 Melinda Lemke is working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate for the Swansea University College of Law and Criminology, Wales Observatory on Human Rights of Children and Young People. She also proudly accepted an Assistant Professorship in Educational Administration and 3-E in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, Graduate School of Education at the University at Buffalo beginning in fall 2016.
 Dr. David Schexnaydre, who successfully defended his dissertation in December, has earned the Louisiana Educational Research Association Outstanding Graduate Student Research Paper Award for his dissertation, The Impact of Louisiana's COMPASS Teacher Evaluation System on Principals in One School District. Here is an overview of Schexnaydre's study: As teacher evaluation practices become increasingly high-stakes, principal observation has been made an important source of data in the evaluation process. Driven by the federal Race to the Top initiative, implementation of teacher evaluation systems has been rapid, and questions remain about the preparedness of principals to successfully implement the new evaluation processes. The researcher conducted a qualitative case study that focuses on the implementation of the Louisiana Department of Education's COMPASS teacher evaluation system and its impacts on principals in one school district. Findings indicate that principals perceive that COMPASS was implemented too quickly, and they have had to change several of their practices as a result. Additionally, principals believe their biggest success in implementing COMPASS was supporting teachers, while they believe their biggest challenge in implementing COMPASS to be setting student learning targets that are both reasonable and challenging and aligning school practices with those set forth in the COMPASS Rubric. Implications of this research include practical knowledge for current principals and administrators and a ground-level view for policy makers regarding how mandates and change impact principals, as well as scholars seeking to understand the change process.  Brenda Fairfax, a doc student at Nova Southeastern University, is an active member of the Golden Key International Honour Society and attended the Regional Conference in February 2016.  June 9, 2016 at Indiana University.
For more information or to register, go to HTTP://EDUCATION.INDIANA.EDU/GRADUATE/PROGRAMS/ED-LEADERSHIP/MCCARTHY-INSTITUTE.HTML Agenda - June 9, 2016: 9:30-10:45 am: New Hot Topics and Cases in 2015-2016 (Wilkie Auditorium)John Borkowski, Charles Russo, Teresa James, Seamus Boyce Facilitator: Janet Decker 11:00-12:15 pm: Harassment/Bullying/Ethics (Wilkie Auditorium)Martha McCarthy, Stephen Harper, Lisa Tanselle Facilitator: Suzanne Eckes 1:45-3:00 pm: Keynote Address – Abuse, Trauma and Ethics (Location Wilkie Auditorium)Michael Gregory 3:15-4:30 pm: Panel on the Fourth Amendment, Student/Employee Privacy and Technology and Ethics (Wilkie Auditorium)Kevin Brown, Judy DeMuth, Tom Bunger Facilitator: Justin Bathon 4:45-5:30 pm: Round Table Discussions on Pressing Education Law Issues Facilitator/Speaker Bios:
Division A- Administration, Organization and Leadership
Early Career Faculty Mentoring Seminar American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting Thursday, April 7, 2016, 1 p.m.–5 p.m., and Friday, April 8, 2016, 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Division A will sponsor a mentoring seminar for pre-tenure faculty members prior to the start of the 2016 AERA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. This year’s seminar will be held on two half days, Thursday (1-5 p.m.) and Friday(8:30 a.m.-noon). Pre-tenure faculty who are members of Division A are encouraged to register for this seminar. The Division A Early Career Faculty Mentoring Seminar is an excellent opportunity to dialogue with mid-level and senior faculty and to network with other new faculty. The seminar is designed to:
For additional information and to submit your registration, contact Angela Urick at [email protected]. This event is planned in coordination with Andrea Evans and Linda Tillman as co-chairs.  Journal of Organizational and Educational Leadership A new online professional journal for educational leaders was recently launched. Its niche is publishing high-quality emerging practitioner scholarship. Editor-in-chief: Dr. Steven Bingham Managing Editor: Dr. Jim Palermo Sponsored by the School of Education at Gardner-Webb University Access this link to learn more about JOEL: http://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/joel/ See below for the Call for Papers. Education Policy Perils: Tackling the Tough |
