Courses Taught
- Introduction to Education
- Diagnostic Measurement and Evaluation
- Instructional Design Practicum
- Classroom Management for Teachers
- Early Childhood Education Fundamentals
- Wellness in the Early Childhood Setting
- Teaching Elementary Mathematics
- Instructional Practices for Differentiated Instruction
- Elementary Reading and Language Arts Practicum
- Teaching Elementary Social Studies
- Student Teaching Undergraduate
- Student Teaching Graduate
Biography
Maria Spaulding serves as a full-time undergraduate education professor in the School of Education at Liberty University. She began her career in education in a private school in North Carolina and served as a kindergarten and fourth-grade teacher in Virginia for seven years. Spaulding enjoys working with undergraduate and graduate education students who are seeking to use their teaching skills to follow God’s calling for their lives.
Professional Memberships
- Council for Exceptional Children
- Association of Christian Schools International
Research Interests
- Doctoral Persistence
Publications
- Rockinson-Szapkiw, A. J., Spaulding, L. S., & Spaulding, M. T. (2016). Identifying significant integration and institutional factors that predict online, doctoral persistence. The Internet and Higher Education, 31, 101- 112.