Faculty
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Full-time Faculty
Lane Whitney Clarke
Ed.D.
Associate Professor Literacy
Lane W. Clarke is an Associate Professor of Education at the University of New England. .She teaches classes at the undergraduate level to pre-service teachers in literacy and global education. Her research interests include workign with English Language Learners, digital litearcy, technology, working with students who struggle in literacy, online teaching pedadogy, and interprofessional collaboration. She has published three books: Educating Literacy Teachers Online: Tools, Techniques, and Transformations (Clarke & Watts-Taffe, 2013), The reading turn-around: A five part framework for differentiated instruction... Read More
Expertise
Literacy
Struggling Readers
Literacy and Technology
Course Development
Literature Circles
Gender and Education
Cindy F. Altomari
M.S.Ed.
Certification and Placement Officer
Audrey Bartholomew is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Education Department. She teaches special education courses, both face to face and online, on introduction to special education, Autism, differentiation, and data-based decision making. Audrey's research interests include scholarship of her own teaching and learning, and how to include students with disabilities in general education through meaningful instruction. Audrey has conducted extensive training in Maine and other states on writing effective and compliant transition plans and she volunteers her time as... Read More
Expertise
Secondary transition for students with disabilities
inclusive practices and schools
positive behavior support
effective online teaching practices
scholarship of teaching and learning
Michelle Collay is professor in the Department of Education. A former public school music teacher, she is a scholar-practitioner who integrates teaching and scholarship in higher education and PK-12 settings. Her research interests include teacher professional socialization with attention to how life experience shapes teachers' professional identities. Collay has worked as a school leadership coach in urban and rural settings, with school leaders engaged in developing professional learning communities. She continues to study constructivist teaching, leading, and equity-focused inquiry in... Read More
Krysten Gorrivan is an Assistant Lecturer in the Education Department. Krysten will teach education courses - Curriculum and Assessment, Methods of Teaching Science, Methods of Teaching Math, and Classroom Management. She was an elementary eductors for over fifteen years with a focus on the social and emotional well-being of students in order to teach the whole child. She has a passion for implementing Trauma-Informed Educational practices in all classrooms in order... Read More
Expertise
Elementary Education
Classroom Management
Curriculum & Instruction
Inclusive Classroom/School Climate
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
Teaching Strategies for Active Learning
Trauma-Informed Education
Whole Child Education
Dr. Carol Marcotte completed her doctorate in School Administration & Supervision at Berne University International Graduate School in St. Kitts, West Indies. Her primary specialty areas include educational leadership and literacy instruction.
Carol’s education career started as a regular classroom and special education teacher. Multi-age and looping schedules were part of her classroom expertise as well as being a resource room teacher. Being passionate about school improvement and cultivating teacher leaders, she was a principal for 8 years.... Read More
Expertise
Educational leadership
curriculum development
Literacy
PK-12 School Administration
Professional Development
Adult Learning Theory
School Improvement
Dr. Heather Dwyer Sadlier is an Associate Professor and Diversity Educator. She teaches the following courses: Diversity & Social Justice in the Classroom, Controversial Issues in Education, Causes & Costs of Inequity, Literacy for Diverse Learners, and Social Studies Methods. Dr. Sadlier also works with the Office of Multicultural Affairs and Diversity and contributed to the development of the University of New England's Diversity Leadership Certificate program. She teaches two of the DLC program's required workshops: Implicit Bias & Stereotypes and Socioeconomic Class-Classism.... Read More
Expertise
Biases & Stereotypes
Bullying
& Hate Prevention
Inclusive Classroom/School Climate
Critical thinking
Controversial Issues
Equity in Education
Professional Staff
Expertise
Notary Public
Emeriti
Expertise
Distance / online education
adult/continuing education
international education
program planning/evaluation
accreditation
educational leadership.