Educational Leadership/Educational Research

Faculty Scholarly Research

Book Chapters

In Press

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).

Evaluation Projects

2008

Duncan, H.E. (2008). Evaluation report, year 2: Title 11B: Improving math and science teaching in Natrona County School District. Cheyenne, WY: Wyoming Department of Education.

2007

Duncan, H.E. (2007). Evaluation report, Year 1: Title 11B: Improving Math and Science Teaching in Natrona County School District. Wyoming Department of Education.

Rush, L. S. & Young, S. (January 2007). Impact of instructional facilitators on teachers and students in Natrona County School District #1: An initial evaluation report. Casper, Wyoming.

2006

Young, S. (July 2006). 2005-2006 Evaluator's Report for Natrona County School District #1 WDE Teacher/Leader Partnership Grant titled "Team coaching in the secondary schools in reading comprehension for various content areas." Casper, Wyoming.

Invited Presentations

2006

Duncan, H. E. (2006). Presenting at conferences. Invited presentation to the ‘Seminar in Doctoral Studies', College of Education, University of Wyoming.

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

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

2009

Duncan, H. E. (2009). Mentoring beginning principals: What works? BU Journal of Graduate Studies, 1(1).

Duncan, H. E. & Barnett, J. (2009). Learning to teach on-line: What works for pre-service teachers. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 40(3).

Duncan, H. E. & Young, S. (2009). Online pedagogy and practice: Challenges and strategies. The Researcher, 22(1).

Duncan, H. E., & Barnett, J. (2009). Experiencing online pedagogy: A Canadian case study. Teaching Education, 20(4).

2008

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.

Duncan, H. E., & Balbar, S. (2008). Evaluation of a prison visitation program at a Canadian penitentiary. The Prison Journal, 88(2), 300-327.

Young, S., Berube, W., & Perry, S. (2008). The influence of technology on communication for school leaders: Preferences, beliefs, and use. Planning and Changing. Volume 39, Number 1 & 2.

2007

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.

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.

Rothaupt, J. W. & Young, S. (2007). An inquiry of young adults' perceived efficacy and success of intimate relationships: Gender and personality differences. The Researcher, 21 (1), 41-49.

Stock, M. J. (2007, October). Putting the Human Face on the Data. Principal Magazine, NAESP.

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.

Young, S. (2007). Review of the InstrumenTest. In Spies, R. A. & Plake, B. S. (Eds.). The Seventeenth Mental Measurements Yearbook. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.

Young, S. (2007). Review of the James Madison Test of Critical Thinking. In Spies, R. A. & Plake, B. S. (Eds.). The Seventeenth Mental Measurements Yearbook. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.

2006

Berube, W., Dexter, R., & McCarthy, R. Developing a district vision and mission as entry-level superintendents. Journal of Effective Schools, 5(1), 9-16.
 

Dexter, R., & Berube, W. Supervision, evaluation, and NCLB: Maintaining a most highly qualified staff. Journal of the National School Development Council, 34(2), 11-17.

Stock, M. J. (May, 2006). Blogging to My Advantage. The School Administrator, Volume 63 - Number 5) I was asked by the editor to write the cover article for this national publication due to the spread in popularity of my blog site, The Wawascene.

Van Olphen, M., Berube, W., Rios, F., & Dexter, R. (2006). The plains city story. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 9 (2), 23-32.

Seto, A., Young, S., Becker, K., & Kiselica, M. (2006). Application of the Triad Training Model in a Multicultural Counseling Course. Counselor Education and Supervision, 45 (4), 304-318.

Young, S. (2006). Student Views of Effective Online Teaching in Higher Education. American Journal of Distance Education, 20 (2), 65-77.

Manuscripts under Review

2007

Young, S., Rush, L. S., & Shaw, D. G. Evaluating gender bias in ratings of university instructors' teaching effectiveness. Submitted to Personnel Evaluation in Education March 2007.

Online Blogging-Invited

2008

Stock, M. J., Taking Stock of the AASA Conference, Feb. 2008. (I was asked by Jay Goldman, Editor of The School Administrator, to blog the conference live for AASA and to oversee a group of bloggers participating in the group blog.) URL: http://www.aasaconf.blogspot.com/
 

2007

Stock, M. J., Taking Stock of the AASA Conference, Feb. 2007. (I was asked by Jay Goldman, Editor of The School Administrator, to blog the conference live for AASA.) URL: http://www.aasaconf.blogspot.com/
 

Online Blogs

2009

Stock, M. J., The Wawascene. My personal blog site averaged between 50,000 and 100,000 hits per month. The target audience was the local and regional community with an emphasis on local educational issues. While this was not a formal publication, it clearly represents a new forum for communicating with the public in a written format.
 

Other Publications

In Press

Stock, M.J. (Manuscript deadline February, 2008). It's a Blog Eat Blog World.Chapter in AASA's Volume 6, Series on Educational Leadership. Superintendent as Communicator and Diplomat. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Stock, M.J. (Manuscript deadline June 1, 2008 and marketed by AASA). The School Administrator's Guide to Blogging: How to Connect with Your Community at the Grass Roots Level: Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group.

2006

Dexter, R., Berube, W., & Young, S. (2006). Communication theories in organizations. In F. English (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

Dexter, R., Perry, S., & Berube, W. (2006). Frame theory. In F. English (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

Presentations - National

2009

Duncan, H. E. (2009). Beginning principals explore democratic practices. Paper accepted for presentation at the National Network for Educational Renewal Conference, October 15-17, 2009, Bellevue, Washington.

Duncan, H. E. (2009). Democratic dialogue: Teachers' reflections on learning lead to new practices and nurturing pedagogy. Paper accepted for presentation at the National Network for Educational Renewal Conference, October 15-17, 2009, Bellevue, Washington.

Duncan, H. E. (2009). Preparing and mentoring school leaders: A Wyoming perspective. Paper presentation at the British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society Annual Conference (BELMAS), Sheffield, UK, July 3-5, 2009.

Duncan, H. E., & Barnett, J. (2009). Raising the bar: Online course research in action. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 31 – June 3.

2008

Bruce, M.A., Jain, S., & Young, S. (April 2008). Effectively managing math anxiety: An international study of how school counselors can collaborate with teachers for student success. Accepted for presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New York, New York.

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.

Duncan, H. (2008). Mentoring beginning school principals: What works? Paper presentation at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 31 – June 3.

Duncan, H., & Barnett, J. (2008). Pre-service teachers and technology: Pedagogy and process. Paper presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference (AERA), New York, March 24-28, 2008.

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.

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.

2007

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.

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.

Barnett, J., & Duncan, H. E. (2007). Process and product: Learning to teach online. Paper presentation at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Conference, May 28-30, 2007.

Berube, W. One district's approach to instructional leadership. National Association of Secondary Schools Principal Conference, Las Vegas, NV,          February 24, 2007.

Berube, W., Young, S., & Perry, S. (February 2007). Communication in schools: The influence of technology. Paper presented at the National Association for Secondary School Principals Conference within a Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Centra, J., Young, S., Hoffman, K., Duncan, H., & Theall, M. (April 2007). Using student evaluations to improve instruction: Strengthening the weakest link. Symposium presented at the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, Illinois.

Duncan, H. (2007). Distance education in the 21st century: Strategies for teaching. Paper presentation at the American Educational Research Association Conference (AERA), Chicago, April 9-13, 2007.

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.

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.

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.

Stock, M. J., (2007, February). Distinguished Lecturer:  Invited by American Association of School Administrators (AASA) to be a Distinguished Lecturer at the February, 2007 AASA Conference in New Orleans, LA.

2006

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.

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.

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.

Duncan, H. E. (2006). Crossing borders: Challenges and strategies for Canadian and US rural educational leaders. Paper presented at the 11th National Congress on Rural Education. Saskatoon, SK, March 26 - 28, 2006.

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.

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., 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.

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.

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.

Thompson, K., Young, S., Czech, T, & Duncan, H. (2006). Enhancing classroom community within an on-line course using podcasts. Paper presented to the Beyond Boundaries Conference, GrandForks ND, September 28-30, 2006

Young, S. Chez, T., Duncan, H., & Thompson. K. (2006). The effects of podcasts on classroom community and student engagement in an on-line course. Paper presented at the Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association Conference (NRMERA), Sun Valley, ID, October 2006.

Berube, W., Dexter, R., & Recht, B. (2006, February). One District's Focus on Instructional Leadership. Presentation at the American Association of School Administrators Conference, San Diego, CA.

Berube, W., Young, S., & Perry, S. (2006, February). Communication in Schools: The Influence of Technology. Presentation at the American Association of School Administrators Conference, San Diego, CA.

Duncan, H. E. (2006, April). Leadership in rural settings: Challenges and strategies. Paper presented at The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Conference, Chicago, IL.

Duncan, H. E. (2006, April). Online Education for Practicing Professionals: A Case Study. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Conference (AERA), San Francisco, CA.

Duncan, H. E. (2006, May). Social capital accrual in on-line learning. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Conference (CSSE).York University, London, ON.

Presentations - Regional, State, & Local

2008

Berube, W. (2008). Legal concerns for school secretaries. Presented at the Wyoming Association of Elementary School Principals workshop for school secretaries, Casper, Wyoming, October 23, 2008.

Stock, M. J. (2008, Spring). Classroom Friendly Data:  Annual Keynote speaker - Annual NCA Spring Data Conference in Indianapolis, Staff Development Cooperative in Indianapolis – 450 teachers attending. Keynoter at various school district professional development days including county wide staff development with 500+ teachers present

Stock, M. J., (2008, January). Using Data to Communicate With the Public: Presentation to administrators. Valparaiso School District, Indiana, January 15, January 29, 2008.

Stock, M. J., & Duncan, H. E. (2008). Using classroom-friendly data to help students take more responsibility for their learning. Paper presentation at the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement Conference (NCA CASI), Spring 2008. Casper, Wyoming, March 3-4, 2008.

2007

Aagard, S. & Young, S. (October 2007). Computer use and interests of older adults. Paper presented at the Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Jackson, Wyoming.

Berube, W. Creating context for the school year (back to school session for teachers and staff), Lincoln County School District No. 1., Kemmerer, Wyoming, August 16, 2007.

Berube, W. Facilitating change at LHS (inservice for teachers and staff). Laramie High School, Laramie, Wyoming, January 11, 2007.

Duncan, H. E. (2007). Mentoring: Who, why, what? Presentation at the Annual Conference of Wyoming Association of Secondary School Principals, Sheridan, Wyoming, October 9, 2007.

Duncan, H. E., Stock, M. J. & Berube, W. (2007, November). Supporting and developing our principals.Presentation at the Annual Conference of Wyoming Association of School Boards, Casper, Wyoming, November 15, 2007.

Rush, L., Young, S., Foster, V., & King, E. (October 2007). Effects of sustained professional development on grades 5-12 teachers' beliefs about reading strategies. Paper presented at the Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Jackson, Wyoming.

Stock, M. J., (2007, December). Using Classroom Data: Presentation to UW Lab School teachers and staff. December 4, 2007.

Stock, M. J. (2007, ongoing).  Data Analysis: Independent consulting work with various school corporations, coaching them through the data organization and analysis process. Portage Township Schools, Noblesville Schools, Warsaw Schools, Valparaiso Schools, Northwest Allen Schools, Sunman-Dearborn Schools and more - ongoing

Young, S. Online teaching evaluations. Presentation at the University of Wyoming, eCTL, November 28, 2007.

Young, S., Batenhorst, P., Beck, D., Callahan, A., Kaiser, L., Prager, E., & Wardlaw, M. (October 2007). Graduate students' research projects: A presentation and dialogue. Symposium presented at the Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Jackson, Wyoming.

2006

Aagard, S., Aagard, T., & Young, S. (October 2006). Seniors and computers: Beliefs, use, and gender differences. Paper presented at the Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Sun Valley, Idaho.

Berube, W. & Recht, B. One district's focus on instructional leadership. Five sessions for the leadership team of Albany County School District, Laramie, Wyoming. Sabbatical from UW included interviews and facilitation of workshops, Fall, 2006.

Kleinsasser, A., Dexter, R., Duncan, H., Pickett, B., Berube, W., Carroll, k., & Hudson, M. Leadership for democratic schools focus group interview. Presented at the Wyoming School Improvement Conference, September 26, 2006, Casper, WY.

Miller, J. & Young, S. Online course evaluations: Possibilities and pitfalls. Presentation at the University of Wyoming, eCTL, March 24, 2006.

Young, S., Erichsen, E., Kaiser, L., & Kimbrough, L. (October 2006). Graduate students' research projects: A presentation and dialogue. Symposium presented at the Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Sun Valley, Idaho.

Research Grants

2009

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).

2008

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).

2007

Wyoming Leadership Academy Fall 2006 Fall 2007
Funded at $206,695.00, Principal investigator - Robin Dexter 2006/Heather Duncan 2007, Co-investigators - Bill Berube
 

2006

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).

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).

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).