Documentation of Academic and Professional Growth

Reflections, Essays, and Final Papers

  Can I See Me Now?
EDUC 802, Leadership Seminar - Final Reflection - Fall 2005

Holy Smoke, Bat Man! I Might Be Critical, Too! Multiple Ways of Knowing Clear the Smoke
EDUC 800, Ways of Knowing - Final Reflection - Spring 2006

Action Research: The Mighty Oak
EDUC 800, Ways of Knowing - Final Paper on a Way of Knowing - Spring 2006

One Step Back to Two Steps Forward in the Dance with Complementarity, Collaboration, Synthesis and Overlay—A Researcher’s Identity
            EDRS 812, Qualitative Methods - Researcher Identity - Spring 2007

Moving Away from Deficits towards Debt Management Systems
           EDUC 874, Achievement Gap - Final Paper - Spring 2007

Literature Reviews, Class, and School Research Projects

The Influence of Teacher Inquiry on Teacher Efficacy
EDUC 797, Research On Teaching - Literature Review - Fall 2005

The Influence of Teacher Inquiry on Teacher Efficacy and Collective Efficacy
EDRS 810, Problems and Methods in Educational Research - Quantitative Research Proposal Extending the Literature Review for EDUC 797 - Spring 2006

The Influence of Teacher Inquiry on teacher Efficacy and Collective Efficacy
EDRS 810, Problems and Methods in Educational Research - Qualitative Research Proposal Extending the Literature Review for EDUC 797 - Spring 2006

Action Research: Methodology, Method, and Professional Development
EDRD 832, Emerging Trends and Issues in Reading - Literature Review - Spring 2006

Developmental Reading Assessment and the Standards of Learning Test: Linking Authentic Assessments to High Stakes Testing

             EDRS 811, Quantitative Methods - Final Project - Fall 2006

Oral Language and Phonological Awareness
                EDRD 830, Foundations of Literacy: Birth to Middle Childhood - Fall 2006

Oral Language and Literacy Acquisition
                EDRD 829, Advanced Foundations of Literacy - Final Paper - Summer 2007

Discovering Phonological Awareness through Ourselves and Others
                EDUC 895, Self Study Research Methodology - Research Project - Summer 2007

Professional Learning Communities, Professional Development, and Student Achievement
EDUC 821, Research on Teacher Education - Research Proposal - Fall 2007

Voice and Choice Lead to Increased Reading Engagement and Motivation
               EDRD 831, Foundations of Literacy: Adolescence to Adult - Research Project - Fall 2007

Vocabulary, Syntax, Discourse, and Phonemic Awareness
EDRS 797, Mixed Methods - Final Research Design Map - Spring 2008

Group Differences in Emergent Literacy Skills
EDRS 797 , Structural Equation Modeling - Final Hypothetical Research Project - Summer 2008

Presentations

Embarking on an Adventure While Drawing the Map
Paper presentation at the 7th International Hersmonceux Self-Study Conference - Herstmonceux, England - Summer 2008

Differentiating Within the Classrooms
Two different versions presented to parents and to staff - Belle View School - Staff version linked - Fall 2008

Huey's Relevance 100 Years Later
Collaborative study session - National Reading Conference - Orlando, Florida - Fall 2008

Accepted Presentation Proposals

Results in 30 Minutes a Day
Presentation of collaborative work with at-risk kindergarten students - National Reading Recovery Conference - Columbus, Ohio - Winter 2009

CEHD Alumni Professional Development Conference
Presentation of collaborative work with 4th grade teachers and students - CEHD Alumni Professional Development Conference -GMU - Winter 2009

Job Embedded Professional Development For Graduate Credit
               Presentation of professional development model - NSDC Summer Conference - Boston, MA - Summer 2009

Proposals Submitted

Job Embedded Professional Learning For Graduate Credit HSRB    FCPS Application FCPS Proposal CEHD Research Symposium
Proposal to study a PLC model's potential to meet graduate credit standards - GRA Collaboration with Dr. Hall - Fall 2008

Student to Students: Storybook Reading to Close the Achievement Gap at the Starting Gate HSRB FCPS Application FCPS Proposal
Proposal to study effects of dialogic reading between 6th and Head Start students - Fall 2008

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