Communications

Associate Professor

College of Education and Social Work - Early and Middle Grades Education

Bio

Dr.%20Laura%20Fiorenza%20has%20taught%20in%20a%20variety%20of%20elementary,%20middle,%20and%20high%20schools.%20She%20is%20certified%20in%20Elementary%20Education%20and%20in%20Elementary%20and%20Secondary%20Counseling.%20She%20was%20a%20guidance%20counselor%20in%20elementary%20and%20middle%20level%20schools.%20Her%20higher%20education%20teaching%20experience%20includes%20several%20online%20and%20traditional%20universities.%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3E%0AFiorenza%20has%20been%20employed%20at%20West%20Chester%20University%20since%201994.%20She%20primarily%20teaches%20child%20development%20coursework,%20early%20field%20classes,%20and%20supervises%20student%20teachers.%20Throughout%20the%20years,%20she%20has%20taught%20a%20variety%20of%20courses%20in%20the%20College%20of%20Education%20and%20Social%20Work.%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3E%0AFiorenza%20enjoys%20the%20enthusiasm%20of%20pre-service%20teachers%20and%20feels%20that%20teaching%20is%20a%20reciprocal%20process%20where%20the%20instructor%20is%20also%20the%20student%20in%20the%20classroom.%20Her%20areas%20of%20interest%20include%20school%20bullying%20and%20school%20climate.%20An%20additional%20area%20of%20interest%20includes:%20child%20development%20with%20a%20focus%20on%20linking%20developmental%20issues%20with%20environmental%20issues%20to%20understand%20how%20these%20influence%20students'%20behaviors%20in%20the%20classroom.%20An%20extension%20of%20these%20interests%20is%20the%20identification%20and%20exploration%20of%20personality%20styles%20to%20design%20positive%20classroom%20environments%20and%20for%20differentiating%20instruction%20and%20assessments%20in%20the%20classroom.

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