TEACHING INTERESTS

Child development, early childhood methods, foundations of education, educational psychology, infant & toddler development, assessment in early childhood, early childhood literacy, creative activities in early childhood. 

ACADEMIC INTERESTS

The Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education. Science, nature-based, and play-based education in the early years. The use of story and interview for assessment in the early childhood classroom.

PRESENTATIONS

Crawford, R., Gravil, M., & North, T. (2022). How To Connect Preschool Classrooms at Two University-Based Programs. Presentation for the National Coalition for Campus Children’s Centers: Virtual. 

Gravil, M., Crawford, R., & North, T. (2021). Budding birders: Shared birding experiences between urban and rural preschool programs. Research roundtable for the 18th Annual Research Symposium of the North American Association for Environmental Education: Virtual.

North, T., Crawford, R., & Gravil, M. (2021). Citizen science in two preschool classrooms: A highly collaborative project using birds and technology. Presentation for the Annual Conference of the National Association for the Education of Young Children: Virtual.

Gravil, M., North, T., & Crawford, R. (2021). Shared birding experiences in preschool classrooms. Presentation for the Annual Conference of the Kentucky Association for Environmental Education: Virtual.

Gannoe, L., Bush, D., & North, T. (2021). Life on the Edge is Risky Business: Exploring Appropriate Risk Taking. Presentation for the National Coalition for Campus Children’s Centers: Virtual.

North, T., & Crawford, R. (2020). Recycling Early Education Materials with Instruction and Community Support (REEMICS). Presentation for the Kentucky Association for Environmental Education: Virtual.

Gravil, M., North, T., & Crawford, R. (2021). Exploring the use of citizen science and technology to connect preschool classrooms at two university-based programs. Children, Youth, and Environments, 31(3), 170-179.

Kaderavek, J.N., North, T., Rotshtein, R., Dao, H., Liber, N., Milewski, G., Molitor, S.C., & Czerniak, C.M. (2015). SCIIENCE: The creation and pilot implementation of an NGSS-based instrument to evaluate early childhood science teaching.  Studies in Educational Evaluation, 45, 27-36. 

Johnson-Whitt, E., Allen, A., Reinhart, M., North, T., Czerniak, C., Kaderavek, J., & Molitor, S. (2014). Verbal communication during early childhood science inquiry. Paper submitted to Annual International Conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST)

Kaderavek, J. N., Molitor, S. C. Milewski, G., Rotshtein, R., North, T., Dao, H. Liber, N., Czerniak, C. M. (2014). Teacher change in primary grades inquiry science classroom practices following professional development. Paper submitted to Annual International Conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST).

Allen, A., Johnson-Whitt, E., Reinhart, M., North, T., Czerniak, C., Kaderavek, J., & Molitor, S. (2013). Making thinking visible in preschool science investigations. Paper presented at the Mid-West Educational Research Association conference, Chicago, IL.

Kaderavek, J. N., North, T., Rotshtein, R., Dao, H., Liber, N., Milewski, G., Molitor, S. C., & Czerniak, C. M. (2012, April). SCIIENCE: The creation of a coding system to evaluate early childhood science teaching. Paper presented at the Annual International Conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. 

ACADEMIC DEGREES

Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, Early Childhood Education, University of Toledo
M.S. in Leadership Development, Wright State University
B.S. in Organizational Leadership in Education and Organizations, Wright State University.
Also attended the University of Cincinnati and Sinclair Community College for Teacher Education.