Recently I was asked to write a blurb about my plans for my doctoral dissertation – what it is and why I’m interested in it. Here’s what I had to say: *** My research will focus on analyzing and evaluating how a suburban K-12 school district in NJ has implemented…
Category: Doctoral Studies
Mind Over Mudder
Much is made in my ed leadership doctoral program of goals: organizational goal-setting, alignment with vision/mission, monitoring progress, etc. Though I hadn’t originally intended to blog about this recent life event*, when I think about it in terms of goal-setting, it seems to parallel much of what my coursework has focused…
Unconferencing the University
Last week saw my second of two Edcamp/unconference events in as many months: first was Edcamp Leadership at the end of July, then came WilmU LeaderCamp on August 11. WULC was hosted by the university at which I am a doctoral student, Wilmington University, and organized by four doctoral students: Chrissi Miles,…
My Road to School Psychology
I am told that being a school psychologist with a teaching background is an unusual thing. It’s true, I don’t know many other school psychs who were previously teachers, but I don’t know how common or uncommon that is. For a recent graduate school assignment, we had to write a…
brb dissertating
I haven’t been able to blog as regularly as I like lately thanks to a number of factors, but a meeting I had the other night with my doctoral internship adviser spurred me to get back on here this evening. In reviewing the goals I set for myself in my…