University of North Florida’s Diane Yendol-Hoppey Wins Teacher Education Award

Diane Yendol-Hoppey, a professor in the College of Education and Human Services at the University of North Florida, has been awarded the prestigious Hans C. Olsen Distinguished Teacher Educator Award by the Association of Teacher Educators.

The Hans C. Olsen Award for the Distinguished Teacher Educator was established by the association to select and honor those individuals who embody all seven of the ATE Teacher Educator Standards and those whose contributions to the preparation of teachers are worthy of special recognition.

Dr. Yendol-Hoppey served as dean of the College of Education at the University of North Florida for six years. Earlier, she served on the faculty at the University of Florida, West Virginia University, and the University of South Florida.

Professor Yendol-Hoppey is currently the associate editor of the Journal of Teacher Education. She is the co-author of The Reflective Educator′s Guide to Classroom Research: Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn Through Practitioner Inquiry (Corwin, 2019 4th Edition).

Dr. Yendol-Hoppey holds a master’s degree in educational theory and policy and a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from Pennsylvania State University.