August 1993 to August 1996. Clinical Faculty, Department of Educational Leadership and Policies, College of Education, University of South Carolina.

July 1995 to present.  Educational Consultant and Workshop Presenter, Developmental Resources, Chapin, South Carolina

July 1994 to 1996. Independent Consultant to the National Principals’ Academy, University of Delaware.

July 1991 to June 1995.  Principal, Irmo High School, Columbia, South Carolina.

July 1989 to June 1991, Coordinator of Language Arts, School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties.

July 1986 to June 1989, Assistant Principal for Instruction, Irmo High School.

August 1985 to June 1986.  Assistant to the Director of Instruction and Classroom Teacher,

August 1981 to June 1985, English Department Chair and Classroom Teacher, Irmo High School

August 1974 to June 1981, English and Journalism Teacher, Irmo High School.

McFadden, A. (2006) Enhancing communication skills in online courses in educational leadership. The AASA Journal of Scholarship and Practice. 3(2). 12-23. (referred)

McFadden, A. with Roberts, C., Thomas, M. & Jacobs, J. (2006). Leading online learning through collaboration. The Journal of Online Teaching and Learning. 2(3). 217-225. (referred)

 McFadden, A. (2003) Threats to scholastic journalism: A former principal’s view.” Journalism Education Today.   36(4). (Invited)

McFadden, A. & McGinty D. (2002).  When students write the cases:  One university’s experience with student authored case studies in the principal internship. The AASA Professor ( ). (refereed)

McFadden, A. (2001). The professor takes the test: The school leader’s licensure assessment experience. The AASA Journal of Scholarship andPractice.6-8. (refereed)

Hicks, A. (2000). Scarlett leads the schoolhouse: Does being Southern matter?  A study in progress. Advancing Women in Educational Leadership. 3(2) (refereed)

Hicks, A & Anderson, L. (1998).  High school renewal in South Carolina:  An angry response to abandonment.  NASSP Bulletin.

Hicks. A. (1995). Centralizing and focusing student roles:  The student services committee. NASSP Bulletin. 90-92.

Hicks, A. (1995). Managing the school’s systems:  The art of detachment. NASSP Bulletin. 118-119.

Hicks, A. & Pellicer, L. (1993) Risk and regulations” The Executive Educator, 15, (6). 40.

Hick, A. (1991) Flexibility through deregulation:  What will schools do with freedom? The Palmetto Administrator, Winter. 16-17.

Hicks, A. (1983) Effective teaching. The Palmetto Administrator. Fall.

Publications – Service

McFadden, A. (2011). It Sure Looks Different from the Other Side: An Academic Steps into the Division of Information Technology.Faculty Forum. Vol. 24, No.1. (Invited)

McFadden. A. (2006). Learning communities, learning technologies.  Renaissance of Teaching and Learning Series- Significant Student Learning: Sharing Responsibility for Student Success published by the WCU Committee on Student Learning and the Coulter Faculty Center, Booklet Nine. 9-12.

McFadden, A. (2006). What Tiger Woods taught me about the transition to online teaching. Faculty Forum. Western Carolina University.

McFadden, A. (2006) Report to the Western Carolina University community: Stakeholder input for the reorganization of the Coulter Faculty Center.

McFadden, A. & LeBaron, J. (2005) Summary report on the status of online learning: Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations, College of Education and Allied Professions, Western Carolina University, 2004-2005.

McFadden, A. (2003) Threats to scholastic journalism:  A former principal’s view. Perspective.  South Carolina Scholastic Press Association.  January, February. (Invited)

McFadden, A. (2000). Some things I know for certain about teaching,” Notes and Quotes, Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. 12 (3).

Hicks, A. (1999). Small schools offer a more nurturing environment,” Guest Column, Asheville-Citizen Times.  May 18, p.

Hicks, A. (1998) Principals as tribal storytellers” in the NASSP Newsleader, January.

Hurley, C & Hicks. A (1997).  Building New Traditions:  Perceptions of the 4×4 Schedule in Five Western North Carolina High Schools, for the  Alliance of Business Leaders and Educators, College of Education and Allied Professions, Western Carolina University.

Hicks, A. (1997). Time to train future school administrators.  Guest Column. Asheville- Citizen Times.  Tuesday, October 28.

Hicks, A. (1997). Buncombe County School District up to challenge – and opportunity it faces.  Asheville-Citizen Times, July 29.

Hicks, A. (1996). Mentoring program might cut state’s teacher turnover rate,” Opinion-Editorial, Asheville Citizen Times, Tuesday, November 26.

“Emerging Technologies to Support SoTL Collaborations Across Institutions.” With Tom Carey, Scott Simpkins, Laura Cruz and Ray Purdom. International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Bloomington, Indiana, October 24, 2009.(juried)

“Guided by Voices: What Student Perceptions of Learning Tell Us.” With Glenn Bowen, Carol Burton, Chris Cooper, Laura Cruz, Melissa Wargo, and Chesney Reich. International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, October 17, 2008. (juried)

“Moving the Graveyard: Merging Services for Faculty Development to Support Student Learning,” with Beth Tyson-Lofquist, American Association of State Colleges and Universities Academic Affairs Summer Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, July 26, 2008.

‘Collaboration Among Departments to Support Online Teaching and Learning:  One University’s Experience,” with Patricia Brown, Open and Borderless Higher Education Benchmarking Workshop, Vancouver, July 26, 2007.

“Moving the Graveyard: Merging Services for Faculty Development,” with Robert Orr. EDUCAUSE, Seattle, October 24, 2007. (Juried)

“Reorganizing and Consolidating Faculty Development to Support Online Teaching and Learning: One University’s Experience,” with Beth Tyson Lofquist and Patricia Brown, IASTED Web-Based Education Conference, Chamonix, France, March 15, 2007. (juried)

“Surviving the Migration to Vista 4” Creating Collaborative Support Mechanisms” with Kevin Sisson, University of North Carolina Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference, March 22, 2007.

“Leadership for a Forced March to E-Learning: Swimming to the Other Side of the Gulf,” with John LeBaron, The International Association for the Development of the Information Society Conference, Dublin, Ireland, July 13-16, 2006. Juried. Awarded Outstanding Paper.

“A Collaborative Approach to Faculty Support: the Coulter Faculty Center,” with Robert Orr, The UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina, March 15, 2006. Invited Featured Presentation.

“Leading Online Learning Through Collaboration,” with Candace Roberts, Michael Thomas, and Jacque Jacobs, The UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina, March 16, 2006. Juried.

“Moving Ahead: One Department’s Journey into Online Learning” with John LeBaron, The Southern Regional Council on Educational Administration Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, October 29, 2005.

“Enhancing Communications Skills in Online Courses in Educational Leadership,” The National Council of Professors of Educational Administration, Arlington, Virginia, July 27, 2005. Juried

“They Said It Couldn’t and Shouldn’t Be Done: On Online Course in Educational Leadership,” The University of North Carolina Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference,” Raleigh, North Carolina, April 1, 2005. Juried.

“Senior Educational Leaders in Southern Appalachia:  How They Socially Construct Their Roles,” The Southern Regional Council on Educational Administration, Raleigh, North Carolina, November 7, 2004. Juried

“Stand By Your Man: Selection and Behavior of Female Senior Educational Leaders in Southern Appalachia” with Dr. Penny Smith for Division A of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, California, April 16, 2004. Juried

“Are You From Off?: Race and Gender in Educational Leadership in Southern Appalachia,” with Dr. Penny Smith for the Research on Women in Education SIG of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, California, April 13, 2004. Juried

“Will More Female Superintendents Change Our Schools?” for the Gender in the Workplace Conference, Western Carolina University, March 23, 2004.

“Tripping at the Tipping Point: Why More Female Superintendents Might Not Change Our Schools,” with Dr. Penny Smith for the Research on Women and Education Fall Conference, October 24, 2003, Knoxville, Tennessee. Juried.

“Using WebCT to Enhance Instruction in the Principal Internship for Part-time Students,” for the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration Conference, Sedona, Arizona, August 8, 2003. Juried.

“Senior Educational Leaders in Southern Appalachia:  The Power of Place and Gender,” with Dr. Penny Smith for the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration Conference, Burlington, Vermont, August 8, 2002. Juried

“Painting with a Big Brush vs. Picking up the Details:  A Comparative Look at Male and Female Senior Educational Leaders in Southern Appalachia” with Dr. Penny Smith for the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 1, 2002. Juried

“Dissembling Among the Good Old Boys:  Female Senior Educational Leaders in Southern Appalachia,” with Dr. Penny Smith for the Western Carolina University Gender in the Workplace 2002 Conference, Cullowhee, North Carolina, March 4, 2002

“Do Place and Gender Matter?  An Examination of the Perceptions of Senior Educational Leaders in Southern Appalachia” with Dr. Penny Smith for the Southern Regional Council on Educational Administration, Jacksonville, Florida, November 1-4, 2001  Juried

“Dissembling Among the Good Ole Boys:  Female School Superintendents in Southern Appalachia” with Dr. Penny Smith for the American Education Research Association, Seattle, April 14, 2001. Juried

“When Students Write the Cases: One University’s Experience with Student-Authored Case Studies in the Principal Internship,” with Dr. Dixie McGinty for the American Education Research Association, Seattle, April10, 2001. Juried

“Student Authored Case Studies: A Cultured Context for Training Administrators,” Southern Regional Council on Educational Administration, Nashville, Tennessee, November 12, 2000. Juried.

“An Elementary Principal Confronts Accountability,” with Joe Ruminkski, Principal, Sand-Hill Venable Elementary, Southern Regional Council on Educational Administration, Charlotte, North Carolina, November 13-15. Juried.

“Turning Up the Volume and Fine Tuning the Voices of Students,” for the Principals Executive Program New Principals Initiative, Western Carolina University, September 27, 1999.

“Journaling:  Using Metaphor in the Study of Women in Educational Leadership,” Women and Leadership Conference, San Antonio Texas, July 16, 1999.

“Turning Up the Volume and Fine-Tuning the Voices of Students,” Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Annual Conference, Atlanta, Ga., December 6, 1999.

“The Use of Metaphor for Inquiry and Reflective Practice in the Experience of Women in Educational Leadership – a Grant Project,” Southern Regional Conference on Educational Administration, November 1, 1998. Juried

“Turning Up the Volume and Fine-Tuning the Voices of Students,” National Association of Secondary School Principals, San Diego, California, February 7, 1998.

With Penny Smith, Don Chalker, and Eleanor Hilty, “Someplace is Better than Anyplace:  Preparing Educational Leaders for Rural Communities,” Southern Regional Council on Educational Administration Annual Conference, Charleston, South Carolina, November 10, 1997. Juried

With Penny Smith, “The Rise, Fall, and Tentative Revival of the School Home:  Women and Rural Education Administration,” National Conference on Women in Educational Leadership, Lincoln, Nebraska, October 13, 1997.

“Dancing to a Different Rhythm:  A Feminine Perspective on the High School Principalship,” National Association of Secondary School Principals 1997 Convention, Orlando, Florida, March 10, 1997.

“The Use of Metaphor for Inquiry and Reflective Practice,” Western Carolina University Qualitative Research Group, Cullowhee, North Carolina, September 20, 1996.

” Speak Softly and Carry Your Own Gym Key:  One Woman’s Reflection,” National Conference on Women in Educational Leadership, Lincoln, Nebraska, September 30, 1996.

“Creating a Community of Learners for Change and Self-Renewal,” Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Conference, New Orleans, March 17, 1996.

“Sergiovanni’s Amoeba Theory:  Non-Directive Leadership for Change,” Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Conference, San Francisco, March 25, 1995.

“The Brotherhood:  A Female High School Principal Enters the World of High School Athletics” at the National Conference on Women in Educational Leadership,” University of Nebraska, September 19, 1994.

A Three-Year Reform Attempt,” The National Principal’s Academy, University of Delaware, July 19, 1994.

Presentations- Service

International

“Leading in the Midst of Difficult People,” for the Summer Institute for Caribbean and South American Secondary Principals, Western Carolina University, June 27, 2002

“Supervising Toward Community,” for the Summer Institute for Caribbean and South American Elementary Principals, Western Carolina University, June 25, 2001.

“Creative Strategies for Dealing with Angry Students,” for teachers and administratorsToronto, Canada, January 26, 20001 and Montreal Canada, January 29, 2001.

National

“Speak Softly and Carry Your Own Gym Key: A Female High School Principal’s Guide to Survival,” interview feature on Microsoft’s Education Website, “Principally Speaking”, January 2002.

“Creative Strategies for Dealing with Angry Students,” for teachers and administrators, Nashville, Tennessee, December 8, 2000; Louisville, Kentucky, December 11: Orlando, Florida, January 8, 2001; Tallahassee, Florida, January 9, 2001; Phoenix, Arizona, December 7, 2001: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, December10, 2001; St. Louis, Missouri, January 10, 2002; Louisville, Kentucky, January 14, 2002; San Francisco, California, December 6, 2002; Fullerton, California, December 10, 2002; Chicago, Illinois, January 10, 2003; Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 13, 2003.

“Dealing with Disruptive Girls,” for Detroit, MI area teachers and administrators, January 10, 2000 for suburban Chicago, IL area teachers and administrators, January 7, 2000,” for Birmingham, AL area teachers and administrators, December 6, 1999, for Baton Rouge, LA area teachers and administrators, December 3, 1999,” for Madison, Wisconsin area teachers and administrators, Madison, Wisconsin, March 29, 1999, Kansas City, Mo. area teachers and administrators, Kansas City, Missouri, March 26, 1999. for South Carolina Teachers and Administrators, Columbia, S.C.  December 11, 1999.

Regional  and State

“Developing and Organizing Content for eLearning: Incorporating the Use of Digital Media,”  with John LeBaron for the Faculty of Caldwell Community College,  September 27, 2007.

“School as a Relationship,” for the Faculty and Staff of Madison County Schools, August 4, 2006.

“Working Together: Communication in the American High School,” for the Faculty and Staff at Charles D. Owen High School, August 5, 2005.

“The WCU Master of School Administration and Principal Fellows Programs,” for the North Carolina Principal Fellows Commission, Chapel Hill, November 4, 2004.

Facilitator, “The Provident Principal,” for the North Carolina Principal Fellows Orientation, NCCAT, Cullowhee, August 9, 2004.

“Speaker, “Bullies Don’t Belong,” Western Carolina University’s “Bullies Don’t Belong” Opening Reception for area schools, August 27, 2003.

“Creative Strategies for Dealing with Angry Students,” Department of Public Instruction Workshop for Special Education Teachers, Asheville North Carolina, July16, 2003.

“The Anger That Leads to Violence,” North Carolina Safe School Summit, Western Carolina University, November 11, 2002.

“No Child Left Behind:  Partnering to Improve Student Achievement.” Research Triangle Area Teachers and Administrators, Raleigh, North Carolina, November 8, 2002.

“The Provident Principal” Seminar Leader, North Carolina Principal Fellows Program Statewide Orientation Seminar, NCCAT, August 8, 2000.

“Dealing with Disruptive Girls,” Research Triangle Area Teachers and Administrators, Durham,  N.C., January 25, 1999.

“Classroom Management” for Mentor Teachers, Haywood County Schools, February 22, 1999.

“Conferencing Skills for Working with Parents,” Asheville Middle School Faculty, October 12, 1998; Graham County Teachers, August 5, 1998.

“The Classroom as a Relationship,” for Marshall Primary Faculty, May 7, 1998; for Madison County First Year Teachers, February 25, 1998; for Mars Hill Elementary Faculty, January 19, 1998; for Mentor and Mentee Teachers in Haywood County, October 28, 1997.

“Leadership Without Easy Answers,” for the Madison County Principals Retreat, NCCAT, July 17, 1997.

“Mentoring the First Year Teacher,” Radio Broadcast, Sylva 680 am, March 28, 1997.

“Speak Softly and Carry Your Own Key,” for Phi Delta Kappa, Asheville, North Carolina, February 27, 1997.

“Classroom Management:  The Classroom as a Relationship,” for the faculty at Orangeburg Preparatory School, Orangeburg, South Carolina, February 12, 1997.

“Parental Barriers to School Reform,” Spring Valley High School, Semester Block Scheduling Conference, Columbia, South Carolina, June 24, 1996.

“The Use of Metaphor for Inquiry and Reflective Practice,” for the Midlands Chapter of MENSA, Columbia, South Carolina, June 11, 1996.

“Issues in Leadership,” the keynote address for the Leadership Institute, Department of Educational Leadership and Policies,” University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, May 8, 1996.

“Leadership Without Easy Answers,” Distance Education Presentation for High School Journalism Teachers and Public Relations Majors in the College of Journalism, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, March 25, 1996.

“Speak Softly and Carry Your Own Gym Key,” St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Columbia, South Carolina, March 24, 1996.

“Speak Softly and Carry Your Own Gym Key,” for Women’s History Month, Columbia College, Columbia, South Carolina, March 21, 1996.

“Classroom Management,” School-Based Mental Health Project, South Carolina Institute for Families and Society, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, March 19, 1996.

“To Be a Writer:  The Human Heart in Search of Truth,” Southern Interscholastic Press Association Conference, Columbia, South Carolina, March 2, 1996.

” The Journey from Idea to Royalty Check:  Speak Softly and Carry Your Own Gym Key,” Educational Leadership and Policies Writing Salon, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, March 1, 1996.

“All You Need to Know,” for the New Principals Academy, State Department of Education, Division of Professional Development, Coastal Carolina University, July 21, 1994.

Panelist:  “Women in Administration” for the South Carolina Network for Women in Administration, February 3, 1994.

“The Faculty-Senate:  Governance at the School Site,” for the Faculty of Irmo Elementary School, Irmo, South Carolina, February 24, 1993.

“Sizer’s Nine Common Principles of the Coalition of Essential Schools” for the School District Five Principals and District Administrative Leadership Workshop, August, 1992.

“Women in Administration:  Overcoming Obstacles,” at the South Carolina Network for Women in Administration, November 1991.

“Deregulation:  How to Get There and What To Do When You’ve Arrived,” 1991 Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Educators for the Practical Use of Research.

Panelist:  “Women in Administration,” for the Women’s Institute, College of Education, University of South Carolina, July 6, 1991.

University

“Working with Parents,” for the Western Carolina University Teaching Fellows, February 12, 2009, February 15, 201

“Guided by Voices: What Student Perceptions of Learning Tell Us” for the Summer Institute for Teaching and Learning, May 21, 2008.

“Using Case Studies for Problem-Based Learning,” for the WCU Librarians, September 9, 2006.

“Department Plans Addressing Teacher Supply,” for the Chancellor’s Advisory Council for Teacher Supply and Demand, with Michael Dougherty, Jane Perlmutter, Dan Grube, and Lisa Bloom, September 22, 2005.

“Strategies for Online Teaching and Learning,” for New Faculty Orientation, Western Carolina University, August 12, 2005.

“Time and Academic Career Management Panel,” Spring Faculty Series on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning,” January 31, 2003.

“Tenure and Promotion Panel” for New Faculty Orientation, Western Carolina University,  September 13, 2002.

“Reflections on the Mentoring Experience,” Keynote Address, Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence Mentoring Banquet, Western Carolina University, April 29, 1997.

College

“Effective Strategies for Working with Parents,” for the WCU Teaching Fellows,” February 2, 2006.,  April 2007, and April 2008.

“An Online Course Initiative in Educational Leadership,” for the College of Education and Allied Professions Passages from Onsite to Online Scholarship, April 8, 2005.

Panelist, “Passages to an Online World:  What Should We Expect? What Should We Bring?” College of Education and Allie Professions, April 8, 2005

“School Organization: Who’s the Boss?” for the Spring 2001 Student Teaching Seminar, Western Carolina University, August 27. 2001, January 17, 2001, August 23, 2000, January 13, 2000, January 14, 1999.

“The Principal Fellows Program,” for the Waynesville Rotary Club, Waynesville, N.C., October 15, 1999.

“The Principal Fellows Program,” Western Carolina University Teaching Fellows, April 28, 1999.

“Speak Softly and Carry Your Own Gym Key:  A Female High School Principal’s Guide to Survival,” Jackson County Retired Educators, Sylva, N.C., April 20, 1999.

“The Principalship from a Female Perspective,” for the Western Carolina University Teaching Fellows Seminar, September 30, 1997.

Department

“An On-Line Course in Educational Leadership,” for the Department of Education Leadership and Foundations, WebCT Support Group, October 6, 2004.

Editorial Review Board,  Journal of Online Teaching and Learning

Manuscript Review for Eye on Education Publishing Company, Textbook, Administrator’s Guide to School Community Relations, April 2005.

Manuscript Review for Eye on Education Publishing Company, Textbook, The Seven Essentials for Redefining the Principalship, March 2003

Manuscript Review for Eye on Education Publishing Company, Textbook, School Community Relations, June 2001

Regional and State

Western Carolina University Representative, Board of Directors, University of North Carolina Teaching and Learning with Technology Board, Vice Chair.

University of North Carolina Association of Teaching Center Directors, 2006-present

Board of Directors, North Carolina Association of School Administrators, July 2005-present

University Representative to the Monthly Meetings of the Western Regional Educational Service Alliance Superintendents’ Council 2004 to December 2005.

Expert Panel Member, “ What Principals Do to Mentor Assistant Principal” for Pre-Delphi Data Collection for Dr. Debbie Goldbeck, August 2004

Reviewer, 2001 Southern Regional Council on Educational Administration Yearbook.

Wachovia Principal of the Year, Regional Selection Committee 2001

Jackson County School District Screening Committee for North Carolina Teaching Fellows Scholarship 1997-2000

University

Subcommittee Chair for  the Core Resources Strategic Direction for WCU s Strategic Plannign Process, 2012.

Chancellor’s Installation Committee and Bells in the Valley Subcommittee Chair, 2012

Outside Representative, Dean’s Advisory Council, College of Business, 2010- present

Search Committee, CIO, 2009

Distance Learning Council, Fall 2008 – present

CourseEval Implemetation Team, January 2008-present

Service Learning Advisory Board Chair, August 2007- present

Student Computer Requirement Committee, 2006-present

Student Learning Committee, Co-Chair, 2006-present

Chancellor’s Faculty Kitchen Cabinet 1998-present

Teaching and Learning in an Online Environment Faculty Facilitator for the 2005 WCU Summer Institute on Teaching and Learning, May 16-19, 2005.

Faculty Mentor, 2004-present

Open Classroom Project Volunteer, Fall 2004-present

Graduate Council, 2002-2005

Faculty Adviser, Phi Delta Kappa, Western Carolina University Chapter, 1996-Spring 2000

Western Carolina University Club, Board of Directors 1996-1999

Western Carolina University Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award Committee, 1997-present, Chair, 1998-99, Member 1999-2000.

Western Carolina University’s Beyond the Classroom Award Selection Committee, 1997-2000, Chair 1998-99, Member 1999-2000

Western Carolina University Qualitative Research Group 1996-97

Western Carolina University Committee on Public School Service 1996-present

College

Western Carolina University College of Education and Allied Professions

Accreditation 2007 Steering Committee, Chair, Standard Five

Chair, Search Committee for the Department of B-K, Elementary, and Middle Grades Department Head, 2005

Western Carolina University College of Education and Allied Professions Conceptual Framework Implementation Team, Committee Chair, 2001-2002

Western Carolina University College of Education and Allied Professions Pre-Service Education Committee, 2002-Present

Western Carolina University College of Education and Allied Professions Dean’s Advisory Council, 2001 – present

Western Carolina University College of Education and Allied Professions School University Teacher Education Partnership Induction Subcommittee, 2001-present

Western Carolina University College of Education Ad Hoc Committee to Make Recommendations for Revisions to the Taft Botner Teaching Award Selection Process, 2001

Western Carolina University College of Education, Curriculum Materials Center Committee, 1996-present

Western Carolina University College of Education, Student Recognition Committee. 1997-present

Western Carolina University College of Education School University Partnership Planning Team, 1996-97

Chair, Western Carolina University College of Education and Allied Professions Nominations and Elections Committee, 1997-2000.

Chair, College of Education and Allied Professions Conceptual Framework Implementation Team, 2001

College of Education Odyssey of the Mind Committee, 1998-1999.

Department

Search Committee Chair, Division of IT, Director of Applications and Systems, Associate CIO, 2012

Search Committee Chair, Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations Educational Leadership Vacancy, 2004

Organizer and Coordinator, Master’s of School Administration Alumni Support Group, 2002- present

Search Committee, Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations for Department Chair Vacancy, 2002.

Co-Chair with Joe Walters, Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations Search Committee for Faculty Vacancy in Educational Leadership, 2001.

Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations, Master’s of School Administration Coordinator, 1997-present, Principal Fellows Coordinator, 1997-2001

Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations Taft Botner Excellence in Teaching Award Selection Committee, 1996-97, 1999-2000

Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations Search Committee, Educational Leadership Positions, 1996-1998, Co- Chair 2001

Chair, Visiting Scholar Presentation, Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations, June 20, 1997, Dr. Leonard Pellicer, Visiting Scholar

Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations Scheduling Committee, 1996- present

Consultations

North Carolina A & T University, Consultant for the Development of the School Site Internship in School Administration, Summer 2004.

Western Carolina University Policy Center, Planning Input for State Conference on School Safety. Fall, 2002

Facilitated Arena Scheduling Assistance for Pisgah High School, December 2001.

Southern Guilford High School, Greensboro, NC, School Climate Assessment, May 20, 1998.

Dr. Tom Truitt, Superintendent, Florence School District One, Florence, S.C., Book Consultation, January 25, 2000.

One of three finalists:  Western Carolina University, Board of Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2003.

Recipient:  Western Carolina University Scholarly Development Assignment Program for Fall 2003Taft Botner Award for Superior Teaching, College of Education and Allied Professions, Spring 2003.

Nominee:   Western Carolina University Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring- Faculty Award, 2001.

Recipient of the Albert T. Scroggins, Jr. Award given by the South Carolina Scholastic Press Association and the College of Journalism, University of South Carolina, for outstanding contributions to scholastic journalism in South Carolina, April, 1995

Voted Best Principal for 1993 and for 1994 in a readership survey by the State newspaper

One of 43 principals chosen from around the nation to participate in the first National Principals’ Leadership Academy sponsored by the Education Commission of the States and the University of Delaware, July 1992.

Runner-up for South Carolina Teacher of the Year, 1982-83

School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties Teacher of the Year, 1982-83

Irmo High School Teacher of the Year, 1982-83

Education Commission of the States Outstanding Teacher Recognition, 1982-83

Summer Research Fellowship, $1500, “Southern Women in Educational Leadership” Profiles and Insights.March, 1998.

Summer Research Grant, $5000, “The Use of Metaphor for Inquiry and Reflective Practice in the Experience of Women in Educational Leadership.” October 1997.  Microgrant, Western Carolina University, $289.00, for professional development, “The Principal, Politics, and the Community,” San Diego, February 6, 1998.

Fall, 1994.  South Carolina Re: Learning Initiative to explore the Coalition of Essential Schools. $35,000 for Irmo High School.

Chair, “A Comparison of Male and Female Principal’s Perceptions of Their Leadership Behaviors in High Achieving North Carolina Schools,” Cheri Boone, Western Carolina University, Defended  March 2004.

Chair, “Traits of Professional Learning Community in Two Most Improved North Carolina High Schools,” Michael Lodico, Western Carolina University, Defended September 15, 2003.

Chair, “Perceptions of North Carolina Principals of Their Professional Development Needs as Provided by School Systems,” Donna James, Western Carolina University,  Defended June 17, 2002.

Chair, “The Construct of Fostering a Major Pedagogical Change:  The Implementation of Word Study Centers in First and Second Grade Classrooms,” Vicki Dineen, Western Carolina University,  Defended March 8, 2002.

Chair, “A Heritage of Learning:  What Does One Family From Rural Western North Carolina Teach Us About Rural Appalachian Families?’  Helen Owen, Western Carolina University, Defended September 25, 2000.

Committee Member:  Miriam Hood, Western Carolina University, “Learning to Care: A Qualitative Study of the Relationships Twelve Veteran Teachers Form with Their Students,” Defended June 17, 2002.

Committee Member: “What Works for Me:  Teachers and Students Talk About Motivation,” Sue Schneider, Western Carolina University

Committee Member:  “Making the Tough Call:  Factors that Influence Principal Decisions” Bill Nolte, Western Carolina University, Defended, October, 2001.

Committee Member: “Creativity, Connectedness, and The Spirit of Teaching” Factors that Contribute to Renewal and Longevity of Exemplary Teachers,” Jacqueline Williams, Western Carolina University, defended March 30, 2001.

Neutral Chairperson, “Perceptions of Shared Decision Making in Associate and Non-Associate Schools in South Carolina,” Dr. Karen Trewhella, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, defended March 27, 1996.

Committee Member, “A Comparison of Academic Achievement by Right Hemispheric Mode Processors Vs. Left Hemispheric Mode Processors in College Preparatory Chemistry Classes, ” Dr. Glenda George, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, defended March 19, 1996.

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