Research Reviewer, and the Institutional Review Board; pass the Form and Style Review; gain approval at the oral defense stage; and gain final approval by the Chief Academic Officer. Students must also publish their dissertation on ProQuest before their degree is conferred. Learn more about the dissertation process in the Dissertation Guidebook.
For a personalized estimate of the number of your transfer credits that Walden would accept, call an Enrollment Specialist at 844-937-8785.
Courses
PhD completion program courses help you return to doctoral work, match with an advisor, and stay on track to finishing your dissertation.
Disclaimers: Walden students have up to 8 years to complete their doctoral program unless they petition for an extension.
In general, students are continuously registered in the dissertation/doctoral study course until they complete their capstone project and it is approved. This usually takes longer than the minimum required terms in the dissertation/doctoral study course shell.
To complete a doctoral dissertation, students must obtain the academic approval of several independent evaluators including their committee, the University Research Reviewer, and the Institutional Review Board; pass the Form and Style Review; gain approval at the oral defense stage; and gain final approval by the Chief Academic Officer. Students must also publish their dissertation on ProQuest before their degree is conferred. Learn more about the dissertation process in the Dissertation Guidebook.
For a personalized estimate of the number of your transfer credits that Walden would accept, call an Enrollment Specialist at 844-937-8785.
Courses
Develop the skills and confidence you need to tackle complex managerial challenges, contribute new knowledge, or teach at the graduate level.
Courses
Develop the skills and confidence needed for complex managerial challenges and research with Walden’s ACBSP-accredited PhD program.
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Erik Naglee currently serves as a high school principal in North Carolina. He is currently serving in his 6th year at the high school level having also completed two years as a middle school principal and four years as an elementary principal in which is now the highest performing elementary school in the district. He was named the Guilford County Schools Principal of the Year and also the Piedmont Triad Region Principal of the Year. Mr. Naglee was one of 8 finalists for North Carolina principal of the year. It has been a wild ride as an administrator and he enjoys serving students in the county regardless of the grade level. Prior to serving as a principal, he served as the Title I Director overseeing approximately 29 million dollars in federal funds and providing service to 55 Title I schools that were eligible. Mr. Naglee began his career in education teaching both 3rd and 5th grade. He is a graduate of Greensboro College and UNC- Chapel Hill and is the final stages of publishing his dissertation in which he has already presented and been approved on.
EDUC 6261 - Finance
EDUC 6260 - Human Resources
EdD, Walden University
MEd, UNC- Chapel Hill
BS, Greensboro College
Out of The Garden Project, Chair -
Greensboro Children's Museum, Board Member -
Greensboro College Teacher Advisory Member, Board Member -
North Carolina Principal of the Year Finalist, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2021
Piedmont Triad Region Principal of the Year 2021, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2021
Guilford County Schools Principal of the Year 2021, Guilford County Schools , 2021
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