Keli Garas-York is a professor in the Department of Elementary Education, Literacy, and Educational Leadership at SUNY Buffalo State. She serves as PDS Director, Literacy Specialist Program Coordinator, and Literacy Center Director. She teaches graduate literacy courses. She has partnered with several PDS schools and is currently partnered with Amherst Central School District. Dr. Garas-York was previously an elementary school teacher and reading teacher. Her recent co-authored publications include PDS Bends but Doesn’t Break: How PDS Structures and Processes Can Help Schools and Universities Respond Effectively During a Crisis in School-University Partnerships (2021) and the books The Impact of PDS Partnerships in Challenging Times (2020) and Doing PDS: Stories and Strategies from Successful Clinically Rich Practice (2017).
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