Jerusha Beckerman

Director, Art of Teaching Program

BA, Bard College. MS, Sarah Lawrence College. Adjunct faculty member, Early Childhood and Childhood Education programs, Westchester Community College. Former 2nd/3rd grade and 4th/5th grade teacher, The Ella Baker School (a New York City public school). Former infant and 3-5-year-olds teacher, Basic Trust Childcare Center. Leader of teacher inquiry groups, professional development workshops and conference presentations for teachers, students of education and education scholars in a wide variety of settings, including the Art of Teaching Saturday Seminars. Prospect Archives Practitioner Fellow, 2013. Professional interests include literacy, identity and equity in early childhood education, observation and description of children and their work, emergent curriculum, and self-chosen, open-ended making and doing in the classroom. SLC, 2017–

MSEd Art of Teaching

MSEd Art of Teaching