Angela

Snyder

School of Education

Courses I teach...

• EDU 703 Methods of Qualitative Research
• EDU 706 Dissertation Seminar: Qualitative Methods
• EDU 696L Doctoral Writing Seminar
• EDU 400/600 edTPA for Educators

School of Education

Education

• Ph.D. in Educational Research and Evaluation, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2004. Dissertation: The Impact of High Stakes Tests on High School Students’ Decision to Drop Out of School
• M.S. in Rehabilitation Counseling, Southern Illinois University, 1997
• B.S. in Psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1994

Bio

I joined the Notre Dame faculty in August 2009. Since that time, I have taught classes to all levels of learners, from undergraduate students through doctoral candidates. Currently, I primarily teach educational research methods, specializing in Qualitative Research.  I also serve as a Dissertation chair as well as a Qualitative and Mixed Methods Methodologist on various dissertation committees.

In addition to teaching and guiding doctoral students, I am the edTPA Coordinator for the School of Education, a position I co-chair with Dr. Lisa Pallett. edTPA is a performance assessment designed to assess teacher candidates’ readiness to teach upon graduation. This portfolio assessment is a semester long capstone project completed during the internship semester (student teaching). In addition, I have served as the President and then Secretary of the MD edTPA Collaborative, a statewide resource and advocacy collaborative of universities involved in edTPA.

I am the co-Chair of the SoE Assessment and Accreditation Committee along with my colleague Dr. Rachel Durham, and serve as a member of the Chalk and Wire Technology committee. I also serve on two university committees – the Promotion and Tenure committee and the Instructional and Educational Technology committee.  Lastly, I am the SOE representative to the University Assessment Committee.

I recently became the leader of the Flourishing Collaborative at NDMU where I am engaged with faculty and staff on a monthly basis to promote flourishing and wellness on campus.

Recent Publications

• Snyder, A. (2024). Review of Collaborative research in theory and practice: The poetics of letting go.  Teachers College Record newsletter, Columbia University, April 2024. * invited textbook review
• Snyder, A.L., Pallett, L., Pennerman, A., Meyer, A., & Spicer, M. (2019). Sharing our stories: Different paths to edTPA implementation within the MD edTPA collaborative. In L. Barron (ed.) A Practical Guide for edTPA Implementation and Success.
• Bull, K., Dupuis, J., & Snyder, K. (2017). More than a metaphor: Human impact, drowned cities, and social justice. SIGNAL Journal: The journal of the National Literacy Association’s Special Interest Group Network on Adolescent Literature, 41(2), 8 – 17.
• Snyder, A. & Pallett, L. (2017). Teacher educators and elementary math instruction: Two technology “novices” use free technology in a teacher education program. International Journal of Education and Human Developments, 3(2). 25 – 30.

Professional Presentations

• Snyder, A. & Pallett, L. (2019).  Re-envisioning candidate support: Using a virtual model to meet student needs.  Preseanted at the annual Mid-Atlantic edTPA Conference, September 2019, College Park, MD.
• Eustis, A. & Snyder, A. (2019). Sharing our joint store: Towson University and Notre Dame of Maryland University attempt to conquer the edTPA!  Presented at the annual Mid-Atlantic edTPA Conference, September 2019, College Park, MD.
• Pallett, L. & Snyder, A. (2019).  Supporting teacher candidates on task 4 of the elementary edTPA.  Presented at the annual regional meeting of the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics Conference, October 2019, Nashville, TN.
• Snyder, A. & Pallett, L. (2018). Down the rabbit hole: The journey to successful edTPA completion at a small university. Presented at the annual national edTPA Conference, October 2018, San Jose, CA.
• Snyder, A. & Pallett, L. (2018). Down the rabbit hole: The journey to successful edTPA completion at a small university. Presented at the annual Mid-Atlantic edTPA Conference, June 2018, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD.
• Snyder, A., Pallett, L. & Corley, K. (2017). edTPA Retreat. Invited presentation, 4-hour faculty workshop, August 2017: Notre Dame of Maryland University.