Instructional Designer and Research Associate
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As an Instructional Designer and Research Associate at CAST, Mindy Johnson participates in the formative development and research of technology-based universally designed learning environments. She also helps coordinate the activities of the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) Development and Technical Assistance Centers at CAST.
Before joining CAST in 2006, Ms. Johnson was a high school special education teacher in Chapel Hill, NC, provided direct instruction in academic strategies to special-needs students and taught biology tutorial classes. Ms. Johnson collaborated with content-area teachers in science, history, and math. She also developed, wrote, and presented professional development opportunities for a Collaborative Handbook that modeled successful collaboration between special educators and content area teachers in her school and district.
Recently, she was the Head Teaching Fellow for an undergraduate psychology course at Harvard University where she received the Harvard University Certificate of Distinction in Teaching in 2005 and 2006.
Ms. Johnson also works at the Boston Museum of Science as a Camp-In Instructor and Summer Traveling Programs Instructor, conducting hands-on science workshops and activities for elementary school-aged children.
Ms. Johnson is certified in elementary education and special education. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from William Smith College and a Master of Education in Technology in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
