Conference presentation with students: 2019 Pennsylvania chapter of National Association of Multicultural Education (PA-NAME)

In March 2019, I co-presented with my Millersville University (MU) colleague Drs. Miriam Witmer along with 3 MU students and 1 School District of Lancaster (SDOL) student at the 21st PA-NAME conference held at Kutztown University.  The title of our presentation was: Side-by-Side: A Program to Address the Challenges of Diversifying Teachers in Classrooms and on Campus.  The presentation described our ongoing partnership between MU and SDOL and the results of pre-test/post-test and exit interview data from student participants.  In my role, I discussed the underlying theoretical basis for the project known as Self Determination Theory, which is a motivational theory based on the work of Deci and Ryan (2000).  I also discussed the current study findings and emerging themes.