Teacher Education Program Faculty
Courses in the Teacher Education Program (TEP) are taught primarily by adjunct faculty members who represent the best the teaching profession has to offer in terms of their practice, wisdom, guidance, and commitment to developing future teachers.
They come from a wide-range of professional and academic backgrounds, and offer more than eight decades of combined practical, hands-on experience. These faculty members know schools, know teaching, and know the impact of policy on practices.
They are rich resources ready to share their expertise with you.
Kimberly Hartnett-Edwards, Assistant Professor, Teacher Education Program 
PhD, Eductional Studies, Claremont Graduate University; MA, Education, California State University, San Bernardino; BA, Literature & Writing, University of California, San Diego.
Previously held a faculty-directorship at California State University, San Bernardino in the Reading Language Arts Graduate Program. Recent publication of her book "Stress Matters: The Social Psychology and Physiology of Reading/Language Arts Achievement" is the culmination of her docotral work on the effects of affect and emotion on L/A achievement. Her current research includes work with early intervention models, written language acquisition and Hawaiian NCLB restructuring models.
E-mail: Kimberly.Hartnett-Edwards@du.edu
Paul Michalec, Clinical Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction 
PhD, University of Colorado-Boulder; MA, Mankato State University; BS, Cornell University
Career highlights: Former director of student teaching, Skidmore College; developed an innovative institution-to-institution K-16 partnership between Skidmore College and a local school district; served on editorial board for the newsletter EnCouragement; received Adjunct Faculty Teaching Award in 2005 at DU; founding member of Colorado Courage To Teach; Courage to Teach facilitator leading year-long retreat series for Denver Public School teachers and building leaders focusing on renewal and teacher formation; published in Curriculum & Teaching Dialogue; faculty advisor for the Dual Undergraduate/Graduate Degree Program; Morgridge College of Education teaching coach.
Research interests: teacher education, effective instruction in higher education, spiritual dimensions of teaching, teacher renewal/formation.
Professional affiliations: American Association of Teaching and Curriculum, Center for Courage and Renewal.
E-mail: pmichale@du.edu
Paul Michalec Vita
Maria del Carmen Salazar, Assistant Professor, Assistant Director of the Teacher Education
Programs 
PhD, University of Colorado-Boulder; MA, University of Denver; BA, University of Colorado-Denver
Career highlights: Publications in peer-reviewed journals such as Bilingual Research Journal, Borderlands Journal, and The High School Journal; national conference presentations for American Educational Research Association, National Association for Bilingual Education, Latino Critical Race Theory, Coalition of Essential Schools, and National Council of Teachers of English; currently appointed to the Colorado Department of Education NCLB English Language Acquisition Advisory Council, Colorado Department of Education Reading First Leadership Team and Governor Ritter's Teacher Quality Commission; serves as co-chair of Morgridge College of Education Diversity Committee; faculty representative for DU Latina/o Center for Community Engagement and Scholarship.
Research interests: teacher education, urban education, linguistically diverse education, cultural competency, teacher as researcher, academic resiliency of Chicana/o & Mexicana/o youth.
Professional affiliations: American Educational Research Association, National Association for Bilingual Education, Colorado Association for Bilingual Education, American Association of University Women.
E-mail: msalazar@du.edu
Kent Seidel, Associate Professor, Interim Director of the Teacher Education Programs 
Dr. Kent Seidel is Associate Professor and Chair of the P-20 Leadership programs, including the Buell Early Childhood Program, K12 Educational Administration programs, and Higher Education Administration programs. He comes to DU from the University of Cincinnati, where he served as faculty and Chair of the Educational Leadership and Urban Education Leadership graduate programs. He holds a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Research with a focus on non-profit and educational organizational behavior and management. Dr. Seidel has been actively involved with school improvement and standards-based reform since 1990. Since 1996, he has served as the Director of the Alliance for Curriculum reform, a collaborative of more than 20 of the national education organizations. Closely related to his school reform work, Dr. Seidel has been actively involved in arts education and the development of creativity in students, teachers, and school leaders. He has a theatre and music background.
His primary research in the past decade has focused on performance-based approaches to improving educator support and school quality, including a major emphasis on value-added and growth measures in accountability systems. He led the development of resources and training for all 72 teacher and principal preparation programs in Ohio on uses of value-added and growth measures, under the auspices of the Board of Regents to help these programs meet legislative requirements. He is Principal Investigator for the large-scale longitudinal strand of the Teacher Quality Partnership, a consortium of all 50 Ohio teacher education programs, conducting a series of studies to better understand teacher preparation, professional development, and early career support.
E-Mail: kent.seidel@du.edu
Kent Seidel Vita
Suzanne Thompson, Lecturer, Teacher Education Program 
MA, Reading, University of Colorado-Denver; BA, Elementary Education / Psychology,
University of Denver
Suzy spent thirty-one years in urban education with Denver Public Schools as an elementary
school principal, curriculum/instruction/assessment specialist, and classroom teacher.
Through a federal grant, awarded to a partnership of four Colorado universities, she
presented at the national AACTE conference in 2007 and the national SITE conference
in 2006. She has been adjunct faculty with the Teacher Education Program at DU for
the last eight years. Passionate about teaching and learning - today and tomorrow,
Suzy's areas of professional interest include responsible data use in elementary school
environments, 21st Century Teaching and Learning, and the role of technology in K-20
education environments.
E-mail: sthomps1@du.edu
Suzanne Thompson Vita
Don Trickel, Lecturer, Teacher Education Program 
Don Trickel is the current Secondary Placement Coordinator for MCE's Teacher Education
Program. He is the instructor for Secondary Student Teaching Seminar and the Secondary
Social Studies Methods courses. He has researched and published articles concerning
data use and assessment involved in Information Based Educational Practice as well
as in higher education's role in improving low-performing schools.
E-Mail: dtrickel@du.edu
Don Trickel Vita
