Emily Yanisko Senior Professorial Lecturer City Teaching Alliance Program
- Degrees
- PhD, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
M.Ed, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
BS, Computer Science, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY.
BA, Music, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY - Bio
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Emily Yanisko is the Lead Clinical Faculty of Mathematics for the Urban Teachers site in Baltimore, Maryland, and a Senior Professorial Lecturer at American University for the Urban Teachers program at the School of Education. She began her career in mathematics education as a high school mathematics teacher at Parkdale High School in Prince George’s County, Maryland. While pursuing her doctorate at the University of Maryland, College Park, she served as an instructional coach for teachers in the Maryland Science and Mathematics Resident Teacher (MSMaRT) program, which placed novice middle school mathematics and science teachers in Prince George’s County Schools. After finishing her doctorate, she joined Urban Teachers as a clinical faculty member and instructional coach in mathematics at all grade levels.
Dr. Yanisko’s work focuses on developing teacher capacity to teach culturally relevant task-based mathematics instruction that focuses on mathematics modeling and problem solving in contexts that matter to young people. Through coursework, instructional coaching, and research, Dr. Yanisko works to make sure Black and Brown students in urban and urban-fringe school districts receive mathematics instruction that capitalizes on their cultural knowledge and supports their individual thriving.
Dr. Yanisko is a co-Principal investigator of a National Science Foundation award to develop content and evaluate the results of the Baltimore Online Algebra for Students in Technology (BOAST) program, which engages Baltimore high school students in engineering-embedded algebra projects which aim to develop students’ algebra proficiency while growing and supporting their interest in the field of engineering.
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Teaching
Spring 2024
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EDU-696 Selected Topics:Non-Recurring: Fractions for Everyday Life
Summer 2024
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EDU-758 Numbers/Opers/Algebraic Reason
Fall 2024
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EDU-767 Elem Mthd Transform STEM Tchg