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Deborah Napoli

She/Her
Director of Clinical Practice, Teacher Education
Assistant Professor, Education
  • Profile
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    • Grants and Fellowships

      2019-2025: REB Education Impact Grant, University of Richmond PLuS Program, $574,760

    • Presentations

      Napoli, D. & Kuti, L. (2022, April 4). The STEP Model: A financially sustainable pre-service teacher residency and new teacher inductor support program. [Conference presentation]. National Field Experience Conference, Greeley, Colorado.

    • Memberships

      American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)

      Virginia Association for Colleges of Teacher Education (VACTE)

      National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

    • Professional Experience

      Middle School English/Reading Teacher (2011-2016)
      Henrico County Public Schools, Henrico, Va.

      High School English/Reading Teacher (2001-2011)
      Frement Union High School District, Sunnyvale, Calif.

      High School English/Reading Teacher (1999-2002)
      Grossmont Union High School District, El Cajon, Calif.

    • Certifications

      Certified Instructional Coach: Evocative Coaching, 2018

      Virginia Teaching License, Secondary, 2011English

      California Administrative License, 2002

      California Teaching License, Secondary English, 1999

      Cross-Cultural Language and Academic Development Certification, 1999

    • Community Service

      • Co-chair, Clinical Practice Committee, Virginia Association for Colleges of Teacher Education (VACTE), 2023-Present
      • Peer Reviewer, The Urban Review Journal, 2022-Present

  • Selected Publications
    Book Chapters

    Napoli, D., Kuti, L. & Spires, B. (2023). Leveraging existing policy for a university/K-12 partnership: Using a teacher residency and induction model to address a teacher shortage. In Acquaro, D. & Bradbury, O.J. (Eds.), International perspectives on school-university partnerships: Research, policy and practice (pp. 27-40). Springer.