Stephen I. Smith
Secondary Teacher Education Coordinator; Transition to Teaching Coordinator
Office of Clinical Practice
Academic Services/Teacher Education
Email:
sismith@purdue.edu
Phone:
765-494-2345
Address:
Steven C. Beering Hall of
Liberal Arts and Education
100 N. University Street
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2098
BRNG 3229
Profile
Stephen has been the Secondary Teacher Education Coordinator at Purdue since 2019 and Transition to Teaching Coordinator since 2024. He works closely with faculty and staff in secondary teacher education as well as our local schools, leads the Co-Teaching in Student Teaching workshops for secondary education, heads Purdue's Online Transition to Teaching Program, assists with special student circumstances, and often teaches education coursework. Prior to working in higher education, Stephen taught English Language Arts at Tecumseh Junior High School for 9 years and was the head boys tennis coach at Lafayette Jefferson High School for 12 seasons.