Assistant Professor
MSEd. Early Childhood Program Coordinator
Education
- Ed.D. Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis; University of Missouri Columbia
- M.A Human Environmental Studies: Child Development/Family Studies; Southeast Missouri State University
- B.S. Human Environmental Studies: Child Development/Family Studies; Southeast Missouri State University
Courses Taught
- Ecology and Developmental Foundations of Education
- Practicum in Infant, Toddler, and Preschool
- Professional Learning Community: Reciprocative Teaching and Decision Making
- Developmental Foundations in Early Childhood
- Professional Learning Community: Classroom Management
- Early Childhood Leadership and Program Management
- Trauma Informed Practices and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
- The Reflective Practitioner
- Field Experience in Early Childhood Education
- Issues in Early Childhood Education
- Capstone Practicum
- Early Childhood Curricular Approaches
Academic Interests
- Trauma Informed Strategies and Effective Teaching Practices
- Classroom Management
- Early Childhood Teacher Preparation
- Brain Research
- Constructivist philosophies
- Play-based learning
- Reggio Emilia Approach
- Mindfulness and Movement
- Mental Health
- Suicide Prevention
Scholarly Activity
Scholarly Presentations (International):
- Moore, R., & Seipel, S. (2022, October). Community partnerships lead to teacher candidate preparation. Present at Teacher Education Council of State Colleges and Universities (TECSCU) Fall Conference.
- Moore, R., & Singleton, E. (2021, October). Mental Health: Awareness of trauma and discipline disparities that lead to the school – to – prison pipeline. Present at Teacher Education Council of State Colleges and Universities (TECSCU) Fall Conference.
- Moore, R., Adera, B., & Hinde, L. (2021, April). Trauma-informed practices for educator preparation. Present at Teacher Education Council of State Colleges and Universities (TECSCU) Brown Bag Professional Development Lunch and Learn.
Scholarly Presentations (National):
- Moore, R., Sareh, N., & Seipel, S. (2023, November) Developing authentic stem inquiry experiences with infants and toddlers.
Present at National Association for the Education of Young Children conference.
- Moore, R. (2021, October). Introduction to trauma. Present to the Early Childhood Department at Townson University in Maryland.
Scholarly Presentations (State):
- Moore, R., & Singleton, E. (2021, March). Educational empathy: Youth trauma and cradle-to-prison pipeline. Presenter at Missouri Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.
- Moore, R., & Clubbs, B. (2019, October). Communication for surviving childhood trauma: Children’s programming and meeting the social and emotional learning needs of children. Presenter at Missouri Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.
- Moore, R. (2018, April). A case study of the perceptions of culturally responsive teaching among early and elementary faculty and preservice teachers at a regional public university in the Midwest. Present at Missouri Professors of Educational Administration Spring Conference.
Scholarly Presentations (Regional)
- Dimmitt, T., Moore, R., & Wall, J. (2023, February) Motivating students to learn through integrating Apps – An introduction to the pedagogy wheel. Present a 7-week workshop to Northwest Faculty.
- Moore, R. (2023, January). How trauma-informed pedagogy keeps post-secondary students in the classroom. Present to Northwest Missouri Student Support Staff.
- Dimmitt, T., Moore, R., & Wall, J. (2023, January). Motivating students to learn through integrating Apps – An introduction to the pedagogy wheel. Present at Northwest Back to School Faculty Professional Development Day.
- Moore, R. (2023, January). How trauma-informed pedagogy keeps post-secondary students in the classroom. Present at Northwest Back to School Faculty Professional Development Day.
- Moore, R. (2021, October). Responding to trauma: The imagine project. Present at Cameron School District.
- Moore, R. (2021, May). Introduction to trauma. Present at Cameron School District.
- Moore, R. (2021, April). Imagine project and trauma-informed teachers. Present at I Will Listen Event on Northwest Campus.
- Moore, R. (2020, August). The imagine story project. Presenter at Horace Mann Laboratory School.
- Moore, R. (2019, March). Trauma: Looking beyond what meets the eye. Present at Local Administrators of Special Education (LASE) Spring meeting.
Scholarly Publications:
- Moore, R. (2024). Using artificial intelligence to advance teacher candidates trauma-informed pedagogy. TCARE Newsletter, 16, 4. https://www.csun.edu/center-teaching-learning/publications
- Winn, B., Moore, R., & Maroney, D. (2022). The Imagine Project: Using Expressive Writing to Help the Stress and Trauma of College Students. Interdisciplinary Insights: The Journal of Saint Leo University's College of Education and Social Services, 4(2). file:///C:/Users/rebeccam/Downloads/35874-the-imagine-project-using-expressive-writing-to-help-the-stress-and-trauma-of-college-students%20(4).pdf
- Moore, R. (2020). A qualitative bounded case study on teacher and administrator perceptions of students’ adverse childhood experiences in rural, Northwest Missouri Elementary Schools”. https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/79508
Grants
- 2023, Improvement of Teaching and Learning Grant. (Grant funded $ 3,585)
Early childhood education STEM learning with infants and toddlers. This grant provides funding for three university students to accompany three faculty to present at the National Association for the Education of Young Children Conference, November 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee. PI: Moore, R; Seipel, S.
- 2022, Missouri Path Forward Theory into Practice Grant (Grant funded $25,000)
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. 2022. This grant provides funding to design a model classroom to support university students with best practices of literature, strategies, materials, and space design. PI: Baugher, J., Seipel, S., Sareh, N., Moore, R., Akins, R., & Gregory, B.
- 2018, June. Growing with MO: Farm to Preschool Learning Collaborative Grant
Student Group Advisement
- Lead Faculty Advisor for Kids Dedicated to Students (KIDS) student organization
Other Professional Experiences
Professional Affiliations:
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
- Missouri Association for the Education of Young Children (MOAEYC)
- Maryville Partners in Prevention
- Community-Led Suicide Prevention Coalition
- Maryville Mental Health Task Force Member
- Infant Early Childhood Mental Health Policy Project Member
- Missouri Telehealth Network & Show-Me ECHO
Other
- Recipient Influential Women Northwest Faculty Award
- Recipient Commitment to Student Success Northwest Faculty Award