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COE/AD Henderson/¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ High Present at FERA

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by Teresa Crane | Tuesday, Dec 04, 2018

¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ College of Education was represented at the 63rd annual meeting of the Florida Educational Research Association (FERA) in St. Petersburg by five faculty members, seven doctoral students, and nine A.D. Henderson/¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ High School teachers.  The conference recorded its highest number of attendees and sessions to date and marked the second year for the innovative Teacher Inquiry strand that highlights the research being done in the state of Florida by our PK-12 teachers.

This year Michelle Vaughan-McGovern, Ed.D., and nine teachers from A.D. Henderson/¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ High School traveled together to present the outcome of their work.  Throughout the Fall semester, the teachers took part in an onsite course titled "Teacher as Researcher" with Vaughan and developed action research projects in their individual classrooms.  The outcome of this collaboration impacted their growth as researchers as well as practitioners and the group presented to a packed room at the conference about their experience.

¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ representatives also had the pleasure of meeting keynote speaker W. James Popham, Ed.D. who dedicated thirty years to teaching education at UCLA.  He formerly served as president of the American Educational Research Association (AERO), is the founding editor of Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis and was appointed to the National Assessment Governing Board by previous U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan.

FERA was established with the purpose of endorsing the investigation, research and discussion of educational problems and issues that have affected Florida.  ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ Associate Professor María Vásquez, Ph.D., serves as a Director on the FERA Board, Associate Editor of the FERA Journal and Program Review Chair.  She was awarded two certificates of appreciation for her roles as Associate Editor and Paper Proposal Review Committee Chair.

¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ presentations and presenters were:

Positioning teachers as researchers: Lessons in empowerment, change, and growth Michelle Vaughan-McGovern, Ed.D., ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ

• Michelle Vaughan-McGovern, Ed.D., ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ
• Christina Cavallaro, ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ
• Cheri Celesti, A.D. Henderson University School
• Hannah Darling, A.D. Henderson University School
• Rebecca Kasten, A.D. Henderson University School
• Maria Laing, A.D. Henderson University School
• Rachel Marbach, A.D. Henderson University School
• Kelli Wilder, A.D. Henderson University School
• Jessica Baker, ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ High School
• Christopher Clevenger, ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ High School
• Agnes Timar, ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ High School

Toddler t-toys

• Mary G. Lieberman, Ed.D., ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ
• John D. Morris, Ph.D., ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ

Fostering resilience for adults with substance use disorder

• Karol Jo Foster, ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ
• Mary G. Lieberman, Ed.D., ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ

Multicollinearity's effect on classification accuracy with real data structures

• John D. Morris, Ph.D., ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ
• Mary G. Lieberman, Ed.D., ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ

The impact of a university research methodology course on dual enrollment students

• Tricia Meredith, Ph.D., ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ
• María D. Vásquez, Ph.D., ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ
• Leila Shatara, ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ

Empowering public institutions: Liberal arts programs in South Florida

• Badara Taal, ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ
• Evelyn Hall, ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ
• Ingrid Jones, ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ

Pre-service elementary teachers' views and attitudes towards social studies

• žRina Bousalis, Ph.D., ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ

The effect of leadership teams on student achievement

• Shernette Grant, ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ
• Daniel Reyes Guerra, Ph.D., ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ
• Mary G. Lieberman, Ed.D., ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ
• John D. Morris, Ph.D., ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ

Teacher shortage in Florida: University-school district partnership

• Rangasamy Ramasamy, Ph.D., ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ

Creating "real"ationships with students: The struggle for authentic connection in an online medium

• Michelle Vaughan-McGovern, Ed.D., ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ