Dr.James M. Mitchell

Dr.James M. Mitchell

2538 Lincoln Avenue,Alameda,CA94501

Phone: 510-693-3506

Professional Summary

Presently, I serve as Professor of Teacher Education at California State University,
East Bay (CSUEB) in Hayward CA. I am responsible for training multiple and single subject

Teaching credential candidates in Educational Psychology, Integrating Technology into theCurriculum, and the Teaching Profession Professional Responsibilities.

Skills

Expertise: Educational Psychology and Technology Integration at the Ph.D., Ed.D., and credential levels

Experience

Professor of Teacher Education - Sept. 2015-Present
California State University East Bay Hayward, CA

Associate Professor of Teacher Education Sept. 2008-Sept. 2015
CSUE East Bay

Assistant Professor of Teacher Education Sept. 2002-Sept. 2008
CSU East Bay

Jan 2004-Jan 2004

Associate Professor Teacher Education Aug 2000-Aug 2002
California State University/ Dominguez Hills Carson, CA

Tenure-track position focusing on teaching Foundations and Motivation and

Learning in the constructivist classroom. Educational psychology related tocitizenship, conflict resolution and cooperation with a multicultural inner citystudent body on emergency permits who are teaching in Los Angeles area K-12classrooms. Served on committees related to technology; service learning; review,tenure, and promotion; faculty merit increases. Coordinator of Multiple and SingleSubject(s) student teaching programs.

Education

Ph.D.:Educational Psychology
University of Minnesota Minneapolis,Minnesota, US
1997

M.Ed.: Secondary Education
University of Massachusetts at Boston Boston,Massachusetts, US

1993

MA: Higher Education
Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA,

1983

BA: English
University of Massachusetts at Amherst Amherst, MA

1981

Additional

Quality Matters: College CoordinatorSept. 2015

Serve as the CSUEB College of Education Coordinator for a national non-profit organization dedicated to quality online instruction. Supervise and participate in the transference of CSUEB College of Education on-ground courses into a hybrid and fully online platform that meets Quality Matters criteria.

Facilitator -ACOE Transition to Teaching Program Jan 2008-Jan 2015

Teacher Education Department - CSUEB
Serve as Department coordinator for paraprofessionalcandidates in Alameda County who pursue teacher licensure.

Dept. Chair, Education Jan 2008-Jan 2009
CSU East Bay, Hayward CA

Program Evaluator Nov 2002-May 2007
Project SOAR CSU East Bay

Program Evaluator, Project SOAR (Successful Options for Academic
Readiness), Evaluate the effectiveness of a $15 million US Department of Education
GEAR-UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness of Undergraduate Programs)

initiative.

SAUDI ARAMCO Dhahran Saudi Arabia, Trainer Jan 2007-Jan 2007
Team Building and Conflict Resolution. Train teachers in the Employment Training
Department (K-12) of SAUDI ARAMCO. Three week-long training sessions during the

Years 1997, 1998 and 2007. which focus on team building, and conflict resolution in the
classroom. Train international educators from 17 different countries.

Jan 2002-Jan 2005
California Commission Teacher Credentialing Sacramento, CA
SB2042 Program Reader: Review Teacher Credentialing programs statewide for

their alignment to the SB2042 standards for all programs.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN Jan 1998-Jan 2002

Trainer Rochester, MN
Train teachers in cooperative learning and conflict resolution. One week-long
training session that focuses on cooperation, team building, and conflict resolution
in the classroom as well as the staff work areas. Trainees are all the employees (1 I 0)

of the Head Start Program for the region.

Adjunct Faculty Sep 1998-Jun 1999

Advanced Educational Psychology
Summer session and fall semester. Taught two classes using the cooperative

learning. constructivist approach with subject matter related to Gardner, Bloom.

Marzano, Sizer. Rowe, Bandura, Skinner, and others. Students were required to relate

the class to Gardener's Frames of Mind.

Multicultural Perspectives in Educational Psychology Mar 1999-May 1999

An Educational Psychology class which focuses on the changing demographic
nature of the American classroom. Students are taught methods in how to reach-out
to children from different cultures in order to achieve successfi.1l learning
outcomes.

America Reads Program Jan 1998-Jan 1999
Assist in the preparation and administration of a University tutoring program which consists of 50 University work-studystudents tutoring inner-city public school students in reading before and afterschool. Responsible for assisting with Recruiting and training as well as on-sitesupervision as a University liaison.

University of Minnesota Jan 1997-Jan 1999

Lecturer Minneapolis,MN

Citizenship and School-to- Work as Related to Community Service. Organize andimplement a class which teaches University pre-teacher licensure students how to
instruct public school students in a product-development, literature-based
curriculum which reaches 900 Minneapolis Public Schools students K-12.
University students learn and teach story boarding and business Plan development
as well as team building, cooperation, and conflict resolution skills in a group
setting. Also required to solicit external funding of the program in excess of $!
00,000 and successfully did so. Assessment Methods in the Elementary Education
Classroom, Assessment classes for 60 students in the elementary education teaching
program. Focus on National GOALS 2000 standards, State Board of Teaching

Standards, portfolio assessment, and testing. Introduction to Elementary School
Teaching. Co-teach a class for 60 students which focuses on basic principles and
methods for teaching in the elementary classroom. Theorists introduced include
Bloom (LOTS-HOTS), Gardner (Learning Styles), and Hunter (Lesson Planning). Rowe
(Wait Time), Johnson and Johnson (Cooperative Learning). Introduction to Service
Learning, companion class to a practicum which focuses on teaching undergraduate
students basic principles of education as well as one-on-one reading tutoring as

related to community service. Theories of service learning taught as well as
connecting practicums to classroom experience. Summer 1994, 95, 96, 97 (Instructor):
Winter 1994, 95, 96 (TA): Cooperation in the Classroom: Educational Psychology

Dept., University of Minnesota. Class in cooperative learning for students in
Masters and Doctoral programs. Focus of class is on the constructivist approach to

team building in the classroom. Winter 1995 (Instructor): Personality and Social
Development: Educational Psychology Dept., University of Minnesota. Class in
personality theory for 30 students.

Project Director Jan 1997-Jan 1999
Minnesota Extension Service, University of Minnesota
Coordinate graduation standards performance package development between the
College of Education and 12 extension educators throughout the state. The goal of the
project is to pilot external education opportunities for classroom teachers such as
interviewing business leaders, testing river water quality, raising frogs in their

own environment, and other external projects. Performance packages based on the
experience are developed within the framework of the ten learning areas of the

Minnesota Profile of Learning.

Trainer of teachers statewide Jan 1997-Jan 1999
Department of Children St. Paul,MN

Trained educators in the Profile of Learning, Graduation Standards Rule. Teach practicing teachersthroughout Minnesota.

University of Minnesota Jan 1993-Jan 1999
(Supervisor): Elementary Student Teaching Program, Curriculum and Instruction
Dept., University of Minnesota, supervise students in the certification degree
program. Fall 1993,94:(Instructor): Seminar for Secondary Teachers, Curriculum and
Instruction Dept., University of Minnesota, assist in the coordination of practicum
placements and implementations for students enrolled in the secondary licensure
program.

Psychology Dept., University of Minnesota Dec 1994-Feb 1995
95, 96 {TA): Psychology of Conflict Resolution, Educational Psychology Dept.,

University of Minnesota. Class in theory and practice of conflict resolution for

students in Masters and Doctoral programs. Winter 1995.96 (TA): Organizational
Development, Class in dynamics of organizational development and change for
students in Master's and Doctoral programs.

Certiﬁcations

Teaching Certificate (Secondary), States of Massachusetts and California; CLAD-SADIE

Outreach

Chair and Program Chair Jan 2003-PresentWashington DC
Special Interest Group (SIG): Democratic Citizenship in Education, American
Educational Research Association (AERA). Awarded the annual award for
service in April 2013 (San Francisco).

Team Hope - Washington DC. Volunteer CounselorJan 2006-Jan 2009 Washington, DC
Counselor to parents whose children are victims of parental abductions.

Publications

2015

Mitchell, J., “There’s an App for that in Citizenship Education”; LearningforDemocracy:AnInternationalJournalofThoughtandPractice,(Winter 2015, Vol. IV iii).

2013

Mitchell, J., “SchoolsforTomorrow:CitizensforToday”,LearningforDemocracy:AnInternationalJournalofThoughtandPractice,(Spring 2013, Vol. II iv).

2007

Mitchell, J.,Ramirez-Marrero,F.,andHooks, M.Y.(Winter 2006) “TeachingAboutHIVIAIDSthroughOnlineEducation”.Academic ExchangeQuarterly(February 2007)

Mitchell.).(2006) “Building Trust intheAIDSEducationClassroom"InHumanizing Pedagogythrough HIV andAIDSPrevention.Boulder-London:Paradigm Publishersinvitedchapter.

Mitchell,J.,Ramirez-Marero,F., and Hooks,M.Y. (2006) “Preparingteachersas preventionagents:Anonlinelearningcourse”,lnHumanizingPedagogythroughHIVand AIDSPrevention.Boulder-London:Paradigm Publishers-invitedchapter.

2003

"SOAR2College",Mitchell,J.M. James, L.,Essig, B.,Educational Leadership,Vol.61,1,September 2003.–

"The ImpactofAcademicControversyonSubsequentConflictResolutionRelationshipsamongStudents",Journalof Educational Research.(13, 1) 73-84. Mitchell,J;Johnson DR.Johnson(2003)

"Cooperative LearningandServiceLearning:Soul-matesforReflectioninHigher Education",Mitchell,J.,AAHE:Small-groupLearninginHigherEducation,Lessons fromthePast.Visionsof theFuture,inCooper,J.(ed.),NewForumsPress,2003

"The ImpactofAcademicControversyonSubsequentConflictResolutionRelationshipsamongStudents",Journalof Educational Research.(13, 1) 73-84. Mitchell,J;Johnson DR.Johnson(2003)

2002

"Are AllTypesofCooperation Equal?'',theImpactofCooperative Learning on Health Education",Mitchell,J.,Johnson D... andJohnson R.,Social PsychologyofEducation. November 2002

2001

"ServiceLearning,Cooperative Learning,andTeacher Education", Mitchell, J., Quan,K.,OnlineJournal ofPeaceandConflict Resolution. Summer. . -Peerreviewed.

2000

"TheImpactofConstructiveControversy onRelationships AmongStudents and Subsequent Conflict Resolution",Mitchell,J.,Johnson D., andJohnson R., Journal ofSocial Psychology in Education). December 2000.-peer reviewed.

1999

"Teaching an Understanding of Peace throughAcademicControversies",inBartel

(ed.) HowChildren UnderstandWarandPeace(bookchapter),Avery,P.,Johnson,D.,Johnson,Rand Mitchell,J.(1999). -invited chapter.

1998

"Team Building attheState FairCelebration", MitchellJ.,andRugg, B.,TheCenter of4-H ConnectsYouthtotheWorld,winter1998.-invitedarticle.

1997

"Promoting PeaceandPreparing StudentsfortheWorkplace", Mitchell,J.,and

Johnson, D.... Johnson, R.,Powell,D.;Classroom Leadership(ASCD), October 1997.-peerreviewed.

"Training MiddleSchool StudentstoManageConflicts Constructively",Johnson,D.,

Johnson, R,Dudley, B.,Mitchell,J.,Frederickson,J.,Journal ofSocial Psychology,February 1997.-peer reviewed.

1996

"Conflict ManagersinanInner-city ElementarySchool",Johnson, D.,Johnson, R,Mitchell,J.,andCotton,B.,Journal ofEducational Research,May1996.-peerreviewed.

Awards

AERA Special Interest Group: Democratic Citizenship in Education Award 2013-14
AERA Special Interest Group: Service Learning and Experiential Education Award:

2007-08.