Teresa Petty

Teresa M. Petty is an Associate Professor in the Department of Middle, Secondary, and K-12 Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She also serves as the department’s coordinator of online programs. Teresa earned her EdD in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, her teaching focuses on instructional design, teacher leadership, and instructional methods in the middle and secondary mathematics classroom. Her research interests include teacher attraction/retention in high-need schools, online teaching/learning, and National Board Certification.

Publications

Establishing a Mentoring Relationship Between Pre-Service and Mentor Teachers Through Windows Into Teaching and Learning
Establishing a Mentoring Relationship Between Pre-Service and Mentor Teachers Through Windows Into Teaching and Learning
Teresa Petty, Tina L. Heafner, Abiola A. Farinde, Michelle Plaisance. © 2019. 16 pages.
Windows into Teaching and Learning (WiTL) was a project designed by researchers at one southeastern U.S. University that allowed the facilitation of online clinical experiences...
Supporting Teacher Education Candidates Through the edTPA Process
Supporting Teacher Education Candidates Through the edTPA Process
Teresa Petty, Tina L. Heafner, Joan Lachance, Drew Polly. © 2019. 16 pages.
edTPA is a performance-based, content-specific assessment process designed by educators to determine whether new teachers are ready for the job. This chapter provides a thorough...
Preface
Preface
Teresa Petty, Amy J. Good, Michael Putman. © 2016. 7 pages.
This Preface is included in the book Handbook of Research on Professional Development for Quality Teaching and Learning.
Supporting Teacher Education Candidates through the edTPA Process
Supporting Teacher Education Candidates through the edTPA Process
Teresa Petty, Tina L. Heafner, Joan Lachance, Drew Polly. © 2016. 16 pages.
edTPA is a performance-based, content-specific assessment process designed by educators to determine whether new teachers are ready for the job. This chapter provides a thorough...
Supporting Teacher Education Candidates through the edTPA Process
Supporting Teacher Education Candidates through the edTPA Process
Teresa Petty, Tina L. Heafner, Joan Lachance, Drew Polly. © 2016. 15 pages.
edTPA is a performance-based, content-specific assessment process designed by educators to determine whether new teachers are ready for the job. This chapter provides a thorough...
National Board Certification in North Carolina: Five Motivators for Pursuit
National Board Certification in North Carolina: Five Motivators for Pursuit
Teresa Petty, Amy J. Good, Laura K. Handler. © 2016. 16 pages.
The purpose of this study is to report National Board Certified Teachers' (NBCTs) motivators for pursuing National Board Certification. The guiding research question for this...
Exploring the Effectiveness of Online Education in K-12 Environments
Exploring the Effectiveness of Online Education in K-12 Environments
Tina L. Heafner, Richard Hartshorne, Teresa Petty. © 2015. 481 pages.
The integration of technology in classrooms is rapidly emerging as a way to provide more educational opportunities for students. As virtual learning environments become more...
Teacher Education Programs and Online Learning Tools: Innovations in Teacher Preparation
Teacher Education Programs and Online Learning Tools: Innovations in Teacher Preparation
Richard Hartshorne, Tina L. Heafner, Teresa Petty. © 2013. 569 pages.
While online learning has become pervasive in many fields in higher education, it has been adopted somewhat slower in teacher education. In addition, more research is needed to...
Remote Observation of Graduate Interns: A Look at the Process Four Years Later
Remote Observation of Graduate Interns: A Look at the Process Four Years Later
Teresa Petty, Tina L. Heafner, Richard Hartshorne. © 2013. 22 pages.
The Remote Observation of Graduate Interns (ROGI) is a method crafted by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte that allows graduate interns completing...
Perceptions of Preparation of Online Alternative Licensure Teacher Candidates
Perceptions of Preparation of Online Alternative Licensure Teacher Candidates
M. Joyce Brigman, Teresa Petty. © 2013. 21 pages.
This chapter seeks to investigate the perceived sense of preparation for the classroom that leads to teacher effectiveness. The focus of this chapter is an exploration of the...
Moving Beyond Four Walls: The Expanding Online Teacher Preparation Classroom
Moving Beyond Four Walls: The Expanding Online Teacher Preparation Classroom
Tina L. Heafner, Teresa Petty, Richard Hartshorne. © 2012. 31 pages.
In this qualitative research study, the authors explore the use of the Remote Observation of Graduate Interns (ROGI) as a tool for expanding online instruction for teacher...
Implementing the Remote Observation of Graduate Interns: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
Implementing the Remote Observation of Graduate Interns: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
Teresa Petty, Richard Hartshorne, Tina L. Heafner. © 2012. 18 pages.
In this chapter, unexpected challenges, “lessons learned,” as well as the best practices that have resulted during the implementation of a program involving the remote...