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.
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Dr. Stacy Tyler completed her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Reading and Literacy at Kansas State University. Her dissertation titled Online literature discussions between children in the Deep South and Central United States: Sharing reflections, experiences, and culture, was completed using emerging online technologies. She earned a Master’s degree in Elementary Education and also an Elementary Principal/Administration Master’s +30 certification in Elementary Principalship from Western Kentucky University. Her Bachelor’s degree was completed at the University of Kentucky in Elementary Education.
Dr. Tyler’s teaching experience spans brick and mortar institutions and across different modalities in virtual settings of learning. She has contributed to student growth and learning in undergraduate through doctoral programs. Dr. Tyler’s academic background is in Elementary Education with interests and experience in reading, literacy, writing and instructional technology. She has been an elementary school teacher, assistant to a principal for teacher support, mentor teacher, and a faculty member at Capella University, Kansas State University, University of Texas at El Paso, Salve Regina University and George Mason University. She currently works part-time as a School Testing Coordinator in Northern Virginia and is joining Walden University as a Contributing Faculty Member in the Doctoral program for the Richard W. Riley College of Education and Human Sciences.
PhD, Kansas State University
MA, Western Kentucky University
MA, Western Kentucky University
BA, University of Kentucky
Capella University , Chair - Minneapolis
Fisher House, Volunteer - Washington
Faculty Excellence Award, Capella University, 2018
Tyler, S. (2015). Revisiting Students of The Long War: Reflections and Updates with Three Kindergarten Students from 2006 during the Spring of 2015. A Review of Their Participation in the study on the Use of Language Arts & Technology to Help Children Connect, Cope, and Communicate When a Parent is Deployed. . International Literacy Association
Tyler, S. (2009). The Long War: How Educators Use Language Arts & Technology to Help Children Connect, Cope, and Communicate When a Parent is Deployed,. Association of Teacher Educators
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