Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in School Improvement
Texas State University, 2016
Master's Degree
MED in Curriculum and Instruction - Science
University of Texas at Arlington, 2010
Master's Degree
MDIV in Divinity
Abilene Christian University, 2002
Bachelor's Degree
BS in Christian Ministry
Abilene Christian University, 1999
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:%2010.5195/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