Monica Taylor

• Department: Secondary and Special Education
  
• Office: University Hall 2142
• Phone: (973) 655-6952
• Email: taylorm@mail.montclair.edu

Scholarly Interests and Specialties

• Urban Teacher Residency
• Inquiry 
• Teaching for Social Justice 
• Self Study/Action Research 
• Teacher Leadership

Professional Association Memberships

• National Council for Teachers of English
• AERA 
• AERA Self Study SIG 
• National Reading Conference 
• Kappa Delta Pi

Reviewer for the following professional journals

• Teaching and Teacher Education
• Studying Teacher Education

Other Types of Reviews

• Wadsworth Publishing, Text Reviews
• Conference Proposals, AERA 
• Conference Proposals, AERA Self Study SIG

Work with Schools

• Lead Faculty for the secondary Math/Science cohort of the Newark Montclair Urban Teacher Residency Program:
• Develop innovative UTR curriculum 
• Involvement in resident admissions, school and mentor selection, and induction support 
• Oversee instruction and observation of residents and the integration a variety of resource faculty 
• Support mentors as they conduct action research 
• Partner with UTR schools in Newark to develop sustainable change 
• Collaboratively work with UTR faculty on research and publications

Work With Schools and Other Agencies

• Grover Cleveland Middle School - As PDS partnership liaison, some of the activities in which I am involved include:
• -Teaching courses such as ET/PL and Intermediate Field onsite
• -Organizing professional development opportunities for teachers
• -Teaching grad courses on site for teachers
• -Working on collaborative inquiry projects with MSU and GCMS students to explore issues of social justice such as racism and authority
• -Developing social justice interdisciplinary (art, language arts, social studies) curriculum