Rethinking the Effective, Visionary, and Innovative Study of Education
Project REVISE (Rethinking the Effective, Visionary, and Innovative Study of Education) recruits and prepares diverse educators and provides students equitable access to educational resources and opportunities.
In consultation and collaboration with Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) personnel, FIU faculty will provide a revised curriculum to prepare paraprofessionals and pre-service teachers to teach the racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse students served through M-DCPS. Project REVISE supports evidenced-based curricular changes aligned with FIU's Improvement Plan developed as part of the Florida Department of Education's (FLDOE) Teacher Preparation Inspection (TPI) in 2020.
Guided by that improvement plan, Project REVISE includes five working groups comprised of FIU Faculty, University Supervisors (US), Field Mentors (FM), and Cooperating Teachers (CT) and other M-DCPS representatives, focused on the improvement of the following areas:
- Content Knowledge and Teaching Methods
- Clinical Placement, Feedback, and Candidate Performance
- Program Performance Management
- Recruitment and Retention
- Professional Development

Program Features
Project REVISE scholars will be selected from the following education programs: Special Education (ESE), Elementary Education (EE), and Early Childhood Program (ECE and Secondary Education, and will have access to: Financial Aid Support
- Financial Aid Support
- Guaranteed Job Placement
- Conference Travel Support
- Individualized Mentorship
- Leadership Development
- Networking Opportunities
Team
Sarah Mathews
Associate Professor; Chair, Department of Teaching and Learning
305-348-2003
samathew@fiu.edu
ZEB 258AAaron Kuntz
Professor and Dean of the School of Education and Human Development
305-348-5149
aakuntz@fiu.edu
CASE 449Leslie Nisbet-Gonzalez
Associate Director of FIU Teach, Associate Chair, Department of Teaching and Learning
305-348-7799
lnisbet@fiu.edu
VH 169Sherrie Rhodes Beeson, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Teaching and Learning
305-348-0461
sbeeson@fiu.edu
ZEB 355BJennifer Mirabal
Associate Teaching Professor; Undergraduate Program Director
305-348-3895
jenmirab@fiu.eduYuxi Qiu
Clinical Assistant Professor
yqiu@fiu.edu
ZEB 251AMaria Tsalikis
Teaching Professor
305-348-2778
tsalikim@fiu.edu
ZEB 344BHolly Hutton
Senior Program Coordinator
hhutton@fiu.eduJiamin Xu
Graduate Assistant
jixu@fiu.edu








