Rachel Terlop
Faculty

Rachel Terlop

  • Instructor of Teacher Education
  • Department of Teacher Education

Education

Ph.D. in Transpersonal Counseling, University of Metaphysical Sciences (2022)
Dissertation: Engaging In The Artist’s Way With Tarot As A Mediating Tool:
A Hermetics Photovoice Self-Study

Ph.D. in Early Childhood Special Education, George Mason University (ABD)

M.Div, Master of Divinity, University of Metaphysical Sciences (2022)

B.Div, Bachelor of Divinity, University of Metaphysical Sciences (2020)

M.A.T, Master of Arts in Teaching, Trinity Washington University (2017) with specialization in Early Childhood Education

B.S.Ed, Bachelor of Science in Education, Baldwin-Wallace University (2013) with a specialization in Early Childhood Education/Elementary Education Licensure Endorsement

Publications

Mews, C. & Terlop, R. Book review: El Deafo by Cece Bell. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Graduate Student Council (GSC) Newsletter, The Manual [Internet]. 2024 April; 24(14).

Patrick, W., & Terlop, R. (2023, December). Sensory: Life on the Spectrum, an autistic comics anthology. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Graduate Student Council (GSC) Newsletter; The Manual, 23(12).

Terlop, R., & Brackins, T. (2022, November 9). TSS Celebrates Coming Out Day [web].
Retrieved from https://thesycamoreschoolva.org/tss-celebrates-coming-out-day/.

Terlop, R. (2022). The dark knight rises: A marxism-feminist cinematic revelation, not yet a revolution. Critique: Journal of Socialist Theory. https://doi.org/10.1080/03017605.2022.2051340.

Terlop, R. (2022). Speech and language acquisition in the context of remote learning: Early childhood special education. In the Handbook of Research on adapting remote learning practices for early childhood and elementary school classrooms (pp. 614–635). essay, Information Science Reference, an imprint of IGI Global.

Terlop, R. E., & Vargas-Ewing, J. (2021). Choosing culturally, linguistically, and cognitively diverse distance learning platforms: Correlations across early childhood professional standards to promote inclusion. In Transforming Teachers’ Online Pedagogical Reasoning for Teaching K-12 Students in Virtual Learning Environments (pp. 67–85). essay, IGI Global.

Terlop, R. (2020). Maggie the moomaid. Herndon, VA: Mascot Books.

Awards

2022 Family Choice Award, Maggie the Moomaid
2020-2021 Outstanding Educator of the Year, Falls Church, VA
2020 Mom’s Choice Award, Maggie the Moomaid
2020 Cox Internet: Heroes of Distance Learning Winner-Virtual Classroom Makeover
2019 Henry Ford Innovation Nation Teacher of the Year
2018 Henry Ford Innovation Nation 1st place
2017 Graduated Magna Cum Laude, Trinity Washington University
2017 Henry Ford Innovation Nation 1st place
2017 Maryland Association of Teacher Educators (MATE) – Distinguished Teacher Candidate Award
2017 Life Changer of the Year (LCOY) Nominee
2016 Life Changer of the Year (LCOY) Nominee