Michelle Hock

• Doctor of Education
• University of Virginia

Roundtable presentation describing our process for conducting a narrative review of the literature surrounding the relationship between traditional pre-service preparation and teacher retention.

Published in the Virginia Association for Curriculum and Supervision Development (VASCD) journal, a publication of the Virginia state division of the Association for Curriculum and Supervision Development (ASCD).

Poster presentation describing the paucity of literature focused on twice exceptionality for gifted children who have experienced traumatic brain injuries (TBI).

Published in Parenting for High Potential, a publication of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC).

Because data-informed decision-making (DIDM) can help teachers meet diverse learners’ needs (van Geel et al., 2016), educator preparation programs (EPPs) must ensure that preservice teachers (PSTs) develop the data literacy skills needed for effective data use. However, little is known about the ways in which EPPs work towards building PSTs’ data l...

National school leadership standards are now de facto curriculum for preparation programs. Data use is embedded throughout standards to guide school improvement and classroom instruction. Yet, across a number of areas, pre-service principals do not appear ready to lead once in the field. Principals are responsible for using various data to guide in...

Presentation aimed at helping teacher educators prepare pre-service teachers for meeting the needs of academically advanced learners in K-12 settings.

Published in Parenting for High Potential, a publication of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC).

Poster presentation based on our book chapter from A. T. Jaffee and C. Salinas (Eds.), Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Relevant Social Studies with and for Emergent Bilingual and Multilingual Youth: Examining the Past, Present, and Future.

Presentation focused on helping teacher educators develop and implement feedback practices that support pre-service teachers' learning and feedback-literacy development.

Symposium presentation sharing collective insights from an Inquiry Initiative project centered on exploring challenges with K-12 teacher retention.

Presentation based on our book chapter, "Perspective-Taking and Persepolis: Exploring the Global Socio-Political Climate during the Iranian Revolution," from the book Exploring History Through Young Adult Literature: High School (Vol. 2) (2024).

Panel discussion focusing on how to strategically pair young adult literature with canonical texts in the ELA classroom for secondary students.

Interactive session aimed at providing teachers with strategies for pairing literary texts to challenge academically advanced secondary students.

Published in the Virginia Association for Curriculum and Supervision Development (VASCD) journal, a publication of the Virginia state division of the Association for Curriculum and Supervision Development (ASCD).

Paper presentation describing the disconnect between standards for education leader data use and actual practices within leadership preparation programs.