Dr. Carlson is the Director of Teacher Education, overseeing the teacher preparation and licensing program processes at MSUM, including accreditation ...

Dr. Carlson is the Director of Teacher Education, overseeing the teacher preparation and licensing program processes at MSUM, including accreditation and assessment with PELSB (the MN state teacher licensing board) and CAEP (the national educator preparation accrediting board). Dr. Carlson is also the Ed.D. Educational Leadership program coordinator and part of the core faculty within the doctoral program as an Associate Professor for the department of Leadership and Learning where she also teaches in the C&I master's degree program. She has experience in teaching courses in-person and online in the areas of: science education grades 5 through 12, teacher education, technology integration, action research, and assessment. She also has leadership experience as coordinator of the teacher education unit performance assessment and graduate program director of technology integration & instructional design at a previous institution.