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BA and MA in Education and Licensure Programs

Sue FlemingSusan Fleming, MA, Ed.D

Program Director, BA and MA Education and Licensure Programs 

 

My life's work and passion have been to create places of belonging in public schools where students can experience learning that invites intellectual engagement and a sense of self and community. Whether as teacher, guidance counselor, principal, superintendent, or university instructor, I have been committed to progressive education and have always remained close to the heart of schools, its teachers, its students and the learning process.

 

My journey has yielded important lessons, which now direct my philosophy, vision and practice regarding teacher education. These understandings, while simple in statement and short in number, are profound to me and continue to be rediscovered whenever they are not at the heart of my work. They are:

  • We learn by doing.
  • The context of one's experience affects intellectual, emotional and social dimensions of meaning making.
  • Individuals interface with the world through different modalities.
  • Making meaning happens in the interplay among experiences, reflection and conceptual understanding.
  • Education is a vehicle for social political change; there is no neutral place when it comes to an anti-bias education.
  • There is great significance in self-directed, personalized learning.
  • A community of learners benefits greatly from relationships grounded in mutuality and respect.
  • There is great power in focusing one's learning around questions.

I am very enthusiastic about just joining the Goddard faculty. Currently I am consulting with schools, colleges and organizations in the areas of curriculum, program development, diversity and leadership training. I am a former superintendent of schools and high school principal in Provincetown, Massachusetts and worked in Boston and San Jose public schools.”

 

Educational Background: Ed.D. in Teaching, Curriculum, and Learning Environments, Harvard University; M.A. in Counseling Psychology, Santa Clara University; M.A. in Educational Administration, San Jose State College; B.A. in Mathematics, Bucknell University.

 

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