Wendy Burke

Wendy Burke is the Department Head of Teacher Education and a full professor of Curriculum & Instruction at Eastern Michigan University. She earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She was named the 2017-2018 John W. Porter Endowed Chair. Dr. Burke has served several terms as the program chair of AERA’s School, University, and Community Collaborative Research SIG, was the co-founder of the Adaptive Leadership Network, and a co-founder of the Michigan Alliance for Social and Emotional Learning. Dr. Burke is currently on the Executive Board of Learning Forward Michigan. Her scholarly interests include: teacher learning and development, school, university, and community partnerships, and professional learning within school improvement initiatives.

Publications

The Urgency of Teacher Preparation Programs to Prepare Classroom Educators for Teaching in Multilingual Classrooms
The Urgency of Teacher Preparation Programs to Prepare Classroom Educators for Teaching in Multilingual Classrooms
Kimberly Dawn Tsukiyama, Wendy Burke. © 2023. 21 pages.
As the U.S. experiences increases in language learners, teachers struggle with employing methods that promote students' language development and academic growth. The purpose...