Current Educational Leadership students

Research Interests: 

Data-informed instruction 

School culture

Career goal: 

To become a principal in a Pennsylvania PK-12 school.

Research Interests:  

Engagement strategies in the classroom 

Culturally responsive teaching 

Teacher preparation programming

Career Goals: 

Educational leadership within a school district as a curriculum director, or

Preparing future teachers in higher education

Research Interests: 

Technology integration

Project-based learning

STEM/STEAM

Career Goals: 

Instructional coach

Technology integration coach

Curriculum development

Research Interests:

Patterns of segregation and inequality in K-12 schools

Education policies for true integration

Links between housing and schooling

Research Interests

Anti-deficit pedagogy

Educational opportunity for system-impacted students and students experiencing homelessness

Inequality in urban school systems
 

Career Goals

Educational researcher for policy and curriculum development

University professor

Research Interests:

Place based education models

Educational equity and access to STEM careers

STEM policies to practice

Community-education partnership models

Career Goal:

Career Goal: As the new Director of K-12 Engagement for Penn State, Amanda aspires to develop pathways and partnerships between the K-12 systems and Penn State educational outreach initiatives in the following focal areas: career readiness, wellness, social justice, civic engagement and STEM.  

Research Interests:

Cognitive science in education

Career Goal: 

Professional development training

Research Interests:

Teacher professional development

Shifting teaching practice

Research Interests

The effects of mandated expenditures on school district budgets, including pension obligations, special education, and charter school costs in Pennsylvania. 

Career Goals

I hope to be in a position where I can apply educational theory and policies to practice.