CURRICULUM VITAE
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CURRICULUM VITAE Daphne Schuchart Phone: 319.296.5578 1104 West 2nd St. Email: daphne.schuchart@uni.edu Cedar Falls, IA 50613-2230 _____________________________________________________________________________ EDUCATION __________________________________________________________ Expected December 2012 Doctor of Education; Emphasis: Curriculum and Instruction University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA Dissertation Title: Embedded Experiences, Critical Conversations: Learning about Teaching in a Professional Development School Cohort Setting Dissertation Advisor: Linda Fitzgerald, PhD May 2000 Master of Arts in Spanish – Literature Emphasis University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA Thesis: Después de la Manzana: La interacción masculino-femenina en cuentos selectos de Emilia Pardo Bazán [Life Beyond Eden: Gender Conflict in Selected Stories by Emilia Pardo Bazán] Thesis Advisor: George Zucker, PhD June 1991 Master of Education/Postgraduate Certificate in Education – Secondary Teaching Emphasis (French, English) University of York, York, United Kingdom March 1989 Diploma in Further and Adult Education (French Teaching) Isle College, Wisbech, United Kingdom June 1974 Bachelor of Arts in Modern and Medieval Languages (French, Latin) Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom ______________________________________________________________________________ TEACHING EXPERIENCE __________________________________________________________ Instructor/Field Experience Coordinator, University of Northern Iowa Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations/Department of Teaching Co-teach EDPYSCH 2017 Exploring Teaching / Level 1 Field Experience, August 2012 – Present 1 Instructor, University of Northern Iowa Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations Taught EDPYSCH 2017 Exploring Teaching / Level 1 Field Experience, January – May 2012 Held full responsibility for all instruction and grading Lecturer, Wartburg College, Waverly IA Taught “Topics in Comparative Cultures,” May – June 2006 and May – June 2007 Designed course, held full responsibility for all instruction and grading Taught Spanish I and II courses, September 2005 – June 2007 Held full responsibility for all instruction and grading Teaching/Research Assistant, University of Iowa Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature Taught courses in Film Studies, August 2003 – May 2004 Conducted discussion sections, graded student papers Teaching Assistant, University of Iowa Department of Spanish and Portuguese Taught Spanish I and II courses, August 2000 – May 2003 Designed teaching materials, graded student papers Teaching Assistant, University of Northern Iowa Department of Modern Languages Taught Spanish I, II, and III courses, August 1998 – May 2000 Designed teaching materials, graded student papers Middle/High School French Teacher, Holmes Junior High/Cedar Falls High School, Cedar Falls, IA Taught French I and II courses, April 1995 – June 1998 Adjunct Instructor, Hawkeye Community College, Waterloo, IA Taught French II course, January – May 1996 Held full responsibility for all instruction and grading Substitute Teacher, Cedar Falls and Waterloo Community Schools Taught in various junior high/middle school and high school classrooms (World Languages, English), August 1994 – April 1995 Middle/High School French and German Teacher, Tadcaster Grammar [Secondary] School, Tadcaster, United Kingdom Taught French and German courses, September 1991 – July 1994 Middle/High School French and Spanish Teacher Leiston High School, Leiston, United Kingdom 2 Taught French and Spanish courses, September 1989 – July 1990 Instructor, Isle [Community] College, Wisbech, United Kingdom Taught French language and culture courses, September 1988 – June 1989 _______________________________________________________ RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE __________________________________________________________ Field Experience Coordinator, University of Northern Iowa Department of Teaching Support and mentor Level 1 field experience students placed in area schools, handle placement issues and questions, liaise with mentor teachers and administrators, read and grade students’ course assignments and reflective journals, August 2012 – Present Professional Development School (PDS) Lead Level 1 Field Experience Supervisor, University of Northern Iowa Department of Teaching Organized resources and professional development for eleven Level 1 Field Experience Supervisors, supported their work in local PDS schools, collected and analyzed data on their field experience students’ classroom interactions, August 2009 – May 2012 Interim Level 1 Field Experience Coordinator, University of Northern Iowa Department of Teaching Liaised with mentor teachers, site coordinators and principals in area schools, compiled database of potential field placements, placed approximately three hundred Level 1 field experience students, handled placement issues and questions, January – May 2012 Level 1 Field Experience Supervisor, University of Northern Iowa Department of Teaching Worked as liaison between the university and Cedar Falls/Waterloo area schools, observed and talked with Level 1 and Level 2 field experience students in the classroom, encouraged reflective practice, followed up concerns voiced by students and mentor teachers, January 2008 – December 2010 Research Assistant, University of Northern Iowa Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations Worked with UNI’s Professional Development School (PDS) Director on the expansion of the new PDS initiative, helped with Level 1 field experience placements, collected and analyzed data from mentor teachers in PDS pilot schools in Cedar Falls and Waterloo, January 2008 – May 2009 ______________________________________________________________________________ PRESENTATIONS __________________________________________________________ 3 Do They Know What They Need to Know?: Preservice Teachers’ Classroom Narratives in the Context of a Professional Development School Cohort Setting, Roundtable Presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, BC, April 2012 “I don’t know if the students didn’t care or what …”: Preservice Teachers Confront the Challenges of an Urban Classroom, Presentation at the Annual Conference of the National Association for Professional Development Schools, New Orleans, LA, March 2011 The Interactions Matrix: A Framework for Expanding Interactions and Developing Autonomy in Field Experiences, Invited Presentation, “Exploring Teaching” Course, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, September 2009 and January 2011 Meaning-Making During an Early Field Experience: A Literacy Education Professional Development School Perspective, Roundtable Presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO, April 2010 Encouraging Interactions by Preservice Teachers in Early Field Experiences: The Impact of a School-University Collaboration, Co-Presentation with Becky Hawbaker at the Annual Conference of the National Association for Professional Development Schools, Orlando, FL, March 2010 Mentoring Circles: How a Graduate Course Developed to Support and Encourage Strong Mentor Teachers Delivered Mutual Benefit to School and University, CoPresentation with Becky Hawbaker at the Annual Conference of the National Association for Professional Development Schools, Orlando, FL, March 2010 Preservice Teachers’ Beliefs About Teaching and Learning: The Impact of the First Field Experience, Poster Presentation at Graduate Student Research Symposium, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, April 2008 In the Beginning Was the Word: Discourse and Power in Clarín’s ‘La Regenta,’ Invited Presentation, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student/Faculty Colloquium, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, April 2002 The Art of Translation/The Myth of Perfection, Co-Presentation with Benjamin Zoss at Celebrating Critical Writing Conference, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, April 1999 _________________________________________________________ WORK IN PROGRESS __________________________________________________________ 4 “The Secret Is Within”: Using Self-Study to Uncover Biases and Learn From a Research Project “You can’t educate people by yourself”: Collaborative and Contextual Learning During an Early Field Experience “We bounced everything off each other all the time”: Learning About Teaching in a Professional Development School Cohort Setting _____________________________________________________________________________ RESEARCH INTERESTS __________________________________________________________ Early Field Experiences Professional Development Schools Communities of Practice Mentoring Preservice Teachers Developmental Theory Self-Study Theory and Practice Curriculum Theory ________________________________________________________ SERVICES TO PROFESSION __________________________________________________________ Representative, Graduate Council, University of Northern Iowa, August 2009 – May 2012 Discussant, American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, April 2010 and 2012 Representative, Graduate Student Advisory Board, University of Northern Iowa, January – May 2000 and August 2009 – May, 2010 ______________________________________________________________________________ HONORS & AWARDS __________________________________________________________ MA Thesis nominated for the Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, October 2000 ______________________________________________________________________________ LANGUAGES AND TRAVEL __________________________________________________________ 5 Fluent in Spanish Intensive Spanish language studies, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (2 summers, 1999 and 2000) Strong working knowledge of French Reading knowledge of German United Kingdom resident (until 1994) _________________________________________________________ PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS __________________________________________________________ Member, American Educational Research Association Member, National Association for Professional Development Schools Member, Modern Language Association ________________________________________________________ REFERENCES __________________________________________________________ Linda Fitzgerald, PhD Department of Curriculum and Instruction University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA 50614 319-273-2214 linda.fitzgerald@uni.edu Becky Hawbaker Department of Teaching University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA 50614 319-273-7664 becky.hawbaker@uni.edu John Henning, PhD Department of Teacher Education Ohio University Athens, OH 45701 740-597-2198 henningj@ohio.edu 6
