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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Upon receiving his Bachelor of Science degree, Dr. Kahill began to explore various parts of the country. He has had the privilege and honor to have taught in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New Mexico where he worked for the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indians Affairs (BIA). He variously worked as a resource room teacher, first grade teacher, middle school teacher, and also with students who had visual impairments, mental health conditions, and autism, were gifted, and were medically fragile. He also worked as a school administrator, mentor teacher and has held various other management/leadership roles within several educational communities.
Dr. Kahill has taught at the university level since 2005, and has been a contributing faculty member in the master’s program and university supervisor for the Richard J. Riley School of Education at Walden University since January 2009. As a perpetual student and scholar, he holds teaching and administrative credentials in numerous states and countries.
EDUC 6727 - Strategies for Teaching English as a Second Language
EDUC 6604 - Creating an Effective Learning Environment
EDUC 6647 - Dynamic Teacher Leadership
EDUC 6610 - Teacher As Professional
EDUC 6640 - Designing Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
EDUC 6657 - Creating an Effective Classroom Learning Environment
EDUC 6728 - Teaching English Language Learners
EDUC 6729 - Assessment and the English Language Learner
EDUC 6733 - Action Research for Educators
PsyD, California Coast University
MA, Azusa Pacific University
MS, California Coast University
MS, National University
BS, College Misericordia
AS, Luzerne Community College
Post-master's Certificate, National University
Fundraising, Volunteer -
, National University, 2014
Academic Honors, Azusa Pacific University, 2008
Academic Honors, California Coast University, 2002
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