April Boozer
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Mail code: 5411Campus: Tempe
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April Boozer is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. She serves an instructor for early childhood special education in undergraduate and graduate programs. She's taught early childhood and elementary school in urban public schools prior to her role at ASU. She uses her teaching experience and current research practices to help prepare pre-service teachers.
Professor Boozer's research interests include teacher preparation with an emphasis on early childhood special education and culturally responsive teaching practices. She has participating in funded grants as a faculty advisory board member and content developer for the W.F. Kellogg Foundation-iTeachAZ Community Embeddedness Project and US Department of Education Indian Education Professional Development-Preparing Early Childhood Educators for Arizona's Indian Communities (PEAIC) Grant, respectively.
Professor Boozer emphasizes mentorship and service to the community through her work as a volunteer in local schools and mentor to in-service and pre-services teachers.
Ed.D. Leadership and Innovation, Arizona State University 2014
M.Ed. Curriculum and Instruction, Arizona State University 2004
B.A. Child Development, Spelman College 2002
Boozer, A., & Carlson, D.L. (2016). Planning backwards to go forward: Examining pre-service teachers’ use of backward design to plan and deliver instruction. Teacher Education and Practice, 28(4), 522-547.
Ramirez, P., Jimenez-Silva, M., Boozer, A., & Clark, B. (2016). Going against the grain in an urban Arizona high school: Secondary pre-service teachers as culturally responsive educators. Multicultural Perspectives, 18(1), 20-28. doi:10.1080/15210960.2016.1127076
Boozer, A., & Mullady, A. (2015). Enhanced video supervision for early childhood interns in preschool. Imagine the Possibilities Conference, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ECD 565 | Inclusive Instruct Methods ECD |
| ECD 565 | Inclusive Instruct Methods ECD |
| ECS 430 | Sys Pol Advoc in ECD/SPE |
| TEL 340 | Families, Communities&Cultures |
| TEL 340 | Families, Communities&Cultures |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| TEL 340 | Families, Communities&Cultures |
| TEL 340 | Families, Communities&Cultures |
| TEL 340 | Families, Communities&Cultures |
| ECS 430 | Sys Pol Advoc in ECD/SPE |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ECD 505 | Foundations Early Childhood Ed |
| ECD 505 | Foundations Early Childhood Ed |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ECD 505 | Foundations Early Childhood Ed |
| ECD 505 | Foundations Early Childhood Ed |
| TEL 371 | Prof Ed: Educational Policies |
| TEL 340 | Families, Communities&Cultures |
| TEL 371 | Prof Ed: Educational Policies |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ECS 430 | Sys Pol Advoc in ECD/SPE |
| TEL 370 | Prof Ed: Building Prof Network |
| TEL 340 | Families, Communities&Cultures |
| TEL 340 | Families, Communities&Cultures |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ECD 505 | Foundations Early Childhood Ed |
| ECD 505 | Foundations Early Childhood Ed |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ECS 430 | Sys Pol Advoc in ECD/SPE |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ECS 431 | Fam Com & Prof Support Syst |
| ECS 397 | Student Teaching: Inclsve ECD |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ECS 397 | Student Teaching: Inclsve ECD |
| ECD 396 | Student Teaching: ECD Birth-5 |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ECS 397 | Student Teaching: Inclsve ECD |
| ECD 396 | Student Teaching: ECD Birth-5 |