Linda Probert

Email: linda-probert@bethel.edu
Job Titles
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Associate Professor of Education
Special Education (M.A.), Graduate School -
Adjunct Associate Professor of Education
Special Education (B.A.), College of Adult and Professional Studies
Highlight
Beginning as a general education elementary teacher, Associate Professor Probert has taught at Bethel since 1996 in both the CAS, CAPS, and the Graduate levels. Her main responsibilities are teaching Reading Foundations and working with students as they complete their edTPA during student teaching. She also is one of the professors that teaches Foundations of Education.
Started at Bethel
1997
Education
- Ashland University - B.S. in Education, 1980
- University of Northern Iowa - M.A. in Reading, 1987
- Nova Southeastern University - Ed.D. in Higher Education, 2005
Biography
Probert's initial teaching experience of 15 yrs was at the Kindergarten and first grade levels as a general education teacher. She has now completed 26 yrs at Bethel at the CAS, CAPS, and Graduate levels. Her primary teaching responsibilities are literacy (Reading Foundations), Foundations of Education, and working with the edTPA in a few courses in both the CAS/CAPS Special Education Program and the GS Special Education program. She is passionate about working with teacher candidates as they learn to assess and teach their own students to read-regardless of the student's age or learning abilities.
Courses Taught
CAS and CAPS/GS
- SPED620 Reading Foundations
- EDUC420 Reading Foundations
- EDUC321 Foundations in Education
- EDUC621 Foundations in Education
- EDUC595 School-wide Systems Field Experience
- EDUC395 School-wide Systems Field Experience
- EDUC451 Special Education Student Teaching Seminar
- EDUC751 Special Education Student Teaching Seminar
Presentations
Probert has presented at several Early Childhood and Elementary conferences on the topics of play, mathematics, and literacy.
Certificates and Licenses
Iowa Teaching License
Professional Organizations, Committees, and Boards
International Literacy Association (ILA)
MN Kindergarten Association Board
Hobbies and Interests
Probert and her husband are parents of 4 grown children and 5 grandchildren, and 3 British labs. She loves being outdoors - walking, running, and biking.
Areas of expertise
Probert's expertise is in Literacy for K-2 children, Kindergarten education, and the edTPA. She is passionate about working with teacher candidates as they learn to teach young children in developmentally, active, and creative ways.
Research interests
Probert's research interest is the importance of play in children's school experience.