Teacher Development

Faculty and Staff

Contact Information

In person: 386 Stewart Hall
Email: tdev@stcloudstate.edu
Email: sped@stcloudstate.edu 
Email: cfs@stcloudstate.edu 
Phone: (320) 308-3007

Mailing Address:
Department of Education
386 Stewart Hall 
St. Cloud State University
720 4th Ave S
St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498

Staff and Department Chair

Department Chair: Jennifer Christensen

Kim Rose

Kim Rose

  • Office Manager (Elementary Ed, Human Relations)
Heather VanWagner

Heather VanWagner

  • Office Manager (Child & Family Studies, SPED)

Child and Family Studies

Melisa Brever

Melisa Brever

  • Assistant Professor
  • M.S. St. Cloud State University

376 Stewart Hall


Teaching areas and research: early childhood education; early childhood special education; diversity and inclusion; inclusive early childhood program development; differentiated instruction; assessment and evaluation; child development; guidance; adverse childhood experiences; families and children; autism spectrum disorder; retention of high-quality early childhood professionals to maximize student learning outcomes
Deborah Wheeler

Deborah Wheeler

  • Associate Professor
  • Ed.D. Nova Southeastern University

385 Stewart Hall


Teaching areas and research: early childhood education; parents and children; cultural and linguistic competence; English learner curricular model in higher education; diversity and multicultural inclusion; language learning and acquisition in early childhood; multilingual learners and content instruction; humanistic pedagogical approach to teaching and learning immigrant and refugee children in early childhood; sociocultural development when strengthening connections between school, family, and community.

Elementary Education

Jennifer Jay

Jennifer Jay

  • Professor
  • Ph.D. University of Missouri

(320) 308-3007 | 341 Stewart Hall

Elementary Education

 

Martin Lo

Martin Lo

  • Associate Professor
  • Ed.D. University of Northern Iowa

(320) 308-3007 | 348 Stewart Hall


Elementary Education, K-6 Mathematics Education, Curriculum and Instructions
Kristi Tamte

Kristi Tamte

  • Associate Professor
  • Ph.D., University of Minnesota

381 Stewart Hall

Elementary Education, Literacy Education
K-12 Reading Specialist certificate

Library Media

Jennifer Hill

Jennifer Hill

  • Assistant Professor
  • Ed.D., Bethel University

(320) 308-4057 | 375 Stewart Hall

Library Media Specialist graduate certificate and master's

 

Human Relations

Semya Hakim

Semya Hakim

  • Associate Professor
Tamrat Tademe

Tamrat Tademe

  • Associate Professor

Special Education

Michele Barron-Albers

Michele Barron-Albers

  • Assistant Professor
Jennifer Christensen

Jennifer Christensen

  • Associate Professor
Bradley Kaffar

Bradley Kaffar

Michael Pickle

Michael Pickle

Brian Valentini

Brian Valentini

  • Assistant Professor

Adjunct Faculty

Sandi Loxton

Sandi Loxton

  • Child and Family Studies
Tomoko Rebeck

Tomoko Rebeck

  • Child and Family Studies
Michele Rogers

Michele Rogers

  • Special Education
Ana Welu

Ana Welu

  • Child and Family Studies
Eugene Beniek

Eugene Beniek

  • Child and Family Studies