Prior to earning her doctorate in curriculum and instruction, Professor McCool was an environmental educator and taught elementary school in Anchorage, Alaska, where she served as assessment coordinator, mentor teacher and site-based specialist. She has supervised numerous pre-service teachers and coached new university supervisors and designed place-based curriculum materials to support the teaching of local history. At the University of Virginia, Meredith taught Teaching as a Profession and Teaching with Technology, and created a new course, Agents of Change: Civic Engagement through Community Service Learning. She looks forward to her third summer of involvement with the Curry Leadership Academy!