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Natalie Hagler

Imagining America Working Group Coordinator

Natalie Hagler is a Ph.D. candidate in the University of Florida, College of Education. She currently serves as an Instructional Coach for pre-service teachers enrolled in the SITE program at UF and is the Graduate Student At-Large Board member for FATE (Florida Association of Teacher Educators) . Her current research interests are preservice teacher preparation in culturally relevant pedagogy, the transfer of novice teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge from theory to practice, and the examination of teacher educator behaviors that support difficult dialogues teacher preparation courses. As a K-12 educator for over a decade, Natalie has served as a brick-and-mortar and virtual school teacher, Reading Coach, teacher mentor, and Department Chair.