Regional Coordinator
Dawn Fedora, M.Ed., is a career educator. Beginning as a fourth and fifth grade classroom teacher in a Minneapolis suburb for eight years, she also served as a gifted education specialist, a technology instructor, a literacy interventionist, an instructional coach, and a K-12 new-teacher mentor.
During her years of working in the Minneapolis area, Dawn taught courses at Hamline University as an Adjunct Professor in both Authentic Assessment and Curriculum Differentiation. She currently is both an Adjunct Professor in the College of Education and a Clinical Supervisor at the University of St. Thomas.
Dawn is a Thinking Maps® Trainer and is certified in Cognitive Coaching and Peer Coaching practices. She became an Endorsed NUA Coach in 2008, and then went on to become an NUA mentor in 2016 and Regional Coordinator in 2017.
Dawn was named a Teacher of the Year and also received a Minnesota TIES (Technology and Informational Educational Services) Exceptional Teacher of the Year Award. She has presented at state conferences for both TIES and MCGT (Minnesota Council of Gifted and Talented).
Dawn earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education and her Master of Education in Children’s Literature at the University of Minnesota. She did extensive post-graduate work at the University of St. Thomas in the field of Gifted and Talented Education.