Dr. Glenda W. Windfield, Assistant Professor VITA

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1 Dr. Glenda W. Windfield, Assistant Professor Department of Special Education Joseph H. Jackson Building College of Education and Human Development (601) VITA Academic degrees Ed.D. University of Southern Mississippi Major: Special Education Minor: Educational Administration Ed. S. Jackson State University Major: Special Education Minor: Educational Administration M.M.Ed. Jackson State University 1976 Music Education B.M.Ed. Jackson State University 1972 Music Education Professional experience 2006 Project CAPE Director, Department of Special Education, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi 2001-Present Consultant, Mississippi State Department of Education (MDE). Serve as a grant reader for proposals submitted to MDE Consultant, Served as Peer Reviewer for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services at Washington, D.C Present Jackson State University, Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling. Teach graduate and undergraduate courses. Coordinate Center for Computers and Assistive

2 Technology (administrating grant funds, sponsoring and co-sponsoring training activities, technology consulting, and so forth) Division of Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind Coordinated the Supported Employment Services Program. Supervised job developer, job coaches, and administrated grant funds and activities. Also served as human resource training activities Mississippi School for the Blind Coordinated the prevocational education program. Taught life skills and regular education courses to students who are blind and visually impaired Free Lance Music Arranger Arranged music for Jackson State University s Sonic Boom of the South, local high schools and churches, and other interested clients. Teaching Assignments (courses taught) SPED 311 Exceptional Children and Youth in the School EDCI 402 Clinical Internship in Student Teaching SPED 307 Behavior Management SPED 420 Introduction to Assistive Technology SPED 500 Survey of Exceptional Children and Youth SPED 430 Education and Psychology of the Mentally Retarded SPED 499 Seminar in Special Education SPED 599 Seminar in Special Education SPED 699 Seminar in Special Education SPED 606 Consulting, Itinerant and Resource Teaching SPED 550 Education and Psychology of Behavior Disordered SPED 586 Practicum in Special Education SPED 543 Braille SPED 422 Education and Psychology of the Mildly/Moderately Handicapped SPED 604 Administration and Supervision in Special Education SPED 409 Diagnostic Prescriptive Teaching Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired MS Council for the Blind Margaret Walker Alexander Research Center

3 Current Licenses/Certifications Class Endorsement AA 486 Administrator (Non-Practicing) AA 165 Music Instrumental (K-12) AAAA 205 Mentally Retarded AAAA 206 Emotional Disability (K 12) AAAA 210 Learning Disabilities (K 12) AAAA 218 Visually Impaired (K 12) Certified Provisional Educator Evaluator in Teacher AAA Association for Education and Rehabilitation for the Blind and Visually Handicapped System of Multicultural and Pluralistic Assessment (SOMPA) Professional Practices in Scholarship Publications Craig, Dawkins, Banks, Roos, Williams, Wilson and Windfield (2001). Jackson State University School of Education five year technology plan. Windfield, G. (1999). Using the continuous quality improvement model to evaluate teaching excellence. Researcher, XVI, 1, pp Presentations, Grants, Other Presentations: Systemic Integration of Technology Across the Curriculum at an Urban University. Presentation at SUNRAY Academy, Universidad Metropolitana, San Juan, Puerto Rico. May 19-22, PowerPoint Made Easy. Presented to Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling, February 9, Education-- A Major Ingredient for Success. Presented at Celebrating Women in Leadership, Jim Hill High School. November 16, You Don t Have to be Disabled to Use Assistive Technology. Presented at the JSU Research Symposium of the Urban Education Conference. April 26, Grants: Windield, G. & Epps, M. (2002). Phase one: Building spirit and a model learning and working environment. Submitted to Jackson State University, Jackson, MS. Research: Windfield, G. (2002). A pilot program: Improving technology enhanced delivery systems. Research in process.

4 Creative Works: Windfield, G. (2002). Systemic Integration of Technology Across the Curriculum at an Urban University. Video written, directed and produced for the School of Education. Windfield, G. (1997). First Annual Assistive Technology fair. A conference coordinated and presented at Universities Center for teachers, paraprofessionals and professionals who work with individuals with disabilities. Produced videotapes of the conference. Professional Practices in Service (to the university and the broader community) Board Member o Margaret Walker Alexander Research Center o Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Allied Enterprises of Jackson o Athletes Student Council Inter-Program o Project START Volunteer with Junior Achievement University Faculty Senator At Large Chairperson, JSU Ad Hoc Committee on Parking and Traffic Operational Planning Committee DMU SOE Faculty Evaluation Committee DMU Committee on the.818 Policy SOE Technology Committee SOE Hospitality Committee SACS Committee on Principles and Philosophy of Accreditation NCATE Committee on Field and Clinical Experiences Dr. Glenda Windfield holds an earned doctorate degree in Special Education with a minor in Educational Administration from the University of Southern Mississippi at Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Dr. Windfield has extensive experience working with persons with visual disabilities. The major portion of her career was teaching children with visual impairments at Mississippi School for the Blind at Jackson, Mississippi. During her tenure at the School for the Blind, she developed the pre-vocational curriculum and an outstanding instrumental music program at the secondary grade level. Dr. Glenda Windfield used her expertise about vocational education to establish the Supported Employment Services program at Mississippi Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind. At this agency, she served as Coordinator of Supported Employment Services. Dr. Windfield was successful in placing severely handicapped individuals who were blind or visually impaired in the competitive job market in Jackson and Philadelphia, Mississippi. One of her clients was featured in a video about supported employment services provided to individuals who are multi-handicapped visually impaired. The video was produced by the Hellen Keller Foundation. Currently, Dr. Windfield serves as coordinator for the Center for Computers and Assistive Technology an assistant professor in the Department of Special Education and

5 Rehabilitation Services at Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in special education, assistive technology and rehabilitative counseling. The Center for Computers and Assistive Technology is a microcomputer laboratory designed to provide outreach services, support services and hands-on demonstration of assistive technology devices to educators, consumers and the business community.