Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured 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.
- Assaf, Lori Czop, King, Jeffry Todd. Continuous Improvement: Supporting Teacher Candidates' Certification Exam Prep, Charles Butt Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $5000. (Funded: January 15, 2025 - Present). Grant.
- Assaf, Lori Czop (Principal), King, Jeffry Todd (Co-Principal). Charles Butt Full Partnership Addendum- 4 new programs added to Charles Butt Scholarship, Charles Butt Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $24000. (Submitted: June 15, 2024, Funded: September 15, 2024 - April 15, 2025). Grant.
- Assaf, Lori Czop (Principal), King, Jeffry Todd (Co-Principal). Charles Butt Full Partner- Elementary Ed Residency Program, Charles Butt Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $60000. (Submitted: June 15, 2022, Funded: October 15, 2022 - Present). Grant.
- Assaf, Lori Czop (Principal), King, Jeffry Todd (Principal). Charles Butt Raising Texas Teachers Additional Year Emerging Partnership Project, Charles Butt Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $50000. (Submitted: January 15, 2022, Funded: March 15, 2022 - Present). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- 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.
Featured 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 Recipient: Outstanding Graduate Student, Texas State University PhD in School Improvement Program. 2016
- Award / Honor Nominee: Graduate College Outstanding Dissertation Award in the Social Sciences. 2016
- Award / Honor Recipient: Texas State University School Improvement Program Dissertation Acceleration Stipend. 2015
Featured service activities
- Member
Teacher Education Council
- Volunteer
Lockhart Church of Christ
- Graduate Advisor
Secondary Education Program
- Other
Secondary Education Program
- Co-Chair
Raising Texas Teachers
- Chair
Relation-centered Education Network Annual Conference