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CONNIE WILSON ANDERSON
Office:
TexasTechUniversity
College of Education
PO Box 41071
Lubbock, TX79409-1071
806.742.1997 x272
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Teaching experience at the university level (graduate and undergraduate) in business and teacher education programs in various educational institutions — Historically Black College and University (HBCU), land-grant tier 1 research universities, community colleges;
• Administrative roles and leadership responsibilities at the university level as department chair of business teacher education programs, committee chair, and student organization advisor;
• Extensive involvement teaching and working with diverse ethnic and cultural student populations in rural and urban public schools identified as “at risk”;
• Expertise in developing and integrating technology into learning environments;
• Involvement in developing, implementing, and evaluating field-based teacher education programs;
• Successful, collaborative grant writing experiences;
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to supervise and work collaboratively with others.
EDUCATION
OklahomaStateUniversity, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Doctor of Education, December 1988
Major: Business Education
Northeastern StateUniversity, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Master of Education, May 1975
Major: Secondary Education
Bachelor of Science in Education, May 1973
Major: Business
SPECIAL ENDORSEMENTS
University of CentralOklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Vocational Education Certification, July 1985 (valid to 2010)
Concentration: Business and Office Education
Northeastern StateUniversity, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Standard Teaching Certification, 1973 (valid to 2010)
Concentration: Secondary Business Education
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Post-Doctoral Coursework
Multicultural Education
The Principalship
Fundamentals of Curriculum Development
Multiple and Varied Technology Workshops
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
TexasTechUniversity, Lubbock, Texas
College of Education, Curriculum and Instruction
Assistant Professor, August 2002 to present
Visiting Associate Professor, August 2001 to August 2002
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Teachers College, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Assistant Professor & Department Chair, August 1998 to August 2001
OklahomaStateUniversity, Stillwater, Oklahoma
College of Education, School of Curriculum and Educational Leadership
Assistant Professor & Department Chair, August 1992 to August 1998
LangstonUniversity
Tulsa, Oklahoma, UniversityCenter at Tulsa
School of Business, Business Administration/Management
Associate Professor, August 1991 to May 1992
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City Urban Center
School of Business, Business Administration/Management
Site Coordinator/Associate Professor
January 1991 to August 1991
Langston, Oklahoma, School of Business
Management/Business Administration/Computer Science
Associate Professor, August 1984 to December 1989
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
College of Business Administration
Department of Management, Management Information Systems
Visiting Professor, January 1990 to December 1990
Rose State College, Midwest City, Oklahoma
Business Division, Business Administration/Computer Information Systems/Secretarial Administration, Adjunct Instructor, January 1989 to 1994
Oklahoma City Public Schools, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
DouglassHigh School
NorthwestClassenHigh School
Business Department
Business Teacher
February 1983 to August 1984
Millwood Public Schools, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Business Department; Business Teacher,
August 1978 to August 1981
TulsaCommunity College, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Business Division, Adjunct Instructor of Business
August 1977 to May 1978
TulsaPublic Schools, Tulsa, Oklahoma
McLainHigh School; CentralHigh School
Business Department
Business Teacher, August 1973 to August 1978
SCHOLARSHIP
Publications
Anderson C. W., Myers, S. (2007). Preparing postbaccalaureate preservice teachers for culturally diverse secondary classrooms: Developing a sense of cultural self awareness. Texas Association of Teacher Educator’s Forum. 32, 1-12.
Myers, S., McMillan, S., Price, M., Anderson, C. W., & Fives, H. (2007). Partnering withsecondary schools to prepare highly qualified teachers: Alternative certification through a professional development school model. Journal of theNational Association for Alternative Certification. (2)1,18-28.
Myers, S., & Anderson, C. W. (2007). Engaging secondary postbaccalaureate teacher candidates in dialogues about diversity: Creating a cultural self portrait. National FORUM of Applied Educational Research. 20(3).
Anderson, C. W. (2006). Examining historical events through children’s literature. Multicultural Magazine.14(1), 36-38.
Myers, S., & Anderson, C.W. (2006). Developing a mentoring model framework for a local induction initiative. National FORUM of Teacher Education Journal. 16(1), 3-15.
Anderson, C. W. (2001). Role of professional education. In The Encyclopedia of Business and Finance Macmillan Reference USA. Encyclopedia Macmillan.
Schultz, A., & Anderson, C. W. (2001). A STEP into the future. Techniques.76(4), 22-25.
Anderson, C. W. (1999, October). Mentoring beginning teachers. Texas Business Education Association Journal.7(1), 1-11.
Anderson, C. W. (1995, Fall). Multicultural teaching in business education. Texas Business Education Association Journal.5(1), 91-98.
Wilson, C. A. (1994, Spring). Multicultural education: What business educators should know and be able to do. Notes and Quotes, 19, 3-5.
Manuscripts in Press
Morgan-Fleming, B., Kendrick-Mercer, M., Myers, S., & Anderson, C.W. (in press). The wisdom of fifth graders: A voice in the renaissance. In Craig, C.J., & Deretchin, L.F., (Eds.), Teacher Education Yearbook XVI: Imagining a Renaissance in Teacher Education. Rowan & Littlefield.
Manuscripts Under Review
McMillan, S., & Anderson, C. W.Novel identities: Catharine Maria Sedgwick’s Hope Leslie as a mentoring framework for curriculum studies and life journeys.
Burley, H., Butner, B., Anderson, C. W., Siwatu, K. Is past prologue? Developmental math students: Predicting degree attainment using a national sample. Journal of Developmental Education. (Manuscript revisions and resubmission requested)
Anderson, C. W., & Myers, S. Preparing preservice teachers for culturally diverse secondary classrooms: Developing an electronic media cultural self portrait.
Manuscripts in Progress
Anderson, C. W.Beginning needs of new teachers.
Anderson, C. W.Mentoring needs of new teachers in urban school districts.
McMillan, S., & Anderson, C. W.Novel identities: Catharine Maria Sedgwick’s Hope Leslie as a mentoring framework for curriculum studies and life journeys.
Myers, S., & Anderson, C. W.Professional development for mentors: Designing a master mentor teacher certificate program.
Published Conference Proceedings
Brock, M., Wilson, C. A., Trumbly, J. E., & Killingsworth, B. (1990). The impact of telecommuting
in theMIS environment. Proceedings of the National Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, 2, (pp.1099-1101).
Government Reports & Documents
U.S. Department of Education (June, 2007). Transition to Teaching Program Grantee
Performance Report, (Three Year Evaluation Report), Washington, D.C.
Course Development and Curriculum Materials
Master Mentor Teacher Certificate Course Development (2008). EDCI 6306, New Teacher Mentoring Courses, College of Education, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Master Mentor Teacher Certificate Course Development (2007).EDCI 5335, New Teacher Mentoring Courses, College of Education, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
Master Mentor Teacher Certificate (2006). Professional Certificate Program, Graduate College, TexasTechUniversity, Lubbock, Texas.
Mentoring Modules for Administrators: Five Modules Series (2006). Principal Leadership Grant Initiative, College of Education, TexasTechUniversity, Lubbock, Texas.
Project (LEAD) Leadership Education and Development. (2006). Induction and Mentoring Capstone Seminars.College of Education, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
Project (LEAD) Leadership Education and Development. (2006). Induction and Mentoring Summer Institutes. College of Education, TexasTechUniversity, Lubbock, Texas.
Research Presentations
Peer Reviewed National and International Presentations
Partnering to prepare highly qualified teachers, National Association for Alternative Certification 18th Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2008.
Mentoring through professional development:Developing a master mentor teacher certificate program. AmericanEducational Research Association Annual Conference, New York City, New York, March 2008.
The development of a master mentor teacher certificate program. NationalCenter for Education Information with NationalCenter for Alternative Certification Conference,New Orleans, Louisiana, February 2008.
Partnering with secondary schools to prepare highly qualified teachers. Holmes Partnership Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, January 2007.
Preparing alternatively certified teachers for culturally diverse secondary classrooms. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, April 2006.
With a lot of help from our friends: Negotiating relationships within school/university partnerships. Preparing alternatively certified teachers for culturally diverse secondary classrooms. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, April 2006.
Visions of a post baccalaureate program in a secondary PDS: Collaborative adventures. National Center for Alternative Certification Conference, San Diego, California, February 2006.
The creation of an induction program. Association of Teacher Educators Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, February 2005.
The development of a mentoring model framework for an Academy of Teacher Induction Support and Assistance. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, San Diego, California, April 2004.
African American and Mexican American teachers’ use of first language in the teaching-learning process. International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity, Hamilton, New Zealand, November 2003 [did not attend due to funding limitations].
Enhancing teaching strategies: team collaboration and the Internet. The Seventh National Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, Florida, March, 1996
The impact of telecommuting in the MIS environment. National Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute: San Diego, California, November, 1990.
Peer Reviewed Regional and Local Presentations
PROJECT REAL: Recruiting educators through alternative licensure. Southeast Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 2005.
The development of a mentoring model framework. Mountains-Plains Business Education Association Convention, Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 2004.
Mentoring needs of beginning business teachers. Mountain Plains Business Education Association Regional Conference, Rapid City, South Dakota, June 2001.
Online testing. Mountain Plains Business Education Association Regional Conference,
Austin, Texas, June 2000.
Internet applications for the classroom. Oklahoma Education Association Conference: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, October, 1995.
Teacher portfolios. Oklahoma Department of Vocational and Technical Education Summer Conference: Tulsa, Oklahoma, August, 1995.
Internet applications for the classroom. Oklahoma Department of Vocational and Technical Education Summer Conference: Tulsa, Oklahoma, August, 1995.
Cultural diversity in the classroom. Oklahoma Department of Vocational and Technical Education Summer Conference: Tulsa, Oklahoma, August, 1992.
Invited Presentations
Examining teacher development through mentoring. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, April 2006.
The use of emerging technologies to support the teaching-learning process. Prairie View A&M University, College of Education, Prairie View, Texas, July 2005.
Making the right career choice after high school.Millwood High School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, February 2005.
Your 1st year as a teacher. TexasTechUniversity. College of Education, Lubbock, Texas, December 2004, April 2005.
The Academy for Teacher Induction Support and Assistance: Mentoring and induction program. TxBESS/Mentoring and Induction Coordinators’ Meeting, Amarillo, Texas, June 2004.
What we talk about when we talk about mentoring: African American female faculty. University of Nebraska Symposium for Women: Mentoring, Preparation for Success,
Lincoln, Nebraska, March 2000.
Integrating the Internet into the curriculum. Oklahoma Association of Community Colleges, Claremore, Oklahoma, March 1996.
Computer-aided instruction. International Vocational Teacher Educator Institute: Stillwater, Oklahoma, July 1995.
Portfolio assessment. Business Technology Educators of Oklahoma City Annual Meeting: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, November, 1994.
Funded Research and Educational Development Grants
Principal Co-investigator—TexasTechUniversity, Department of Education, Transition to Teaching (2004-2009). PROJECT REAL: Recruiting educators through alternative licensure. $1,308,938.
Principal Co-investigator—TexasTechUniversity, College of Education, Faculty Research Grant (2004). E-mentoring for teaching interns. $1784.
Co-investigator—TexasTechUniversity, Helen Jones Foundation (2003-present). Leadership education and development for junior high/middle level preservice and beginning teachers. $200,000.
Principal Co-investigator—TexasTechUniversity, College of Education, Faculty Research Grant (2002). Needs assessment of new teachers: Developinglocal teacher induction programs. $1969.
SERVICE
Professional
Co-Chair, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference Division K Section 2, San Francisco, 2006
Member, Publications Committee, Delta Pi Epsilon, National Honorary Professional Graduate Society in Business Education, Little Rock, Arkansas, 2000 to 2002
Auditor, NebraskaState Business Education Association Executive Board, Grand Island, Nebraska, 2000, 2001
Technology Editor, Business Education Forum, National Business Education Association, Reston, Virginia, 1998 to 2001
Reviewer, Journal of Thought, Caddo Gap Press, San Francisco, California, 2004 to present;
Oklahoma Teacher Certification Testing Program, Business Education, National Evaluation Systems, Inc., Amherst, Massachusetts, 1988, 1994, 1995
Newsletter Editor, Oklahoma Business Education Association Executive Board, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1994, 1995
Evaluator, Mountain-Plains Business Education Association Teacher Awards,
M-PBEA Annual Convention, Bismarck, North Dakota, June, 1994
Editorial Advisory Board Member, Collegiate Press, Alta Loma, California, 1992;
Roxbury Publishing Co., Los Angeles, California, 1989
National Teacher Education Test Preparer for Business Education, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey, 1988
University
Member, Faculty Development Committee, TexasTechUniversity, Office of the Provost, Lubbock, Texas, 2006 to present
Mentor, Mentor Cluster Leader, Lauro Cavazos &Ophelia Powell-Malone Mentoring Program, TexasTechUniversity, Lubbock, Texas, 2002 to present
Resource Person, Senior Vice Chancellor’s Liaison Task Force for Diversity, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1999
College
Member, Program Advisory Council, Project IDEAL (Informing & Designing Education for All Learners), College of Education, TexasTechUniversity, Lubbock, Texas, 2007
Member, Teacher Education and Undergraduate Academic Affairs Committee, College of Education, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 2007 to present
Co-director, Master Mentor Teacher Certificate (MMTC) Program, Texas Tech University, College of Education, Lubbock, Texas, 2006
Member, Subcommittee on Field Experiences for the Post-Baccalaureate Secondary Evening Program, TexasTechUniversity, College of Education, Lubbock, Texas, 2005
Chair, Faculty Staff Student Human Resource Committee, College of Education, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 2003 to 2005
Co-director, Academy for Teacher Induction Support and Assistance (ATISA), Texas Tech University, College of Education, Lubbock, Texas, 2003 to present
Trainer, Teachers College Benson Partnership Project, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1999 to 2001
National Council Representative, Alpha Upsilon Chapter Faculty Advisor, Delta Pi Epsilon, National Honorary Professional Graduate Society in Business Education, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1999 to 2001
Faculty Advisor, Alpha Lambda Omega Christian Sorority, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 2004 to present; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 2004 to 2005; Associate Counselor, Kappa DeltaPi (Nu Sigma Kappa) International Honor Society in Education, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 2004 to 2006; Phi Beta Lambda, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1999 to 2001;Black Business Association, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 1990; Management Club, Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma, 1986 to 1989
Board Member, Teacher Induction, Mentoring, and Educational Support (TIMES) Project Advisory, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1999 to 2000
Community
Mentor, Community In Schools of Texas, Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, Austin, Texas, Lubbock Independent School District, Dunbar Junior High,
Lubbock, Texas, 2001 to 2003
University Representative, Texas Tech University, Quadrant Four Schools Induction Initiative Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 2001
External Grant Reviewer, Education Innovation Fund Grants, Excellence in Education
Council, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1999, 2000
Advisory Board Member, Oklahoma Goodwill Industries, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1996 to 1998; Business Technology Educators, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1994 to 1998
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
American Educational Research Association
Delta Pi Epsilon National Honorary Professional Graduate Society
Mountain-Plains Business Education Association
National Business Education Association
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION SUPERVISION
Burgess, Lesta, Ed.D. 1998 [OklahomaStateUniversity]
Secondary school counselors’ use of a plan of study and the School-to-Work (1994) Opportunity Act
Mensah, Stephen Ofosu Agyei, Ed.D. 1996 [OklahomaStateUniversity]
A content analysis of the computer applications courses in business studies programs in Micronesian Colleges
Haller, Peggy J., Ed.D. 1995 [OklahomaStateUniversity]
The evaluation process of staff development activities by Kansas school districts
DOCTORAL GRADUATE COMMITTEE
Stacy Caviel-Watson. In progress [TexasTechUniversity]
Post desegregation and magnet programs as it relates to minorities and college application
Sarah McMahon. 2007 [TexasTechUniversity]
Case Study: Impact of mentoring on preservice teachers experiences during student teaching
Thereisa C. Coleman. 2006 [TexasTechUniversity]
Exploring the impact of institutional factors on the success of minority undergraduate students
MASTERS GRADUATE COMMITTEE
Middleton, John, M.Ed. 2007 [TexasTechUniversity]
Gonzales, Steven, M.Ed. 2007 [TexasTechUniversity]
Strunc, Rachel, M.Ed. 2007 [TexasTechUniversity]
Conerly, Paige, M.Ed. 2007 [TexasTechUniversity]
Gonzales, Armando, M.Ed. 2006 [TexasTechUniversity]
Grassi, Lydia, M.Ed. 2006 [TexasTechUniversity]
Montgomery, Jennifer, MA 2006 [TexasTechUniversity]
Jackson, Staci, MA 2005 [TexasTechUniversity]
HONORS AND AWARDS
“Spencer A. Wells Faculty Award Nominee”, College of Education, TexasTechUniversity, Lubbock, Texas, 2007
“McDonald Excellence in Teaching Award”, College of Education, TexasTechUniversity,Lubbock, Texas, 2006
“Mountain-Plains Business Education Association Leadership Award, Leadership Development Institute, Rapid, City, South Dakota, 2001
“Business Education’s BEST in Nebraska Award”, Nebraska Department of Education, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2000, 2001
“University Business Teacher of the Year”, Oklahoma Business Education Association, OklahomaStateUniversity, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1995
“Professor of the Year”, Division of Business, LangstonUniversity, Langston, Oklahoma, 1986