Kelly Day

Kelly Day

Fellowship Placement: U.S. Department of Energy (WDTS)
Hometown: Indianapolis, IN

Kelly Day is the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow at the Department of Energy for the 20/21 and 21/22 cohorts. During her time serving as an Einstein Fellow, Kelly has been working with the Interagency Working Group for Convergence Education.  She also helps run the DOE-sponsored National Science Bowl and its Regional competitions.  Prior to her AEF placement at the DOE, Kelly spent 11 years teaching 7th-grade mathematics at Westfield Middle School in Westfield Indiana.  In 2015 Day received the Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching which allowed her to spend 5 months living in Finland where she researched Finnish education policy as well as female achievement in mathematics at the University of Helsinki. In 2013 Day received an Eli Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity Grant which funded her independent research on Asian Education Systems and allowed her to observe education systems in 7 different Asian nations.  In 2017 she served as a Teach Plus Policy Fellow where she worked with legislators on Indiana education reform and sat on a House committee that helped develop the ESSA-based school accountability system for Indiana.  Kelly is an avid traveler who has visited over 40 countries in the past decade. Kelly is incredibly thankful for her opportunities to observe some of the best teaching practices from around the globe and tries to incorporate what she has learned into her own classroom.  Kelly is a dedicated teacher and a passionate advocate for quality education for children around the world. Kelly received her BS in Mathematics Education from Indiana Wesleyan University and a MA in Education Administration from Purdue University.