Our Faculty

Kim McLeveighn, MSEd

Director of Student Learning Support, Supervised Fieldwork Advisor, and Course Instructor

Kim McLeveighn serves as director of Student Learning Support, course instructor, and supervised fieldwork advisor at Bank Street, where she works across the Special Education and Childhood Special and General Education Teacher Residency programs. Her practice bridges teacher preparation, educational policy, and leadership development, with a particular focus on nested communities of practice that support teacher residents and the partnerships that sustain them.

Educational Background

Qualifications
MSEd, Bank Street College of Education; BA in Music (cum laude), Smith College; Doctoral student, Educational Policy and Leadership, American University

Selected Publications & Presentations
Partnerships that nurture teacher residents: The power of nested communities of practice. NYACTE/NYSATE Fall Conference 2025. Joint presentation with Valentine Burr, EdD; Elizabeth Silva Diaz, PhD; Tracey Scronic, MS.