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Component 1

• Megan Lynch

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  Megan E. Lynch earned her PhD at The Pennsylvania State University in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Curriculum and Supervision in Summer 2021. She joined the º£½ÇÉçÇø's College of Education and Human Services in Fall 2021 as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Since Fall 2021, Megan has engaged in critical practitioner inquiry in collaboration with faculty, students, and school partners in both UNF’s Professional Development Schools and partner schools and the Urban Education Scholars Program. She held a dual-title in Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 as the Coordinator for the Urban Education Scholars Program. Currently, Megan is the Co-Principal Investigator and research lead on the five-year, 6.5 million dollar Teacher Quality Partnership grant, Project PREP: Partnering to Renew the Educator Pipeline.

  Before joining the º£½ÇÉçÇøfaculty, Megan taught multilingual learners in the U.S. and abroad in early childhood and adult learning settings. Dr. Lynch is a teacher educator who has experience mentoring MATESL practicum students, supervising teacher candidates, teaching embedded field experience courses and seminars, and facilitating in-service teacher professional learning. She has taught educational foundations courses on teaching multilingual learners, language and power in the classroom, multicultural and urban education, and an introduction to the teaching profession. Her research draws on Critical Theory to better understand and shape the development of socially just pedagogies and political activism alongside teacher candidates, in-service teachers, and P-12 students through school-university partnerships. She is currently the Lead Associate Editor for School-University Partnerships and the Secretary/Treasurer for the AERA Supervision and Instructional Leadership SIG.
• Tabbatha Johns

  Clay County District Schools

  Tabbatha Johns earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the º£½ÇÉçÇø. Tabbatha’s professional experience includes being a secondary English teacher, school counselor and school administrator. Her dedication and passion for helping students see the possibilities in their future have driven her to specialize in school counseling and more specifically in helping to train and support other school counselors. She is currently the Secondary School Counseling Specialist in Clay County and is focusing her attention on bringing new opportunities and refining the support that school counselors offer students in Clay County. As a part of the Project Prep team, Tabbatha hopes to help the next generation of educators thrive.

Component 2

• Lunetta Williams

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  Lunetta Williams, a former elementary teacher, received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on Reading Education from the University of Florida. She has published in journals such as Journal of Educational Research, Reading Psychology, Journal of Research in Childhood Education and Childhood Education. She received the University of Florida College of Education Dissertation Award, University of Florida Outstanding Alumni Award and º£½ÇÉçÇø’s Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award. Additionally, she was a co-recipient of the International Reading Association's Albert J. Harris Award and Mid-South Educational Research Association (MSERA) Conference’s James E. McLean Outstanding Distinguished Paper Award.

• Raven Robinson-Wilson

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  Dr. Raven Robinson-Wilson is an Assistant Professor of Teacher Education in Foundations and Clinical Practice at the º£½ÇÉçÇø. She has an earned Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction, with a dual focus on Elementary Education and Educational Psychology. Dr. Robinson-Wilson continues to have years of experience engaging in teaching and research at the collegiate level (bachelor's, master's, and doctoral courses) while supporting grant-based programs. As a clinical university supervisor and FIR (Faculty-In-Residence), she supports teacher candidates and coordinates internships across school districts. Prior to becoming a teacher educator/educational psychologist, she was a classroom teacher in urban, Title I and Renaissance schools, across early childhood and elementary grades, with experience in secondary level contexts. Her research areas are comprised of teacher education, equity, and motivation with an intersectional focus on honoring teaching as a complex, theoretically-informed process for emancipatory action to improve student outcomes. She enjoys presenting at conferences and publishing literature to contribute knowledge and practices within the field of education.

• Shaundricka Medlock

  Clay County District Schools 

  Shaundricka has taught in public education for 21 years in various states and countries. She has served as a peer coach and instructional support teacher and leader. Currently, she supervises elementary education teacher candidates and coordinates internships in Clay County District Schools. She supports teachers and administrators with professional development and best practices at PDS and partnership schools. Shaundricka received her bachelor's degree from The University of Louisiana at Monroe and her master’s degree from Nova Southeastern University in Elementary Education. She is currently working on a doctorate in curriculum and instruction at the º£½ÇÉçÇø. Shaundricka is the owner of Dricka’s Cookie Jar and in her free time, she bakes and decorates custom cookies, reads, travels with her husband and all things clinical education. Shaundricka is committed to teacher development by recruiting and retaining as well as supporting all stakeholders through clinical practice and professional development.

Component 3

• Rachelle Curcio

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  Rachelle "Shelly" Curcio is an Assistant Professor for Teacher Education at the º£½ÇÉçÇø. Shelly's research and interests are grounded in an inquiry stance and focus on aspects of clinically-centered teacher preparation with an emphasis on preparing teachers for 21st-century classroom contexts. Specifically, Shelly's research is centered on the supervision and coaching that occurs in clinical spaces, as well as the cultivation of teachers' critical curriculum literacy skills connected to their role as curriculum makers. Shelly attended the University of Florida for her Ph.D. and served as a classroom teacher, literacy specialist, district resource teacher and assistant principal in Hillsborough County Schools for 18 years.

• Robin Bossinger

  Clay County District Schools 

  Robin Bossinger earned her bachelor’s and master’s degree in Education at the º£½ÇÉçÇø. Robin served in a variety of roles in education over the past 16 years including as an elementary teacher, teacher of gifted and talented, technology teacher, secondary reading coach, professional learning specialist and Assistant Principal in Clay County District Schools. In her current role as Coordinator of Teacher Support she builds meaningful partnerships between school leaders, new teachers and academic coaches to support those joining the profession. It is this passion for building the capacity of early career professionals that has led her to an exciting role as a member of the Project PREP team for Component 3. She is excited to partner with the University that launched her onto a successful career in education.

• Katie Miller

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  Katie Miller is a º£½ÇÉçÇø (UNF) doctoral student who has a passion for education. She has over 7 years of progressive educational experiences in Duval County Public Schools in Jacksonville, Florida ranging from classroom teaching to administrative leadership. She studied at the University of Florida where she was awarded both a B.A. and M.Ed. in Elementary Education. At UNF, she serves as the Teacher Fellow with Project PREP (Partnering to Renew the Educator Pipeline): a school-university-district partnership with Clay County District Schools (CCDS). In this role, she supports coursework design and implementation, ongoing research, and provides coaching and mentorship to PREP alumni and early career teachers. With her varied experiences, she hopes to support both teacher candidates, early career, and experienced teachers alike, ultimately improving K-12 student outcomes.

Component 4

• Diane Yendol-Hoppey

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  Diane Yendol-Hoppey is a Professor at the º£½ÇÉçÇø in Teaching, Learning and Curriculum. Diane has served in a variety of teacher education leadership positions throughout her career. Each of these positions required extensive collaboration with school district, corporate and non-profit partners interested in improving teaching and learning. Her work has united practitioners and university faculty in creating nationally recognized school-university partnerships characterized by strong clinical practice. Diane’s research focuses on facilitating teacher learning across the career span through enhanced clinical practice, job-embedded professional development, teacher leadership and school-university partnerships. Diane has co-authored and edited over 20 books and published 73 peer reviewed journal articles. Her work has appeared in such journals as Teachers College Record, Educational Researcher and Journal of Teacher Education. Diane currently serves on the editorial team of the Journal of Teacher Education and is an editor on the forthcoming Handbook of School-University Partnerships. Diane highly values her first 13 years in education as a PK-5 teacher in Pennsylvania and Maryland and notes that those years were critical to her growth and development as a teacher educator across her career.

• Tiffany Bazemore

  Clay County District Schools

  Tiffany has served the students and families of Clay County for fifteen years. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Saint Leo University with a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education. Tiffany worked as a reading teacher for students in grades 4-6 where her goal was to instill a love of reading in her students. Tiffany's strengths in the classroom are student engagement and building positive relationships with her students and families. Tiffany has worked as a department chair for several grade-levels and supported teachers as a mentor. Tiffany has worked as a Title I Coordinator and Instructional Coach. She currently works as a Professional Learning Specialist for Clay County District Schools. In this role, she develops and facilitates professional learning opportunities for teacher leaders. A main focus of her work is developing professional learning communities that are data responsive through collective responsibility and inclusive of all student needs. 

• Laura Boilini

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  Dr. Boilini began her career as an elementary teacher and art teacher. She then became an Assistant Principal, Principal, Assistant Superintendent, and Superintendent in Indiana. In Florida Dr. Boilini has served as an Elementary Principal, Director of Career and Technical Education, Dean of Arts & Sciences at the community college level, and is now enjoying incredibly her time as a Clinical Assistant Professor and Program Director in the Educational Leadership Program. She derives great joy in working with her "awesome" students, helping them to achieve their goals!

  A recent publication involved “listening to her students, aspiring leaders” as they expressed their strengths and growth areas as aligned to professional standards. The work has impacted the courses in the degree and was published in 2020 and entitled: The voices of our students: What we can learn from aspiring leaders. Southeast Journal of Educational Administration, 19 (2), 105-128.

  Dr. Boilini is an artist and enjoys painting landscapes, florals, and abstracts in acrylic and oil and shows and sells her work at the St. Augustine Beach Art Studio Gallery in St. Augustine Beach, Florida. Dr. Boilini also enjoys teaching others painting techniques and offers art and leadership sessions as part of her service work for a variety of groups at º£½ÇÉçÇøand also in the community.

  Awards

  Being named teacher of the year for her district for two years in a row by her peers is Dr. Boilini's favorite award because she was chosen by her wonderful colleagues! She was chosen to represent her district as the teacher of the year for a Phi Delta Kappa workshop where she was later chosen as one of six teachers in Indiana to lead professional development in the area of "Maintaining Teacher Effectiveness," a broad-based program that covered many topics from curriculum planning to student engagement. She has been chosen to serve on several state committees and teams and has found these experiences incredibly valuable. At º£½ÇÉçÇøDr. Boilini has been awarded the “Above and Beyond” recognition for COEHS for going above and beyond in her work with and for students and staff.

Component 5

• David Hoppey

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  David Hoppey, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Special Education and the Director of the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership at the º£½ÇÉçÇø. He teaches methods courses to both special education and general education teacher candidates and mentors teacher candidates in the field. He also teaches doctoral seminars on special education leadership, teacher education and qualitative research methods.

  His scholarship focuses on special education policy, teacher education, and school university partnerships. He has published in leading journals such as The Journal of Special Education, Teachers College Record, Learning Disabilities Research and Practice and Teacher Education and Special Education. He is a co-editor of a book series on Advances in Teacher Education. He is a co-editor of, School University Partnerships, the research journal of the National Association of Professional Development Schools (NAPDS).

• Jennifer Shepard

  Clay County District Schools 

  Jennifer Shepard is the Director of Professional Learning for Clay County District Schools, working collaboratively with district and school leaders to foster a culture of learning throughout the district. She takes a systems approach to professional learning for teachers and leaders across all levels of experience to cultivate coherent learning for all within the organization.

• Crissy Benton

  Crishana "Crissy" Benton is in her final semester of UNF's doctoral program in Educational Leadership. Crissy received her bachelor's in Journalism from Florida A&M University and graduated from º£½ÇÉçÇøwith an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction. In the 17-year span of her career, Crissy has been a leader in K-12 education and has worked both as faculty and in student services in higher education. Her current work as a Director of Student Services at The Covenant School of Jacksonville aligns with her desire to widen access points for underrepresented student groups. Among her work and doctoral studies, Crissy also represents her cohort on the Ed.D. Steering Committee and works as a Graduate Assistant in both research and teaching. Crissy is driven to infuse trauma-informed practices in higher education and her research interests are educational equity in the virtual classroom and whole-person productivity in faculty research performance.