Stacey Loyless

Stacey D. Loyless is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Leadership Studies at the University of Central Arkansas. Before joining the UCA College of Education Faculty, Dr. Loyless served over 30 years as an educator in Texas public schools. Twenty-two of those years were in leadership positions. Previously, his career included experience as a science teacher, coach, athletic director, assistant principal, principal, central office administrator, and university adjunct professor. In addition, Dr. Loyless has provided instructional and leadership consulting services to K-12 districts. Dr. Loyless received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Arlington in December 1986, a Master’s in Educational Administration from Texas A&M University-Commerce in August 2004, and his Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from Tarleton State University in May 2014. Dr. Loyless’ research interests include: instructional leadership, design, and technology, student engagement, educator efficacy, student equity and achievement.

Publications

Leveraging Technology to Improve School Safety and Student Wellbeing
Leveraging Technology to Improve School Safety and Student Wellbeing
Stephanie P. Huffman, Stacey Loyless, Shelly Albritton, Charlotte Green. © 2020. 329 pages.
From implementation in the classroom to building security, technology has permeated all aspects of education throughout the United States. Though hardware has been developed to...
Beyond Retreat and Rebellion: Building Teacher Capacity for Optimized Student Engagement and Agency
Beyond Retreat and Rebellion: Building Teacher Capacity for Optimized Student Engagement and Agency
Stacey D. Loyless, Erin C. Shaw. © 2020. 17 pages.
This chapter reviews the literature to build a representation of what needs to occur for educational transformation to occur to meet the student engagement needs of 21st century...