Dr. A. J. Zenkert joined the clinical faculty in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Foundation Studies at Boise State University in 2012. He had been an adjunct instructor and research assistant in the College of Education while working on his doctorate at Boise State. In addition to an Ed.D. in Curriculum, Instruction and Foundation Studies, he has an M.S. in Education from the Bank Street College of Education Leadership for Educational Change program in New York City and a B.A. in English & Political Science from Drew University in New Jersey. Dr. Zenkert's earlier experience includes teaching at the elementary and junior high levels, and serving as the Associate Head of School and Dean of Students at St. Philips Academy in Newark, New Jersey. In addition to his work with students and schools, he is a swimming instructor and a certified instructor of CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer and Standard First Aid for the American Red Cross. He has coached lacrosse and played lacrosse at the highest competitive level in Australia. Dr. Zenkert maintains professional memberships in the American Educational Research Association, the Curriculum and Pedagogy Group, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, the Bergamo Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice, and the United States Lacrosse Association.
Articles
A Shifting Paradigm: Preservice Teachers’ Multicultural Attitudes and Efficacy (with Louis S. Nadelson, Mikaela D. Boham, Lori Conlon-Khan, Molly J. Fuentealba, Cynthia J. Hall, Gregory A. Hoetker, Diana S. Hooley, Bong Seok Jang, Kristina L. Luckey, Kelley J. Moneymaker, and Matthew A. Shapiro), Urban Education (2012)
Effective teaching in multicultural settings requires the awareness and ability to adapt to diverse needs...
Perspektiven der Praxisforschung: Partnerschaften beim Wissensaufbau und lebenslange berufliche Entwicklung von Lehrpersonen (with Jennifer Snow-Gerono), Beitrage zur lehrerbildung (2012)
Um eine forschende Einstellung zum Lehrberuf aufzubauen, unterstützen wir angehende Lehrpersonen in ihren Praxisforschungsprojekten in...
Presentations
Shared Supervision Structures for Enhanced Partnerships and Meaningful Clinical Experience (with Jennifer Snow), Annual Meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators (2012)
This presentation shares the collaborative experience of university faculty liaisons to partner schools and their...
Cultivating an Inquiry Stance Toward Teaching through Modeling: The Lens of Curriculum Wisdom (with Jennifer Snow), 11th Annual Meeting of the Curriculum & Pedagogy Conference (2010)
This presentation inquires into two teacher educators’ experiences modeling an “inquiry stance toward teaching” through...