Nisreen Daoud

Nisreen Daoud

Associate Professor

Department

  • Education

Contact Information

Biography

Dr. Nisreen Daoud enjoys teaching several courses at Capital, but also getting to supervise student during clinical experiences. She taught for five years at the elementary school level in Northern Virginia, in areas of low socio-economic status. She worked in inclusion classrooms with special education students and new English language learners. She received her Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction and her Doctorate in Literacy and Teacher Education from George Mason University. She has presented locally, regionally, and nationally about teacher education, professional development schools, learning to teach literacy, and developing innovative clinical experiences. Dr. Daoud currently serves as the director of the Capital City Teacher Residency program, CCTR. More recently, Dr. Daoud has enjoyed the work she has done with teachers in their first few years of their careers through mentorship, observations, and career development.

Classes
  • EDUC 201: Developing as a Professional II- Introduction to Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
  • EDUC 216: Reading & Writing II
  • EDUC 316 - Reading: Integrated Learning Experiences
  • EDUC 374: Content Area Reading
  • EDUC 401: Developing as a Professional IV 
  • EDUC 495: Internship 
Degrees Earned
  • Ph.D. Education and Human Development
  • Major field: Literacy and Reading and Teaching and Teacher Education
  • M.Ed. Curriculum and Instruction with a Concentration in Elementary Education
  • B.S. Psychology
Publications

Daoud, N. (2020). Engaging and motivating adolescents: Using culturally relevant pedagogy in our classrooms. Reading in Virginia, 42, 7-11. http://heyzine.com/flip-book/cf84416713.html#page/9

Daoud, N., & Dixon., C. (2020). Teacher education during the pandemic: Developing meaningful assignments. The Ohio Journal of Teacher Education, 34(2), 25-38. http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxvaGlvYXRlfGd4OjQ1NTI5N2RjNzZkYjkxYTQ

Ives, S. T., Parsons, S. A., Parsons, A. W., Robertson, D. A., Daoud, N., Young, C., & Polk, L. (2020). Students’ reading motivation and genre preferences: Validating two scales. Reading Psychology, 41(7), 660-679. http://doi.org/10.1080/02702711.2020.1783143

Daoud, N., Parker, A., & Bruyning-Leggett, A. (2020). Extending clinical experiences: Supporting doctoral students’ development as university-based teacher educators in PDS context. School-University Partnerships, 13(1), 44-47.

Pellegrino, A., Daoud, N., & Zurawski, L. (2019). Citizenship and power: Perspectives from a critical, project-based clinical experience. In K. Zenkov & K. E. Pytash (Eds.), Clinical Experiences in Teacher Education: Critical, Project-Based Interventions in Diverse Classrooms (pp. 153-168). New York, NY: Routledge.

Daoud, N. (2017). Being the PDS triad: My experiences as a teacher candidate, a cooperating teacher, and beyond. School-University Partnerships, 10(2), 42-45.

Daoud, N., & Pellegrino, A. (2017). Power and citizenship through youth-centered project-based clinical practice. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 60(4), 471-474.

Parsons, S. A., Parker, A. K., Daoud, N., Bruyning, A. K., Gallagher, M. A., & Groth, L. A. (2016). Striving to enact the professional development school philosophy: George Mason University’s elementary education program. The Teacher Educators’ Journal, 9, 136-155.

Daoud, N., & Frank, A. (2015). Co-teaching reading in a sixth grade classroom: Results of a yearlong action research project. Making Literacy Connections, 29, 4-16.