Dr. Karen K. Tyler
Dr. Karen Tyler began her service as head of school in 2025, coming to Seneca Academy from Erie Day School, a coeducational preschool to middle school in Erie, PA. She spent her early years in the classroom as a kindergarten and first grade teacher in Pennsylvania public schools before becoming a kindergarten – sixth grade literacy coach and reading specialist and then a kindergarten – eighth grade special education literacy coach. Dr. Tyler has an International Baccalaureate educator certification in teaching and learning for the Primary Years Program and Middle Years Program. Her professional activities include long service at Pennsylvania Western University’s Edinboro campus, where she earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees, as an assistant professor, graduate reading program head, graduate dyslexia interventions program head, and reading clinic facilitator. Dr. Tyler went on to earn her Ed.D. in curriculum and instruction at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Recent professional publications include topics as diverse as early intervention for dyslexia and encouraging social justice among educators. She has also presented on these topics and others, largely literacy-based, on the national, state, university, and community levels.
