Kathleen Harrell is the Director of the NC State University Teaching Fellows Program. The statewide program provides up to $10,000 annually in forgivable loans to students pursuing degrees in elementary education, special education, or STEM fields. Kathleen manages the student lifecycle, facilitating comprehensive programming for prospective, enrolled, and alumni communities.
She has more than a decade of leadership experience across Pre-K-12 and higher education settings and has expertise in instructional coaching, multi-tiered system of support implementation, data-driven planning, curriculum development and educator professional learning.
She earned her bachelor’s degree in birth-kindergarten teacher education from East Carolina University and her master’s degree in education in early childhood intervention and family support from UNC-Chapel Hill.
Outside of supporting pre-service teachers, Kathleen enjoys reading, cooking, sports (especially watching her kids and favorite college teams play), and spending time with family and friends!