Conference Presentations

2025

Pressley, T., Marshall, D.T., Walter, H. L., & *Ganey, K. (2025, April 23-27). Why Teachers Leave and What Can Be Done to Better Support Them to Stay. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Marshall, D. T., Pendola, A., & Pressley, T. (2025, April 23-27) Learning from Outliers: Understanding Post-Pandemic Success in Resiliency Schools. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

2024

Pendola, A., Marshall, D. T., Pressley, T., Sagar, J., & Smith-Murphy-K. (2024, November 20-23). Outlier resiliency schools: Leadership in high-challenged schools with exceptional learning recovery [Paper presentation]. University Council for Educational Administration Convention, Los Angeles, California, United States.

Marshall, D. T., Pendola, A., Pressley, T., & Odeniyi, O. (2024, November 7-9). Post-pandemic academic resilience in rural Alabama high schools [Paper presentation]. Mid-South Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States.

Pendola, A., Marshall, D. T., Pressley, T., & Trammell, D. L. (2024, April 11-14). Outlier resiliency schools: Identifying high-challenge schools with exceptional learning recovery. [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Marshall, D. T., Pressley, T., Shannon, D. M., Neugebauer, N. M., & Odeniyi, O. (2024, April 11-14) Administrative support, mental health resources, and teacher burnout. [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

2023

Marshall, D. T., Pressley, T., & Shannon, D. M. (2023, November 8-10). The impact of mental health interventions and administrative support on teacher well-being following the COVID-19 pandemic [Poster presentation]. Mid-South Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Pensacola, Florida, United States.

Pressley, T., *Kidd, M., *Wheatley, S. (2023). “We were kept in the dark.”: Teacher perspectives on returning to learning plans. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Il.

Marshall, D. T., Pressley, T., Neugebauer, N. M., & Trammell, D. (2023). Elementary teacher morale and menatal health following the COVID-19 pandemic. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Il.

Marshall, D. T., Neugebauer, N. M., & Pressley, T. (2023, January 13-16). Teacher morale, job satisfaction, and burnout in schools of choice following the COVID-19 pandemic. [Paper presentation]. International School Choice and Reform Conference, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States.  

2022

Marshall, D. T., Pressley, T., Love, S. M., & Shannon, D. M. (2022, October 10-11). Teacher morale and mental health following COVID-19 [Paper presentation]. Consortium for Research on Educational Assessment and Teaching Effectiveness Annual Meeting, Asheville, North Carolina, United States. 

Pressley, T. & Ha, C. (2022, April 21-26). [Paper presentation]. Returning to Teaching During COVID-19: The Role of Administrators, Self-Efficacy, and Anxiety on Burnout. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, Ca.

Pressley, T. & Ha, C. (2022, April 21-26). [Paper presentation]. The First Month of Teaching During a Pandemic: Teacher Stress and Anxiety. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, Ca.

2021

Pressley, T. & Learn, E. (2021, February 18-19). Returning to teaching during COVID-19: An empirical study on teacher efficacy. [Paper presentation]. Eastern Educational Research Association 44th Annual meeting, Virtual.

Pressley, T., Croyle, H., & Pressley, S. (2021, February 18-19). First-year teachers teaching efficacy in Title I schools: A multi-case study. [Paper presentation]. Eastern Educational Research Association 44th Annual Meeting, Virtual.

Pressley, T. & Croyle, H. (2021, February 18-19). A comparison of Virginia preservice teachers’ efficacy and the effect of COVID-19. [Paper presentation]. Eastern Educational Research Association 44th Annual Meeting, Virtual.

2020: Covid

2019

Pressley, T. (2019, April). Teaching educational psychology in an international setting: Exploring the Finnish education system [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association Annual meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Pressley, T., Johnson, C., & Barnes, A. (2019, February). The development of becoming a highly effective teacher [Paper presentation]. Eastern Educational Research Association 42nd Annual meeting, Myrtle Beach, SC, United States.

Pressley, T., Croyle, H., & Edgar, M. (2019, February). Different approaches to classroom environments based off teacher experience and effectiveness [Paper presentation]. Eastern Educational Research Association 42nd Annual meeting, Myrtle Beach, SC, United States

Pressley, T., McWilliams, S., & Farhan, J. (2019, February). Teacher motivation and grit: The difference between teacher effectiveness groups [Paper presentation]. Eastern Educational Research Association 42nd Annual meeting, Myrtle Beach, SC, United States.

2018

Pressley, T., Cartwright, K. B., & Riggins III, E. C. (2018, November) Preservice teachers reading methods instruction: Changes in efficacy and knowledge between asynchronous and synchronous cohorts [Poster presentation]. Literacy Research Association, Indian Wells, CA, United States.

2017

Pressley, T., Roehrig, A., Smittle, M., Grainer, M., Mathews, T., & Barnes, A. (2017, November). “Reading is cool in Freedom School”: Demonstrating a collaborative model for meaningful literacy engagement with underserved populations [Conference session]. Florida Educational Research Association, Cocoa Beach, FL, United States.

Pressley, T., *Biggers, A., & Turner, J. E. (2017, February). Teachers’ views of their student test scores and standardized testing [Paper presentation]. Eastern Educational Research Association 40th Annual meeting, Richmond, VA, United States.

Riggins III, E. C., Pressley, T., Cartwright, K. B. (2017, February). Pre-service teachers and reading methods instruction: Changes in efficacy and knowledge [Paper presentation].  Eastern Educational Research Association 40th Annual meeting, Richmond, VA, United States.

2016

Pressley, T., Roehrig, A. D., Rawls, E. S., *Hoy, S. *Boss, D, & Farfan, G. (2016, December). Teachers’ perceptions of the impact of Freedom Schools on student reading and personal growth [Paper presentation]. Literacy Research Association, Nashville, TN, United States.

Roehrig, A. D., *Boss, D., Pressley, T., Maxion, A, & Tackett, S. (2016, December). Young scholars’ perceptions of their Freedom Schools experience in the rural south [Paper presentation]. Literacy Research Association, Nashville, TN, United States.

Pressley, T., Roehrig, A. D., Turner, J.E., & Tackett, S. (2016, February). Elementary teachers’ perceptions of the value-added model and the impact on their instruction [Paper presentation]. Eastern Educational Research Association 39th Annual meeting, Hilton Head Island, SC, United States.

2015

Pressley, T., Roehrig, A. D., Turner, J. E., & Brinkerhoff, E. H. (2015, August). Teacher perceptions of VAM & merit pay in the context of teacher evaluation & instruction [Poster presentation]. American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2014

Pressley, T. & Roehrig, A. D. (2014, December). Teachers’ perceptions of the phenomenon of value-added modeling in the context of teacher evaluation [Paper presentation]. Literacy Research Association, Marco Island, FL, United States.

2013

Pressley, T., Brinkerhoff, E. H., Rawls, E. S., & Roehrig, A. D. (2013, October). Elementary principals’ use of data: Social comparison, performance goals, and professional development goals [Paper presentation]. Florida Educational Research Association, Gainesville, FL, United States.