John B. Harer, Assistant Professor
Department of Library Science and Instructional Technology
March 29, 2007: Award
“LibQual+ in Lilliput: assessment benefits for small academic libraries” was published in Performance Measurement and Metrics, Vol. 7, no. 3 2006, p. 193-204. Harer was awarded the Emerald Literati Network Award for Excellence 2007, given annually to the Outstanding Paper published by Emerald Press.]
Dr. David Powers, Professor
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Dr. David Powers received the 2007 Felix-Barker Award. This award recognizes outstanding service by an individual to exceptional children and youth in the state of North Carolina.
Dr. Vivian Mott, Chair
Department of Counselor and Adult Education
Dr. Mott was among ten outstanding women honored on March 23rd by East Carolina University’s Women Studies Department. The women shared the stage with author Maya Angelou, keynote speaker for the inaugural Power and Pearls, a celebration of women's strength and leadership held by the Ledonia Wright Cultural Center and the Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Women.
Dr. Lynn Bradshaw, Chair
Department of Educational Leadership
For the second consecutive year, ECU faculty were honored by the NC Association of School Administrators (NCASA). The individual “Trailblazer” Award was presented to Dr. Lynn Bradshaw, chair of the Department of Educational Leadership in the College of Education at the concluding general session of the NCASA's Annual Conference in March. Dr. Henry Peel, Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and faculty in the Department of Educational Leadership received the award in 2006.
Nancy Zeller, Ph.D. (Professor) and Guili Zhang, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor)
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
April 9, 2007: Presentation
Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Chicago: The Role of Preparation in Teacher Retention.
The purpose of this mixed method study was to examine one particular factor related to teacher retention: the type of preparation the teacher received. Three types of preparation were included: (1) a baccalaureate-level Regular Teacher Education program; (2) Lateral Entry, a sink-or-swim alternative licensure route, and (3) NC Teach, a special alternative licensure program developed and offered in North Carolina. Fifty-nine first and second-year teachers were interviewed in 2004 and then tracked in Year 2 (2005) and Year 3 (2006) regarding their retention in the teaching profession. The results indicate that the retention likelihood for Lateral Entry teachers is significantly lower than the retention likelihood for NC Teach teachers in both year 2 and year 3. The results further suggest that there is no statistically significant difference between retention likelihood for Regular Teacher Education and NC Teach teachers in year 2 and year 3. The implications for teacher retention are clear: it would behoove policy makers and education leaders to strengthen existing alternative licensure programs nationwide, as well as to continue to invest in such special alternative licensure programs as NC Teach.
Dr. J. Scott Glass, Assistant Professor
Department of Counselor & Adult Education
Dr. Glass is the co-author of PARS: A Model for Learning Process Skills (2007), a new DVD published and available from the American Counseling Association. PARS: A Model for Learning Process Skills, co-authored by James M. Benshoff and J. Preston Yarborough, helps group leaders facilitate group interaction and processing skills, so that group activities and counseling are enhanced.
