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Skidmore College
Education Studies
Mary Ellen Towne

Stephanie Banks

Field Placement Coordinator, Certification Officer and Lecturer, Education Studies

Office: Palamountain Hall, 217a
Telephone: 518-580-5145
Email: sbanks@skidmore.edu

Education

  • Doctor of Education in Learning, Leadership, and Community, Plymouth State University
  • Master of Education, University of New Hampshire
  • Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science, University of New Hampshire

Courses

  • ED 349 Student Teaching Seminar
  • ED 334 Integrated Curriculum & Instruction
  • ED 261 EmpowerED: Mentoring for Junior Internship

Research & Scholarly Interests

  • Mathematical identities of elementary educators and teacher candidates
  • Teacher identity development
  • STEM education
  • Peer mentoring and co-facilitation
  • Clinical practice and practice-based pedagogies in teacher education

Research Presentations

  • Banks, S. (2023). “From Student to Teacher: Narrative Understandings of Learning and Teaching
  • Elementary Mathematics.” Emerging Scholars Presentation at Association of Teacher Educators
  • Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, FL.
  • Banks, S. (2023). “Transformational Teaching: Fostering Critical Reflection and Discourse in
  • Teacher Prep.” Presentation at Association of Teacher Educators Annual Meeting, Jacksonville,
  • Banks, S. (2022). “Becoming an Elementary Math Teacher: A Narrative Exploration.” Roundtable
  • Presentation at Association of Teacher Educators Summer Conference.