Karen Guerrero
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Mail code: 5411Campus: Tempe
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Karen Guerrero is an educator with 20 years of K-12 classroom experience, 20 years of teaching future educators at local colleges and universities, and 20 years of conducting teacher professional development. She has worked with a variety of students from inner-city children to urban adults. Her research focus is teaching STEM content to diverse learners, place-based learning, AI in education, family engagement, and gamification. She is a National Geographic explorer with research on STEMSS teaching and learning and continually looks for opportunities to collaborate globally.
PhD in eLearning
EdD in Leadership & Innovation
MA in Elementary Education
BA in Elementary Education
ESL Endorsement
Gifted Endorsement
STEM, STEM education for emergent multilinguals, place-based learning, AI in education, gamification
Guerrero, K. (2024). Supporting teacher leaders in the field: Professional development and STEMSS lessons that infuse geography across the curriculum to meet he needs of diverse students in every classroom. The Geography Teacher.
Guerrero, K (2024). Guest Editor: Special issue on ‘All teachers teach geography’. The Geography Teacher
Guerrero, K., Mercado, M., Alercon, A., & Jimenez-Silva, M. (2024). Trail of Tears, Redondo, Land Rights, and Boarding Schools. Centering Indigenous Perspectives to Move Beyond Single Stories. Beyond Single Stories pages 137-155. Information Age Publishing.
Coughlin, A., Guerrero, K., & Jimenez-Silva, M. (2024). Communities in conversation: Advocating for emergent bilinguals while navigating Arizona’s socio-political context. In M. Jimenez-Silva, & J. Bempechat (Eds.), Latinx experiences in U.S. schools: Voices of students, teachers, teacher educators, and education allies in challenging sociopolitical times. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
STEMSS US DoE Grant, GeoCivicis US DoE Grant, National Geographic Explorer Grant
Courses
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| TEL 340 | Families, Communities&Cultures |
| BLE 411 | Sci Curr Instr Assess BLE/ESL |
| TEL 340 | Families, Communities&Cultures |
| TEL 340 | Families, Communities&Cultures |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SED 514 | Methods Teaching Sec Soc Sci |
| SED 514 | Methods Teaching Sec Soc Sci |
| TEL 371 | Prof Ed: Educational Policies |
| TEL 371 | Prof Ed: Educational Policies |
| TEL 340 | Families, Communities&Cultures |
| TEL 340 | Families, Communities&Cultures |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| TEL 340 | Families, Communities&Cultures |
| TEL 340 | Families, Communities&Cultures |
| BLE 411 | Sci Curr Instr Assess BLE/ESL |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| TEL 317 | Inst Thgt Act: Learn Envi Mgmt |
| TEL 371 | Prof Ed: Educational Policies |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| TEL 318 | Instr Thght & Actn: Assess Lrn |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| BLE 408 | SEI for Linguistically Diverse |
| BLE 411 | Sci Curr Instr Assess BLE/ESL |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BLE 411 | Sci Curr Instr Assess BLE/ESL |
| ELL 515 | Structured Engl Immersion (SEI |
| BLE 404 | Inst Design for CLD Students |
| ELL 515 | Structured Engl Immersion (SEI |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| TEL 493 | Honors Thesis |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ELL 515 | Structured Engl Immersion (SEI |