Professional Development
Research Area
How do educators purposefully and continually grow to enhance their practice and improve student learning?
Professional Development
Presentations
Ramirez-Salgado., A. Wusylko, C., Delgado, J., Weisberg, L., Israel, M., (2023, April) Preparing Preservice Elementary Teachers to Incorporate Computational Thinking into Instruction. College of Education Annual Research Symposium, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Berg, C. & Levendusky, A. (2023) Maximizing High-Resolution Data Collection From Teacher Observations Used When Providing Feedback and Coaching Future or Current Teachers. In Proceedings of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education. New Orleans, LA. March 13-17.
Israel, M., Huang, R., Mak, J., Bennett, A.B., & Bex II, R.T. (2023). A community of practice for elementary teachers promoting inclusion of students with disabilities in CS Instruction. ACM 54th Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’23). Toronto, ON.
Huang, R., Barrett, J. R., Strickland, C., Israel, M.,Weisberg, L., & Ramirez-Salgado, A. (March, 2023). Transitioning into CS ed: An inclusive model for in-service teacher preparation and certification. Poster presentation at the Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) conference. Published in the Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. https://doi.org/10.1145/3545947.3576359
Berg, C., Levendusky, A., & Peerenboom, C. (2023, January) Teacher Observations: Maximizing Use of Data and Evidence vs. Impressions. Paper presented at the Association for Science Teacher Education. Salt Lake City, UT.
Wusylko, C., Xu, Z., Dawson, K., Antonenko, P., Koh, D.K., Benedict, A., Bhunia, S. (2022, October) Design and Evaluation of an Online Professional Development for an Afterschool Cryptology and Cybersecurity Curriculum. Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Las Vegas, NV.
Paolucci, C., Bex, R., Boursiquot, D. (2021, February). Increasing explicit focus on affective development in mathematics instruction and assessment. Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE), Orlando, FL.
Stepp, Z. (2021). “The Need for Speed” from Unexpected Interruptions. 2021 Leadership for Professional Learning Virtual Symposium, June 28-30, 2021.
Stepp, Z. (2021). “Confidence in Statistics: Reasons beyond the textbook and into the minds of the students. NCTM 2021 Annual Meeting & Exposition, Virtual, April 21-24, 2021.
Stepp, Z. & Brown, J. (2021). “The Relationship between Secondary Science Teachers’ Self-Efficacy for Culturally Responsive Instruction and their Observed Practices. National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Virtual, April 7-10, 2021.
Stepp, Z. (2021). “The Need for Speed” from Unexpected Interruptions. 2021 University of Florida College of Education Research Symposium “”Better Together: Collaborating for Progress. Virtual, March 4, 2021.
Liu M., Shi, Y., Pan, Z., Li, C., Pan, X. & Lopez, F. M. (2020). What Motivates Middle School Teachers to Adopt A Technology-Enriched Problem-Based Learning Program in Their Classrooms. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). San Fransisco, CA, United States, April.
Long, A., Shafiei Rezvani Nejad, H., & Chakraborty, R. (November 2020). It’s like fuel: Educator collaboration for English learners in Rural Schools. Presented at SSTESOL Conference, 1st Virtual Conference.
Uysal, H. (2020, November). Writing a killer travel grant proposal for TESOL conferences. Workshop presented at Sunshine State TESOL 1st Virtual Annual Conference.
Stepp, Z. (2020). “The Need for Speed” from Unexpected Interruptions. 2020 International Conference of the Korean Society of Mathematical Education (KSME), Virtual, December 11-12, 2020.
Stepp, Z. & Brown, J. (2020). “The Relationship between Secondary Science Teachers’ Self-Efficacy for Culturally Responsive Instruction and their Observed Practices. Southeastern Association Science Teacher Educators (SASTE), Virtual, October 3, 2020.
Stepp, Z. (2020). “Confidence in Statistics: Reasons beyond the textbook and into the minds of the students. FCTM 2020 Annual Conference. Virtual, October 1-3, 2020.
McCarthy, C. & Stepp, Z. (2020). How my Elementary Tier 2 Students Became Math Tutors for their Classmates. FCTM 2020 Annual Conference. Virtual, October 1-3, 2020.
Stepp, Z. (2020). “The Need for Speed” from Unexpected Interruptions. Florida Distance Learning Association (FDLA). Virtual Conference. September 30 – October 2, 2020.
Publications
Coady, M.R., Marichal, N., Olszewska, A., Ankeny, R., Long, A., Shafiei, H., & Chakraborty, R. (2023). “It’s like fuel”: Igniting rural English learner education through place-conscious professional development. Journal of Research in Rural Education, 39(1).
Dawson, K., Antonenko, P., Xu, Z., & Wusylko, C. (2022). Promoting Interdisciplinary Integration of Cybersecurity Knowledge, Skills and Career Awareness in Preservice Teacher Education. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 30(2), 275-287.
Uysal, H. (2021, April). Getting from point A to point B: Practical tips for seeking conference travel grants. Sunshine State TESOL Journal, 14(1), 68-70.
Stepp, Z. & Brown (2021). The (Lack of) Relationship between Secondary Science Teachers’ Self-Efficacy for Culturally Responsive Instruction and their Observed Practices. International Journal of Science Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2021.1919335
Uysal, H., & Holloway, J. (2020). Distributing leadership within rural schools: Sharing responsibility for diverse student needs. In A. Slapac & S. A. Coppersmith (Eds.), Beyond language learning instruction: Transformative supports for emergent bilinguals and educators (pp. 126-145). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
MacFadden, B. J., Pirlo, J., Abramowitz, B., Killingsworth, S., & Ziegler, M. (2020). Authentic field experiences for STEM teachers: Collecting Florida fossils. bioRxiv.
Rigney, J. Pate, A., & Ferland, T. (2019). Those who do not learn from history…: Contemporary implications from the history of teacher inquiry. Florida Journal of Educational Research, 57(2), 122-132.
Rigney, J., & Pate, A. (2019) Teacher “Leadership”: The Need for Bridges Between Foundations and Teacher Education. BRIDGES, 1(1), 18-21.
Uysal, H., & Holloway, J. (2020). Distributing leadership within rural schools: Sharing responsibility for diverse student needs. In A. Slapac & S. A. Coppersmith (Eds.), Beyond language learning instruction: Transformative supports for emergent bilinguals and educators (pp. 126-145). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Coady, M. R., & Olszewska, A. (2019). A review of Teacher leadership for social change in bilingual and bicultural education, by D. K. Palmer, Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters. Kultura i Edukacja Journal, 2(124), 187-191.
