Brandy Hepler

Accomplished educator, mentor, and program leader with over two decades of experience in early childhood, elementary education, and teacher preparation. Achievements include enhanced teacher candidate success through effective stakeholder engagement, and conflict resolution strategies. Passion for supporting both preservice and practicing educators. Extensive background in higher education, school-university partnerships, and professional training, having served as Associate Professor, Director of Field and Clinical Experiences, and Education Consultant. Committed to fostering inclusive, high-quality early learning environments, shaped by both professional experience and personal advocacy as a parent of a child with special needs. Recognized for excellence in teaching, program development, and innovation in education.

• Culturally Responsive Teaching Award, 2021
• Education Health, and Human Studies College Award for Teaching Excellence, 2021
• National Residence Hall Honorary, 2020
• Outstanding Faculty Award, 2018
• Positive Behavioral Intervention System Gold Award, 2013
• Science Teachers of Missouri Award, 2007
• Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year, 2005
• Ohio Teacher to Achieve Award, 2002

• Teaching Virtually Everyone from Missouri to Chile, 2021
• Discovery Playhouse: A Community of Partnership continued, 2021
• Engineering is Elementary (EiE) Ambassador, 2021
• Waterworks: with PBS, the Smithsonian, and Kellerman Foundation, 2020
• Glenn House: A Community of Partnership, 2019

• Enacting equitable global citizenship education in Schools, Lillo Kang, S.R., McIntosh, S., Debra Williams-Gualandi, Brandy Lee Hepler, Diana RogersAdkinson, Rosa María Retamales, 12/23
• Virtual innovations to enhance the learning process through inquiry, Hepler, B. L., Giasi, T., 03/21
• Ask a mother of a child with special needs, Hepler, B. L., 05/18
• Co-teaching: A mutually beneficial school-university partnership for preparing teacher candidates, Ray, J., Cwick, S., Hepler, B., 02/15
• In a Penny for a Pound, Cwick, S., Fridley, D., Hepler, B., Ray, J., 04/14
• Building Mutually Beneficial Relationships between Schools and Communities, Hepler, B., 04/14
• Integrating Stations into the Classroom and for Re-teaching and Enriching, Matthew, C., Hepler, B., 06/13
• An Afterschool Tutoring Program that Works, Gahm (Hepler), B., 12/02

• Elementary Education - 1999-lifetime
• Early Childhood (in the process of taking the Praxis for certification)
• Special Education (in the process of taking the Praxis for certification)