PhD, Educational Leadership: Leadership, Culture, and Curriculum, 2016, Miami University
MEd, Educational Leadership, 2012, Evangel University
BA, Elementary Education, 2008, Evangel University
Teaching
ELE 410 Teaching and Learning in the Elementary Classroom
ELE 510 The Reflective Practitioner
ELE 710 Elementary School Curriculum
ELE 711 Contemporary Issues in Elementary Curriculum
ELE 720 Advanced Theory and Practice in Student Assessment and Evaluation
ELE 722 Differentiated Instruction for Early Childhood, Elementary and Middle School Classrooms
Research and professional interests
Anti-bias teaching and curriculum
Curriculum studies
Pre-service and in-service teacher efficacy
Teacher accountability
Awards and honors
Master Online Course Recognition Award (MOCRA): Best in Interaction, Missouri State University, 2019
Master Online Course Recognition Award (MOCRA): Best in Assessment and Feedback, Missouri State University, 2019
Outstanding Graduate Mentor (nomination), Missouri State University, 2019
Diversity Scholar, Missouri State University, 2018
Certified Distance Educator, Missouri State University, 2017
Outstanding Dissertation (nomination), American Education Research Association (AERA) Division B (Curriculum), 2017
Dissertation Scholar, Miami University, 2015-2016
Outstanding Student Paper Award, Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Conference, 2014
Publications
Davis, T. R., Bolyard, C. S., Zhang, S.-J., Livers, S. D., Sydnor, J. , & Daley, S. (2019). A multi-teacher preparation program study of elementary teacher candidates’ self-efficacy: Analysis of participant characteristics and implications for teacher educators. The Teacher Educator, 54(3), 313-330. doi: 10.1080/08878730.2019.1615161
Bolyard, C. (2019). “They’re so little and yet they’re being expected to know so much”: A kindergarten teacher’s narrative of teaching in an accountability era. Currere Exchange Journal, 3(1), 31-41.
Bolyard, C. (2016). Paradox and possibility: Interacting with Slavin’s (1983) Cooperative Learning. Book chapter in T. Poetter, K. Waldrop, C. Bolyard, & V. Bell-Robinson (Eds.), Curriculum Windows: What Curriculum Theorists of the 1980s Can Teach Us About Schools and Society Today. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc.
Bolyard, C. (2015). Test-based teacher evaluations: Accountability vs. Responsibility. Philosophical Studies in Education (46), 73-82. Retrieved from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1076457.pdf