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College of Education and Human Services

CEHS Faculty Profile

Faculty Profile
Name Department
Monica Taylor Curriculum & Teaching

Scholarly Interests and Specialties
  • Urban Teacher Residency
  • Inquiry
  • Teaching for Social Justice
  • Self Study/Action Research
  • Teacher Leadership

Professional Association Memberships
  • National Council for Teachers of English
  • AERA
  • AERA Self Study SIG
  • National Reading Conference
  • Kappa Delta Pi

Reviewer for the following professional journals
  • Teaching and Teacher Education
  • Studying Teacher Education

Other Types of Reviews
  • Wadsworth Publishing, Text Reviews
  • Conference Proposals, AERA
  • Conference Proposals, AERA Self Study SIG

Work with Schools
  • Lead Faculty for the secondary Math/Science cohort of the Newark Montclair Urban Teacher Residency Program:
  • Develop innovative UTR curriculum
  • Involvement in resident admissions, school and mentor selection, and induction support
  • Oversee instruction and observation of residents and the integration a variety of resource faculty
  • Support mentors as they conduct action research
  • Partner with UTR schools in Newark to develop sustainable change
  • Collaboratively work with UTR faculty on research and publications

Work With Schools and Other Agencies
  • Grover Cleveland Middle School - As PDS partnership liaison, some of the activities in which I am involved include:
    -Teaching courses such as ET/PL and Intermediate Field onsite
    -Organizing professional development opportunities for teachers
    -Teaching grad courses on site for teachers
    -Working on collaborative inquiry projects with MSU and GCMS students to explore issues of social justice such as racism and authority
    -Developing social justice interdisciplinary (art, language arts, social studies) curriculum