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Associate Dean, Teacher
Education
Academic Information
- Post-doctoral work at Yale: Comer School Development Project
- Ph.D., Miami University, 1993, Educational
Leadership Curriculum and Instruction. Dissertation: Student
Teachers' Concerns Toward an Alternative Method of Supervision:
The Integrated Systems Model for Professional Development.
- M.S.ED., Northern Illinois University,
1981
- B.A., Creighton University, 1968,
Sociology with a minor in Psychology
Biographical Information
I am responsible for three roles currently:
- Associate Dean, including Chair of Admissions Committee.
- Core faculty. Teaching focus is on Integration of Multicultural Literature into Classroom Instruction.
- Interim Chairperson for Early Childhood Education licensure program.
Service to the Profession
- Pathwise/Praxis/Ohio First trainer
- Praxis III Assessor
- NCATE
Specialization
- Multiple Intelligences
- Brain-Based Learning
- Reading
- Social Studies
Certificates and Licenses
- Elementary Education K-9 (Illinois)
- Elementary Education 1-8 (Ohio)
- Supervisors' Certificate (Ohio)
Interests in My Field
I am interested in enhancing the integration of multicultural literature into all content area instruction. Teachers
need to move past the idea that the school’s Multicultural
Fair and Black History Month are enough to educate students
about the world of diversity. I have seen too many teachers
who believe that they are introducing their students to
our diverse world if they read African-American literature
in the classroom. It just is not enough! Too many students
are missing out on the wonderful diversity that can be found
within
all genres available today—stories about
different regions within the United States and around the
world, stories that feature different family units, etc.
Special Interests
- Reading instruction, especially integration of multicultural literature,
- Social Studies – Middle Childhood Education,
- Brain-based learning, i.e, Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences, Brain Gym,
- Partners in Learning, Community-based collaborative leadership techniques that can help develop an environment that interconnects faculty, classroom teachers, parents and students with accessible information and social services,
- Nation of Learners. A series of cassettes on addressing a new culture of learning within the public school classrooms.
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