Paul Teske, Ph.D., Instructor

Pronouns: he/him/his

Contact: [email protected]

Paul has been in education for over 25 years. A former ELA teacher, he found myself in educational technology designing and researching content in the context of classrooms for its effectiveness. He has run K-8 after school technology programs in south Seattle, instructed in the teacher education program at the University of Washington, and helped build two nationally known education nonprofits: Educurious, as Senior Director of School Partnerships; and Teaching Channel, as VP of Engagement. He is currently the founder of Education Impact Exchange, a consortium of educators and scholars who take a systems approach to initiative implementations in the areas of blended learning, MLL instruction, equity & inclusion, social and emotional learning, and project-based learning. He and his team work with districts and nonprofits across the US to design, develop, and implement innovations to scale.

Education

Paul holds a BA in English and Political Science from St. Cloud State, an MA in Composition and Education, and PhD in literacy and technology.

Selected Publications

Handbook for The Informed Argument (1998)

“Writing and Cognition: Implications of the Cognitive Architecture for Learning to Writing and Writing to Learn,” The Writing Research Handbook (2007)

“Transmedia in the Classroom: Breaking the Fourth Wall” (2012)

“It’s Kind of Twisted”: Professionalizing Discourse during Youth Documentary Making,” Community Literacy Journal (2010)

“Let the Players Play” & Other Earnest Comments about Video Game Authorship,” ICLS (2010)

Connecting Classrooms with Experts: An Exercise in Productive Disciplinary Engagement in a PBL English Language Arts Classroom (2014)

“Camera Ready Educators: Video as a Staple to Instruction,” Getting Smart (2020)

Selected Presentations

Building and Implementing Video-Based Coaching, ASCD, 2015

Toe-Dipping to Cannonball: Building Sustainable Learning Networks, Learning Forward, 2015

Coaches with Cameras, ASCD, 2016

Translating ELL Practices, Learning Forward, 2016

7 Ways to Transform Professional Learning, ASCD, 2017

Scaling Video-Enhanced Professional Learning, Visible Learning Conference, 2017

Induction Junction What’s Your Function, California Induction Conference, 2017

Video for Learning in Teacher Education: A Primer, National EdTPA Conference, 2018

Tips from the Tundra: Scaling a Statewide Professional Learning Network, Learning Forward, 2018

Beyond the Naysayers and Negativity: Building a System of Teacher Leadership, ASCD, 2019

Course Taught

Paul teaches the Technology Into Practice course for the IslandWood Graduate Program.