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P180 speaker

Theresa Knipstein Meyer

2000 Milken Educator Award

Faculty, College of Education · Butler University, IN

  • Special education
  • Mentoring & coaching

About

About Theresa

Theresa Knipstein Meyer is a faculty member in Butler University’s College of Education, where she works with student teachers, teaches special education methods, and directs the Butler Graduate Alternative Program in Special Education. She speaks often on brain research and on keeping teachers in the field.

Over more than 20 years as a teacher, she served as a Digital Age Literacy Coach supporting 34 literacy coaches across 21 K–12 buildings, and as a teacher-in-residence with the Indiana Department of Education supporting beginning teachers statewide. She has worked extensively with mentors and new teachers across Indiana. A 2000 Milken Educator, she was named Outstanding Professor of the Year in 2022.

How P180 works

Teachers like Theresa, with your teachers all year.

Live PD

Sessions at orientation and throughout the year, led by P180 speakers.

Mentoring

One-on-one and small-group support, so no teacher goes it alone.

On-demand app

Short articles and videos from P180 speakers, ready the night before a hard day.