Carmen Montecinos
Associate Professor
Professional Development, Education Reform, Teacher Assessment

B.S Psychology Pontificia Universidad Catlica de Chile. Santiago, Chile, 1978.
M.S. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1985.
Educational Psychology
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1989.
Ph.D. Educational Psychology
cmonteci@uwyo.edu • 307-766-2071 • Education 309
Best Mode of Communication: E-mail

Carmen Montecinos is an Associate Professor for Educational Research and is housed in the Department of Professional Studies - Research. She teaches research classes for the College of Education. Carmen comes from Vina del Mar, Chile. Her experiences include teaching elementary school, being a school psychologist, an analyst, assistant director at the University of Wisconsin Computing Support Center, a national education coordinator in Chile, and has served as a professor at University of Northern Iowa and Pontificia Universidad in Chile.

Research Interests:
Professional Development, Education Reform, Teacher Assessment

Publications:

Book Chapters

Montecinos, C., Rodríguez, S., Galdámez, S., & González, A. (2009). Formación continua de directores y equipos directivos: Liderazgo y desarrollo de organizaciones escolares [Professional development for school principals and leadership teams: Leadership for the development of school organizations]. En C. Sotomayor y H. Walker (Eds.) ¿Cómo desarrollar competencias docentes para el trabajo escolar? Santiago: Editorial Universitaria, (in press).

Invited Presentations

Sleeter, C., & Montecinos, C. (October 12, 2006). Forging Partnerships for Multicultural Education. 20th Anniversary Conference, Wyoming School-University Partnership Conference, Cheyenne, WY, U.S.A.

Journal Articles - In Press

Montecinos, C. (2008). Reforming educational reform: Teachers' union leading teacher research in Chile. To be published in a special issue of Educational Action Research, (in press).

Journal Articles - Published

Vásquez, N., & Montecinos C. (2007). Debate sobre las competencias especificas en la formación de profesores de historia y ciencias sociales [Debates over competencies for the preparation of secondary social studies and history teachers]. IBER. Didáctica de las Ciencias Sociales, Geografía e Historia, 51, 18-28.

Rios, F., Montecinos, C., & Van Olphen, M. (2007). Lessons learned from self-study in international teacher education: Visiones, preguntas y desafios. Teacher Education Quarterly, 34(1), 57-74.

Montecinos, C., Leiva, P., Solís, C., Rittershuassen, S., & Contreras, I. (2007). Evidencias de la confiabilidad del instrumento MDD: Grado de concordancia entre las evaluaciones de jueces [Evidence of the reliability of the Samples of Teaching Performance: Interrater agreement]. Boletín de Investigación Educacional, 22(1), 75-96.

Ahumada, L., Montecinos, C., & Sisto, V. (2008). Desarrollo y validación de una escala para evaluar el funcionamiento del equipo directivo de los Centros Educativos [Development of a scale to assess the functioning of school leadership teams]. Revista Interamericana de Psicología, 42(2), 1-9.

Presentations - National

Sisto, V., Montecinos, C., & Ahumada, L. (July, 2007). La escuela como proceso de organizamiento: articulaciones locales para el desempeño de políticas de mejoramiento educativo. [The schools as an organizing process: Local articulations in the performance of school improvement policies]. Paper presented at the 31st Interamerican Congress of Psychology. Ciudad de México, México.

Sisto, V., Fardella, C., Montecinos, C., Ahumada, L., & Leiva, P. (with M. Jaramillo y R. Fuentes) (March, 2008). Findings from a Qualitative Evaluation of the Impact of the Implementation of the System for Quality Assurance of School Management in Chile's Municipal Schools. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. New York, U.S.A.

Rittershaussen, S., Montecinos, C., Contreras, I., & Solís, M. C. (November, 2006). Las Muestras de Desempeño Docente. Fortaleciendo la vinculación universidad - escuela a través de la formación práctica [The Samples of Teaching Performance: Strengthening university-school relationships through the field-based component]. Viña del Mar, Chile.

Rittershaussen, S., Montecinos, C., Contreras, I., & Solís, M. C. (July, 2006). Performance assessment of student teachers: A content validity study of the Samples of Teaching Performance. Paper presented at the 51st ICET World Assembly, Fortaleza, Brazil.

Montecinos, C., Rodríguez, S., & Galdames., S. , (October, 2006). Curso – Taller Formación de Directores y Equipos de Gestión [Workshop for the preparation of school principals and leadership teams]. Paper presented at the VI Jornadas Internacionales de Psicología Educacional Cambios en Educación: ¿Qué?. ¿Cómo?.¿Para qué? . La Serena, Chile.

Montecinos, C., Rittershaussen, S., Sols, M.C., Contreras, I., & Iglesias, J. (June, 2008). Validez y Confiabilidad del Instrumento Muestras de Desempeo Docente para la Evaluacin de Estudiantes de Pedagoga en su Prctica Profesional. [Validity and reliability of the Instrument Samples of Teaching Performance for the assessment of student teachers]. I Congreso Internacional Sobre Profesorado Principiante e Insercin Profesional a la Docencia. Sevilla, Espaa.

Montecinos, C., Ortiz, I., Gómez, H., Pino, J., Pino, M., & Muñoz, G. (April, 2006). Curriculum-Based Professional Development Models: Promoting Teacher Development and Student Achievement. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. April 7 – 11, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Montecinos, C., Cooney, T., & Gomez, H. (March, 2007). An analysis of the impact of a professional development curriculum for K-8 science teachers in Chile. Paper presented at the NSTA/CASE International Conference. St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.

Montecinos , C., Rittershaussen, S., Solís, M. C., Contreras, I., & Contreras, C. (April, 2006). Evidence of the Consequential Validity of Introducing a Standard-Based Performance Assessment to Three Teacher Education Programs in Chile. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. April 7 – 11, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Gomez, H., Cooney, T., & Montecinos, C. (March, 2007). A Spanish language professional development curriculum in the physical sciences. Paper presented at the NSTA/CASE International Conference. St. Louis, MO. U.S.A.

Contreras, I., Solís, M. C., Rittershaussen, S., & Montecinos, C.. (July, 2006). Strengths and weaknesses among student teachers: Evidence gathered through the Samples of Teaching Performance. Paper presented at the 51st ICET World Assembly, July 17-20, 2006, Fortaleza, Brazil.

Contreras, I., Rittershaussen, S., Montecinos, C., Sols, M.C., Walker, H., & Nuez, C., J. (June, 2008). Caracterizacin de la Formacin Prctica en las carreras de Pedagoga en Educacin Media: Estudio de Casos Múltiples [A characterization of the field-based component in Secondary Teacher preparation programs: A multiple case study]. Congreso Internacional Sobre Profesorado Principiante e Insercin Profesional a la Docencia. Sevilla, Espaa.

Contreras, C., Ibarluceia, M., & Montecinos, C. (November, 2006) Evidencias acerca de la validez de consecuencias de la Metodología Muestras de Desempeño Docente (MDD) para la evaluación por estándares de desempeño en la formación inicial docente [Evidence of the consequential validity of the Samples of Teaching Performance as a standard-based assessment in initial teacher preparation]. Paper presented at the 3º Encuentro Interregional de Investigadores en Educación. La Serena, Chile.

Campos, J. (Coordinador), Barrios, C., Fuentes, D., González, C., Núñez P., & Montecinos, C. (October, 2006). Compartiendo los desafíos que enfrentan las escuelas y sus docentes: Aprendiendo a SER y HACER Psicólogo Educacional. [Sharing the challenges faced by schools and teachers: Learning to Do and Be an educational psychologist]. Paper presented at the VI Jornadas Internacionales de Psicología Educacional Cambios en Educación: ¿Qué?. ¿Cómo?.¿Para qué?. La Serena, Chile.

Ahumada, L., Montecinos, C., & Sisto, V. (July, 2007). El funcionamiento del equipo directivo en los centros educativos y su relación con los resultados obtenidos en el Sistema de Aseguramiento de la calidad de la Gestión Escolar [The functioning of school leadership teams and its relationship with the results on the System for Quality Assurance for School Management]. Paper presented at the 31st Interamerican Congress of Psychology. Cuidad de México, México.

Ahumada, L., Montecinos, C., & Sisto, V. (April, 2007). Development and construct validation of a self-report measure to assess the efficacy of a school leadership team. Paper presented at the annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association: Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

Research Grants

Walker, H. (Coordinator, Montecinos, C. & Toledo (Co- investigators) Improving the preparation of lower elementary teachers: a model of progressive field placements to strengthen the reciprocity between the schools and the university. Fundación Andes. (2005-2006).

Montecinos, C. (Principal investigator), Soliz, C., Contreras, I. & Iglesias, J (Co-Investigators). Validación de la Metodología Muestras del Trabajo Docente para la Evaluación por Estándares de Desempeño en la Formación Inicial de Profesores. FONDECYT 1040020 . (2004-2006).

Montecinos, C. (Principal Investigator), Contreras, I., Nunez, C., Rittershaussen, S., Solis, M. C., & Walker, H. (Co-Investigators). The impact of field experiences on the learning to teach process. FONDECYT 1070807. (2007-2009).

Martinez, J. (Director) & Montecinos, C. (Alternate Director). MECIBA, a professional development model to strengthen the teaching of natural sciences in kidergraten and elementary grades. Proyecto FONDEF D02I 1035 (2003-2006).

Ahumada, L. (Principal Investigator), Sisto, V., & Montecinos, C. ( Co-investigators). The function of school leadership teams and its relationship to the implementation of the System for Quality Assurance for School Management]. Proyecto FONDECYT 1060444. (2006-2008).