Vita. Toni Shinn Strieker, Ph.D. (770) Flowing Spring Trail Roswell, GA EDUCATION

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1 Vita Toni Shinn Strieker, Ph.D. (770) Flowing Spring Trail Roswell, GA EDUCATION Ph.D. Educational Leadership, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois (1981) M.Ed. Special Education, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama (1979) B.S. Elementary and Special Education, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida (1973) ACADEMIC POSITIONS Professor of Special Education & Literacy, Department of Secondary and Middle Grades Education Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA (1997 to present) Interim Director of the Center for Literacy and Learning ( ) Graduate Faculty (1997 to present); Doctoral Faculty ( ) Professor of Special Education (2002 to present) Associate Professor of Special Education ( ) Assistant to the Dean in Coordination of MAT and M.Ed. Graduate Programs (2007) Chair, Inclusive Education Department ( ) Assistant Professor of Education, Department of Behavioral Studies, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO. ( ) Assistant Professor of Pediatric Medicine, Developmental Pediatrics, Educational Diagnostician (Assessment & Program Development of Learning & Reading Disorders) St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO ( ) OTHER POSITIONS Consultant to Consortium on Inclusive Schooling Practices, US Department of Education and Missouri Department of Education, Jefferson City, MO ( ) Consultant to the National State Board of Education, Alexandria, VA ( ) Assessment Coordinator in the School District of Clayton, Clayton, MO. ( ) Area Coordinator of K-8 programs in Parkway School District & The Special School District of St. Louis County Chesterfield, MO. ( ) Director of the School Improvement Services for the Broome-Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services in Binghamton, NY. ( ) Regional Staff Development Coordinator for the Southwest Cook County Cooperative Association for Special Education in Oak Forest, IL. ( ) K-8 Special Education Teacher/School Psychologist, Jefferson County Board of Education Birmingham, AL October 11,

2 Kindergarten Teacher, Duval County Board of Education Jacksonville, FL ( ) TEACHING Course Prefix Title Times Taught and Number EDMG 4407 Classroom Management & Instruction* 6 EDAD 9350 Doctoral Directed Study in University Teaching 3 EDAD 8400 Doctoral Internship in University Teaching 2 EDL 8100 Critical Issues in School Transformation & Reform 1 EDRD 7715 Theory & Pedagogy in the Study of Reading 4 EDRD 7717(9) Reading Assessment and Instruction 5 EDRD 7718 Content Area Reading 1 EXC 7715 Nature/Needs of Students with Mild Disabilities 4 EXC 7730 Assessment of Diverse Learners 7 EXC 7735 Critical Issues in Special Education 2 EXC 7760 Curriculum Development for Diverse Learners 3 EXC 7765 Teaching Reading in the Content Area for Diverse Learners 6 EXC 7780 Collaborative Practices 8 EXC 7790 Documenting Professional Growth 1 EXC 7970 Internship 2 EDUC 6100 Development, Psychology & Diversity of the Learner 11 (*Co-teach with Content Faculty) Refereed Journal Articles: PUBLISHED WORKS Strieker, T., Gillis, B., Zong, G. (in press July, 2013). Improving Pre-service Middle School Teachers Confidence, Competence, and Commitment to Co-Teaching. Teacher Education Quarterly. Heckert, J., Strieker, T., & Shaheen, M. (Winter, 2013). Kennesaw state university: Collaborative clinical practice model. Educational Renaissance, 1, (2). Strieker, T., Logan, K. & Kuhel, K. (October, 2012). Effects of job-embedded professional development on inclusion of students with disabilities in content area classrooms: Results of a three-year study, International Journal of Inclusive Education, 16(10) Shinn-Strieker, T. House, G. & Klink, B. (Sept. 1989). The role of cognitive processing and language development in emergent literacy. Remedial and Special Education, 10 (5) Shinn-Strieker, T. (Nov. 1986). Patterns of Cognitive Style in Normal and Handicapped Children, Journal of Learning Disabilities. 19 (9) Shinn-Strieker, T. (Apr. 1984). Trained communication assistants in the public schools. Language, speech, and hearing services in the schools. Vol Udziela, A., Shinn, T., Whitman, B. (Dec. 1982). The school psychologist on multidisciplinary developmental disabilities team. Professional psychology. 13 (6) October 11,

3 Invited Journal Articles: Strieker, T. & Logan, K. (2001). Everybody WINS! The State Education Standard. National Association of State Boards of Education, Autumn, Scholarly Books Published by Government Agency: Salisbury, C., Strieker, T., Roach, V. & McGregor, G. (2001). Pathways to inclusive practices: Systems-oriented, policy-linked, and research-based strategies that work! Preparation and publication of this guidebook was supported by Cooperative Agreement (86V-4007) of the Consortium on Inclusive Schooling Practices, the Office of Special Education Programs in the United States Department of Education in Washington, D.C., and the National Association for State Boards of Education. Strieker, T., Salisbury, C., & Roach, V. (2001). Determining policy support for inclusive schools. Consortium on Inclusive Schooling Practices, Erikson Institute, Chicago: IL. Preparation and publication of this guide was supported by Cooperative Agreement (86V-4007) of the Consortium on Inclusive Schooling Practices, the Office of Special Education Programs in the United States Department of Education in Washington, D.C., and the National Association for State Boards of Education. Chapters in Textbooks: Salisbury, C. & Strieker, T. (2004). Including students with severe disabilities in elementary school. in C. Kennedy & E. Horn (Eds.), Including students with severe disabilities (pp ). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon. Shinn (Strieker), T. (1982). Developmental and remedial reading strategies in D. Sabatino & L. Mann (Eds.) A handbook of diagnostic & prescriptive teaching (pp ). Rockville, MD: Aspen. Shinn (Strieker), T. (1982). Personalized approach to teaching written language in D. Sabatino & L. Mann (Eds.), A handbook of diagnostic & prescriptive teaching (pp ). Rockville, MD: Aspen. Shinn (Strieker), T. (1982). Linguistic and functional spelling strategies in D. Sabatino & L. Mann (Eds.), A handbook of diagnostic & prescriptive teaching (pp ). Rockville, MD: Aspen. Non-Refereed Published Creative Works: Strieker, T., & Rankert, E. (2004). MAPS: Transition planning for students with disabilities. Atlanta: Stonefield Productions & Kennesaw State University. Strieker, T. & Rankert, E. (2002). Winning kids. Atlanta: Stonefield Productions & Kennesaw State University. Strieker, T., von Schmeling, L. & Rankert, E. (2002). Preparing inclusive IEP s. Atlanta: Stonefield Productions & Kennesaw State University. Strieker, T. & Rankert, E. (2001). Project WINS. Atlanta: Stonefield Productions & Kennesaw State University. October 11,

4 Informally Published Works: Strieker, T., Sloan, J., Stern, H., & Wade, K. (2012) Designing inclusive educational programs in higher education: Standards, assessment & evaluation. Amazon: Create-Space. Salisbury, C., Roach, V., Strieker, T., & McGregor, G. (2002). Consortium on Inclusive Schooling Practices: A Final Report. (Tech Rep No 5). Cooperative Agreement (86V-4007) of the Consortium on Inclusive Schooling Practices, the Office of Special Education Programs in the United States Department of Education in Washington, D.C., and the National Association for State Boards of Education. (ERIC document) Salisbury, C., Roach, V., & Strieker, T. (1999). Missouri case study on the promotion of large scale change and inclusive practices (SY ). (Tech Rep No 2). Cooperative Agreement (86V-4007) of the Consortium on Inclusive Schooling Practices, the Office of Special Education Programs in the United States Department of Education in Washington, D.C., and the National Association for State Boards of Education. (ERIC document) Clinics/Adjudications/Workshops/Professional Learning Series Strieker, T., Jean-Sigur, R., Stern, H., Sloan, J., & Wade, K. (2010). Inclusion of Undergraduate Students with Intellectual Disabilities: Challenges and Solutions! Professional development opportunity for KSU faculty who are interested in including students with intellectual disabilities in the courses that they teach. Strieker, T., Anderson, T., Ward, H., O Connor, J. and Williams, L. (2004). Strategies to Increase Student Achievement. PLU program developed (2.5 days) to prepare school-based leadership teams in research-based strategies in content reading, differentiated instruction and cooperative learning. Presented in Atlanta, Dublin, Milledgeville and Augusta to over 500 teachers and school administrators. Atlanta, Georgia: Department of Special Education, Kennesaw State University and the Georgia Department of Education/Division of Exceptional Students. Strieker, T., Anderson, T., Ward, H., ( ) Successful Strategies to Include Students with Disabilities in General Education Classrooms. PLU program (five days) sponsored by Project WINS and offered to schools within the WINS/Winning TEAM network throughout the state of GA. Strieker, T. ( ). Inclusive Schooling Practices. SDU program (five days) sponsored by Project WINS and offered to schools within the WINS/Winning TEAM network throughout the state of GA. INVITED PRESENTATIONS & PAPERS Strieker, T., Zong, G., & Gillis, B. (2012). Improving Preservice Middle School Teachers Confidence, Competence & Commitment to Co-teaching. Paper selected by the Consortium of State and Regional Educational Research Association to present in the Distinguished Paper Sessions at the 2012 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, in Vancouver, BC, Canada. October 11,

5 Strieker, T., & Wade, K. (2012). Changing Expectations for Post Secondary Students with Disabilities. Invited presentation for special education teachers in urban schools. Cobb County School District, Smyna, GA. Strieker, T. (2011) Designing inclusive educational programs in higher education: Standards, assessment & evaluation. Invited presentation to visiting faculty of the Indiana University System, Kennesaw State University. Mitchell, B., Strieker, T. & Funk, L. (2006, January). Highlights of the KSU assessment system. Invited panel session presented at the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education at NCATE Topical Session, San Diego, CA. Strieker, T. & Logan, K. (2003, March). Using state approved standards to assess students with Disabilities and develop individualized education programs (IEPs). Invited paper presented at the Oxford Roundtable on Special Education, Oxford University, Oxford, England. Strieker, T. (2001, June). Standards-based curriculum and reform: How do they relate to inclusive education? Invited paper presented at the Fifth Annual China-U.S. Conference on Education: Forging the 21 st Century Communities Through Education. Beijing, People s Republic of China. Roach, V., Strieker, T., Filbin, J., & Arnold, S. (2001, Feb.) Standards-based curriculum and comprehensive reform: How do they relate to personnel preparation? Invited paper presented to the Personnel Preparation Project Directors Conference, Office of Special Education Programs; Washington, D.C. Strieker, T., Bragg, P. & Wagner, S. (2000, Feb.) Innovative projects for inclusive schools in Georgia. Invited keynote presentation for Better All Together Conference; Athens, GA. Strieker, T. & Jacobson, E. (2000, Sept.) Outcomes and accountability for all. Invited paper presented to the Program Subcommittee of the Governor s Education Reform Commission; Atlanta, GA. Strieker, T. (1999, March). Assessment of students with disabilities in large scale assessments. Invited public testimony commissioned by the National Assessment Governing Board at the request of US Congress; Atlanta, GA. Strieker, T. (1998, Oct.) Accommodations and assessment of students with disabilities in large scale assessments. Invited public testimony commissioned by the National Assessment Governing Board at the request of US Congress; Atlanta, GA. Salisbury, C. & Strieker, T. (1998, June.) Creating Inclusive Classrooms: Are We Having Fun Yet? Iowa Board of Regents Summer Institute for Inclusion Facilitators; Ames, IA. PRESENTATIONS AT OTHER PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS Strieker, T., Shaheen, M., Hubbard, D., & Lim, W. (2013). Transforming Teacher Education Through Pre-Service Co-Teaching and Coaching. The Renaissance Group, Washington, DC. Heckert, J., Strieker, T., Shaheen, M. & Zong, G. (2013). Collaborative Model of Clinical Practice: A Partnership Approach to Pre-service Co-teaching. Association of Teacher Education, Atlanta, GA. Heckert, J., Strieker, T., & Shaheen, M. (2012). KSU Collaborative Model of Clinical Practice: A Partnership Approach to Pre-service Co-teaching. The Renaissance Group, Washington, DC. October 11,

6 Strieker, T., Heckert, J. & Shaheen, M. (2012). Collaborative Models of Teacher Preparation in Urban Schools. The Renaissance Group, Washington, DC. Strieker, T., Zong, G. & Gillis, B. (2012). Improving Preservice Middle School Teachers Confidence, Competence, and Commitment to Co-Teaching. Invited panel presentation for the American Educational Researcher s Association. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Strieker, T., Sloan, J., Bizzell, K. & Honeycutt, C. (2011). Chris and Kelsey Go to College! Designing High Quality University Programs for Students with Significant Disabilities. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, Atlanta, GA. Strieker, T. & Jean-Sigur, R. (2011) Building community and professional practice of university faculty through collaboration, co-teaching and inclusion. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Renaissance Group, Washington, DC. Holbein, M. & Strieker, T. (2010, November.) Literacy Coaching: Form and Function. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Literacy Educators and Researchers. Omaha, NE. Strieker, T., Wallace, F., & Basinger, R. (2010, April). The Impact of Cognitive Coaching on the RTI Referral Process at Tier Two. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of International Reaching Association Literacy Coaching Summit, Corpus Christi, Tex. Strieker, T., Logan, K., & Kuhel, K. (2010, April). Enhancing the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Core General Education Classrooms Through a Comprehensive Model of Embedded Professional Development. Paper to be presented at annual meeting of the American Educational Researcher s Association, Denver, Co. Strieker, T., Holbein, M., & Fowler, S. (2009, November). Point Counter-Point: Debating Competing Theories of Effective Practices for Diverse Classrooms. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, Charlotte, NC. Strieker, T., Zong, G. & Gillis, B. (2009, October). Preparing Pre-Service Content Middle School Teachers to Co-Teach. Paper presented at the 34 th annual meeting of the Georgia Educational Researchers Association, Savannah, GA. McAlpine, G., Strieker, T., Coleman, L., & Knight, J. (2009, January.) Preparing Teachers to Educate the Whole Child in Inclusive Classrooms. Association of Teacher Educators, Dallas, TX. Kuhel, K., Strieker, T., & Bogan, B. (2008, April). Accommodating Students with Disabilities and English Language Learners through UbD: Commonalities and Differences. Paper presented at the annual international meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children, Boston, MA. Brown, S., Bessette, H. & Strieker, T. (2006, Nov.) Retaining and retraining teachers for inclusive classrooms: Collaborative development of in-service teacher professional learning opportunities. Paper presented at the annual international meeting of the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children, San Diego, CA. Strieker, T. (2006, Jan.). Preparing teachers for the 21 st century: Shared goals & strategies for students with disabilities & English language learners. Paper presented at the Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HA. October 11,

7 Strieker, T., Harris, K. & Bogan, B. (2005, Nov.). Using collaboration to support culturally and linguistically diverse students and those with disabilities in general education classrooms. Paper presented at the annual international meeting of the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children. Portland, ME. Strieker, T. & Arnold. S. (2001, Nov.) Integrating IEP s with the Georgia QCC s. Paper presented at the annual international meeting of the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children, Tampa, FL. Wilkins, G., & Strieker, T. (2000, Dec.) Project winning team: Georgia s model program to prepare all teachers to instruct students with disabilities and those at-risk for failure in general education classrooms. Paper presented at the international annual meeting of The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps International Conference; Miami, FL. PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT February 2013, Presented to officials of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia to offer a inclusive Certificate of Academic, Social & Career Development for young adults with intellectual disabilities. January, Co-authored, Pre-service Co-teaching: A Mentor-Modeling Approach, to reform K-12 clinical practice within the Professional Education Teacher Unit at KSU. October, Co-authored and presented a proposal to officials of Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia to offer a inclusive Certificate of Academic, Social & Career Development for young adults with intellectual disabilities. Developed and co-authored program with Dr. Harry Stern, Ms. Jill Sloan, & Dr. Karla Wade. June Approval from the Georgia Professional Standards Commission for new concentration in Reading/Literacy that leads to undergraduate certification in that area. Developed and coauthored program with Drs. Faith Wallace and Bryan Gillis. March, Approval from KSU for concentration in Language and Literacy. Co-authored successful proposal that leads to certification in Reading and TESOL at the graduate level. Developed and co-authored program with Dr. Faith Wallace. June Approval from the KSU President s Cabinet for the Center for Literacy & Learning. Coauthored successful proposal with faculty from the Departments of Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Inclusive Education and Educational Leadership. August, Approval from GA Board of Regents to expand program offerings in the Department of Special Education from Special Education only to Special Education, TESOL and Remedial Reading under the umbrella title of Inclusive Education. (Note: This change resulted in the change of the department.) September, Approval from GA Professional Standards Commission to offer Master of Arts in Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages. Co-authored program with Drs. Holzman, Kuhel, & Harris. June, Approval from GA Board of Regents to offer Ed.D. in Teacher Leadership. Co-authored BOR proposal with Drs. Paris and Watkins. October 11,

8 January, Approval from GA Professional Standards Commission to offer endorsement in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Co-authored program with Dr. Judy Holzman. GRANTS & CONTRACTS Funded as Principle Investigator and Project Director Strieker, T. (2001). Project WINS: Winning ideas network of schools. Proposal submitted to the Georgia Governor s Council on Developmental Disabilities by Kennesaw State University. (funded $750,000.00). Strieker, T. (2001). Project Bridges. Proposal submitted to the Georgia Governor s Council on Developmental Disabilities by Kennesaw State University. (funded $325,000.00). Strieker, T. (1998). Project WINS: Winning ideas network of schools. Proposal submitted to the Georgia Governor s Council on Developmental Disabilities by Kennesaw State University. (funded $600,000.00). Funded Projects as Co-Principle Investigator Hughes, M., Strieker, T., and Alberto, P. (2004) Georgia LRE project. Proposal submitted to the Georgia Department of Education, Division for Exceptional Students by Georgia State University and Kennesaw State University. (funded $750,000.00). Strieker, T., Logan, K. and Wilkins, G. (2001). Project Winning Team. Proposal submitted to the Georgia Department of Education, Division for Exceptional Students by Kennesaw State University. (funded $600,000.00). SUPERVISION Administrative Assistant of the Center for Literacy and Learning, BCOE ( ) Department Administrative Assistant, Inclusive Education Department ( ) Project WINS Coordinator ( ) Technical Assistants (6) for Project WINS ( a0 Project Bridges Coordinator ( ) Institutional Service PROFESSIONAL SERVICE University-Wide Steering Committee for the Academy for Inclusive Adult Education President s Commission on Disabilities Strategies & Resources President s Planning & Budget Advisory Committee PTEU Steering Committee for NCATE Accreditation PTEU Steering Committees Conceptual Framework Steering Committees (Chair) BCOE Assessment, Performance & Evaluation Committee (Chair) October 11,

9 BCOE Admission & Review Committee BCOE Literacy Task Force Member (Chair, ) Chair BCOE Promotion and Tenure Committee 2006 BCOE Promotion & Tenure Committee, Chair s Representative BCOE Promotion & Tenure Committee (Co-Chair) BCOE Promotion & Tenure Committee College Faculty Council Member BCOE Task Force for Doctoral Program Development Member of Task Force Writing Subcommittees Department of Inclusive Education Graduate Program Coordinator for Special Education Curriculum Committee Search Committees Department of Secondary & Middle Grades Education Chair of Faculty Council Promotion and Tenure Committee, Chair (2011) Coordinator of Reading Program/Chair of Reading Curriculum Committee Co-coordinator of MAT Programs Faculty Representative for EdD Task Force National/International Service Steering Committee for Croydon-Project WINS Partnership, Croydon, England ( ) Steering Committee for US-China Conference on Special Education, Beijing, China ( ) The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, Conference Planning Committee (2000) Teacher Education Division, Council for Exceptional Children Conference Planning Committee ( ) State/Regional Service Georgia Task Force on Special Education Funding, Co-Chair ( ) Georgia State Board of Education, Atlanta, GA Special Education Rules Advisory Committee ( ) Consultant on Special Education Rules, particularly on Inclusion Approved, ) Georgia State Board of Education, Atlanta, GA ( ) Better All Together Regional Conference. Georgia Governor s Council on Developmental Disabilities, Atlanta, GA (Co-Sponsor 2004, 2001, 1998) WINS Leadership Academy, Project WINS, Savannah, GA (Sponsor 2003) North Fulton PTA Board, Special Education Representative ( ) Special Education Representative, Georgia PTA Board, Atlanta, GA (1999) October 11,

10 Public Testimony on National Voluntary Testing (1999) HONORS AND AWARDS Kennesaw State University, Finalist for Distinguished Faculty Award for Graduate Service (2012) American Educational Research Association Distinguished Paper Award (2012) Georgia Association for Educational Research Distinguished Paper Award (2011) Kennesaw State University, Finalist for Distinguished Faculty Award for Graduate Service (2011) KSU Graduate College Distinguished Professional Service Award (2011) Secondary and Middle Grades Distinguished Faculty Award for Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity (2012) Secondary and Middle Grades Distinguished Faculty Award for Undergraduate Scholarship (2011) Secondary and Middle Grades Distinguished Faculty Award for Graduate Service (2010) Secondary and Middle Grades Distinguished Faculty Award for Undergraduate Scholarship (2009) Outstanding Service to the Field of Education in Georgia, Cathy Cox, Secretary of State. (2004) Member of the Oxford Round Table on Special Education, Oxford University, Oxford, England. (2003) Graduate Faculty Distinguished Scholarship Award Finalist, Kennesaw State University. (2002) Faculty Engagement Award, Kennesaw State University (2002) Northwest Georgia Council for Exceptional Children, University Educator Award (2002) OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Expert Witness to Consortium on Adequate School Funding that represented high poverty school districts in the State of Georgia. ( ) Regional liaison for state policy audit, analysis and report conducted by the National Association of State Boards of Education (2001) Member of the Parkway School District leadership team charged with restructuring general and special education programs to include students with a full range of ability and disability in general education classrooms and curriculum by means of Order of the Court, Jonathon P. Merry Settlement. ( ) Member of the Parkway School District leadership team charged with oversight of Light vs. Parkway ( ) Managing Partner: Professional Clinical Resources, Inc., St. Louis, MO ( ) Educational Diagnostician: Assessment and program development of students with reading and learning disabilities. October 11,