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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Dr. Warrick has been in Higher Education since 2001, after a 20-year teaching career in PK-12 public schools. She has been a course developer and made educational videos at MGM for Laureate, an instructor at Walden in MSED and EDD programs and continues to promote STEM and Mathematics education through research, training and curriculum development. She has received the National Presidential Excellence in Secondary Mathematics Award, State Presidential Excellence in both Elementary and Secondary Mathematics; has publications in research and grants for improving Teacher Training Programs, and grants for implementation of STEM education in schools. She is an Army wife, has three sons, four grandsons and a granddaughter.
BS, University of Mary Hardin Baylor
MA, Slippery Rock University
PhD, Walden University
Children's International, Organizer - Little Rock
National Presidential Award in Mathematics, Department of Defense Schools, 1993
Children's International Service Award, University of Arkansas, 2009
Warrick, P. (2010). Styles and Strategies for Teaching High School Mathematics.
Warrick, P. (2002). Success in the Urban Classroom: A parental intervention program to improve Mathematics achievement. Eisenhower National Clearinghouse Journal
Warrick, P., Warrick, S. (2016). Help is Here: Strategies for Justify and Explain.
Warrick, PhD, P. L., Warrick, S. L. (2017). Prepare for Aspire with STEM Curriculum .
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