Amy Ackley

Background

About Amy Ackley

Amy is an 18-year professional educator with her M.Ed. in Curriculum, Instruction, & Innovation, Ed.S. in Administration, and Ph.D. in Educational Leadership. Amy works to promote innovative learning environments, integrating effective instruction with blended personalized, and mastery-based learning. She taught 2nd and 5th grade, where she became skilled in building early literacy skills and higher-level comprehension strategies with students. She is highly trained in Marzano’s 9 Instructional Strategies and Building Background Knowledge, Charlotte Danielson’s Framework of Instruction, and working in Professional Learning Communities. Amy has been highly involved with mentoring both in-service and pre-service teachers with multiple universities. She is the co-author of the H.A.C.K. Model of Innovative Instruction. Amy is now an Assistant Professor of Graduate Education at Northwest Nazarene University with a focus in curriculum, instruction, and innovation. She continues to consult with NNU Doceō Center, providing professional development implementing innovation instruction in districts, schools, and classrooms.