Rate My Professor Kathy Piechura-Couture

Dr. Piechura-Couture's research centers on effective pedagogical practices for general and special needs populations, encompassing trauma and resiliency, restorative practices, student self-advocacy, infusing movement and the arts into the general curriculum, and differentiating instruction. She actively researches areas such as trauma-informed coaching, promoting reading among teacher educators, and teaching pedagogy. Notable publications include Colwell, C., MacIsaac, D., Tichenor, M., Heins, E., & Piechura, K. (accepted), 'District and university perspectives on sustaining professional development schools? Do the NCATE standards matter?' in The Professional Educator; Piechura-Couture, K., Heins, E., Tichenor, M. (2013), 'The Boy Factor: Can Single-Gender Classes Reduce the Over-Representation of Boys in Special Education?' in College Student Journal; Tichenor, M., Heins, E., and Piechura, K. (2010), 'Five steps in creating a summer literacy camp for at-risk students' in The Florida Reading Journal; Rhodes, W.C., Piechura-Couture, K., Doone, E. (2009), chapter in Unifying Theory of Emotional Disturbance and the Life Impact Curriculum; and others on co-teaching, gender-specific strategies, and literacy programs such as 'Coteaching: A Model for Education Reform' (2006), 'The Lunch Bunch: Building Literacy in a Natural Way' (2006), and 'Preparing teacher candidates to use gender-specific teaching strategies' (2008).