Amy S. Gaumer Erickson

Amy S. Gaumer Erickson, PhD, is an associate research professor at the University of Kansas. Her work focuses on the implementation of evidence-based instructional practices within a multitier system of supports (MTSS) that empower students to become socially and emotionally engaged, career-equipped, lifelong learners. Through her collaboration with state departments of education, Dr. Gaumer Erickson designs high-quality professional learning and implements evaluations that track the fidelity of implementation, as well as the short-term, intermediate, and long-term outcomes and impacts. Gaumer Erickson has taught at the middle and high school levels and within urban, suburban, charter, and alternative schools. She also has a passion for rural schools, growing up in a farming community of 1,500 people. Gaumer Erickson has published numerous articles, more than thirty measures, and four books, and she has been providing high-quality professional development to thousands of secondary-level educators since 2003, learning from these educators through a practice-based research approach. To learn more about Amy Gaumer Erickson’s work, visit http://cccframework.org/.