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1 Fall 2013 THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF EDUCATION ALUMNI MAGAZINE PHOTO BY PAULA NAUGHTIN Online and Hybrid Classes to Reach a New Generation of Leaders (Page 4) Educational Testing Service Expands Scope (Page 6)... Alumni Serve as University Presidents (Page 12) Imagination + Technology (Page 14)
2 By the numbers Academic year Number of students receiving School of Education scholarships: in scholarships for the academic year $957, No. 1 No. U.S. News & World Report ranking of public graduate programs for 2013: Department of Special Education 15 Educational Psychology program No. 12 School of Education (among all public graduate programs) 251 National and international presentations given 202 Refereed articles published: Books published/in press: Book chapters published/in press The School of Education serves schools and 105 other partners in all Kansas counties
3 Fall 2013 OF COURSE 2 FROM THE DEAN Rick Ginsberg reports on ways the School is leading efforts to shape the future of education. 4 Online learning To educate a new generation of leaders, the School of Education is bringing several of its strongest programs online. 3 ONE GENEROUS GIFT Alumna makes $2 million commitment to create professorship. 6 SERVICE SPOTLIGHT Educational testing service expands scope. 8 RESEARCH REPORT Off and running The largest grant in KU history is funding a project to integrate students with disabilities into general education and improve the academic and behavioral success of all children. 12 LEADING THE WAY Alumni serve as university presidents across the country. 15 WELCOME Seven new members join the team. 16 ALUMNI NEWS Check up on your former classmates. Insert ANNUAL ROLL Roll of Honor 14 Imagination + technology TEACHING NOTES A doctoral student in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching develops an online game for smart devices to enhance science learning. 3 Researcher works to support families with unique challenges 4 Undergraduate exercise science program expands to KU Edwards Campus 5 Inaugural blended educational administration program 10 Faculty and staff earn awards and accolades 18 About the School s National Advisory Board Inside Back Remembering the Teachers Who Touched Our Lives 1
4 FROM THE DEAN Creating tomorrow, today Higher education, like many institutions in our rapidly changing world, faces a sea of change. State support of higher education wanes, tuition levels rise, and yet people across the world continue to recognize the importance of advancing their education and demand programs that meet their desire to secure their future. You ve experienced how technology changes everything you do, and have probably read a good deal about how the technology explosion impacts colleges and universities. With online offerings, MOOCs, hybrid and flipped classrooms, the sacred norms of the past are quickly evolving, and the new normal is a normal of ongoing change the next iphone, gadget or other technology-driven innovation is only a short time away. We at KU have carefully monitored the seemingly endless onslaught of new Rick Ginsberg, Ph.D. approaches and ideas. We ve thought a great deal about how we might shape tomorrow while maintaining the best components of what has characterized a KU education for many years, and, at the same time, provide today s students with an education that fits current needs and cultural demands. I m pleased to report that at KU it is the School of Education that is leading the effort to create a new tomorrow. For years our faculty have been at the forefront of technological change. Every summer, for example, faculty attend technology camps to learn about the latest innovations that can expand our knowledge of what works well. The university is now partnering with a full-service outside organization to support the development of programming into the online space in ways that no other major research university has done before. Many faculty already are offering hybrid classes on campus that allow for online work and fewer face-to-face meetings, so students can absorb difficult material at home and work collaboratively in class to study issues and solve problems at the level of critical inquiry that today s society demands. At the same time, the School of Education is embarking on an effort to offer 15 degree and certificate programs in the next three years in a fully online venue. What makes what we do so unique are the four pillars that underlie our efforts. First, we are guaranteeing that quality of all online programs will be equivalent to those offered on campus. KU is widely recognized for its excellence, and the new online programs will reflect those same high standards. Our online Jayhawks will have the same rigorous and challenging experience that our on-campus programs provide and they ll graduate ready for their chosen careers. Second, we are employing the most innovative technologies available. Indeed, a new innovation will be our mobile KUConnect, which will permit students to interface seamlessly with their work assignments, colleagues, professors, advisers even financial aid and other support mechanisms right through their smart phone, ipad or similar device. This technology is very supportive of student success and will separate us from the others already in the online market. Third, as a research university, we feel an obligation to study what we do and examine various approaches to distance education as part of our mission. Significant dollars and faculty expertise will assess what we do, as well as study many of the distance options already being utilized that have never been tested. Finally, we ll provide our certificate programs and degrees at a competitive tuition rate so anyone wanting a high quality online experience will have that opportunity. None of us knows exactly what the future holds for higher education. But we are comfortable in knowing that we are implementing new approaches in order to lead the region and nation as students and society demand more relevant experiences in years to come. Our partner, Everspring, provides a bit more information inside this issue of The Jayhawk Educator (see page 4). It is an incredibly exciting collaboration as we combine our expertise and academic quality with a partner who excels at moving us into an ever-changing market of possibilities. You ll be hearing more from us about this initiative, but I hope you appreciate that we are working hard to make KU s tomorrow a bright and exciting one. 2
5 Alumna s $2 million gift to create professorship A University of Kansas alumna has made a $2 million gift commitment to establish the first counseling psychology professorship at KU. The gift, announced on August 1, will be the second-largest gift in the history of the School of Education. Rick Ginsberg, dean of the School of Education, says the donor who wished to remain anonymous received a great education at KU and wanted to give back to support opportunities for future generations. The counseling psychology program has a long and successful history of training professors, researchers and mental health professionals. In expressing his gratitude for the gift, Ginsberg adds that the donor also felt that her KU professors and mentors contributed to her life in profound ways. She wanted to continue this important KU legacy of excellent teaching and mentorship for future professionals, he says. The University of Kansas is home to an outstanding School of Education, and this gift will help us further enhance its quality in meeting needed mental health services across the state and nation, says Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little. It is gratifying that the donor s experience at KU was so rewarding that she would so generously give back to our students and university. Established in 1955, KU s doctoral program in counseling psychology trains generalists who are able to engage in a variety of activities ranging from clinical treatment to academic research. Reflecting a scientist-practitioner model, the curriculum prepares clinicians who apply the best and most current theory and research to their practice, and academicians who are grounded in the realities of practice. The gift commitment counts toward Far Above: The Campaign for Kansas, the university s $1.2 billion comprehensive fundraising campaign. Far Above seeks support to educate future leaders, advance medicine, accelerate discovery and drive economic growth to seize the opportunities of the future. The campaign is managed by KU Endowment, the independent, nonprofit organization serving as the official fundraising and fund-management organization for KU. Founded in 1891, KU Endowment was the first foundation of its kind at a U.S. public university. Lisa Scheller, KU Endowment For more information about how you can help support the School please visit alumni/ or contact the School s development director, Tylerr Ropp, at or call ext CARL MULTON Helping the most vulnerable in parent-teacher conferences Parent-teacher conferences can be a source of anxiety for many. Is my child behind her classmates? Does my son have friends? Is she really having a behavior problem? Now, imagine the same conference if your native language is different than that of the teacher. How do you understand if there is a problem or not? How do you collaborate with the teacher to make your child s school experiences successful? Add another complication: What if these conversations are not taking place in the relatively informal setting of a parent-teacher conference, but in an official Individual Educational Plan (IEP) or Individual and Family Services Plan (IFSP) meeting? These are questions that Greg Cheatham, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Special Education, is exploring. And Cheatham has a very practical end in mind he wants to help teachers forge equitable partnerships with families so that all, and most especially the child, benefit. He is focusing on the most vulnerable families with children who have at-risk backgrounds or disabilities who have the added challenge of speaking limited or no English. Cheatham began observing the interactions between families and early childhood teachers during parentteacher conferences when he was a doctoral student in Illinois. Cheatham is now turning his attention to IFSP meetings, the more formal meetings that set an official plan of action for children from birth through age 3 with disabilities. When examining audio recordings of the sessions, Cheatham looks at the dynamics of the situation and performs an analysis of the discourse. He makes clear that he is not doing this just to determine what is going wrong. I can t just look at the conference and say this needs work. I m looking for strengths as well as areas of improvement for teachers. I need to be sure to provide tools for teachers to use, he explains. He continues, Interviews with teachers show that they want to do their best with families. Data also show there is often a gap between what they want to do and whether they can actually do it, especially with families from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. As a researcher, I want to provide practical strategies for teachers to overcome this gap. 3
6 M.S.E. in special education: First step in KU s new online initiative In January 2014, a new cohort of School of Education students will begin their online master s program at the University of Kansas. KU s core mission is to educate leaders, build healthy communities, and make discoveries that will change the world. In support of the university s multi-year strategic plan, Bold Aspirations, KU is committed to educating a new generation of leaders using the latest innovations in online learning. The School of Education is leading this effort, bringing several of its strongest programs online over the next three years. This enables the School not only to expand access to a wider pool of bright students, but also to break new ground in teaching, research, and practice in the education field. First to go live, in January, is the topranked M.S.E. degree in high incidence disabilities (adaptive). This newly online program is designed for teachers who have initial licensure and are seeking graduatelevel qualifications in the field of special education with a focus on helping students who have mild to moderate special needs. The School of Education and its alumni have much to be proud of in this flagship online master s program: Excellence in teaching, research and practice that has made the KU special education program so influential. Innovation in a new online platform, KU Connect. Access for talented students far beyond the campus boundaries. Taking a leading program online The first online cohort of master s students will earn their degrees in 2016, joining an 8,000-strong network of master s-level graduates of the School of Education, and more than 300,000 KU alumni worldwide. Students who enroll will enter a distinguished program and department: The No. 1 public special education master s program in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report. The most affordable special education program among the top 10 programs nationwide (based on out-of-state tuition). The Department of Special Education leading the nation for research published by our renowned faculty. Prospective students who are interested in this program may call the student counseling team toll-free at to learn more. Undergraduate exercise science program expands to KU Edwards Campus Beginning in January 2014, the Department of Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences will offer one of their most popular undergraduate programs exercise science at KU s Edwards Campus. The program incorporates coursework from the HSES department such as exercise physiology, kinesiology, neuromuscular exercise physiology and motor control, exercise biochemistry and biomechanics with classes that include biology, chemistry and physics. Students will also engage in a semester-long internship that helps to prepare them for future careers and graduate coursework. Ashley Herda, Ph.D., has been hired as the full-time faculty member dedicated to the exercise science program at the Edwards site (see page 15). There will also be an on-site advisor for the program. Faculty members from the Lawrence campus have worked diligently with local higher education institutions, specifically Johnson County Community College, to create a program that should provide a seamless transition to the Edwards campus after students earn their associate degree, NICK KRUG, LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD making the program both appealing and accessible. There are many career opportunities in personal training, strength coaching and the health and fitness industry, says Joseph Weir, Ph.D., chair of KU s Department of Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences. The exercise science bachelor s degree at KU Edwards also is designed to prepare people for further clinical training in physical therapy, medicine and physician assistant studies, all without leaving the Kansas City area. The new degree programs are funded by the Johnson County Education Research Triangle tax, enacted in November For more information see 4
7 In June 2013, the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (ELPS) launched its blended master s degree program in educational administration (M.S.E.). The program was a response to the concerns of current program participants who shared a need for a program that allows for flexibility and convenience while maintaining the rigor of a KU program. The new program requires 36 hours and is designed to be completed in two years or six semesters. It fulfills the academic requirements for Kansas state licensure for school building leadership positions (e.g., principal, assistant principal). This summer, the first course in the blended sequence, ELPS 750: Principalship, met face-to-face only three times (normally 11 times during the summer and 15 times during the fall/spring semesters), with the balance of coursework completed online. Based on student comments, the blended course offers the best of both worlds the convenience of online learning while maintaining that important collaborative connection during the face-to-face sessions. While the convenience of only three or four required meetings in a semester is an important component of the blended program design, two other factors play a more significant role: maintaining KU s academic rigor and providing practical experience. One way to maintain this academic rigor is through the structure of the online coursework (e.g., learning modules are completed in a pedagogically designed order). Further, the required face-to-face meetings are not simply a rehash of the information presented online, but rather a practical application of theoretical concepts using case studies, simulations and student-led discussions. One common criterion for academic excellence is that every student is actively engaged in every learning opportunity, including discussions. However, even in traditional settings, fulfilling this expectation can be a New blended ed admin master s program: flexible, convenient, academically fit challenge. In the M.S.E. blended program, students access online materials videos, narrated presentations, quizzes, short written assignments, discussion boards and instructors are able to monitor progress on every student, and provide attention and remediation as needed. This process allows students to maximize the value of face-to-face meetings since everyone is expected to be prepared with the same information, and in a best-case scenario, a common level of understanding. At least one student voiced the opinion that I am working just as hard if not harder than I did in my other face-to-face master s program. Being held responsible for so much of the information means that I have to spend more time reading, taking notes and reflecting on what I have learned. While working hard does not necessarily equate with academic rigor, the course expectations and, more importantly, students demonstrated learning outcomes seem to bear out the fact that this year s cohort delivered outcomes that are comparable to those of last year s cohort in the same class, which was a completely face-to-face course. Eric Punswick, Ph.D., (ELPS 798) states, Interestingly, when looking at the outcomes from the traditional face-to-face approach and the blended approach, this summer s cohort met and exceeded the outcome performance objectives at a higher level than the cohort from two summers ago. It is plausible that the practical/ technical aspects of ELPS 798 are more fully developed in a virtual sense as the activities that lead to a full project are engaged in more often as compared to a lecture-and-seat-time approach. From a technology standpoint, two summers ago, the ability to deploy this course was not available; in many ways, the technology provided for a new vehicle that aided in the success rate as measured in student outcomes. In addition to providing academic rigor and practical experience, the blended M.S.E. program offers a level of convenience not usually available with traditional classes. For students who are full-time educators, June is their first break from a long school term in teaching, and their comments highlight the value of convenience as well as other benefits over a traditional course: I loved that I could... break up modules as necessary. Learning does not have to be constrained by the time of day! [I am] able to work at my own pace (within reason) in my own home and not worry about daycare for my children. The course material is always available. It would not be possible for me to start a master s program without having the freedom to do it on my own schedule. Course instructors respond in a timely fashion to questions about content and to work submitted. Even with all of the positive student comments and high-quality outcomes, version 1.0 of the blended program is not without its challenges. As one student describes, I feel very overwhelmed right now and wish there was someone other than the teacher that I could contact we are not completely familiar with our cohort. As a program, we believe in the strength of the cohort model, which is supported by research, and recognize the importance of developing the cohort mindset as early as possible in the program. In our eyes, the cohort not only provides a network of colleagues after graduation but also prepares students with one of the critical skills necessary to lead a school collaborative learning. In order to remedy this concern, the very first time the cohort meets next summer (ELPS 750), the session will include time for informal student interaction, such as a ropes challenge course and cohort barbeque. In addition, instructors can schedule virtual office hours using Adobe Connect where multiple students can chat simultaneously, as well as encouraging students to create their own virtual hangouts at times convenient to them. This is not a one-and-done communication strategy; each cohort will be working together for at least two years, so these tools open up an entirely new collegial collaboration opportunity for today s M.S.E. student. For more information about the program, please visit the ELPS webpage at elps.soe.ku.edu/ academics/edadmin/mse or contact the M.S.E. program coordinator, Joe Novak, Ph.D., at or
8 S E R V I C E S P O T L I G H T Nationally respected KU educational testing center expands scope Using high-quality evaluation programs to improve the performance of K-12 students, adults and public agencies is the focus of a restructured University of Kansas research group with a long track record of success. Its new name reflects its expanded mission, and the need for its work is growing nationwide. The Achievement and Assessment Institute (AAI) combines the Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation (CETE), established in 1983, and the Institute for Educational Research and Public Service, established in The new structure includes four centers that represent the diversity of services and partners: Center for Educational Opportunity Programs, Center for Public Partnerships and Research, Agile Technology Solutions, and CETE. Neal Kingston, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychology and Research in Education, is director of the institute, which employs more than 300 staff and students on the Lawrence campus. The focus of the institute, says Kingston, is to leverage KU s capabilities to serve the increasing research needs of schools and other public agencies whose increasingly limited resources provide a niche opportunity for KU. Kingston also envisions the AAI as an entrepreneurial organization. He is working with the KU Center for Technology Commercialization to find ways of maximizing the licensing potential of research. Kansas pays less than most other states for its testing programs because it relies on KU rather than existing commercial vendors, Kingston says. The state pays about $10 per set of tests per student per year. The national average is two to three times that amount. On our own, or in cooperation with commercial vendors, the institute could help other states reduce their costs and maintain high levels of quality. Beyond education, the institute seeks more contract work with agencies that need specialized evaluation, professional development and systems planning services, but lack the staff to carry out this work themselves. The institute has the respect of state agencies everywhere, Kingston says. Now we want to leverage that intellectual capital to assist a wider range of public sector clients. Reports of just some of the new Institute s projects follow: 6 CETE The Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation (CETE) continues work on its Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) project, a comprehensive alternate assessment system designed to measure what 1 students with cognitive disabilities know and can do. The project will provide computerbased assessments for the one percent of the K-12 public school student population with significant cognitive disabilities for whom, even with accommodations, general state assessments are not appropriate. KU received a $22 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education in 2010 to support development of the program. It will be implemented during the school year in Alaska, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. A conference in Lawrence in July provided a forum to spur further opportunities for the project. Since the project began, we have an incredible demand from across the country to learn more about Dynamic Learning Maps, says Kingston, who also acts as DLM project director. We were excited to host the conference not only to meet this demand, but to give professionals in a variety of fields the chance to explore how DLM might support their current efforts to support student learning in the fields of general education and special education. 2 Another CETE project is developing a set of assessments for Kansas students as they transition to the new College and Career Ready Standards. Included in the summative assessments for English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics in grades 3 8 and 11 are technology-enhanced items (TEI). These test items will allow students to work online and actually demonstrate knowledge by interacting with a drawing, graphing a math function, highlighting words or images, or sorting terms instead of merely choosing A, B, C or D on a multiple-choice question. Project staff are working through the Kansas Interactive Technology Engine (KITE) to adapt the testing for computers or ipads. Summative testing on ipads was piloted during the school year with a small set of students in Kansas, but will be available to all students in Kansas during the school year. Being able to use ipads is especially important for districts, as the cost of the tablets is a fraction of that of a computer. The Career Pathways Assessment System (cpass) will assess students who are in career and technical education by using computerbased tests to help determine career readiness. The system was introduced in 2011 and is guided by a collaborative of three states: Kansas, Colorado and Mississippi. When developing the tests, CETE brought in professionals from diverse industries and asked, What skills do your employees need? The results testing and a certificate in nine career pathways: comprehensive agriculture assessment, animal systems, plant systems, manufacturing (production), design and pre-construction (CADD), comprehensive business (two forms), finance, marketing and education/training. The tests will include computer-based assessment in each of the specific pathways as well as a common general education assessment. There are also field-based assessment options a collection of definable and Technology-enhanced test items, such as these developed by CETE, allow students to work online and demonstrate knowledge by interacting with a drawing, highlighting words or images, sorting terms or graphing a math function. 3
9 measurable processes, skills, products or activities that must be completed. An item of the agriculture exam, for example, might look like this: Mr. Larsen is breeding cattle to express a particular recessive trait. The bull is homozygous recessive. The cow is a heterozygote. What is the probability that the offspring will have the homozygous recessive phenotype? A. 25% B. 50% C. 75% D. 100% For more about any of these testing initiatives, see cete.ku.edu/kansas-assessment-program. SOE and Center for Public Partnerships and Research Outreach In collaboration with faculty in the School of Music, staff in the Center for Public Partnerships 4 and Research (CPPR) recently participated in the second year of Project STArts: Skillful Thinking in the Arts. This program, in conjunction with the Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools (KCKPS), aims to provide professional development for fine arts teachers to infuse critical thinking into the arts classroom at the K-12 level. This summer, 34 teachers from KCKPS met for two weeks in June and July to learn the concepts of critical thinking, practice translating those concepts into their fine arts classrooms, and model best practices for each other through lesson plans and classroom activities. David Row, a graduate student in KU s School of Music, served as one of the 10 teacher-mentors for the program. Row and the other mentors completed the training the first year and returned this year to assist with this cohort, model critical thinking techniques, and provide practical advice and suggestions for fellow educators. Project STArts is funded for three years by the U.S. Department of Education through the Professional Development for Arts Educators program. KU and KCKPS will begin their third year of the project in October. Teachers participating in Project STArts learn to infuse critical thinking into the K-12 arts classroom. 5 Project TELK (Teaching English Learners in Kansas) is a federally funded partnership between the Center for Public Partnerships and Research (CPPR) and Topeka, Kan., Public Schools (TPS). The five-year project is beginning its third year and has three focuses: to increase the number of teachers in Topeka Public Schools who have their ESOL endorsement; to increase the number of pre-service teachers who receive their TESOL endorsement; and to increase the frequency of high-quality ESOL professional development opportunities for TPS paraeducators. Finally, the project is in the process of updating the six TESOL courses offered by the KU School of Education into a blended model of interactive distance learning and intensive summer formats. CPPR staff Francie Christopher, Ph.D., Stephanie Christenot and Adam Brazil deliver research-based professional development on-site as well as recruit TPS educators to apply for the program. SOE faculty from the Department of Curriculum and Teaching, Lizette Peter, Ph.D. associate professor; Paul Markham, Ph.D., associate professor; Steve White, Ph.D., chair and associate professor; and Manuela Gonzalez-Bueno, Ph.D., associate professor, have all contributed to the project by teaching the online courses for TPS in-service teachers working toward their ESOL endorsement. They also assist in recruiting pre-service teachers to the program. Hyesun Cho, Ph.D., assistant professor, serves as the evaluator of the project. The Kansas Enrichment Network helped host 6 the Boys and Girls Club All Staff Conference on August 5 and 6. Participants were treated to two professional development sessions by Mary Fry, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences, and her team. The first session was titled Physical Fitness for Kids Feeling Competent and Having Fun: Strategies for Bringing these Qualities Out in Kids. This session provided a brief overview of research on motivation with children and many ideas for structuring activities for children that help all kids feel positive, motivated and excited to be physically active. Specifically, tips for fostering high effort, developing skills and providing technical instruction were emphasized and sample activities were highlighted. The second session they presented was titled Physical Fitness for Kids Staff Who Make a Difference: Strategies for Helping Children Maximize Their Experience in Afterschool Programs. The focus of this session was on the important role that staff plays in helping kids learn social and communication skills, including being positive and supportive with all children in the program. A strength many staff have is building strong personal relationships with children in the program, but they play an equally strong role in helping children build strong relationships with each other. Ideas for helping children have positive relationships with all kids in the program were emphasized, as well as strategies for bringing parents on board to help. 7 Teachers across the Kansas City metro area were treated this summer to two days of book talks, lesson ideas, economics and Common Core connections, and a special keynote appearance by author Margaree King Mitchell. In Mitchell s bestselling book, Uncle Jed s Barbershop, Sara Jean s Uncle Jed the only black barber in the county overcomes many setbacks as he works to save enough money to open his own barbershop. This touching story, with beautiful illustrations, not only inspires and delights, but also has many lessons to teach students about real-world applications of economics concepts such as making choices given limited resources and unlimited wants, setting savings goals, identifying opportunity costs and exploring entrepreneurship. Mitchell spoke to the teachers about how her own life inspired the story of Sara Jean and Uncle Jed and how she encourages students to pursue their dreams through thoughtful decisionmaking. After her talk, Mitchell signed books and played video clips of the award-winning Uncle Jed s Barbershop musical. During the Eras, Events and Economics summer workshop at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Barbara Phipps, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching and director of the Center for Economic Education, and center staff teamed up with economic educators from the Federal Reserve Bank. This unique workshop and children s literature showcase designed to bring economics and history alive through books like Uncle Jed s Barbershop. Through the Center s online database, Children s Literature for Understanding Economics ( teachers became familiar with hundreds of children s stories while learning methods for teaching the economic concepts required by the Kansas social studies curricular standards. Margaree King Mitchell, above right, signs copies of her bestselling book, Uncle Jed s Barbershop. Her book and others, shown below, bring economics and history alive for young readers. 7
10 R E S E A R C H R E P O R T KU s largest grant-funded project off and running Wayne Sailor, Ph.D., professor of special education and associate director of the Beach Center on Disability, and Amy McCart, Ph.D., associate research professor, received word in October 2012 that their SWIFT (School-Wide Integrated Framework for Transformation) grant project was funded for five years. The grant, a total of $24.5 million from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs, is the largest in KU history. It funds development of a national center to assist schools across the country to undertake school reform processes that include integrating students with disabilities into general education. The SWIFT system grew out of an earlier successful research and technical assistance effort implemented by KU personnel called the School-wide Applications Model (SAM). Wayne Sailor What is SWIFT? SWIFT is a school-wide technical assistance system that works with schools and their districts to improve academic and behavioral success for all children. It is based on more than 10 years of research by Sailor and McCart that found that a carefully implemented framework of evidence-based practices and technical support with full participation by all Amy McCart teachers, support staff, parents and community produced significant improvement for both general education and special needs students in low-income schools in Kansas City, Kan., Washington, D.C., and East Palo Alto, Calif. Some of the findings from their research include: When silos that isolate teachers from support staff and students with special needs from those in the general population are eliminated, gains are made by all. SWIFT incorporates school leadership, educators, students, families and the community in a cooperative effort for school reform. Consistently evaluating student progress and making data-driven decisions for intervention allows staff to create a powerful, unified teaching and learning environment for all students and educators. The method can be codified and implemented on a consistent basis when schools and districts make a full commitment to the effort. It has raised scores. It also has drawn rave reviews from school personnel as well as Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education. In 2011, Duncan paid a visit to Ann Beers Elementary in Washington, D.C., a school that had implemented SAM. Duncan praised the school and program for its extraordinary job at inclusion. Their philosophy there is as profound as it is simple, Duncan said. They told me repeatedly that they re preparing all their students for success in one society, not a general ed society and not a special ed one. That world simply doesn t exist. How will SWIFT implement change? The SWIFT center will provide intensive technical assistance in new ways to schools, their districts and state educational agencies in an effort to sustain the reform processes and implement them through a scale-up approach in additional districts and schools. A national communication system will include a new generation website, an interactive e learning knowledge bank, a SWIFT community of practice and a SWIFT national family alliance. What happens now? Currently, Sailor and his group colleagues from the School of Education and the Life Span Institute including the Beach Center on Disability, faculty from other universities, and state and national agencies and organizations are completing research on six schools in California, Florida, Massachusetts, Missouri and Wisconsin to gain new knowledge that will be extended to five states and 64 schools through technical assistance. These six schools are among the most advanced in the U.S. in accomplishing fully integrated education for students with disabilities, and doing so in ways that benefit all students academically. Says Sailor, Having spent the year studying the six knowledge development sites, we are now poised to begin providing intense technical assistance to 64 schools from 16 districts in five states Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Oregon and Vermont. At the end of four years of technical assistance, we expect to see complete transformation in the 64 schools as they become fully integrated organizational systems with significant increases in academic outcomes for all students, including those with disabilities. In addition, we expect to leave these five states with the capacity to scale up these transformational processes statewide, he explains. We expect these 16 school districts to be left with the capacity to not only sustain the processes in their target schools but also be able to scale up those practices to other schools within their district. For more, see 8
11 Reaching out Women of Distinction A School of Education student, alumna and staff member were three of 24 female students, staff and faculty, and alumnae honored for outstanding achievements on the University of Kansas Women of Distinction calendar. Jenny McKee (B.S.E., 2004, M.S.E., 2005) serves as health educator and grant coordinator for the Health Education Resource Center, which provides prevention health education to thousands of KU students regarding alcohol and sexuality. McKee is also a Safe Zone facilitator and was nominated for Douglas County AIDS Project s Spirit of DCAP Award in Mulubrhan Mulu Evangline Negash received her bachelor s and master s degrees from KU as a McNair Scholar and Dean s Scholar. She now serves as director of the McNair Scholars Program, helping low-income, first-generation college students in the Center for Educational Opportunity Programs of the Achievement and Assessment Institute. Vicky Reyes, a senior in elementary education and a resident assistant in McCollum Hall since 2012, was honored as an Advocate for Change. In 2013, she founded KU s chapter of Hermandad de Sigma Iota Alpha Inc., a historically Latina-based national sorority that strives to expand awareness of the Latino culture, promote sisterhood and leadership, and serve as a model of excellence in academics and achievements among women. The Garden City native has twice been named the Hispanic American Leadership Organization Member of the Year. Wolfe Teaching Excellence Awards The Wolfe Teaching Excellence Awards were established by the Wolfe Family Foundation to recognize excellence in secondary school teaching through nominations by KU undergraduate seniors. This year s recipients were honored during the School of Education Convocation in May: Ken Bingman, who teaches AP biology and honors biology at Blue Valley Northwest, in Overland Park, Kan., was nominated by Whitney Kleinmann. Bingman (B.S.E., 1964) has taught science for 50 years. With all the changes available in education now and in the future, I wish I had another 50 years to teach, Bingman says. Wow, how exciting and rewarding that would be! Travis Gatewood, who teaches English and video production at Shawnee Mission South High School, in Overland Park, Kan., was nominated by Matthew Multer and Sida Niu. Gatewood says, To teach is as much art as it is content. Because sometimes students come apathetic and reluctant, sometimes hurt and lost, and I must work through the fatigue and frustration to find ways to lift and engage them, to help them to find a guiding vision, to give them the strength and confidence and motivation to lift the pen and write their story with a sense of excitement and purpose. Lynne Hewes, who teaches English, journalism, yearbook, speech, creative writing and applied communications at Cimarron High School in Cimarron, Kan., was nominated by James Kliewer. It wasn t until I opened my eyes and looked at my students met their parents, understood their lives and their fears it wasn t until then that I started to become a good teacher, Hewes says. The more I learned about my students lives, the more I realized that for many of them to get themselves to school at all was a major miracle. If they managed to do their work or learn something, that was just icing on the cake. Undergraduate Research Symposium More than 90 undergraduate students presented their research at the Kansas Union on April 27 during the 16th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. The event, hosted for the first time by KU s new Center for Undergraduate Research, featured papers and posters and concluded with a banquet and award ceremony. School of Education graduate, Spyros Siscos, who received his degree in exercise science this May, was one of the undergraduates who took part. His research was titled Computerized Neurocognitive Assessment Tests and Detection of the Malingering Athlete. Phillip Vardiman, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences, served as his research advisor. Supporters of the symposium included the Office of Research and Graduate Studies, KU s chapter of the Sigma XI international research society, the University Honors Program, the McNair Scholars Program and the Office for Diversity in Science Training. Andrea Geubelle named Outstanding Woman Student in Athletics Andrea Geubelle, a senior in community health, was named Outstanding Woman Student in Athletics by the Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity. She was honored at the annual Women s Recognition Banquet in April. Budigs receive Dole Humanitarian Award The Department of Special Education bestowed the Dole Humanitarian Award to former chancellor Gene A. Budig and his wife, Gretchen Budig, in May during a ceremony at the Dole Institute of Politics. The award recognizes individuals with Kansas connections whose efforts have enhanced the quality of life of individuals with disabilities and their families. The inaugural award was presented in 2008 to native Kansan and former U.S. Sen. Robert Dole in recognition of his lifetime of distinguished public service to the disability community. Ross and Marianna Beach were the second recipients of the award in 2009; Richard Schiefelbusch and his collaborators received it in Gene and Gretchen Budig are longtime supporters of the Department of Special Education as well as other KU centers and programs that provide research, services and leadership in many areas of disability studies. Education Career Fair Wednesday, November 6, :30 3:30 p.m. Kansas Union, 5th Floor Candidates in all areas of prek-12 education (elementary and secondary education, speech-language pathology, special education, school social work, counseling, administration and school psychology) are welcome to attend, explore job opportunities and network with school administrators from more than 60 school districts from Kansas and Missouri and throughout the country. Attendance is free, and there is no pre-registration required for attendees. For more information, see career.ku.edu/edfair. Looking Ahead: The University Career Center will host Education Interview Day on March 4, 2014, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Kansas Union, 5th Floor. 9
12 Jordan Bass, Ph.D., newly appointed assistant professor in the Department of Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences, recently published research stating that most universities could benefit from comprehensive, scientifically based plans to identify the unique aspects of a university that alumni identify with and that doing so could lead to more successful and efficient fundraising. Such targeted, scientifically backed efforts are increasingly valuable in an age of decreasing state support of higher education and tighter budgets in nearly all areas of academia. Bass co-authored a study on organizational identification theory and a new measure, university identification, and how they can be applied to athletic and higher education fundraising. Organizational identity has been widely studied and tested, but the connection between that identification and fundraising in higher education hasn t really been explored, Bass says. People obviously identify with winning, but it can be much more than that. It can be getting good seats at games, seeing games with their family, or recognition. What part of the athletic department they identify with is an often unanswered or unexplored question. I think you can apply that to higher ed fundraising, as well. Andrew Fry, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences, received the 2013 Del Shankel teaching award on May 6, The award is initiated by student athletes who nominate outstanding teachers. It honors Shankel, professor emeritus of microbiology and former executive vice chancellor, acting chancellor and 15th chancellor of the university. Shankel and KU seniors Carolyn Davis (women s basketball) and Madison Wagner (swimming) presented the award at the annual athletic awards banquet. Fry is also the director of research for the Research and Coaching Performance Team recently formed with Kansas Athletics. Rick Ginsberg, Ph.D., dean of the School of Education, has been named to the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation board of directors. The organization is dedicated to improving teacher preparation through evidence-based accreditation. The Council was formed recently when the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education and Teacher Education Accreditation Council agreed to form a single accreditation body in order to provide a singular voice on the topic and promote positive reform. The group s first task will be to review and approve a new set of standards for accrediting institutions of teacher preparation. More than 900 teacher preparation providers will take part in the council s accreditation system. Robert G. Harrington, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychology and Research in Education, is continuing his work in bullying prevention and intervention with a graduate course aimed at students in education, psychology and other human studies fields this fall. He has also been the keynote speaker at several national and international events, including the Nebraska Autism Spectrum Disorder Network and the Irish International Conference on Education in Dublin. At the Dublin conference, Harrington won the Outstanding Contributor and Outstanding Workshop Presentation awards. Currently, he is working with a group from Tufts University on creating entries for a reference resource on classroom behavior management with special emphasis on marginalized groups such as those who are bullied. For more information, including questions about bullying or classroom behavior management, contact him at Faculty & staff news Trent Herda, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences, has been named a Docking Faculty Scholar for the next three years. Herda will receive an annual stipend of $10,000 for each year. The award honors faculty who have distinguished themselves early in their careers. He was selected for the award in recognition of his potential for future contributions to the profession. Herda also serves as the director of the Neuromechanics Laboratory. His research interests include the noninvasive assessment of muscle function with surface electromyography and mechanomyography (see the Fall 2012 issue of The Jayhawk Educator) and the effects of aging, vibration and passive stretching on neuromuscular function and the biomechanical properties of the muscle-tendon unit. In addition, Herda investigates the effects of nutritional supplementation on anabolic biomarkers, body composition, sport and functional performance across the lifespan. He has published more than 40 peer-reviewed articles. The Docking Faculty Awards are funded by a gift from the late Meredith Docking, the wife of former Kansas Governor Robert Docking. She created the fund to honor and keep exceptional teachers and scholars at KU. Kathleen Lane, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Special Education and co-director of the Center for Research on Learning at KU, works with schools across Kansas and the nation to design, implement and evaluate comprehensive integrated three-tiered models of intervention, or CI3Ts. The CI3T model contains primary, Tier 1, for all; secondary, Tier 2, for some; and tertiary, Tier 3, for a few, levels of prevention designed to fit each school s unique aspects. The integrated model offers a data-driven, graduated system of support to assist all students in the school, regardless of its size, from preschool through high school. The ultimate goal is to empower teachers to gather the information they need to form instruction, recognizing which students need help in which areas and provide that help. Many schools have staff members dedicated to helping students who struggle in the classroom, socially or behaviorally, but other teachers and staff at those schools may not have the same training. The CI3Ts are designed to prevent silos and give teachers and staff throughout the school the skills to recognize and help students. Lane recently received a grant from KU to launch Project Empower, a program to learn about some components of CI3T models in Kansas schools. Along with colleagues Wendy Oakes, assistant professor at Arizona State University, and Robin Ennis, assistant professor at Clemson University, Lane not only helps schools develop some initial understanding of CI3T systems, but she raises awareness of the importance of detecting and supporting students with behavioral and social struggles in an effort to ensure all students have an optimal experience in school. The program is similar to work Lane has done in schools throughout the U.S. Mary Morningstar, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Special Education and director of Transition Coalition, and her colleagues in the Department of Special Education and the Center for Research on Learning, have developed a promising series of online and blended professional development programs for teachers. In the past year, teachers and administrators from Georgia, Kansas, Missouri and Virginia have used the courses a blend of online and face-to-face work tailored to fit each state s specific laws and that can show improvement on a building-tobuilding basis. The online modules, blended with team-based professional development methods, were developed over time because KU faculty members were limited in how many working teachers they could assist. We were limited by geography, time and cost, Morningstar says, and by the limitations of the traditional one-shot workshop. We think this is a better investment of teachers time. We are starting to see improvements at the building and district levels. Teachers and administrators who have taken part in the Transition Coalition training have reported overwhelmingly positive outcomes. Many have met or exceeded 10
13 the goals they set for changes in their schools, and the majority who didn t hit a set benchmark simply needed more time to get there. The feedback is encouraging, Morningstar says, and she and colleagues hope to expand their study of the program s effectiveness by measuring success among students. More information about the program can be found at Lizette Peter, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching; Tracy Hirata-Edds, Ph.D., lecturer in the Applied English Center; and Marcellino Berardo, Ph.D., language specialist in the Applied English Center, authored a book chapter on challenges facing native languages and ongoing efforts to revitalize them, based largely on their years of helping to keep languages alive. The chapter is part of the book, American Indians at Risk: Volume One, edited by Jeffrey Ian Ross, that explores a wide range of problems facing American Indian communities including unemployment, alcoholism, suicide and language loss. Linguists have predicted that, without intervention, as many as 90 percent of the nearly 200 native North American languages spoken today could die within the next 100 years. Seven SOE faculty and researchers receive Leading Light Awards For the second year, the University of Kansas conferred the Leading Light Award on some of its most productive researchers at the Lawrence campus. Seven School of Education faculty and researchers were among the 40 honorees. All are principal investigators or co-principal investigators on externally funded grants of $1 million or more awarded during the 2012 fiscal year KU researchers in all fields are competitive with the best in the country, says Steve Warren, Ph.D., vice chancellor for research and graduate studies. Success in obtaining large grants is just one indicator of that, and this recognition is well deserved. The SOE recipients of the 2013 KU Leading Light Award are: James Basham, Ph.D., Department of Special Education; Karin Lee Chang-Rios, Ph.D., Center for Public Partnerships and Research; Francie Christopher, Ph.D., Center for Public Partnerships and Research; Diana Greer, Ph.D., Center for Research on Learning; Young-Jin Lee, Ph.D., Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; Edward Meyen, Ph.D., Department of Special Education; and Sean Smith, Ph.D., Department of Special Education. Chancellor approves promotion, tenure for faculty This April, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little approved eight School of Education faculty and researchers for promotion and the award of tenure. To associate professor with tenure: Heidi L. Hallman, Ph.D., Department of Curriculum and Teaching David M. Hansen, Ph.D., Department of Psychology and Research in Education Young-Jin Lee, Ph.D., Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Meagan Patterson, Ph.D., Department of Psychology and Research in education Argun Saatcioglu, Ph.D., Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Tenure: James Basham, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Special Education Research professor: Janis Bulgren, Ph.D., Center for Research on Learning Associate research professor: Patricia Noonan, Ph.D., Center for Research on Learning News items courtesy of KU News and Mike Krings congratulations! Congratulations to the faculty, staff and student winners of these awards, presented at the School of Education Convocation in May: Meredith Geiger Gould Undergraduate Teaching Award Awarded by students who are seniors in teacher education, this award honors a professor who best exhibits excellence in classroom teaching. Bernie Kish, Ph.D., lecturer, Department of Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences and director of facilities for the Robinson Center Dr. Bob Frederick Faculty Award Honors an outstanding faculty member who exemplifies ethics in their career and carries on Bob s tradition of devotion to students. Phil McKnight, Ph.D., professor, Department of Curriculum and Teaching Gene A. Budig Teaching Professorship Recognizes outstanding teaching. Marc Mahlios, Ph.D., professor, Department of Curriculum and Teaching Gene A. Budig Teaching Professorship in Special Education Recognizes outstanding teaching. Barbara Thompson, Ph.D., professor, Department of Special Education Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Jin-Young Roh for her dissertation, What Predicts whether Foreign Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Institutions Stay in the United States: Foreign Doctorate Recipients in Science and Engineering Fields from 2000 to Her advisor was Lisa Wolf-Wendel, Ph.D. from the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. Outstanding Master s Thesis Lynette Kamachi Johnson for her thesis, Similarities and Differences in the Play Skills of Young Children with Autism and Children without Disability. Her advisor was Deborah Griswold, Ph.D., from the Department of Special Education. Senior Leadership Award Mallory Bayles, elementary education Meghan Brittany Burns, community health Emily Cappo, unified early childhood education Katherine Claire Cristiano, elementary education Kelsey Fortin, community health Stephanie Susan Hall, secondary history and government education Jordan Klein, elementary education Shayla Smith, health and physical education Taylor Kay Elizabeth Smith, secondary history and government education Dakota Strange, sport management SOE Faculty Award for Research John Rury, Ph.D., Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies SOE Faculty Award for Service Mike Wehmeyer, Ph.D., Department of Special Education SOE Faculty Award for Teaching Joe O Brien, Ed.D., Department of Curriculum and Teaching SOE Staff Achievement Awards Donna Goodwin, Department of Special Education Caroline Handwork, Department of Psychology and Research in Education 11
14 LEADING THE WAY Alumni serve as college presidents 12 The number of college leaders who are graduates of the School of Education s higher education program in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (ELPS) continues to grow. As Susan Twombly, Ph.D. (chair, ELPS) says, Our little higher ed program has a growing number of college presidents among our alums. This is an impressive testament to the quality of students and faculty. Following are details about a few of these alumni and brief reflections on their time at KU. John Comerford (Ph.D., 2007), president, Blackburn College, Carlinville, Ill. Comerford began his duties at Blackburn this July. Previously he was at John Comerford Westminster College in Missouri, where, as vice president for institutional advancement, he launched a planned $80 million comprehensive campaign raising $15 million in the first year. As vice president and dean of student life at Westminster College, he increased freshman-to-sophomore retention from 75 percent to 84 percent. Before his time at Westminister, Comerford held positions at the University of Kansas, Missouri Western State University and Ball State University. Comerford is a consultant-evaluator with the Higher Learning Commission, which accredits institutions of higher education in the North Central region, and is a grant evaluator with the U.S. Department of Education. In addition, he is active as a speaker, having made keynote presentations at several regional and national conferences. Blackburn College was recently ranked by U.S. News as the 2012 No. 2 Best Value College in the Midwest, and placed No. 65 in The Washington Monthly s ranking of Baccalaureate Colleges. Says Comerford, My time at KU has been essential to my work and career since. I had the good fortune to have outstanding professors and fellow students in the higher education program and great experiences in a research and administrative assistantships. I frequently refer to the lessons I learned at KU. The program was outstanding preparation for leadership at an institutional and national level. Patricia Long (Ed.D., 1993), president, Baker University, Baldwin City, Kan. Long became the 28th president of Baker University in She has the Patricia Long distinction of being the university s first female president. Since taking office, Long has guided successful initiatives to develop signature academic offerings, strengthened student life, and expanded campuses across Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. Long has served numerous professional and civic organizations and chaired committees for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. Her achievements have been recognized with several honors, including the IBM Best Practice in Student Services Partner, the David Pierce Team Award from the National Initiative for Leadership and Institutional Effectiveness, the James J. Rhatigan Outstanding Dean Award from the National Association of Student Affairs Professionals, and a life service award from Southwest Baptist University. Before leading Baker, Dr. Long was acting executive vice chancellor at the University of Missouri Kansas City, where she also served as deputy chancellor for university communications and vice chancellor for student affairs and enrollment management. Prior to that, she was dean of student services at Johnson County Community College and served as an educator in the Kansas City, Mo., school system. Daniel Martin (Ed.D, 1998), president, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Wash. The presidency of Seattle Pacific University was Daniel Martin Martin s dream job. With a J.D., an M.B.A., and two Ed.D.s, he served as a university administrator for 18 years and president of Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Mount Vernon, Ohio. I considered SPU one of the nation s great Christian universities, he says. So when the opportunity to apply for its presidency arose, it was a natural for me. I knew I wanted to come to SPU. Throughout his career, Martin has held various positions in higher education, including executive assistant to the president, vice president for enrollment development, and acting vice president of finance at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kan. He was serving as the vice president for university advancement at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, Calif., when he was named president at MVNU. He writes, I am most grateful to the University of Kansas, the School of Education, and above all, the tremendous faculty who personally invested in me. My education at KU challenged and prepared me for the role of a president, it shaped and formed the basis of my leadership philosophy, and instilled in me the determination to always seek the highest standard of excellence. I fully believe the University of Kansas is among the nation s elite in preparing leaders who will be able to effectively address the issues and challenges found in today s complex and ever-evolving landscape of higher education.
15 Michael D. Shonrock (Ph.D., 1991), president, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kan. When Shonrock became the 16th president of Emporia State University in January 2012, he brought a leadership style influenced by another 16th president Abraham Lincoln. Get out of the office and circulate among the troops is one tenet of Lincoln s leadership. Shonrock is always ready to give and receive high fives and fist bumps with students, faculty and staff alike when he walks across campus. Lincoln also believed in building strong alliances. For Shonrock, this means building relationships with faculty, staff and students on campus; alumni and current and future donors; and members of the Emporia community, the Kansas Board of Regents, Kansas legislators and other academic institutions in the state. Shonrock earned a master s degree in college student personnel from Western Illinois University and an education specialist degree from Pittsburg State University in Kansas. He has worked in higher education senior administration for more than 20 years. With his wife, Karen, Shonrock has a history of community involvement, what he calls paying civic rent, or giving back. Shonrock writes, The best way to describe my KU School of Education experience, is that it provided the foundation for my future in administration and teaching in public higher education and literally assisted in launching my humble career in higher education leadership. I have and continue to appreciate the many lessons learned during my two years of coursework and dissertation at KU. Rock Chalk! Joseph M. Sopcich, (Ph.D., 2005), president, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kan. Now the fifth president of Johnson County Community College, Sopcich has been with JCCC since 1992, serving over the years as executive director of institutional advancement, vice president of institutional advancement and government affairs, executive vice president of administrative services and executive vice president/chief financial officer. His recent achievements include the implementation of a new approach to building the college s $140 million operating budget resulting in a reduction in expenses and reallocation behind strategic priorities, and the completion of a successful fundraising campaign for the college s new Hospitality and Culinary Academy. Sopcich received a Fulbright Award in 2011, traveling to Russia to present seminars on the merits of American community colleges. He has taught as an adjunct in the college s business division since Sopcich earned bachelor s and master s degrees from the University of Notre Dame. He says, I returned to the classroom after a 20-year hiatus and admittedly I did so with sincere trepidation. My first class covered The Faculty, taught by Lisa Wolf Wendel. I found it to be invigorating and engaging. Then I took Susan Twombley s History of Higher Ed and I was sold. My program cohorts were simply outstanding individuals who were very serious about their profession. They made every class worth the effort to get there. Today, classmates like Jim Williams (current vice president for student affairs at Wichita State University), Jean Redeker (director of academic affairs at the Kansas Board of Regents), and Jim Troha (president at Juniata College), to name a few, are doing great things at their respective institutions. My Ph.D. from the School of Education at the University of Kansas facilitated my professional advancement and personal growth. Without that degree, I wouldn t be in my current position. It wasn t easy, but I actually wish I could do it again. That s how much I enjoyed it. Michael Shonrock Joseph Sopcich James Troha BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND PHOTOS USED WITH PERMISSION FROM RESPECTIVE INSTITUTIONAL WEBSITES James Troha, (Ph.D., 2005) president, Juniata College, Huntingdon, Penn. Troha became the 12th president of Juniata College in Before Troha came to Juniata he was at Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Ohio, where he was vice president for institutional advancement and university relations, overseeing all elements of the institution s fundraising, marketing and university relations efforts. Troha began his administrative career at Heidelberg in 2002 as vice president for student affairs and dean of students, where he worked until he was named interim president in From 2003 to 2007, he also served as vice president for enrollment. He began his academic career in 1993 when he was hired as area coordinator and coordinator of Greek life at the University of Evansville in Indiana. In 1995, he gained significant international experience as dean of students at Harlaxton College in Grantham, England, the British branch campus for the University of Evansville. By 1997, Troha had been named dean of students at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kan., a post he held until A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Troha earned a bachelor s degree in criminal justice in 1991 and went on to earn a master s degree in counseling in 1993, both from Edinboro University, in Edinboro, Pa. Says Troha, When I reflect on my graduate experience at the KU School of Education, I immediately think about the extraordinary support the faculty provided me during an extremely busy time in my life. I had very young children, I was working full-time, and I was pursuing this Ph.D. My advisor, Dr. Susan Twombly, was part therapist, part colleague and full-time mentor, all at the same time! I will forever be appreciative of that relationship and the opportunities KU gave me as a young professional. Are you or do you know a college leader from the School of Education, from the higher ed program or from one of our other areas? Let us know! 13
16 T E A C H I N G N O T E S Technology catches up to a teacher s imagination by Dana Atwood-Blaine As a teacher, my educational philosophy aligns with the belief that first-hand experience is a necessary predecessor to real learning. Further, I believe that educators shoulder the responsibility for creating well-designed, authentic experiences that will engage our students. I have always looked for practical ways to get students out of the school building to experience the wide world as their classroom. A little over a decade ago, before cell phone ubiquity, I wrote a grant proposal for a mobile school in a bus, outfitted with laptops and satellite Internet access. I imagined myself a real-life Ms. Frizzle, with my own magic school bus to take my students out into the world to learn it all through first-hand experience and projects with real-world application. The grant was not funded, and I kept teaching in the classroom, venturing out on a field trip as often as allowed (which wasn t often). But I always imagined that I could find a way to provide my students a full immersion kind of education. Now, mobile technology has caught up to my imagination, and the learning experiences I dream of designing are within my reach. A good game is a well-designed learning experience because it holds players interest and keeps them playing until they win, or master the game. A student playtests a new exhibit-based mobile game designed for Kansas City s Science City. Smart devices are affordable and full of largely unexplored educational potential. In a way, a smart phone is like a mini magic school bus, able to virtually transport a class to any place, from the tiniest micro environment of cells or molecules, to the vast expanse of constellations and galaxies. It can also transport learners through time, to examine primary source historical documents or the earliest movie footage and photographic images. Computers and the Internet are astounding educational tools, but that technology alone does not facilitate learners getting out into the real world. Now the technology is small enough to lead or follow the learner anywhere and stay wirelessly connected, all the while knowing exactly where it is in physical space. It is this portability combined with full network access and location-awareness that can transform the cell phone or tablet into a magic school bus. Good games Recently, researchers have been exploring how digital game-based experiences might provide an effective environment for learning. Digital games, even those not designed as educational, provide players with an experience that is very similar to a well-designed learning opportunity a proper challenge (i.e., not too little, not too much), positive emotional engagement, and specific corrective feedback. Good games are fun and provide players just enough challenge to keep them playing without giving up. Good games provide frequent opportunities for the player to make meaningful decisions followed by immediate feedback. In essence, a good game is a well-designed learning experience because it holds players interest and keeps them playing until they win, or master the game. For educators, mastery of the content and the skills in the curriculum is the goal for students. Because good games can keep players engaged until they reach mastery, I have decided to incorporate game design principles into an educational experience in which the game goals are equivalent to curricular learning goals. My design-based dissertation research introduces a mobile game to students in grades 5-8 to guide and mediate their experience at a hands-on science center during a group field trip. The primary objective was to create a game that required players to interact with the hands-on exhibits in a way that engaged them in the practices of science and engineering while also being genuinely fun to play. An open-source, location-based game platform called ARIS (augmented reality and interactive storytelling) was used to create the game. The mobile game, called The Great STEM Caper, uses QR codes and a challenge-based game structure to encourage engagement in science and engineering practices (as defined by the Next Generation Science Standards) at specific exhibits. To win the game, players must solve exhibit-based challenges in the domains of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The game is collaborative rather than competitive, and all players have the opportunity to successfully complete the game and experience a win. 14
17 The research is aimed at exploring whether in-game victories translate to real-world mastery experiences which could reinforce students beliefs that they can do science and therefore increase their science self-efficacy more than a traditional, less goal-oriented science center experience. This research was in the pilot or playtesting phase during August and early September, with small groups of students trying out the game and providing feedback. Large group testing occurred in late September and a quasi-experimental study is now under way. Primarily, this study is designed to answer three questions: How does playing an exhibit-based mobile game during a school Dana Atwood-Blaine conducts dissertation research during her internship at Science City. field trip to a hands-on science center affect students science self-efficacy, interest and motivation to learn? Are there relationships between a student s perceptions of challenge difficulty, fun, victory experiences, and his/her selfefficacy? And how does gender interact with perceptions of the game and self-efficacy? This study also breaks new ground by having participants wear GoPro cameras while they play the game. The GoPro, worn on a head-strap, records high quality video and audio of the participant s perspective. Pilot tests have shown that the video clearly captures the participant s interactions with the game, the exhibits and other participants. Results of the study will be available next spring. Dana Atwood-Blaine is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching. She is a recipient of the KU School of Education Graduate Student Merit Scholarship, the William LaShier Scholarship for Doctoral Students in Science, and the Grosswirth-Salny Scholarship (MENSA). Welcome! Jordan Bass, Ph.D. (assistant professor, HSES) Research interests: sport in higher education, fundraising by sport organizations, and sport in society Bass earned his Ph.D. from Florida State University, M.Ed. from Wichita State University, and B.A. from the University of the Ozarks. He worked for high school, college and professional sport organizations as a graduate student. KU was a perfect fit for my family and me, both professionally and personally. The resources available to conduct high-quality and impactful research were very appealing, and the existing HSES faculty are pillars in their fields. Ashley A. Herda, Ph.D. (lecturer, HSES) Research interests: exercise and nutrition for health, muscle strength and body composition across the lifespan Herda received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in exercise physiology from the University of Oklahoma. She will be the main faculty member for the new exercise science undergraduate program to be offered completely at the KU Edwards Campus (see page 4). I am excited to join the HSES department and help them branch out to the KU Edwards Campus where we will be able to expose the KC metro area to all things exercise science related! Jennifer Kurth, Ph.D. (assistant professor, SPED) Research interests: low-incidence disability and inclusive education Kurth graduated from the University of California, Davis with a Ph.D. in educational psychology. She has a master s degree in special education from the University of Washington and a B.S. in human development from UC Davis. Prior to being an assistant professor at Northern Arizona University, she was a special education teacher, inclusion facilitator and paraeducator in northern California. I came to KU because of the strength of the program and the quality of the research, faculty and staff here. I m very excited to be joining such a great group. Christopher Niileksela, Ph.D. (lecturer, PRE) Research interests: school psychology, identification and assessment of learning disabilities, school-based consultation and applied behavior analysis Niileksela earned undergraduate degrees in music performance and psychology at Arizona State University and completed his graduate work in school psychology at KU. He previously worked as a school psychologist for Topeka Public Schools. It is great to work with such excellent teachers and researchers in the field of education. Deborah Perbeck, Ed.S., Ed.D. (professor of the practice and program coordinator, ELPS) Perbeck earned her B.S. in education from Kansas State University, and her M.Ed. in school counseling, Ed.S. in educational administration and Ed.D. in educational administration from Wichita State University. Perbeck has served in a variety of educational roles in school districts throughout Kansas. Working with and developing educators to lead their organizations has been a dream of mine for some time. The quality of the SOE faculty, graduates and current students is outstanding and I am very excited to have the opportunity to be part of the ELPS program. Karrie Shogren, Ph.D. (associate professor, SPED; associate director of the KU Center on Developmental Disabilities (KUCDD); and associate scientist in the Beach Center on Disability) Research interests: self-determination and systems of support for students with disabilities with a specific interest in the multiple, nested contextual factors that impact student outcomes Shogren earned her doctorate in special education at KU and returns after serving as an assistant professor of special education at the University of Texas and as an assistant and then associate professor in special education at the University of Illinois, Champagne-Urbana. Her work focuses on how to support people with disabilities. KU is one of the few places in the world that has a broad portfolio of research focused on supporting people with disabilities across the lifespan. I wanted to be in a place that makes a real and sustainable impact on the quality of life of people with disabilities through high-quality, cutting-edge research. Nicole Singleton, Ph.D., coordinator, Professional Development Schools Research interests: technology integration and virtual education Singleton earned her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas, her M.S. from University of Houston Clear Lake and her B.B.A. from Southern Methodist University. She enjoys teaching others about the ways technology can be effective in teaching and learning. KU is a great fit because I finished my program here and have worked with the faculty and staff in the School of Education. It was an easy decision and a great opportunity to work with my mentors and advisors again. 15
18 EVER ONWARD Congratulations, alumni! WELCOME BOOKS Keil E. Hileman (B.S.E., 1993, M.S.E., 1995), is one of 50 teachers profiled and celebrated in the new book, American Teacher: Heroes in the Classroom, by Katrina Fried that will go on sale this month. The publisher notes three intentions: To bring everyone interested in America s future into 50 classrooms to experience public education first hand; to inspire other teachers through sharing ideas, innovations and successes; and to inspire administrators, parents and policy makers to listen deeply to the thoughts expressed by these teachers about education. Hileman, who teaches in the De Soto, Kan., school district, was the Kansas Teacher of the Year in He was featured in the Winter 2004 and Fall 2012 issues of the The Jayhawk Educator (see soe.ku.edu). For more about the book, see books.com/americanteacher. Watching elementary school-age children sing Home on the Range while holding hand-colored Jayhawks probably won t seem unusual to many of our readers. But realizing that the children are from points all over the world and that they are standing in a classroom in Kathmandu, Nepal well, that s pretty amazing. You can check out this charming video yourself on the School of Education website, courtesy of the teacher, Dylan Porter (B.S.E., And the skies are not cloudy all day... : Students in Kathmandu learn about Kansas 2009, M.S.E., 2012). Porter joined the Peace Corps after graduation and taught in Moldova, a country in Eastern Europe. Here s his explanation of how he got from our hill to the biggest hills on the planet. My girlfriend, Erin Murphy, and I met during my second year in Moldova. She was a Fulbright Scholar, and I was an English Education Peace Corps Volunteer in a small village in the south. We fell in love quickly and both knew that we wanted to stay abroad. During my time, I taught English to all ages (4 and up!).... When my PC service was complete, I flew to Kansas for a few weeks, before Erin and I took off for Nepal. When we arrived there, we had no place to stay and no jobs. We applied everywhere and at the same time asked around for apartments. Of course I aimed high, but was not expecting to be able to get a job in an international school, The British School of Kathmandu. Of course I missed home quite often. It wasn t until the end of the year that I really focused lessons on Kansas. It started with the book, The Three Little Jayhawks as told by Don Fambrough, which led to teaching the kids how to draw a Jayhawk and how to sing, Home on the Range. We had a showing of The Wizard of Oz... we paraded around each classroom in our costumes, and each child had a line to share either about the film or a quote from the film. I decided not to renew my contract at TBS and am now traveling throughout Asia. We have been in India for one month. India is a wonderful and extremely diverse place. There is never a dull moment. We plan on heading back to Nepal to do the Everest Base Camp trek before continuing our travels in Southeast Asia. Porter notes, I will leave you with a famous quote by Jack Witts, If Nepal doesn t bring a smile to your face every single day, you re a lost cause. To view the video, go to Dean Smith (B.S.E., 1953) was one of 16 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation s highest civilian honor. The White House announced his selection in August. The award is presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. Smith, 82, played basketball at the University Dean Smith of Kansas from 1949 to 1953 and was a member of the Jayhawks national championship team in After graduation, he served as an assistant coach for KU coach Phog Allen during the season. Smith was head coach of the University of North Carolina basketball team from 1961 to Smith has been a dedicated civil rights advocate throughout his life. While playing on a segregated basketball team as a student at Topeka High School, Smith urged the coach to integrate the two basketball teams. He recruited the University of North Carolina s first black scholarship athlete, Charlie Scott. Janet Sommer Campbell (B.S.E, 1979), general manager of Kansas Public Radio and director of Kansas Audio-Reader, was one of six new members inducted into the KU Women s Hall of Fame in April Campbell began her career in 1979 at Kansas Audio-Reader as a secretary. Nine years later, she became director. Under her guidance, Audio-Reader grew to be the second-largest service of its kind in the country and was one of Janet Campbell the first to pioneer the use of cable television and the Internet for program distribution. Campbell became the interim director of KPR in 1997 and two years later was named general manager. KPR is an award-winning service of KU that provides continuous broadcasts of news and cultural programs to more than 100,000 listeners. She has been a member of the Kansas Association of Broadcasters Board of Directors since 2009 and was appointed to the Governor s Cultural Affairs Council in
19 Who, What Where and I recently moved to Lawrence. This past summer, I worked part time for the KU Talent Search program, and in September, I was hired full time at KU in the & University Career Center, as an assistant director for career education. It s wonderful to be back at KU! I ve always been proud of my Jayhawk history, and now I get to be Deanna (Russo) Clark (B.S.E., 1988) received her master s degree in education in Instructional Technology and Design from American InterContinental University in November of Ingrid L. Hartman (B.S.E., 1988, M.S.E., 1997) is working in healthcare, teaching sex education to the public. She has also written health articles for her What have you been doing since you left KU? We want to know! Please complete the white sheet included with this issue and mail it back to us. Or, you may your information to us at Many thanks to these graduates for writing. 1950s Helen Frances Swartz (some graduate work in the 1950s) taught primary and middle grades in Juneau, Alaska; Iowa City, Iowa; and Mexico City, Mexico, where she used music to help students learn English. She has been an organist for more than 60 years, playing in each of the aforementioned locations. She retired at age 63 and now resides in Port Aransas, Texas. Joan Moeller (B.S.E., 1957) taught middle school in Kansas City and Manhattan, Kan., as well as in Harrisonville, Mo., for 35 years, retiring in She recently moved to Colorado to live with her son Matthew (a 1999 graduate) and his family. 1970s Linda Miller (B.S.E., 1970) received a 2013 Historic Preservation Month award from the City of Las Vegas, Nev., for her book, Early Las Vegas. It was presented at the Las Vegas City council meeting May 15 by Mayor Carolyn Goodman. The book is available through Arcadia Publishing and Barnes and Noble. Her profits support the Helen J. Stewart Educational Project at the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park. Katherine Sheppard Huskey (B.S.E., 1971) has had a quarter-time job teaching language arts and math to fifth graders at St. Paul s Lutheran School in Leavenworth, Kan., for the past three years. Julie Hamel (B.S.E., 1979) writes, I earned a master s degree from Kansas State University in 2003 in student counseling and personnel services, and worked as a high school counselor from 2001 to I am working on a Ph.D. in counseling and student development, also at Kansas State, but my husband part of that great tradition again. 1980s company s newsletter. 1990s Phyllis J. Peterson (M.S.E., 1995) does massage and craniosacral therapy at the Healing Arts Center in Lenexa, Kan. She is also a personal trainer and teaches classes at Sylvester Powell Community Center in Mission, Kan. 2000s Richard F. Ehinger (M.S.E., 2002) moved to Baldwin City, Kan., and is now the librarian at Baldwin High School. Prior to his return, he was a math and physical education teacher as well as the boys and girls basketball coach at Gulliver Preparatory School In Memory in Miami, Fla., where he led the varsity girls basketball team to the regional finals in the state playoffs and was named Miami-Dade coach of the year. Hannah Davoren Schumacher (B.S.E., 2004, M.S.E., 2009) welcomed a second child, Lucille Delaphine, to her family in October of Seth McCall (B.S.E., 2006, M.S.E., 2008) teaches social studies at the Harlem Children s Zone Promise Academy. Paul W. Kaldahl (B.S.E., 2009) taught high school science courses at Seton High School in Kansas City, Mo., from 2009 to He currently teaches middle school earth science in Eudora, Kan. Ashley E. (Biondo) Lata (B.S.E., 2009, M.S.E., 2012) teaches elementary special education in Winston-Salem, N.C. 2010s Jessica L. Gowen (B.S.E., 2011, M.S.E., 2012) moved to New York City in the summer of 2012 and began teaching at Success Academies Charter School in Harlem. In the summer of 2013, she accepted a position teaching second grade language arts and reading with Achievement First Charter Schools at East New York Elementary in Brooklyn. In sharing these experiences, she writes, This is my journey. I have learned that I can t change the system or the world overnight, but that doesn t mean that I m going to stop trying. Every step that I take is one step closer to helping underprivileged, but equally as capable, scholars achieve success. I am a Jayhawk through and through and am so grateful for my experiences and education received at KU. Paul Haack, a dean of the School of Education in and professor of music education, passed away April 24, He was a revered husband, father, friend, teacher and musician. He grew up in Madison, Wis. He earned graduate degrees in music and education from the University of Wisconsin and directed high school bands, the University of Wisconsin Marching Band, and the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corp. He moved his young family to Lawrence in 1966 and was a professor of music education at KU for 22 years. In 1988, he moved to Minnesota and was a professor of music education at the University of Minnesota for another 19 years. His gentleness, patience and dry wit were characteristic in and out of the classroom. He was a master of many musical instruments, most recently playing in the Twin Cities area with Wild Honey and the Locusts. Haack is survived by his wife of 55 years, Maggie; five children and eight grandchildren. Inurnment was at Pioneer Cemetery on the University of Kansas campus. Memorials may be made to Foundation4SchoolMusic.org Tom Lovitt died June 25, He was born in Hutchinson, Kan., on September 23, 1930 and grew up in Burrton, Kan. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1952, where he majored in music. In that same year he married Althea Polly Owen and enlisted in the U.S. Air Force for four years. He was a trumpet player in the Kansas City Philharmonic and a trumpet instructor at the Kansas City Conservatory. In 1960 he earned a master s degree in music from KU. In 1962, he transitioned from music to special education, receiving his doctorate in special education from KU in That year he accepted a position at the University of Washington and remained there until his retirement in Through his work in education, he touched the lives of countless educators and children. Following his retirement he served as an advocate for neglected or abused children, and assisted in a first grade class at Frost Elementary, where he was with the same teacher for 11 years. Lovitt joined the Salvation Army in 2006 and played cornet in their brass band. Polly, his wife of nearly 59 years, died in December In his last months he wrote the story of her life and established a scholarship in her honor at the University of Kansas, where she also had graduated. Donations in his memory may be made to The Salvation Army Seattle Temple Corps, 9501 Greenwood Ave N., Seattle, WA 98103, or to the Polly Lovitt Music Scholarship, KU Endowment, P.O. Box 928, Lawrence, KS
20 TOWARD THE BLUE About the School s National Advisory Board Jayhawks love the Hill. And when School of Education graduates leave KU, that love tends to become more sentimental. We remember our great professors (Nan Harper), clarifying experiences (Upward Bound tutoring for Ngondi Kamatuka), and advisors who kept us honest (Jerry Bailey). We want to give back and be part of the school, but how do we do that? In so many ways! School of Education alums who are teachers can welcome new KU grads to their schools or advise their schools Future Educators Association chapter. Our higher ed graduates can provide internship opportunities for students in the master s program. If you were in the sport management program, do you have work or networking opportunities for our new undergraduate students? There are so many ways to help on a personal and professional basis, large and small. You can pledge to send a week s worth of lunch money to the KU Endowment Association, encourage family members and neighbors to go to KU, and certainly attend the 1912 KU Alumni Association s School of Education events. Also, the KU School of Education National Advisory Board (KU SOE NAB) provides a specific platform for SOE alumni to give back to KU. We aid the school at the strategic level and at the room parent level. Our special events committee (thanks, Bart Swartz!) hosts an annual golf tournament. Our academic support committee (thanks, Wayne Osness!) is currently designing a mentoring pilot program for current undergraduates and alumni. Our futures committee (thanks, Sharon Zoellner!) is discussing ways to incorporate technology 18 into teacher training and the classroom. And our special projects committee (thanks, Tom and Billie Collins!) is dovetailing the SOE strategic plan into the KU campus-wide strategic vision. We also see ourselves as room parents doing the little things to support amazing faculty and students. At the scholarship luncheon, we welcome students and introduce them to the donors who make their scholarships possible. And we hope to hand out programs for the school during commencement events in May. The board meets twice a year October and April at J. R. Pearson Hall. If board members are far away and can t make it back, they dial in to our meeting. Each board member serves a three-year term. Current and former teachers, superintendents, adult educators, and business and technology experts all sit on our board. A core of our group includes retired faculty and retired KU graduates who live in the region. Department chairs and deans serve on the board as non-voting members. Committees FOR YOUR CALENDAR OCTOBER Budig Teaching Lecture: Mark Mahlios 4:30 p.m., 150 JRP meet in person and virtually, following the lead of each committee chair. Committee members include board members and other Jayhawks interested in the specific mission of the four committees. I truly appreciate the energy, time and thoughtfulness that each board member brings to the table. It is a joy to hear memories, ponder ideas, and witness the school s change and growth. I sent my lunch money to the KU Endowment Association. And I recruit Jayhawks in my neighborhood. But I ve found that giving back to KU via the NAB fills a unique spot in my Jayhawk heart. If you are interested in being a committee or board member, or know someone who would be a great asset, please send an to Sherrie Saathoff, assistant to the dean, or to me, Jodi Breckenridge Petit (B.S.E., 1990, M.S.E., 1993, Ph.D., 1997) Chair, KU SOE National Advisory Board NOVEMBER Education Career Fair 12:20 3:30 p.m., Kansas Union, 5th Floor JANUARY Schoolwide Research Conference (tentative date) MARCH Education Interview Day 8:30 a.m. 3 p.m., Kansas Union, 5th Floor 13 Special Education Budig Lecture: Barb Thompson 4:30 p.m., 150 JRP MAY School of Education Convocation 18 Commencement JUNE Strategies for Educational Improvement Conference (tentative date) Stay in touch! You can always find news about the School of Education on our website: soe.ku.edu. There you can also find links to more information about the articles in this issue of The Jayhawk Educator. If you would like to receive The Jayhawk e-educator, our electronic newsletter that is online twice a year, let us know! with your contact info.
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