Markell McCubbin, M.Ed

Markell has considerable experience working with children of all ages and abilities and their families. She is an Oregonian who migrated to Utah to attend the U. Markell double majored in Psychology and Gender Studies, and earned a minor in Ceramics. After a handful of years in the field, she earned a Masters in Special Education from the University of Utah.

Markell has been committed to the development and pedagogy of education for 20 years.

She is a proponent of wholly supporting students as they develop into collaborators, investigators, evaluators, and problem solvers. Markell believes in recognizing the individual, the local community, and the surrounding environment as resources for learning.

Markell serves as the Director of Academic Engagement for SLArts. She supports faculty in creating thoughtful learning experiences that are relevant, dynamic, and individualized for learners, as well as grow in their pedagogy. Additionally, she supports learners to develop the 21st-century skills needed for our everchanging world in consistent and positive ways.

She is a fierce defender of kindness, authenticity, and bravery, and is most proud when kids develop and own such traits.

She lives as close as possible to her favorite slab of granite with her husband, son, and very old dog. When not in classrooms, she can be found on a river, at the library, or in the mountains somewhere.