She served 12 years as Professor in Residence at the Urban Professional Development School Woodland Acres Elementary, Jacksonville, Florida and is currently developing an International Professional Development School in Belmopan, Belize. She primarily teaches literacy methods for exceptional learners courses where her students tutor struggling readers under her guidance and supervision. Her research interests include preventing reading failures, remediating poor academic achievement of struggling learners, preparing highly qualified educators within a professional development school model, and developing university-school partnerships.