Department of Counseling, Leadership, and Special Education
Professional Experience
Leadership Activities
Taught Educational Administration Capstone Course, EAD 659
University committees: Budget and Priorities, NCATE and DESE Accreditation, PEU Program Review
Facilitator of staff development for student teachers and Masters in Teaching candidates
Instructor, Teaching the Aspiring Principal, EAD
Instructor, IDS110, college freshman class
Guest speaker in various classes on Missouri State campus
Speaker, North Central Association national meeting, 2000
Speaker, National Association of Laboratory Schools Conference, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997
Speaker, Compton Conference, 1998
Ernest L.. Boyer Technology Summit of Educators, 1997
Satellite Conference, 1997
Missouri Curriculum Alignment Workshop, 1997
Building Learning Communities, 1996
St. Louis Teacher Academy, 1996
Cooperative Learning Conference, 1995
Speaker, Concord, NH Conference, 1995
Missouri Principal's Leadership Conference, 1995
National Laboratory School Journal, Editorial Board, 1995-2000
Professional Organizations
American Assoc. of School Administrators
National Association of Laboratory Schools
Phi Delta Kappa
Superintendents of America
Publications
"Ethics and Change" Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership. (with Scott Wegner and Robert Watson) Volume 7 Number 2 In Press
"Catching Lightning in a Bottle" Missouri Professors of Educational Administration – Instructional Materials. 2003 http://www.mpea.org/InstMaterials/PBL/Super/CatchingLightening.html (with Scott Wegner and Sandra Wegner)
"Building Skills in a Learning Community" Missouri Professors of Educational Administration – Instructional Materials. 2003 http://www.mpea.org/InstMaterials/PBL/Super/BuildingSkills.html (with Scott Wegner and Sandra Wegner)
"Welcome to the District" Missouri Professors of Educational Administration – Instructional Materials. 2002 http://www.mpea.org/InstMaterials/PBL/Admin/LearningCulture-p1.html (with Scott Wegner and Sandra Wegner)
"Where the Expectations Meet Implementation" Missouri Professors of Educational Administration – Instructional Materials. 2002 http://www.mpea.org/InstMaterials/PBL/Admin/LearningCulture-p2.html (with Scott Wegner and Sandra Wegner)
"Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?" Missouri Professors of Educational Administration – Instructional Materials. 2002 http://www.mpea.org/InstMaterials/PBL/Admin/LearningCulture-p3.html (with Scott Wegner and Sandra Wegner)
"There's No Place Like Home" Missouri Professors of Educational Administration – Instructional Materials. 2002 http://www.mpea.org/InstMaterials/PBL/Admin/ManagingEnvironment-P1.html (with Scott Wegner and Sandra Wegner)
National Association of Secondary Principals high school magazine: "Students at the Core Voicing a Vision; the High School Magazine" Spring 2000
National Association of Laboratory Schools Journal: "Multi-Age classrooms in Early Education, the Primary Center; a Cooperative Venture Between a University Lab School and a Public School" Spring 1999
National Association of Laboratory Schools Journal: "Individualized Literacy Program: A Short-term Study of the Effects of Theory on Instructional Practices and Student Achievement" Spring 1998
Community Services-Involvement
Church Council, President, Messiah Lutheran Church
Education Alliance, Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors, Springfield Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors, SW Crime Prevention Council
Advisory Board, St. John's Hospital
Baron's Club
Springfield Rotary Club