Quick Facts about Faulkner’s College of Education

Degrees Available

Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education

Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education

Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction - Online

Master of Education Alt A

Master of Education in Elementary Education - Online

Master of Education in School Counseling – Online

Meet the Faculty

Sandy Ledwell Dean of the College of Education

Rebecca Horn

Assistant Professor, Director of Assessment and Graduate Advising

Sandy Luster

Assistant Professor, Field Experience Director College of Education

Carol Tarpley Associate Professor, Department Chair, edTPA Coordinator

Tiffany Till Academic Secretary

Faulkner University’s Pre-K, which falls under the supervision of the College of Education, began in 2018 and is the site for two of Alabama’s First Class Pre-K program classrooms. It began as an effort to increase enrollment of four-year-olds statewide. Both classrooms accommodate a total of 32 four-year-olds. Tuition is free and families must live in Alabama.

“At the Faulkner Pre-K we are touching parents’ lives in addition to the children’s. It’s important to me that parents know they have a warm, caring and inviting environment here for their children to learn and grow in.” Ledwell said. “The benefit of a quality Pre-K or early education is that is ensures students are on track to enter kindergarten with their literacy and numeracy skills and are less likely to need remediation and intervention years down the road.”

Faulkner Pre-K is a way to reach out directly to the community as well as to provide an opportunity to Faulkner College of Education students to observe quality early education instruction and have immediate access to early childhood students and teachers.