Faculty Profile for Dr. Jeffry Todd King

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Dr. Jeffry Todd King
Assoc Professor of Instruction — Curriculum And Instruction
ED 2124
phone: (512) 245-6477

Biography Section

Teaching Interests

Instructional Strategies
Classroom Management
Philosophy of Education

Research Interests

Dialogic Teaching Strategies
Architectonics of Pedagogy
Dual Enrollment Pedagogies

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • King, J. T. (2020). Who sets the limits of educational freedom? Exploring Bakhtin’s architectonic  self as a response to Matusov’s “a student’s right to freedom of education.” Dialogic Pedagogy: An International Online Journal, 8, 59–64. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.5195/dpj.2020.349
  • King, J. T. (2017). Pedagogy as tension: exploring the relationality of teaching and learning for  a post-standardized education. International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning, 12(1), 25–40.
  • King, J. T. (2021). Dialogic feedback as a spiritual pedagogy. In Holistic Teacher Education: In Search of a Curriculum for Troubled Times. Cambridge Scholars. Retrieved from https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-7636-0
  • Forsythe, M. E., Jackson, J., & King, J. T. (2019). Turning tests into tasks: How to build summative performance assessments from standardized test questions. Science Scope, 42(7), 67–74.
  • King, J. T. (2015). Standing at the crossroads: The pedagogical intersection between  standards and relationships. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 18(1), 77–91.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: COE Nontenure Line Faculty Workload Reassignment, College of Education - Texas State University. January 2025 - May 2025
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Undergraduate Adjunct Faculty, Concordia University-Texas. 2017
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Graduate College Outstanding Dissertation Award in the Social Sciences. 2016
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Graduate Student, Texas State University PhD in School Improvement Program. 2016
  • Award / Honor Recipient: 100K Strong-Gabriela Mistral Scholar, Project LEARN-Chile, Texas State University & Universidad Alberto Hurtado. 2015

Selected Grants

  • O'Malley, Michael P (Principal), Loper, L. (Supporting), King, Jeffry Todd (Co-Principal). Scaling innovative credentialing for Advanced Academics instructors in Texas, The Meadows Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $70000. (Funded: 2024 - 2025). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Member
National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships
2023-Present
Volunteer
Lockhart Church of Christ
2022-Present
Graduate Advisor
Secondary Education Program
January 2022-Present
Co-Chair
Raising Texas Teachers
August 2021-Present
Member
Practice-based Teaching Jigsaw Committee
August 2021-Present