Susanne Croasdaile, M.Ed., Ph.D.

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Program specialist, secondary curriculum and instruction
sscroasdaile@vcu.edu

‪(804) 728-0278‬

Education

  • Postgraduate professional license (English, Admin and Supervision PreK-12, Emotional Disturbance K-12, Specific Learning Disabilities K-12, Middle Ed. 6-8: English, Middle Ed. 6-8: Mathematics)
  • Ph.D., University of Virginia (2005)
  • M.Ed., College of William and Mary (1999)
  • B.A., George Washington University (1996)

Professional experiences

  • Program Specialist-Secondary Curriculum and Instruction, Virginia Department of Education’s Training and Technical Assistance Center at the Virginia Commonwealth University (2023-present)
  • Teacher, Henrico County Public Schools, Richmond, VA (2022-2023)
  • Associate Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Richmond City Public Schools, Richmond, VA (2020-2022)
  • Adjunct Faculty/Guest Lecturer, George Washington University (Summer 2007-present)
  • Coordinator of Assessment and Remediation, Matoaca Middle School, Chesterfield, VA (2019-2020)
  • Instructional Coach, Carter G. Woodson Middle School, Hopewell, VA (2018-2019)
  • Strategic Instruction Model® Professional Developer-Content Enhancement Routines (2006-present)
  • Program Specialist-Curriculum and Instruction, Virginia Department of Education’s Training and Technical Assistance Center at the Virginia Commonwealth University (2004-2018) 
  • Lecturer, University of Richmond (2015) 
  • Co-lead, Early Childhood Action Research Group (2012-2017)
  • Co-lead, Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium Action Research Group (2011-2014)
  • Affiliate Faculty, Virginia Commonwealth University (2010-2014)
  • Teacher, Greene County Public Schools (2002-2004)
  • Research Assistant, University of Virginia, Curry School of Education (2001-2002)
  • Teacher, York County Public Schools (1998-2001)
  • Teacher, Acadia Parish Schools, Teach For America (1996-1998)

Selected professional and academic association memberships

  • Learning Forward
  • International Society for Technology in Education
  • Virginia Society for Technology in Education
  • American Educational Research Association
  • American Evaluation Association
  • Phi Delta Kappa
  • Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development 
  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 
  • American School Counselor Association

Publications

  • Croasdaile, S. (2023). Building executive function and motivation in the middle grades: A Universal Design for Learning approach. Wakefield, MA: CAST Professional Publishing.
  • Royster, S. & Croasdaile, S. (2015). The next step in student learning. Principal Leadership, 16(1).
  • Croasdaile, S. (2013). Improve adolescent persuasive writing skills with SRSD. Innovations and Perspectives, VDOE's Training and Technical Assistance Center at VCU.
  • Croasdaile, S. (2013). How do I get assistive technology in my students’ hands? Innovations and Perspectives, VDOE's Training and Technical Assistance Center at VCU.
  • Croasdaile, S., Angel, R., Carr, E., Hudson, L., & Usrey, C. (2012). Using blogs to overcome the challenges of a research methods course. In S. Ferris (Ed.), Teaching, learning and the net generation: Concepts and tools for reaching digital learners (pp. 190-212). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference.
  • Croasdaile, S. (2011). Take three steps to improve access to assistive technology. Innovations and Perspectives, VDOE's Training and Technical Assistance Center at VCU.
  • Croasdaile, S., Jones, S., Ligon, K., Oggel, L. & Pruett, M. (2010). Implementing assistive technology in schools. In P. Ordonez de Pablos & Y. Zhao (Eds.) Technology enhanced learning for people with disabilities: Approaches and applications (pp. 154-166). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference.
  • Croasdaile, S. (2010). Assistive technology provides meaningful professional learning opportunities. Innovations and Perspectives, VDOE's Training and Technical Assistance Center at VCU.
  • Croasdaile, S. (2009). Using e-collaboration in education at the inter-organizational level: Inter-organizational e-collaboration in education. In J. Salmons & L. Wilson (Eds.) Handbook of research on electronic collaboration and organizational synergy (pp. 16-29). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.