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Dr. Dave Barry

Assistant Professor

College of Education and Social Work - Early & Middle Grades Education

Bio

Before joining the Department of Early and Middle Grades Education at West Chester, Dr. Dave Barry was a Kindergarten teacher in the Boston Public Schools for ten years and a Teaching Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education for five years. Most recently, he was a Master Teacher (Pre-K) and lab instructor at The University of Texas at Austin’s laboratory school.

Expertise

  • Early Childhood Education
  • Teacher Education
  • Trauma-Informed Teaching
  • Teacher self-compassion
  • Teacher self-care
  • Preservice Teachers
  • Urban Education

Education

  • B.A., Stonehill College
  • Ed.M, Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

Media

Educators for Excellence (E4E), 2017
Stonehill College Marketing Department, 2015
Harvard Graduate School of Education News & Events, 2014