Priscilla Fields

Priscilla Fields is a Learning Cultures staff developer who works in New York City schools. She has a BA in English from the University of Montana in Missoula, MT (1998) and an MAT (Master of Arts in Teaching) from the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT (2000).

Priscilla is a veteran teacher, with experience teaching seventh-grade at the Jacob Riis School where she implemented the Learning Cultures curriculum.

Priscilla is a doctoral candidate at New York University, writing her dissertation on what the Writing Share component of the Learning Cultures curriculum reveals about students’ literacy learning and understanding.

Priscilla is a mother of a preschooler. She is an avid sportswoman who formerly ran an outdoor adventure club that took students whitewater rafting, biking, horseback riding, and skiing.

Teacher Growth and Expertise

Equity

Student Achievement

Student Responsibility

The Value of Recordkeeping

Impact on Subject Expertise

Differentiation

Democracy