Rebecca Bodenheimer

Rebecca Bodenheimer joined UNC Asheville’s Education Department in 2012 as the Coordinator of Clinical Experience and Partnerships. She manages program field work with nine USTEC partner school districts and charter schools. With over 25 years in education, she has worked as a K-12 special education teacher and as academic coordinator of a TRIO Student Success program, and has provided accessibility and accommodation services for students with disabilities. At UNCA, she has collaborated with the New Teacher Center to provide mentor training for a teacher apprenticeship pathway, and brought local teachers together to create the Unseen Asheville field trip curriculum around the Haywood Street Fresco. She serves on the WRESA Curriculum Council and the Beginning Teacher Support Collaborative, and she chairs the USTEP Induction Committee.

Education

• M.A.Ed. K-12 Special Education – Western Carolina University
• B.S.Ed. Speech and Hearing Science – Western Carolina University
• NC Professional Educator’s License: K-12 Special Education and Reading Specialist
• Graduate coursework in Applied Behavior Analysis – UNC Charlotte
• Next Generation Learning with Generative AI Tools Certificate – UNC Charlotte
• Graduate Certificate in Generative AI Integration for Business – UNC Greensboro (in progress)

Objective

My background in special education and disability advocacy shaped how I see education systems: who they serve well, who they miss, and how to build better routes through them. I am invested in initiatives that serve local schools and communities in strengthening new teacher pipelines and in using data and new tools to make complicated systems clear and workable.

Courses Taught

• EDUC 230 Introduction to Exceptional Children
• EDUC 342 Diagnostic Assessment and Instruction in Reading
• EDUC 346 Teaching Students with Diverse Needs in the Gen Ed Classroom