Associate Professor of STEM Education
Bridgewater State University
Dr. Heather Pacheco-Guffrey is an Associate Professor of Education at Bridgewater State University's Elementary and Early Childhood Education program in Massachusetts, USA. Dr. Pacheco-Guffrey has been an educator for over 20 years, focused on inclusive, equitable and accessible teaching and learning. She is an alumna Einstein Fellow and NSF IGERT Fellow. Today, she is a STEM specialist, teaching tech-rich introductory and advanced methods courses in STEM for students at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Dr. Pacheco-Guffrey works with many students in the pre-practicum and practicum stage of their journey toward becoming a teacher. She supervises her own students’ clinical field experiences and highly values the school partnerships she has built over the years. She has worked for many years on enhancing the teacher candidate experience in clinical field work, striving to ensure continuity between pre-practicum and the student teaching practicum by integrating practicum metrics into pre-practicum coursework. Technology has played a critical role in these efforts.
Dr. Pacheco-Guffrey's research is focused on teacher technology-use for domain-specific instruction (TPACK). She loves learning about new technology applications for teaching and she authors the "Tech Talk" column for the National Science Teacher Association's practitioner journal, Science & Children. Heather is currently developing models of elementary teacher technology-use and working to identify areas of strength and growth in TPACK training within teacher preparation programs. She lives in eastern Massachusetts by the sea with her husband David and daughter Zola.
Prompting Equity for the Marginalized via Teacher Education
Friday, February 16, 2024
11:30 AM – 11:50 AM MST