7 years ago, Dr. Desautels left Marion University after feeling as though she had lost touch with teaching. “It was not enough for me to go in to observe first and second-year teachers,” Dr. Desautels explained. She left there knowing that if she was really going to continue this work she needed to go back into the classroom.

“I am a learner, that is who I am. I love to learn and this work has evolved over the past 10-12 years into what I knew in my gut and what I felt instinctively to what is absolutely required today,” Dr. Desautels said.

She currently works at Butler University, where she has been for the past 8 years. “What I love about what I do is that I’m back in the classroom.” Since COVID restrictions were lifted, Dr. Desautels also spends her time traveling and meeting with other educators.

Tune in to learn more about how Dr. Desautels's work is changing the education field.