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Biography

Melissa Faetz is the Elementary Education program coordinator and faculty member in the College of Education and Allied Professions at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½. Additionally, she is the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Regional Director for the North Carolina New Teacher Support Program. She previously taught in Macon County for 12 years. She was the 2014 North Carolina Region 8 Teacher of the Year and a 2015 NC Hope Street Group Teacher Voice Fellow. She is a two-time graduate of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ and is currently a doctoral candidate in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Virginia. She lives in Macon County with her husband and fellow educator, Tyler, and their twin year-old sons. Her research interests include integrating science, STEM, and literacy in the elementary classroom and developing cultural proficiencies in pre-service teachers.

Education

• MAED, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½
• BSED, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½