COEHS professor honored with ATE’s distinguished teacher educator award

Dr. Diane Yendol-Hoppey, UNF College of Education and Human Services professor, has been awarded the prestigious Hans C. Olsen Distinguished Teacher Educator Award at this year’s Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) Conference.

The Hans C. Olsen Award for the Distinguished Teacher Educator has been established by ATE to select and honor those individuals who embody all seven of the ATE Teacher Educator Standards and those whose contributions to the preparation of teachers are worthy of special recognition.

 The seven standards are:

1. Models professional teaching practices which demonstrate knowledge, skills and attitudes reflecting best practice.
2. Inquires into and contributes to one or more areas of scholarly activity that are related to teaching, learning and/or teacher education
3. Systematically inquires into and reflects on personal practice and demonstrates commitment to lifelong professional development.
4. Provides leadership in developing, implementing, and evaluating programs for educating teachers that embrace diversity, are rigorous, relevant and grounded in best practice.
5. Collaborates regularly with school, university, state education department, professional associations, and community representatives to improve teaching, learning and teacher education.
6. Serves as an informed and critically positive advocate for high quality education for every student, public understanding of educational issues, and excellence in teaching and the preparation of teachers.
7. Contributes to improving the education profession, partially through ATE.

Dr. Yendol-Hoppey has made significant contributions to the preparation of teacher educators, as well as education as a whole. Prior to her current position as a UNF professor, Diane has served as a faculty member at the University of Florida, faculty member and Director of the Benedum Center at West Virginia University, faculty member, department chair and Associate Dean at the University of South Florida and as Dean of UNF's College of Education for six years.

Dr. Yendol-Hoppey has also served in a variety of leadership positions where she engaged in extensive collaboration with school district, corporate and non-profit partners interested in improving teaching and learning. Her work has united practitioners and university faculty to create and sustain nationally recognized school-university partnerships. Dr. Yendol-Hoppey’s research specifically focuses on facilitating teacher learning through partnerships, enhanced job-embedded professional learning, field-based teacher education and teacher leadership.

Dr. Yendol-Hoppey has authored or co-authored 60 refereed journal articles, 16 book chapters and 12 books. Her work has appeared in such journals as Teachers College Record, Educational Researcher and Journal of Teacher Education. Dr. Yendol-Hoppey is currently the Associate Editor of the Journal of Teacher Education. Most notably, she was the co-founder and facilitator of the Clinical Fellows’ Program and active member of the Association of Teacher Educators for over 20 years, serving on a variety of committees, commissions and SIGs. In addition, Dr. Yendol-Hoppey has made scores of invited and refereed presentations at the local, state, national and international level and has garnered more than fifteen million dollars in external funding to advance her work as a teacher educator and that of her institutions.

“What is not captured adequately on [Dr. Yendol-Hoppey’s] CV or awards is the genuine, supportive human connection she makes with everyone in which she comes into contact,” says Dr. Rebecca West Burns. “She is truly invested in the success of others. This is evident in her deep commitment to mentorship - not only doctoral students but also junior faculty teacher educators because she believes in the advancement of teacher education.”