Master of Arts in Teaching - Science/Mathematics Education
UT Dallas - 1993
Professional Preparation
Bachelor of Science - Zoology
Texas A&M University - 1991
Texas A&M University - 1991
Publications
Donaldson, K., York, M. K., Gavitt, C., and Gagnon, R. (2020). A tale of two PBI programs. In J. Goodell & S. Koç (Eds.), Preparing STEM teachers: A replication model. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. 2020 - publications
Lessons Learned from Going Global: Infusing Classroom-based Global Collaboration (CBGC) into STEM Pre-Service Teacher Preparation (2019). M. Kate York, Rebecca Hite, and Katherine Donaldson Innovations in Science Teacher Education (2019), 4(4) 2019 - publications
Awards
Outstanding Master Teacher Award - UTeach STEM Educators Association [2021]
News Articles
UTeach Dallas Associate Director Earns National Honor
Katherine Donaldson MAT’93, associate director of the UTeach Dallas program at The University of Texas at Dallas, has received the 2021 Outstanding Master Teacher Award from the UTeach STEM Educators Association.UTeach Dallas Gets Grant To Help Multiply Number of STEM Teachers
The University of Texas at Dallas’ UTeach Dallas program has received a three-year, $500,000 grant from Communities Foundation of Texas’ W.W. Caruth, Jr. Fund to support the program’s efforts to recruit and retain science and math majors for careers in teaching.UTeach Students Go Extra Mile Online for Future Employers
When the COVID-19 pandemic closed K-12 schools in North Texas, three University of Texas at Dallas seniors in the UTeach Dallas program took the initiative to help their mentor teachers in area school districts transition to online learning. Now each has been hired at the same school where they performed their student teaching.UTeach Dallas Project Spawns Partnership with Texas Parks and Wildlife
The University of Texas at Dallas is partnering with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department on a project that incorporates bass fishing and conservation into science and math curricula for middle schoolers.Affiliations
Beyond 100K
2014/08Beyond100K unites leading STEM organizations to co-develop and implement solutions that will end the STEM teacher shortage by 2043, especially for those most excluded from STEM opportunities.
UTeach STEM Educators Association
2016/08USEA is dedicated to maintaining and strengthening the connections between UTeach partner programs across the country and to supporting UTeach alumni in long-term careers as successful STEM teachers.