Janna Dresden
Elementary and Social Studies Education (Faculty)
School Engagement Initiative Director
629F Aderhold
Phone: 706.542.8491
Email: jdresden@uga.edu
Janna Dresden is the director of the Office of School Engagement and a faculty member in the Early Childhood Program in the Department of Elementary and Social Studies Education. She has 15 years of experience as a classroom teacher in pre-K, kindergarten and first grade. Her experience doing professional development and teacher education includes positions as Education Coordinator for Hull House in Chicago, instructor at Northern Illinois University, and assistant professor at Auburn University. Janna earned a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from UGA; her research interests focus on assessment and on the integration of theory and practice in teacher preparation.
Recent publications/presentations:
Dresden, J. (2009). The impact of assessment policy on everyday practice in elementary school classrooms. In E. DeBray-Pelot (Ed.) Critical perspectives on federally driven assessment policy (pp. 36-62). Athens, GA: University of Georgia Education Policy and Evaluation Center. Website: http://www.coe.uga.edu/EPEC/
Dresden, J. & Flanders, T. (2009). Testing young children in elementary schools: Fiscal and instructional implications (Number PB09-4). Athens, GA: University of Georgia Education Policy and Evaluation Center.
Dresden, J. (2009, April). Leaving the classroom, finding my voice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, California.