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The Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals (MASSP) announced that their Career Technical Education (CTE) Administrator of the Year is Ryan Rowe, principal of the Lenawee Intermediate School District (LISD) TECH Center. Prior to going to the LISD TECH Center, Ryan was Assistant Principal of Onsted High School and Principal of Onsted Middle School.
Rowe is a true life-long learner and a role model for his own young children, students, and staff. His education includes a Master of Arts degree in Educational Leadership in 2004, a Specialist of Arts degree in Educational Leadership in 2009, and he began his doctoral program in Educational Leadership in the fall of 2010 here at WMU. Beyond college, Ryan has attended conferences and workshops to continue to expand his knowledge and skills in both CTE and leadership. He consistently collaborates with many groups throughout the county, region and state on CTE initiatives.
Posted May 11
In March, Dr. Robert Leneway presented a paper that was co-authored with Dr. Warren Lacefield and Educational Technology graduate student’s Spencer Carr and David de la Rosa entitled: "Administrative and Demographic Factors Related to Teacher’s Confidence and Competency in Using Technology," at the 2012 Society of Technology in Education (SITE) in Austin, Texas. This paper contained results of four years of survey data collected in part on teacher’s readiness to use technology in the classroom at four WMU GearUp grant supported school districts in Michigan and Ohio. After the presentation this paper was invited for publication in the SITE publication Journal of Technology in Teaching.
Dr. Leneway and Dr. Sharon Peterson presented a paper at this same 2012 SITE conference on “Differences in Help Seeking Strategies Used by Online vs. Face-to-Face Instructed Pre-service Teachers.”
April 17
Dr. Robert Leneway gave a well-attended presentation at the 2012 Michigan Association of Computer Users in Learning (MACUL) in Grand Rapids. The presentation was titled, "A Look at How Technology Can Support Marzano's Seven Principles of Schools that Work."
April 16
Jessaca Spybrook, Assistant Professor in Evaluation, Measurement, and Research, was recently awarded a $25,000 Officer's Discretionary Grant from the WT Grant Foundation. The purpose of the funded project is to track research evidence from the completed randomized trials launched by the Institute of Education Sciences. The results from the study will help further our understanding of how research evidence from experimental studies is disseminated.
January 6
Dr. Walter Burt, Associate Professor facilitated a discussion at the National Alliance of Black School Educators' Annual Conference held in New Orleans, LA in November 2011 entitled: Surviving in Turbulent Times: A Recapitulation of Success Strategies Incorporated by School Superintendents in Three Mid-size Urban School Districts.
January 4
Drs. Walter L. Burt and Dennis McCrumb from the department of Educational Leadership, Research and Technology had an article published titled; Tenure of African American Superintendents in Michigan School Districts: A Forty-Year Recapitulation of the Michigan Experience. The article appeared in the Summer Issue of the Journal of the Alliance of Black School Educators (JABSE).
January 4