Faculty Profile

Degrees

MS, CUNY Hunter Coll; BA, SUNY Coll Oneonta

Bio

Professor Migdol has served as an elementary mathematics and STEM/Makerspace consultant for school districts across Long Island and NYC. Ms. Migdol has published several articles and her work as a teacher has been cited in Alfie Kohn?s book, The Schools Our Children Deserve. Professor Migdol?s work with students was also cited in chapter one of Exemplary Science in Grades 5-8: Standards-Based Success Stories, edited by Robert E Yager.

She partnered with Hofstra University?s Center for Technological Literacy as a curriculum writer and professional developer for two grant - funded projects geared to support STEM literacy grades 6-8. Donna Migdol was the keynote presenter for Hofstra?s HNET Conference where her presentation centered on ?What a classroom could be?? In 2012, Ms. Migdol?s fifth-grade class involved in roller coaster physics was filmed by WNET and The Teaching Channel. Donna Migdol also served as a judge for the NAE Engineering for You Video Contest. She also served as a committee member for the National Academy of Engineering/National Research Council Committee on Integrated STEM Education. The report, STEM Integration in K-12 Education -Status, Prospects, and an Agenda for Research was published in 2014. In 2015, Ms. Migdol co-chaired the National Academies convocation ?Enhancing Teachers Voices in Policy Making for K-12 Engineering Education. The report, ?Increasing the Roles and Significance of Teachers in Policymaking for K-12 Engineering Education? was published in 2017. Professor Migdol co-presented a STEM workshop and served as a panelist at the STEM and The Next Generation Science Standards conference at the NY Hall of Science.

She co- developed, integrated and facilitated a gradual release professional development model that implemented a comprehensive 3rd-6th grade STEM and a 1st -4th grade Makerspace program in the Oceanside schools. In 2016, Professor Migdol was asked to co-present the Oceanside STEM district-wide implementation design to the Nassau County Assistant Superintendent?s Organization. Shortly thereafter, Oceanside Schools housed two STEM Consortiums where over twenty five school district leadership teams from NYC and Long Island came to see Oceanside?s integrated elementary STEM and Makerspace models. Professor Migdol has recently co-developed and written Makerspace/STEM curriculum for Microduino?s Itty Bitty Buggy/Sloth Series, that was released in 2019. In Oceanside, Ms. Migdol has taught STEM learning centered around scientific principles to students and teachers throughout Long Island and NYC. Her work centers around NGSS 3 Dimensional learning, as well as NGMS. As an adjunct professor at Hofstra University, Professor Migdol teaches STEM graduate and undergraduate courses as well as Silo elementary math and science courses.

Teaching Interests

Integrated elementary and middle school STEM, Makerspace, constructivist elementary and middle school mathematics, and Inquiry based elementary and middle school science

Research Interests

How childrens' self efficacy and self agency develop through Maker-space inquiry as well as constructivist pedagogy in math and science

Recent Courses Taught