Associate Professor
Graduate Faculty
Appointed 2000
RobertWatson@MissouriState.edu

Academic Degrees

• Ed.D University of Wyoming 1991 School Administration and Supervision
• Ed.S University of Wyoming 1988 School Administration and Supervision
• M.S. Northern Montana College 1975 Composite Curriculum
• B.S. College of Great Falls 1971 Elementary Education

Professional Experience

• 2000-Present Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ed. Admin Missouri State
• 1996-1998 Course Instructor, Black Hills State University
• 1995-2000 Principal, Spearfish High School, Spearfish, South Dakota
• 1985-1994 Course Instructor, Sheridan Community College-Gillette Campus, Gillette, WY
• 1987-1995 Principal. Wright Jr/Sr High School, Campbell County, Gillette, WY
• 1984-1987 Principal, Conestoga Elementary, Campbell County, Gillette, WY
• 1980-1984 Principal, Cottonwood Elementary, Campbell County, Gillette, WY
• 1978-1980 Principal, Broadus Elementary 79J, Broadus, MT
• 1978-1978 Teacher, Grade 5, Mountain View, Great Falls, MT
• 1976-1978 Teacher, Grade 1, McKinley Elementary, Great Falls, MT
• 1974-1976 Teacher Grade 5, Skyline elementary, Great Falls, MT
• 1971-1974 Teacher Grade 4. Skyline Elementary, Great Falls, MT.
• 1970-1971 Student College of Great Falls, Great Falls, MT
• 1966-70 U.S. Air Force, 1 year South East Asia

Faculty Responsibility

• EAD 666 Supervision
• EAD 652 Secondary School Principal
• EAD 660 Internships
• EAD 663 Internships
• EAD 664 Human Relationships and Collaborative Processes
• EAD 742 Current Trends in Educational Administration
• EAD 761 Human Relations
• EAD 763 Curriculum Design and Evaluation
   

Current Professional Memberships

• MPEA-Missouri Professor of Educational Administration
• ASCD-Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• ASCD-Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (Review Council)
• PHI delta Kappa
• NASSP-National Association of Secondary School Principals
• William Glasser Institute
• Missouri Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• South Dakota Secondary School Principals
• Life Member VFW-Veterans Foreign Wars
• SRCEA-Southern Regional Council  on Educational Administration
• NCPEA-National Council Professors of Educational Administration
• SMASA-Southern Missouri Association of School Administrators

Publications

• "Ethics and Change" Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership. (with Scott Wegner and Gerald Moseman) Volume 7 Number 2. Spring 2004
• "Cheerleaders: Who Needs Them!" Missouri Professors of Educational Administration-Instructional Materials. 2004 http://www.mpea.org/instmaterials/vignettes/admin/cheerleaders.html
• "Welcome to Skyview K8 School District-How Can We Help You?" Missouri Professors of Educational Administration-Instructional Materials 2004 http://www.mpea.org/instmaterials/vignettes/admin/skyview.html
• "Sorry, No Room in Our School For You" Missouri Professors of Educational Administration-Instructional Materials 2004 http://www.mpea.org/instmaterials/vignettes/admin/noroom.html
• "To Bus or Not to Bus-That is the Question"-Missouri Professors of Educational Administration-Instructional Materials 2004 http://www.mpea.org/instmaterials/vignettes/admin/busing.html
• "School Closure" Missouri Professors of Educational Administration-Instructional Materials. 2004 http://www.mpea.org/instmaterials/vignettes/admin/busing.html
• "Staff vs. Football" Missouri Professors of Educational Administration- Instructional Materials. 2004 http://www.mpea.org/instmaterials/vignettes/admin/staffvsfootball.html
• "Who is Kidding Who!!!" Missouri Professors of Educational Administration-Instructional Materials. 2004 http://www.mpea.org/instmaterials/vignettes/admin/whoiskiddingwho.html
• "Building Principal is not supervising/evaluating staff members" Missouri Professors of Educational Administration-Instructional Materials 2004 http://www.mpea.org/instmaterials/vignettes/admin/notsuprevising.html
• "School District Teacher Caught Changing Test Scores"-Missouri Professors of Educational Administration-Instructional Materials 2004 http://www.mpea.org/instmaterials/vignettes/admin/changescores.html
• "Help! Will You Take My Kid?" Missouri Professors of Educational Administration-Instructional Materials 2004 http://www.mpea.org/instmaterials/vignettes/admin/takekids.html
• "Military Installation to bring 250 minority dependents to Meadowlark School District" Missouri Professors of Educational Administration-Instructional Materials 2004 http://www.mpea.org/instmaterials/vignettes/admin/military.html
• "Nationwide Issues and Statewide Responses Regarding The Use of Part-time Practitioner Professors", AASA Professor Journal, Winder/Spring, 2003

• "The Learning Organization" Missouri Professors of Educational Administration – Instructional Materials.  2003 http://www.mpea.org/InstMaterials/PBL/Super/LearningOrganization.html (with Scott Wegner and Sandra Wegner)

• "It's a Matter of Ethics" Missouri Professors of Educational Administration – Instructional Materials. 2003 http://www.mpea.org/InstMaterials/PBL/Admin/EthicalConsiderations-p2.html (with Scott Wegner and Sandra Wegner)"

• Running Out of Money" Missouri Professors of Educational Administration – Instructional Materials.  2002 http://www.mpea.org/InstMaterials/PBL/Admin/ManagingEnvironment-P2.html (with Scott Wegner and Sandra Wegner)

• "Where's Everybody Going?" Missouri Professors of Educational Administration – Instructional Materials.  2002 httphttp://www.mpea.org/InstMaterials/PBL/Admin/ManagingEnvironment-P3.html (with Scott Wegner and Sandra Wegner)  

• "Why a Principal?" Missouri Professors of Educational Administration – Instructional Materials.  2002 http://www.mpea.org/InstMaterials/PBL/Admin/EthicalConsiderations-p1.html (with Scott Wegner and Sandra Wegner)  

• "Beyond the Syllabus", The School Administrator, November 2002

• "Practitioner Professors in School Leader Preparation Programs: Benefits Challenges, and Opportunities" Adjunct INFO-A Journal for Managers of Adjunct and Part-Time Faculty-Volume 10, Number 3, Spring 2002
• "District Crisis Procedure Manual", Spearfish School District, Fall 1999"
• Strategic Design", Spearfish School District, Fall 1998
• "Experiences Today for Careers Tomorrow", South Dakota School-To-Work Opportunities Act Employer Consortium, Pierre, SD, Fall 1996
• "WYCET Program Schedules", Campbell County School District, Fall 1991

Presentations

• January 2005-Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii-"Choices: Developing Human Relationships or Testing Students-Which Comes First?" (with Cynthia MacGregor)
• January 2005-Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii-"Transformational Leadership and Emotional Intelligence" (with Cynthia MacGregor
• January 2005-Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii-"Utilization of Adjunct Professors in Educational Administration Preparation Programs" (with Cynthia MacGregor
• August 2004-58th Annual Summer Conference NCPEA, Branson, Mo-"The Missing Link: Professional Development for Adjunct Professors in Educational Administrative Programs" (with Cynthia MacGregor and Sandra Wegner)
• August 2004-58th Annual Summer Conference NCPEA-Branson, Mo-"Mentoring: The Next Step" (with Mick Arnold and Cynthia MacGregor)
• August 2004-58th Annual Summer Conference-NCPEA-Branson, Mo-"Utilization and Impact of Performance-Based Principal Evaluations" (with Robert Abeln and Cynthia MacGregor
• February 2004 American Association of School Administrators, AASA- San Francisco, California "Mentoring: Recommendations for Development of Successful Mentoring Program Based Upon Needs and Responsibilities of Each of the Stakeholders (with Mick Arnold)
• August 2003-57th Annual Summer Conference-NCPEA- Sedona, Arizona " Mentoring: A Position Paper by MPEA Project (with Mick Arnold, Sandra Wegner, Cliff Mohn and Linda Bigby) approved but could not attend
• March 2003-Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development-ASCD-San Francisco, California "Session 3281 "Electronic Portfolios For Leaders" (with Cynthia MacGregor)
• March 2003-Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development-ASCD-San Francisco, California "Session 3483) "Communicating With New and Adjunct Professors in the Information Age (with Cynthia MacGregor)
• February 2003 - 6th Biennial Midwest ASCD Affiliates Conference, Kansas City, Mo- "Developing Quality Working Relationships With your Students and Peers"
• January 2003 - Hawaii International Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii -"Adjunct Professors in Teacher and Administrator Preparation Programs.
• January 2003 - Hawaii International Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii -" The Effectiveness of Phonemic Awareness Training on Third Grade Readers
• October 2002-Southern Regional Council on Educational Administration-Kansas City, Missouri-"Enhancing Leadership Preparation Thru ISLCC Standards and Problem Based Scenarios"
• October 2002-Southern Regional Council on Educational Administration-Kansas City, Missouri-A Study of Directive Collaborative and Nondirective Leadership Styles and School Climate"
• August 2002 - National Council of Professors of Educational Administration 56th Annual Conference - Burlington Vermont - "Designing Leadership Programs for Multiple Sets of National Standards"
• August 2002 - National Council of Professors of Educational Administration 56th Annual Conference - Burlington Vermont - "Using Technology to Enhance Leadership Programs"
• August 2002 - National Council of Professors of Educational Administration 56th Annual Conference - Burlington Vermont - "Bridging the Gaps: Integrating ISLLC Standards in Administrator Preparation Programs"
• November 2001-University Council of Educational Administration-"Adjunct Professors and Preparation of School Leaders: Benefits and Challenges"
• August 2001 - NCPEA - "Out of Sight-Out of Mind: The Importance of Integrating Adjunct Faculty Into an Educational Administration Department
• March 2000- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development-New Orleans, Louisiana-"Proposed Governance Structure-ASCD"
• March 2000-Association for supervision and Curriculum Development-New Orleans, Louisiana-"ASCD Constitutional Review Report"
• March 2000-Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development-New Orleans, Louisiana- " Educational Insight: Israel "
• March 1999-Association for Supervision and curriculum Development-San Francisco, California-"Report on Executive Council's Trip to Singapore: Reflections"
• March 1999-Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development-San Francisco, California -"Proposed Governance Structure-ASCD, Update"
• October 1999-NE Regional Meeting ASCD, Portland, Maine-"Update on National/International Issue"
• March 1998 –Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development-San Antonio, TX-"Proposed Governance Structure-ASCD"
• October 1998-Central Regional Meeting ASCD, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri-"Greetings from ASCD-Issues/Answers"
• October 1998-Wall School District, -Wall, South Dakota-Strategies for Teaching in the Block"
• October 1991-Wyoming Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development-Douglas, Wyoming-"Assisting Change in Education"
• March 1974-International Reading Association-San Francisco, California-"Team Teaching in Elementary Classroom"