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Dr. David P. Byers

Professor

College of Business

Subjects

  • Adult Education
  • Leadership
  • Business Management
  • Homeschooling
  • Early Childhood Education
  • History

Degrees Awarded

  • Ph.D. Education: Specialization: Teaching and Learning
  • M.A. Leadership: Specialization: Leadership in History, as well as 3 Graduate Academic Certificates:
    • Graduate Academic Certificate in: Leadership in Western Civilization
    • Graduate Academic Certificate in Leadership Ethics and Morals
    • Graduate Academic Certificate in Leadership U.S. Businesses
  • M.A. Adult and Continuing Education
  • B.A. Speech/Communication and Theater
  • Additional Graduate Credits: Adult Education and Training
  • Additional Undergraduate Credits: Early Childhood Education

Experience

  • Director of Prior Learning Assessment, Program Director M.A. Leadership (8 years) at Bellevue University
  • Program Director B.S. Business (5 years) at Bellevue University
  • Program Director B.S. Adult Education (5 years) at Bellevue University
  • ​Program Director B.S. Leadership (8 years) at Bellevue University, Adjunct Professor B.S. Management and Kirkpatrick Signature Series (4 years) at Bellevue University
  • Adjunct Professor A.A. Early Childhood Education (4 years)
  • Trainer (7 years), Teaching, Leadership, Management, and Business (38 years)

Fields of Specialization

  • Prior Learning Assessment
  • Leadership
  • Adult Education
  • Course Development and Assessment
  • Training
  • Business
  • Management
  • Homeschooling
  • Early Childhood Education
  • History

Certifications

  • Graduate Academic Certificates in Leadership in Western Civilization, Leadership Ethics and Morals and Leadership U.S. Businesses

Awards

  • John R. Maenner Award
  • Professionalism and Teaching Excellence (2005-2006) Bellevue University
  • Nominated for the John R. Maenner Professorship Award (2008-2009) and the Kotouc Family Professorship (2008-2009), Bellevue University
  • Member Pi Gamma Mu

Publications

  • College-Prep Homeschooling
  • Leadership Lessons for Homeschooled Teens
  • Article Published: Best Practices in Higher Education: The Use of On-line Cohorts in Support of Non-Traditional Students, Co-authored with Dr. Lucy Franks

Additional Information

  • Business Owner of Teaching, Training, Coaching, and Public Speaking in: Leadership, Adult Education, Training, Business, Management, Homeschooling, History, Critical Thinking, Teaching in Higher Education, Assessing Adult Prior Learning for Academic Credits