• 劳拉·艾伦博士.D., is 教授 in the Department of 教育 at 赌博娱乐平台网址大全 University. She began in 1994 as Coordinator of the Middle Grades MAT Program, teaching courses on curriculum, 指令, adolescent development, and middle level education. She served on the NCATE Board of Examiners and the NCATE/CAEP Program Review Board. From 2014-2019, she worked as Director of Certification & Assessment, developing assessment systems using TK20 and coordinating PPAT and edTPA. She was appointed to the TEA Educator Preparation Advisery Committee and served as president of TCTCT, as well as on the CSOTTE Board. 2020年春季, she is on academic leave to complete forest therapy training through ANFT and travel to Scotland to study policy and implementation of green space initiatives.

    • Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with Middle Grades Emphasis, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 
    • M.A. in English 教育, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 
    • B.S.E. in English and History, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
    • 艾伦,我.克里姆，C.索斯诺德，B.巴奈特，E., & 王,我.M. The Effects of Short-Term Environment Exposure on Preservice Teachers' Mental Health. (2020, in Progress)
    • 艾伦. L.伊斯贝尔，L. Vroonland D., & 威廉姆斯,年代. “Using edTPA to Inform Collaborative Systems of Support for Teacher Candidates” accepted presentation for the Texas Association of School Administrators’ Midwinter Conference, 1月每股26到29, 2020, 奥斯丁, TX. 
    • 艾伦,我. & 有罪的,. (2019) What we’ve learned: Implementing a standardized performance-based assessment during clinical teaching. The Texas Forum of Teacher 教育 (TxATE), Vol. 9, 13-29. 
    • 艾伦,我.V. (2014). Connecting the continuum: A university-based induction program to improve teacher quality. Teacher Development, 18(1), 65-80. 
    • 艾伦,我.V. (2013). The impact of induction support on teacher development, teacher retention, and the teacher quality issue. Teacher 教育 Quarterly. 24(2), 75-92. 
    • Natural Environments and Well-Being
    • Assessment; Teacher Induction
    • Child and Adolescent Development

    From 2005 - 2019, 艾伦 developed and coordinated the Summer Curriculum Writing Institute to support MAT graduates. The week-long workshop was designed around the central task of curriculum development and invited graduates and their colleagues to return to the university each June to write a unit of study and reconnect with one another and MAT faculty. Units were written using Wiggins & McTighe's (2005; 2011) Understanding by Design framework and published online via a common creative license at http://digitalcommons.赌博娱乐平台网址大全.edu/understandingbydesign/. The site has garnered more downloads than any site in the Digital Commons, averaging as many as 45,000 /月. Curriculum developed during SCWI is currently being used by the US Department of 教育, several state departments of education, and multiple school districts in the US and abroad. 研究 on SCWI shows significant increases in curriculum quality and teacher retention (艾伦, 2013; 艾伦, 2014), two primary goals of the week-long institute.