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Natalie Hagler 

Assistant Instructional Professor

Natalie Hagler

Email

nhagler@ufl.edu

Address

PO Box 117048Gainesville, FL 32611

Affiliations

  • School of Teaching and Learning

Research Interests

Elementary Education, Field Experience, Mentorship, Online and Distance Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Research / Program Evaluation, Teacher Education, Universal Design for Learning

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Florida, Curriculum and Instruction
  • M.Ed., University of Florida, Secondary English Education
  • B.A., University of Florida, English

Professional Appointments

  • Program Coordinator, Online BAE Elementary Education, University of Florida, 2025 - Present

Activities and Honors

  • 2025, Co-editor, Florida Association of Teacher Educators (FATE) Journal

Selected Publications

Articles
  • Rodgers, M.K., Qiu, Y., Leite, W., Hagler, N., Mathien, T., Schroeder, S., Reyes, C., Thorman, A., Glaser, L., and Fish, G. (2018). Early Learning Performance Funding Project: Final Evaluation Report 2017-2018. Tallahassee, FL: Florida’s Office of Early Learning.
  • Ita Olszewska, A., Bondy, E., Hagler, N., & Jinna Kim, H. (2021). A Humanizing Pedagogy of Engagement: Beliefs and Practices of Award-Winning Instructors at a US University. Teaching in Higher Education, 1-17.
  • Qiu, Y., Leite, W. L., Rodgers, M. K., & Hagler, N. (2021). Construct Validation of an Innovative Observational Child Assessment System: Teaching Strategies GOLD® birth through third grade edition. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 56, 41–51. 
  • Rodgers, M.K., Qiu, Y., Hagler, N., Leite, W., (2020). Cumulative Evaluation: Early Learning Performance Funding Project 2015- 2019. Tallahassee, FL: Florida’s Office of Early Learning.
Presentations
  • Hagler, N., Beckett, B., Adams, A., (2026, January). “Innovative Pathways to Teaching: The University of Florida’s Teacher Apprentice Program”,  NASDTEC 3rd National Convening on Registered Apprenticeships, New Orleans, LA. 
  • Hagler, N., Beckett, B., Adams, A., (2025, July). "Bridging Theory and Practice: Modeling Professional Practices through an Integrated Teacher Apprenticeship Framework”,  Association of Teacher Educators Summer Conference, St. Louis, MO. 
  • Hagler, N., (2019, April). "The Practitioner’s Voice in Early Childhood Reform: The Power of Teacher Narrative to Illuminate Change", American Education Research Association, Toronto, Canada.
  • Rodgers, MK., Hagler, N., Mathien, T., (2019, April). "Capturing the Gap: The Power of Teacher Narrative to Illuminate Change in Early Childhood Teacher Practice and Reform", American Education Research Association, Toronto, Canada.
  • Hagler, N., (2018,April). "Preparing Teacher Candidates to Meet the Needs of Students with ASD: Examining a CoP", American Education Research Association, New York, NY.
  • Kennedy-Lewis., Murphy, A., Hagler, N., (2018, April). "Fake News in School Discipline: How Educators’ Self-Reporting of Exclusionary Practices Distort Actual Events", American Education Research Association, New York, NY.
  • Hagler, N., (February 2018). Case Study of Teacher Candidate Autism Self-Efficacy Development Through Participation in a Community of Practice. Association of Teacher Educators Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV.