Teena Flesher
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Phone: 623-826-0323
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FACULTY/ADMIN BLDG PHOENIX, AZ 85069
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Mail code: 3151Campus: Tempe
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Christina (Teena) Flesher is a clinical associate professor and a Division Strategist at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. She worked as a gifted education specialist and has taught regular elementary and gifted students since 1997. Her background and research interests are gifted education, higher level thinking skills, and differentiation in the classroom. She has presented at several local, national, and international conferences and workshops. She has been educating undergraduate and graduate-level students at the college level in multiple programs of study since 2003. She has instructed many different courses within the Teachers College, including structured English immersion, language and literacy, children's literature, child and adolescent development, science in the elementary classrooms, and several of the student teaching courses. Her research topics include gifted education, differentiated instruction, and exposing students to higher levels of cognition.
Guiding Research Questions:
- How to challenge the gifted student in the regular classroom?
Current Research Projects:
As a faculty member of the Teachers College, Teena Flesher is always interested in higher education and adult learners. Her background and research interests are gifted education, higher level thinking skills, and differentiation in the classroom.
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| TEL 366 | Professional Exper Internship |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| TEL 470 | Prof Ed:Career Growth&Planning |
| TEL 366 | Internship: Intermediate |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| TEL 470 | Prof Ed:Career Growth&Planning |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| TEL 470 | Prof Ed:Career Growth&Planning |
| TEL 470 | Prof Ed:Career Growth&Planning |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| TEL 355 | Internship: Initial |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| EED 397 | Clinical Experience II |
| SPE 397 | Clinical Experience II |
| EED 397 | Clinical Experience II |
| SPE 397 | Clinical Experience II |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| EED 396 | Clinical Experience I |
2020 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ELL 504 | Inst Design for CLD Students |