Diana Scarselletta Straut brings over 25 years of experience to her work as an educational consultant with the Professional Learning Center. She has worked in a variety of capacities including classroom teacher, college professor for pre-service teachers and administrators, independent education consultant, program evaluator, school board member and author. Diana’s consulting, research and teaching are guided by a passion for and focus on best practice in inclusive education. She has a broad vision for inclusive schooling where all learners are meaningfully included in general education settings. Diana is the co-author of Access To Academics for All Students: Critical Approaches To Inclusive Curriculum, Instruction, and Policy with Paula Kluth and Doug Biklen.

 

Expertise

K-20 Education 

• Organizational/Systems Change

• School Reform

• Creating Inclusive Environments

• Instructional Methods: Modification and differentiation to give all learners access to academic content

• Inclusive Pre-service Teacher Education

• Collaboration, Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution

• School Governance, Leadership and Labor Relations

 

Research and Evaluation

• Qualitative design and analysis

• Action Research in Schools

• Self Assessment and Organizational Learning

• Program Evaluation

 

Education

• Ph.D. (1997), Adult Education and Social Foundations of Education, Cornell University

• M.S. (1988), Classroom Education, State University of New York College at Plattsburgh

• B.S. (1986), Elementary Education N-6, State University of New York College at Plattsburgh.

• Summer Study, 1990-1992, University of Connecticut. Confratute, Intense study of Schoolwide Enrichment Model under Joseph Renzuilli