Dr. Rebecca Stanko is an expert in curriculum design and education with a focus on Common Core State Standards, literacy, and secondary education. She has extensive experience developing curriculum for K-12 schools, including directing the development of the 9-12 English Language Arts curriculum for New York State. Dr. Stanko also designs and delivers professional development for educators on curriculum implementation. She currently works as a subject matter expert for an education consulting firm, conducting curriculum audits and advising school districts.

1. Rebecca L. Stanko, Ed.D.
EXPERTISE
Common Core State Standards (CCSS), Curriculum
Design, Curriculum Theory, Education Research,
Literacy, Interdisciplinary Education, Secondary
Education, Teacher Education
Dr. Rebecca Stanko is a Field Associate and Subject Matter Expert
(SME) in PCG Education’s Education Consulting division. Most
recently, Dr. Stanko directed content development for the 9-12
English Language Arts (ELA) EngageNY Curriculum, an Open
Educational Resource based on the Common Core State Standards
and developed in collaboration with the New York State Education
Department and the Regents Research Fellows. Dr. Stanko also played
a key role on the New York project team by creating and facilitating
professional development for educators across the state to support
implementation of the curriculum. She currently serves on the Prince
George’s County Public Schools project team, conducting a curriculum
audit for grades 9-12 ELA.
EXPERIENCE
Now based in New England, Dr. Stanko began her career in
Pennsylvania, teaching English Language Arts at a small private high
school where she immersed herself in differentiating content and
instruction to serve the needs of the culturally and linguistically diverse
student population. Her interest in curriculum design grew over
the course of her tenure as a secondary English teacher at a public
high school in Pennsylvania, as she became involved in district-level
curriculum initiatives and developed new interdisciplinary instructional
units and full-course curricula to address gaps in content and skills
for her students. In 2007, Dr. Stanko relocated to New York City
to pursue her doctorate in curriculum and teaching, during which
time she consulted in curriculum development and taught ninth
grade at a charter high school in Brooklyn. Just prior to joining PCG,
Dr. Stanko worked for Boston Public Schools in the Department of
English Language Arts and Literacy as a district instructional coach. Dr.
Stanko has also designed and taught courses at the post-secondary
and graduate levels in the areas of Composition and Rhetoric and
Curriculum Theory and Design.
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
Dr. Stanko earned an Ed.D. in Curriculum and Teaching from Teachers
College, Columbia University. In addition to her doctorate, she received
an M.Phil. in Anglo-Irish Literature from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
and a B.A. in English and American Studies from Wellesley College.
Dr. Stanko also holds a Massachusetts Secondary English Teaching
license and a Pennsylvania Secondary English teaching certification.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
California Association of Teachers of English (CATE)
Presenter, San José, CA, February 2015
Stanko, R. (2011). Teacher movies. In N. Lesko & S. Talburt
(Eds.), Keywords in youth studies: Tracing affects, movements,
knowledges. New York, NY: Routledge.
Book Launch and Discussion: Keywords in Youth Studies: Affects,
Movements, Knowledges. Panelist and Contributing Author,
Teachers College, New York, NY, March, 2012
Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice (Journal
of Curriculum Theory) Panelist, Dayton, OH, October, 2011
Curriculum and Pedagogy Conference
Roundtable Participant, Akron, OH, October, 2011
American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies
(AAACS)
Panelist, New Orleans, LA, April, 2011
American Association for Teaching and Curriculum (AATC)
Panelist, Arlington, VA, October, 2009
American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies
(AAACS)
Panelist, New York, NY, March, 2008
To learn more about Rebecca L. Stanko, Ed.D. or other PCG
Education Subject Matter Experts, contact us at pcgeducation@
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