Sarah Koebley
- Learning Maps Senior Associate
Contact Info
Biography —
Sarah Koebley, Ph.D, has more than 20 years experience in STEM-based instructional design, inquiry-focused teaching and learning, assessment development, STEM community engagement, and educator professional development.
Koebley is a Learning Maps Senior Associate at Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems (ATLAS), a research center at the University of Kansas with more than 150 staff and more than $20M in annual revenues.
She earned her doctorate in curriculum and instruction from Kent State University with a focus on mathematics education and research on mathematics teacher interpretations of social capital.
Education —
Selected Publications —
Koebley, S., Swinburne Romine, R., McCann, M., & Glore, C. (2020). Interim report on development and revision of essential elements in science for the Dynamic Learning Maps alternate assessment system (Technical report No. 20-04). Accessible, Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems, the University of Kansas.
Ruhter, L., Swinburne Romine, R., Karvonen, M., & Koebley, S. (2020). 5E-SESE phase 1 research report. Accessible, Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems, the University of Kansas.
Selected Presentations —
Ruhter, L., Karvonen, M., & Koebley, S. (2023, March 1–4). Universally-designed, inquiry-based science instruction for students with extensive support needs [Conference session]. Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, Louisville, KY., United States.
Ruhter, L., Karvonen, M., Koebley, S., Pugalee, D.K., Wakeman, S. (2023, April 13–16). Professional Development in Science Education for Special Educators Incorporating the 5E Model and Three-Dimensional Learning [Conference Presentation]. AERA 2023 Convention, Chicago, IL, United States.
Koebley, S., Karvonen, M., & Heineke, H., (2022, February 1–4). Supporting trainers in the design and delivery of quality professional development for teachers of students with significant cognitive disabilities [Conference session]. Exceptional Children Annual Convention and Expo, Virtual.
Ruhter, L., Karvonen, M., & Koebley, S. (2021, March 8–13). Towards effective science teaching and learning for students with significant cognitive disabilities [Conference presentation]. Council for Exceptional Children Learning Interactive Annual Meeting, Virtual.
Ruhter, L., Koebley, S., & Karvonen, M. (2021, July 28–30). UDL in large-scale assessment: Facilitating innovative, engaging assessments for all [Conference presentation]. CAST UDL Annual Symposium, Seattle, WA, United States.
Koebley, S. (2020, August 5–7). Science for all: Integrating UDL with inquiry-based instruction [Conference presentation]. CAST UDL Annual Symposium, Cambridge, MA, United States.