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\"TammySenior Lecturer of Education<\/strong>
\ntammy.mills@maine.edu<\/a>
\nPhone: 207.581.2465<\/p>\n

327 Shibles Hall
\nUniversity of Maine
\n91¸£Àû 04469-5766<\/p>\n

Bio:<\/strong> Tammy Mills is senior lecturer of education with the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development’s School of Learning and Teaching.<\/p>\n

Dr. Mills taught for 28 years in public and private schools across the nation in multiple positions before completing her doctorate. She taught kindergarten through 9th grade and held positions as math specialist, literacy specialist, Title I Coordinator, Reading Recovery teacher, middle school team leader, and curriculum coordinator. She worked in urban, suburban, and rural schools in Washington State, Arizona, New Jersey and Maine.<\/p>\n

Mills completed math specialist training at Arizona State University. She received her master’s degree with a literacy specialist certification, and Reading Recovery training at University of Maine. She completed her Ph.D. at Montclair State University, working mainly in Newark schools. However, her dissertation study was done in Maine and explored the the complexity of expertise development in Reading Recovery teachers using the Model of Domain Learning as the theoretical framework for analysis.<\/p>\n

Dr. Mills is interested in continuing to explore the complexities of teaching and learning and using non-linear theoretical perspectives of teaching and learning to better understand practice.<\/p>\n

Education<\/strong>
\nPh.D. in Teacher Education\/Teacher Development, 2016, Montclair State University<\/p>\n

Courses taught at 91¸£Àû<\/strong><\/p>\n