Tracy Spesia Professorial Lecturer SOE Faculty
- Degrees
- Ed.D. University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL
Educational Leadership
M.S. Bank Street College of Education, NY, NY
Early Childhood and Elementary Education
B.A. College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
English
- Bio
- Dr. Tracy Spesia is a passionate teacher educator dedicated to developing excellent new teachers for all students as a SOE faculty member in the Teacher Education Program and as the SOE Accreditation and Assessment Coordinator. Dr. Spesia earned her MS in Early Childhood and Elementary Education at Bank Street College of Education (NY) and her EdD in Educational Leadership from the University of St. Francis, College of Education (IL). Prior to joining the faculty at American University School of Education, she was a clinical educator for over twenty years, including ten years as Field Experience Coordinator and Partnership Liaison at the University of St. Francis, College of Education. During that time, Dr. Spesia held executive leadership roles on several state education preparation associations and served on the Illinois Diverse and Learner Ready Teacher Network, where she contributed to the development of the Illinois Culturally Responsive Teaching Standards. She also served for nine years on her local high school board. As a national consultant, Dr. Spesia provides training and support for the educative Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) in order to foster pre-service teachers' knowledge and skills of effective and equitable teaching practices to deepen their students’ content learning. She is a site team volunteer for the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) and currently supports and collaborates with her AU SOE colleagues to use assessment to drive continuous programmatic improvements.
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Teaching
Fall 2024
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EDU-697 Pract Field Exp with Seminar
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EDU-697 Pract Field Exp with Seminar
Spring 2025
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EDU-699 Student Teaching Sem Prof Prac