Professional Activities

Educational Administrator: Before taking early retirement from the public schools in Illinois, I was an elementary principal and then the Director of Special Programs in Pekin Elementary School District 108. In that position I directed special education, Chapter I, gifted, early childhood, and Even Start programs.
I also directed the communication program and the district wellness program, was responsible for passing a bond referendum, developed and maintained the board policy manual and administrative procedures manual, and was responsible for various other tasks.
Student and Graduate Assistant: I completed my Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Educational Administration at Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois in May, 1999. I was a graduate assistant. In that position I helped to support the research the Laboratory School teachers were doing. I also helped write articles and create the web pages for the lab school online journal Exemplary Practice. I worked with Dr. Trisha H. Klass.

Presentations

I had the opportunity to co-present some of the ISU research we were working on at several national conferences. Following is a list of those presentations:

"Site-Based Management: Using Data for Decision-Making", National Council of Professors of Educatioanl Administration Annual Conference, Indian Wells, California, August 12, 1994

"Teacher Variables: Predicting Attitudes During High School Restructuring", Mid-Western Educational Research Association, Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, October 13, 1994

"Using Data to Improve Your School: Making Data-Based Decisions About Resources and Processes", National Association of Secondary School Principals Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, February 4, 1995

"Student-Led Conferences: An Alternative to Traditional Parent/Teacher Conferences in Assessing Student Progress", National Association of Laboratory Schools National Conference, Washington, D.C., February 13, 1995

"Exploring the Dynamics of Student-Led Conferences Through School-University Collaboration", American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, April 22, 1995

Papers and Publications

I collaborated with Dianne A. Ashby, Ph.D. on the following papers/publications:

"Site-Based Management: Using Data for Decision Making", ERIC Document ED384965

"Organization Development: Using Data for Decision Making", Journal of Staff Development, Winter 1996, Volume 17, Number 1, pp. 8-13

"What First Year Principals Don't Know: How You May Be Able to Help New Colleagues Succeed", presented at the National Association of Secondary School Principals Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, February 25, 1996

Facilitator/Trainer: I received training as facilitator for school district Learning Leadership Teams through the Institute for Development of Educational Activities (I/D/E/A). I received training to be trainer for Executive Leadership Institutes (ELI) and Leadership Development Institutes (LDI) through Motorola University. I was self employed and worked under contract as a trainer for Motorola University's Learning Leadership Teams, Executive Leadership Institute, and Leadership Development Institute. In addition, I conducted research for Motorola University related to the Learning Leadership Teams.

I also served as facilitator/trainer for school districts, schools, and other organizations, mainly in the area of Team Building or Team Building/Conflict Resolution or in retreats or long-range planning. Some of those with whom I've worked include:

Team Building, Woodford County Special Education Association, October 29, 1993

Self-Directed Teams, Methodist Medical Center, January 13, 1994

Building Leadership Team Facilitator Preparation, Mount Vernon City Schools, March 14, 1994

Leadership Teams, Cerro Gordo Community Unit School District No. 100, April 13, 1994

Team Building, Orion Middle School, June 27-28, 1994

Team Building, Tri-County Educational Service Center #10, September 2, 1994

Institute Planning, Fulton-Schuyler Regional Office of Education, December 14, 1995

Strategic Planning, Fulton County Community Unit School District #3, January 29, 1996

Mount Vernon City Schools/Southern Illinois University Goals 2000 Collaboration Project, November 1-2, 1996

Collaboration Project, Mount Vernon City Schools, December 7, 1996

District Learning Leadership Team, Elmwood Park C.U.S.D. #401, February 7-8, 1997

What Should Graduates Look Like?, Fulton County Community Unit School District #3, March 19, 1997

Other Work Projects: After completing my Ph.D., I have worked on a variety of projects. Some are listed below:

From Dream to Reality, book documenting the start-up of The Chicago Military Academy--Bronzeville

Work for the Educational Administration department of Illinois State University, including grant-writing, reports of research results, Superintendents' Survey reports, etc.

Book editing for Martin Engineering

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