Educational
Leadership Harbour Centre Cohort
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Job
/ Responsibilities |
Research
Interests |
Comp
Exam Questions |
Wendy
Carr |
Teacher educator at UBC and SFU, VP of BC Association of Modern Languages Teachers. My mission for many years has been to help improve the quality of teaching and learning of second languages. Seconded 2004-06 by the Surrey School District to oversee its implementation of BC's first Intensive French program. Presently
coordinating the BEd French program, working with faculty and student
teachers at UBC. |
Canada's bilingualism dream: A case study of Intensive
French This study analyzes Canadian bilingual education
policies and the implementation of a new second language program. It
includes analysis of sociopolitical forces, the effects of the program
on school and district culture, and the role of leadership within the
implementation process.
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2. Provide a detailed discussion of case study methodology by situating it in a broader tradition of qualitative research,interpretive epistemology and ethical approaches to fieldwork. Describe case study approaches that are most relevant to your research on leadership and social processes in Intensive French programs. |
Pat
Hibbits |
Vice President
Finance and Administration, Simon Fraser University, responsible for
operations of nonacademic departments of the university including: financial
planning, budget, risk management, finance, accounting, ancillary services,
treasury, human resources, labour relations, health and safety, security,
purchasing, facilities management and campus planning and development,
computing services (this latter a joint responsibility with the VP Academic). |
I am interested
in the interactions between parents and schools, particularly in the
case of children with special needs, learning disabilities or other "at
risk" factors. |
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Nym
Hughes |
I work as the Co-ordinator of Instructional and Learner Development at the Centre for Conflict Resolution at the Justice Institute of BC. I am responsible for managing our curriculum development and review processes, our assessment and PLAR processes and various other program management functions. I also represent my division on the institute-wide Program Council which develops policy recommendations. | To further the discussion of whether a facilitative leadership style is possible to enact within the hierarchical setting of a college by measuring how closely the facilitative leadership style reported used by feminist administrators is translated into leadership practice as perceived by their subordinates. | 1.
Proposal 2.
Literature review
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Cheryl
Jeffs |
Faculty
member at Douglas College (New Westminster BC) in Child, Family and Community
Studies, Program Manager, Continuing Education. Portfolio of responsibilities
includes the management of five certificate programs, the development
of new programs, and customized training. I provide leadership to the
instructors, screen student applications, market programs, work with
advisory boards and the Faculty Education Council on new and existing
programs/courses, and represent the Faculty on the Douglas College Professional
Development Committee, and the BC Career Information Partnership committee
(BCCIP). |
Research
Interests The history of the community college in British Columbia. Mission alteration of the colleges. The impact of provincial legislation. |
1: Proposal Write a proposal for the study on “A case study of scholarly activity in a British Columbia community college: From practice to policy”. Include an overview of the research problem and question, literature review, the research gap and the significance of this study, and proposed research design, method and analysis of findings. Conclude with a time frame and plans to complete this research. Question 2: Introductory Chapter Write an introductory chapter expanding on the proposal and include some of the history and definition of scholarly activity in the community colleges in British Columbia. Further explore the contribution and significance of this study to include possible implications for both administrative and faculty leadership. Provide an outline for the following chapters in the dissertation. |
Edith
Kirkpatrick |
I manage the financial and administrative issues for SFU Continuing Studies, including budget and financial management, human resources issues, and unit administration. | I am interested in institutional planning and policy related to the role that educational technology plays in a student's educational experience. Related areas of interest include student perceptions and experiences of educational technology as a part of their total educational experience, and research on whether educational technology delivers a superior, equivalent or inferior educational experience (and how that would/could be evaluated) in relation to the entire undergraduate program. | Proposal The proposal will include a comprehensive overview of the dissertation tentatively entitled "A capital notion: An exploration of the implicatios for related stakeholders of notions of symbolic, social and epistemic capital embodied in EdD programs". A detailed outline and completion plan will be included in the proposal. This will be a mixed method study and will incorporate philosophical and historical analysis as well as various forms of empirical research. 2. Theoretical Framework There is an ongoing debate in the professional doctorate literature concerning the relative status and value of the EdD versus PhD degrees. In light of this debate, how might notions of different forms of symbolic, social and epistemic capital provide a useful construct in developing a deeper understanding of the unique contributions that EdD research makes to knowledge creation? Clarification of notions of practical and theoretical knowledge would also need to be undertaken prior to any investigation of the attitudes and interests of related stakeholders. |
Lynne MacFadgen |
I am currently
working as Coordinator School and Community Liaison within Student Services
at Malaspina University-College in Nanaimo. I am responsible for implementing
short and long-term recruitment and retention strategies aimed at sustaining
optimal enrolment at our University-College. The guiding principles
of our Office reinforce the importance of creating community,
reducing confusion, and establishing meaningful and durable connections with
prospective and current students. As we move to University status,
I anticipate that the Office organizational structure and my primary
job functions will change to expand our focus and direction. |
What organizational policies and programs are worth retaining,
strengthening and/or changing at Malaspina in order to maximize student
retention and minimize attrition, as we move to University status? Or What
factors (including both organizational and individual) are most predictive
of student persistence and academic performance after the first year
of post-secondary education? |
Proposal Theoretical framework |
John
Morrison |
Senior
Director of Support for WebCT: managing the support organization
behind WebCT, producers of online course software for universities and
colleges around the world. Website |
WORKING
TITLE Sharing,
collaboration and consortiums: large scale, inter-institutional collaboration
around online learning: what works? WORKING
QUESTION What
models of educational collaboration or sharing have proved effective
in consortiums or large scale inter-institutional collaboration around
online-learning? |
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Tom Nerini |
I am the
Assistant Director of Admissions at Western Washington University. My
job is to attract, review and select students for admission to the university. I
do a lot of work with students of color and underrepresented groups. |
Can
non-cognitive factors alone predict greater success in college than
cognitive measures, or are non-cognitive and cognitive measures together
more accurate predictors of success? |
1. Proposal The proposal will provide a comprehesive overview of the future dissertation entitled: What are the issues and obstacles faced by transfer students from a two-year tribal college during their transition year to a four-year university? A detailed outline and completion plan will be included in the proposal. 2. Introduction The draft introductory chapter will state the purpose of the research. It will introduce the substantive, theoretical and methodological aims of the research and state the broad issues or problems (linked to the specific aims) to be investigated. It will include a justification of the substantive topic's significance, a description of the context of the inquiry, and an outline of the rest of the study. |
Rod
Paynter |
I'm working
as a TA in EDUC 220, Educational Psychology, at SFU. The learning
I am doing by teaching this course is applicable to my doctoral studies – synchronicity
strikes again! My last job was as Executive Director of the Lillooet
Learning Communities Society, spending federal money to enhance learning
opportunities in the Lillooet area communities. |
The creation
and sustainability of Community Economic Development projects are directly
dependent on the intra- and inter-personal skills of CED practitioners
and community participants. My interest is in how practitioners
go about ensuring that those foundation skills are in place. |
1.
Proposal 2.
Introduction |
Gwen
Point
|
I am the
Education Manager for Sto:lo Nation Government. There
are 19 First Nation communities connected to the Sto:lo Nation. This
means there are 19 chiefs who represent the Sto:lo. I
oversee the Kindergarten to Grade 12 Program and Post Secondary. There
are six school districts and two college/ universities in Sto:lo Territory. I work with all the school districts
and local universities and colleges to create initiatives/programs/partnerships
to support First Nation students in the public education system. To
further support First Nation education, I have been involved in creating
and maintaining the Halqemeylem Language Program. |
Drop out
rate for Aboriginal students is decreasing. Why? How have support services
helped students? Links with language and culture? |
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Heidi
Verburg |
I currently work as the Community Liaison Coordinator for
the Institute for Aboriginal Health at UBC. The overall objective of this position is to link the Aboriginal
community with UBC. Some
of the projects I have worked on include: Summer Science at UBC for Aboriginal
youth; implementation of the Aboriginal Health Care Administration Program
(AHCAP) in conjunction with UBC Continuing Studies; Teach an Aboriginal
health course (IHHS 404); Teach for the First Nations Bachelor of Social
Work (FNBSW) program; Act as faculty liaison for Aboriginal students
in the School of Social Work and Family Studies at UBC; and many other
miscellaneous duties. |
(1) What
forms of holistic healing work most effectively with Aboriginal parents
(women) struggling with addictions?
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1: Proposal The proposal will address the following: How does an agency like Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society operationally define cultural programming in their approach to protecting children and supporting families within their role as a delegated agency under the Child, Family and Community Services Act? A qualitative grounded theory approach, utilizing community-based participatory action and the 4R’s of Aboriginal research (respect; relevance; reciprocity and responsibility) will be used to increase understanding of a cultural programming approach to supporting families and protecting children. The proposal will include: the history of Aboriginal people in Canada – related to Aboriginal child welfare services (particularly in British Columbia); a discussion of program evaluation; research design/rationale/method; data analysis; a detailed outline and completion plan. 2. Introduction. This draft of chapter one will include: introduction – my story; need/purpose for study; rationale for study; overview of study; plus an extended literature review of Aboriginal traditional cultural knowledge and epistemologies and how they may apply to an urban Aboriginal social work approach to child welfare practice. |
Terry
Waterhouse |
I am a
faculty member in the Department of Criminology at the University College
of the Fraser Valley (UCFV). UCFV has made a commitment to developing
expertise in safe school and at-risk issues for youth and when they created
a faculty position related to these areas I jumped at the chance. |
Restorative
justice as an alternative model. What happens to youth who are going
through a restorative justice approach? Impacts of restorative approaches
on criminally involved young people. |
Examine
the ethic of care literature and the literature on "at risk" youth,
at it pertains to youth who drop out of school or who are expelled
and who feel that schools are not welcoming places for them. In the
process of discussing this literature, discuss how the question(s)
you have chosen to investigate for your dissertation builds on and
adds to this literature. |