Corey R. Sell MSU of Denver School of Education, Campus Box 21 P.O. Box 173362 Denver, CO 80214-3362 Phone: (303) 556-2938 E- mail: csell2@msudenver.edu Twitter: @educorey Research Interest teacher retention; pre- and in- service teacher knowledge development; elementary social studies instruction; teacher education pedagogy Academic Preparation Ph.D. M.Ed. B.A. Education, George Mason University, May 2013 Major Field: Teaching and Teacher Education Minor Field: Education Policy Dissertation: Teacher Retention: A phenomenological investigation into the lived experiences of three elementary teacher stayers Chair: Dr. Gary Galluzzo Curriculum & Instruction, University of Virginia, May 2003 American Studies, University of Mary Washington, May 1999 Credentials 2000-2005 2005-2020 Collegiate Professional Licensure, NK- 6, Commonwealth of Virginia Postgraduate Professional Licensure, NK- 6, Commonwealth of Virginia University Teaching Experience 2015- Present Metropolitan State University of Denver Assistant Professor of Elementary Education, Department of Elementary Education and Literacy, School of Education EDU 4100: Integrated Methods of Teaching Language Arts & Social Studies EDU 4105: Integrated Language Arts & Social Studies K- 6 Field Experience 2013-2015 George Mason University Assistant Professor of Education, Elementary Education Program, College of Education and Human Development, Graduate School of Education EDUC 542: Foundations of Education EDUC 612: Inquiry into Practice EDCI 544: Curriculum and Methods of Teaching in Elementary Education
2 EDCI 545: Differentiation and Assessment EDCI 554: Methods of Teaching Social Studies and Integrating Fine Arts in the Elementary Classroom EDCI 555: Literacy and Learning in Diverse Elementary Classrooms, Part I EDCI 547: Integrating Technology in the Elementary Classrooms: Mathematics Summer 2013 George Mason University Adjunct Professor, Elementary Education, Teach for America Cohort, College of Education and Human Development, Graduate School of Education EDCI 544: Curriculum and Methods of Teaching in Elementary Education 2010-2012 George Mason University Graduate Instructor, Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning, College of Education and Human Development, Graduate School of Education EDUC 613: How Students Learn EDUC 612: Inquiry Into Practice Elementary Teaching Experience 2011 2012 Oakridge Elementary School, Arlington, VA: Grade 4 Teacher. 2009 2011 Jamestown Elementary School, Arlington, VA: Grade 5 Teacher. 2003 2009 J. W. Alvey Elementary School, Prince William County, VA: Grade 4 Teacher. 2001 2002 Monterey Elementary School, Roanoke, VA: Grade 1 Teacher. 1999 2001 Lee Hill Elementary School, Spotsylvania County, VA: Grade 4 Teacher. Publications EDITED BOOK Zenkov, K., Corrigan, D., Beebe, R. S., & Sell, C. R. (Eds.). (2013). Professional development schools and social justice: Schools and universities partnering to make a difference. New York: Lexington Books. PEER- REVIEWED ARTICLES Samaras, A. P. & Sell, C. (Fall 2013). Please write: Using critical friend letter writing in teacher research. Teacher Education Quarterly, 40, 93-109.
3 Zenkov, K., Bell, A., Pellegrino, A., Harmon, J., Ewaida, M., Sell, C., Lynch, M. (2013). Picturing culturally relevant literacy practices: Using photography to see how literacy curricula and pedagogies matter to urban youth. International Journal of Multicultural Education, 15(2). Zenkov, K., Ewaida, M., Lynch, M., Bell, A., Harmon, J., Pellegrino, A., & Sell, C. (2014). Shooting back and looking for life in the USA and Haiti: Seeing the ethics of visual research methods through a development lens. International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 37(1). 63-86. Zenkov, K., Corrigan, D., Beebe, R., Sell, C., & Sells, S. (2013). Professional development schools (PDSs) and social justice education: Alternative notions of quality for future city teachers. School- University Partnerships, 6(1), 15-32. Zenkov, K., Pellegrino, A., & Sell, C. (2014). Lifting as we climb: A citizenship project in a professional development setting. School- University Partnerships, 7(1), 64-84. Zenkov, K., Pellegrino, A.M., Sell, C., Ewaida, M., Bell, A., Fell., M., Biernesser., S., & McManis, M. Picturing kids and kids as researchers: English language learners, preservice teachers and effective writing instruction. The New Educator 10(4), 306-330. doi: 10.1080/1547688X.2014.965107 BOOK CHAPTERS Zenkov, K., Corrigan, D., Beebe, R., Sell, C., & Sells, S. (2013) The master of urban secondary teaching (MUST) program: A case study In Zenkov, K., Corrigan, D., Beebe, R. S., & Sell, C. R. (Eds.), Professional development schools and social justice: Schools and universities partnering to make a difference (pp. 13-26). New York: Lexington Books. SUBMITTED MANUSCRIPTS Sell, C. R. & Galluzzo, G. (Elementary School Journal). What it takes to stay: Three stories of teacher retention. Parsons, S. A., Groth, L. A., Falconer, R., Hull, B., Sprague, D., Brown, E. L., Sell, C., Frazier, W. M., & Parker, A. K. (proposal accepted Fall 2013). Elementary teacher preparation at George Mason University: Evolution of our program. In R. Flessner & D. Lecklider (Eds.). Case Studies of Clinical Preparation in Teacher Education. WORKS IN PROGRESS Groth, L. A., Hull, B., Sprague, D., Brown, E. L., Sell, C., & Parker, A. K. (in preparation). Elementary teacher preparation at George Mason University: Evolution of our program. In R. Flessner, & D. Lecklider (Eds.), Case studies of clinical preparation in teacher education. Association for Teacher Education. Funding Sell, C. R. (participant) (2014). Arlington Public Schools early literacy professional development. A. W. Parsons & E. Sturtevant (PIs). Arlington County, VA. $84,000.00 funded
4 Presentations INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS Pellegrino, A. & Sell, C. (March 2015). Navigating the tensions of theory and application in social studies education. Presentation at the annual meeting of the International Society for the Social Studies (ISSS), Orlando, FL. Parker, A. K., Parsons, S. A, Groth, L. A., Sell, C., Suh, J. (February 2015). Teacher educators discussions and reflections on teacher candidates video recorded lessons: Our experiences with video coding technology. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators, Phoenix, AZ. Sell, C. (April 2014). Teacher Retention: A phenomenological investigation into the lived experiences of three elementary teacher stayers. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association annual conference, Philadelphia, PA. Sell, C. (April 2014). Picturing kids and kids as Researchers: English language learners, pre- service teachers, and effective writing instruction. Roundtable presentation at the American Educational Research Association annual conference, Philadelphia, PA. Sell, C. (April 2014). Urban and social- justice oriented PDS program A signature pedagogy example. Invited presentation at the Professional Development Schools Research SIG business meeting at the Association of Educational Research annual conference. Philadelphia, PA. Dodman, S. L., Groth, L. A., Brown, E. L., Sell, C. R., Parker, A. K., & Lai, K. (March 2014). Making inquiry an active part of the teacher candidateship: Enhancing an action research course in a PDS program. Paper presented at the National Association of Professional Development Schools Conference, Las Vegas, NV. Sell, C. (February 2014). The Great Balancing Act: One Teacher s Story of Staying in the Classroom within a Low- performing School. Paper presented at the Association of Teacher Educators annual conference, St. Louis, MO. Sell, C. (August 2013). Teacher Retention: The Lived Experiences of Three Elementary Teacher Stayers. Paper presented at the Association of Teacher Educators summer conference, Washington, DC. LOCAL PRESENTATIONS Sell, C. R., Groth, L., Baker, C., Parker, A. K., & Parsons, S. (April 2015). Purposeful exploration of video- coding (Edthena) in an elementary teacher preparation program. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators of Virginia (ATE- VA), Roanoke, VA. Samaras, A. P. & Sell, C. (March, 2011). Using the Lost Art of Letter Writing in Teaching Research. Paper presented at the College of Education and Human Development Research Symposium, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. Sell, C. & Edwards, R. (May, 2009). A Social Approach to Researching, Writing, and Storytelling in the Information Age. Presentation at the 7 th Annual Technology Fiesta for Prince William County Public Schools, Woodbridge, VA.
5 Bon, S., Allen, J., Cohen, L., Muccio, L., & Sell, C. (March, 2009). Collective Narrative Inquiry: Exploring the Relationship Between Leadership, Ethics and Critical Reflection. Paper presented at the College of Education and Human Development Research Symposium, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. Awards Emerging Scholar: Association of Teacher Educators summer meeting (2013) Service to the Profession Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development problem- based learning collaborator for Problem- Based Learning for the 21 st Century Classroom (DVD), (2010). National Council of the Social Studies annual conference proposal reviewer (Spring 2014) Journal of Social Studies Research reviewer (Summer 2014- present) *4 articles Journal of Teacher Education reviewer (Fall 2014- present) *1 article Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching and Research Editorial Review Board (Summer 2014) Service to the Program, College, University Maintained social media presence (i.e. Twitter) for the Elementary Education program (Spring 2014- Spring 2015) Developed an online learning module on academic integrity for the Elementary Education program (Spring 2014) Interviewed elementary education prospective students (Fall 2014- Spring 2015) College of Education and Human Development Council, member (Fall 2014- Spring 2015) New Faculty Committee, CEHD, member (Fall 2014- Spring 2015) SPA Report Task Force Committee (Spring 2015) Elementary Education Selection Committee (Fall 2014) EDCI 554: SS Methods Lead (Fall 2014- Spring 2015) Service to the Schools Founder of Runaway Sunrays running club at J.W. Alvey Elementary School (2007-2009) Summer collaboration project at Lynbrook Elementary School (Summer 2014)
6 Led a school- university collaboration involving Mosby Woods Elementary School and Teaching with Primary Sources Northern Virginia Partnership (TPSNVP) in order to promote the use of historical inquiry and primary sources among pre- and in- service teachers (Summer 2015) Research Skills Phenomenological Research Methods Interviewing Skills Microsoft Office Database program Quantitative & Qualitative Research Techniques Professional Memberships Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) 2012- Present American Educational Research Association (AERA), 2009 Present. o Social Studies Research SIG, 2014 Present. International Reading Association (IRA), 2011- Present International Society for the Social Studies (ISSS), 2014 Present National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), 2013- Present Phi Delta Kappa International (PDK), 2012- Present References Dr. Gary Galluzzo Full Professor West Building 2202 MS 1D5 Phone: (703) 993-2567 Email: ggalluzzo@gmu.edu Dr. Anthony Pellegrino Assistant Professor Thompson Hall 1806 MS 4B3 Phone: (703) 993-5252 Email: apelleg2@gmu.edu
7 Dr. Audra Parker Associate Professor Thompson Hall 1805 MS 4B3 Phone: (703) 993-9717 Email: aparke19@gmu.edu Dr. Anastasia Samaras Full Professor Thompson Hall 1403 MS 4B3 Phone: (703) 993-8154 Email: asamaras@gmu.edu