Jennie M. Weiner Gentry 242c, Neag School of Education University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269 Jennie.weiner@uconn.edu Education Harvard Graduate School of Education 2012 ED.D. in Educational Policy, Leadership, and Instructional Practice Dissertation: Investigating Instructional Leadership Teams in Action Doctoral Committee: Monica Higgins (Chair), Susan Moore Johnson, Richard Elmore Harvard Graduate School of Education 2003 Master of Education Amherst College 2000 Bachelor of Arts in American Studies (Magna cum Laude) Honors and Awards Emerging Education Policy Scholar, Fordham Foundation, 2012 Doctoral Marshal, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2012 Dissertation Fellowship Finalist, Spencer Foundation, 2011 Education Pioneers Graduate School Fellowship, Education Pioneers, 2010 Qualifying paper passed with Distinction, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2009 Grant Awards Evaluation Grant (Co-PI), Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering ($376,377) Project: Evaluating the Connecticut Pre-K Program Evaluation Grant (PI), National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education, 2013 ($25,200) Project: Evaluating the intermediary impact of NAATE. Dean s Summer Fellowship, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2011 ($3,000) Project: Investigating Instructional Leadership Teams in Action Small Research Grant, Ann E. Casey Foundation, 2010 ($50,000) Project: Thinking About Influence in K-12 Education: The Role of Teach for America
Small Research Grant (AEI), 2009 ($25,000) Project: TFA Alumni Project on Entrepreneurial Spawning Teaching Experience Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership current Prescott College, Prescott, AZ 2011-2013 Doctoral Mentor Boston University School of Education, Boston, MA Spring 2013 Adjunct Professor, Introduction to Quantitative Methods Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA 2007-2012 Teaching Fellow A506 Teacher Unions and School Improvement, Spring 2009, 2010 A608 Education for Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Learning, Fall 2009 S030 Intermediate Statistics, Spring 2007 S040 Introduction to Applied Data Analysis, Fall 2010, 2011 S052 Applied Statistics, Fall 2008 S997 Field Experience Program, Yearlong 2007, 2008, 2009 Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA 2010-2011 Writing Fellow The Harvard Institute for School Leadership, Cambridge, MA 2007 2008 Facilitator Chadwick School, Palos Verdes, CA 2000-2002 Seventh and Eleventh Grade History Teacher Research Experience Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA 2011-2012 Postdoctoral Fellow, Teach for America as an Entrepreneurial Spawner Public Education Leadership Project, Cambridge, MA 2011-2012 Research Associate Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA 2009-2012 Research Assistant, Educational Entrepreneurship Research Group Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA 2009-2012 Research Assistant, Team Dynamics in Education Research Group
Massachusetts Department of Education, Malden, MA 2010 Summer Associate Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA 2006-2009 Research Assistant, Everyday Antiracism Research Group Teacher Advancement Program Foundation (TAP), Santa Monica, CA 2003-2006 Senior Research Associate New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, New York 1998 Special Research Assistant to the Chancellor Consulting Experience Connecticut Center for School Change, Hartford, CT Rhode Island Department of Education, Providence, RI current 2010-current Center for Educational Policy Research, Cambridge, MA 2011-2012 Center for Collaborative Education, Boston, MA 2008 Boston Plan for Excellence, Boston, MA 2007-2008 Publications Weiner, J. (forthcoming) Under my thumb: Principals difficulty releasing decision-making to their Instructional Leadership Team. Journal of School Leadership Weiner, J. (forthcoming) The Censorship Crisis. In Sadeghi, Leila and Kathe Callahan (Eds.), Educational Leadership in Action: A Casebook for Aspiring Educational Leaders, Routledge/Taylor & Francis. Weiner, J. (2014). Disabling Conditions: Investigating Instructional Leadership Teams in Action. Journal of Educational Change, 15(3), pp. 253-280. Higgins, M., Weiner, J., & Young, L (2012). Implementation teams: A new lever for change. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 33(3), pp. 366-388.
Weiner, J. (2011). Finding common ground: Teacher leaders and principals speak out about teacher leadership. Journal of School Leadership. 21(1), pp. 7-41. Higgins, M., Hess, F., Weiner, J., & Robison, W.(2011). Creating a corps of change agents. Education Next, 11(3), pp. 18-25. Higgins, M., Young, L., Weiner, J., & Wlodarczyk, S. (2009). Leading teams of leaders: What helps team member learning? The Phi Delta Kappan. 91(4). pp. 41-45. Technical Reports and Guidance Documents Montrosse-Moorhead, B., Dougherty, S., La Salle, T., Freeman, J., Weiner, J., & Dostal, H. (2014, July). CASE early childhood regression discontinuity study: Overview of study scope and methodology. Storrs, CT: Collaborative on Strategic Education Reform, University of Connecticut. Weiner, J., Anderson, S. (2o13) Facilitation Guide for School Reform Plan Monitoring Meeting. Rhode Island Department of Education Weiner, J., Anderson, S. (2013) Developing and effective School Reform Plan. Rhode Island Department of education. Weiner, J., Casteneda, A. (2012). Diagnostic Screen for Identified Schools, Rhode Island Department of Education. Weiner, J., Anderson, S. (2012). Effectively utilizing the Rhode Island Diagnostic Screen: A User s Guide. Rhode Island Department of Education Papers under review Weiner, J. & Dougherty, S. Bending or Breaking?: Exploring the Intersection between Charter Schools Principles and ESEA Waivers. Higgins, M., & Weiner, J., The buffering effect: How a culture of psychology safety can limit the negative impact of accountability on school performance. (Revise and Resubmit Organizational Science) Weiner J. & Higgins, M. Creating a virtuous cycle: The relationship between teacher organizational culture and students emotional engagement. Collaborative for Strategic School Reform. Reviewing and reversing common (mis)conceptions of reform. Weiner, J. Where do I begin?: How aspiring turnaround principals conceptualize reform
and their role within it. Working Papers Dougherty, S. & Weiner, J. On the Rhode to School Turnaround: Estimating the impact of being just labeled as low-performing in the Era of Race to the Top. Higgins, M., & Weiner, J. Spawning entrepreneurial leaders: The impact of TFA career experience on new ventures in education. Weiner J. & Torres, C. Different Location or Different Map?: Investigating Charter School Teachers Professional Identities Weiner J., & Montrosse-Moorhead. Supporting growth in teachers cognitive complexity: How case method based professional development may help. Presentations Weiner, J. (November, 2013) Where do I begin?: How aspiring turnaround principals conceptualize reform and their role within it. University Council on Educational Administration, Washington D.C. Weiner, J. & Higgins, M.(August, 2014). Weathering the Storm: Effects of Psychological Safety and Accountability on Performance. Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA. Dougherty, S.M., & Weiner, J. (May, 2014). The Rhode to turnaround?: Modeling the Impact of Being Just Labeled as Low-performing in the Era of Waivers. Modern Modeling Methods Conference, Storrs, CT. Weiner, J. (April, 2014). Under my thumbs: principals difficulty releasing authority to their Instructional Leadership Team. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA. Dougherty, S.M., & Weiner, J. (March, 2014). On the Rhode to School Turnaround?: Estimating the Impact of Being Just Labeled as Low-performing in the Era of Race to the Top. Association for Education Finance & Policy Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX. Higgins, M., & Weiner, J. (April, 2013). Creating a cohort of entrepreneurs in education: Teach for America's influence on alumni's career trajectories. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. Weiner, J. (April, 2013). A Team of Rivals: The Many Challenges and Potentially Negative Consequences Facing Principals Selecting Members of Their Instructional Leadership
Team. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. Higgins, M., & Weiner, J. (August, 2012). Creating entrepreneurs in education: Teach for America's influence on alumni's career trajectories. Paper presented at the Academy of Management, Boston, MA. Higgins, M., Weiner, J., & Robison, W. (August, 2011). Spawning Entrepreneurial Leaders: The Impact of the TFA Career Experience on New Ventures in Education. Paper presented at the Academy of Management, San Antonio, TX. Higgins, M., Hess, F., Weiner, J., & Robison, W. (May, 2011). The Impact of TFA Career Experience on New Ventures in Education. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. Weiner, J. & Young, L. (May, 2010). Positional diversity and learning within leadership teams: Perspectives on distributed and differentiated leadership to support student learning. Roundtable paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO. Weiner, J. (May, 2010). Finding common ground: How do teacher leaders and their principals diverge and converge in their descriptions of the teacher leader s role and the principal s support of the role? Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO. Weiner, J. & Kirkpatrick, C. (April, 2009). Is this progress? : The negative effect of AYP on principals job satisfaction. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA Weiner, J. & Dorsey, J. (February, 2009). Why are they laughing? Pre-Service teachers' use of humor in discussions about race. Paper presented at the annual ethnography in education conference, Philadelphia, PA. Association Membership Academy of Management (AOM) Society for Research in Educational Effectiveness (SREE) American Educational Research Association (AERA) University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) Professional Service University Council for Educational Administration Proposal Reviewer 2014 present
Educational Administration Quarterly Editorial Board Member Journal of Educational Change Reviewer Journal of School Leadership Reviewer Academy of Management Proposal Reviewer American Education Research Association Proposal Reviewer 2013 present 2013 present 2013 present 2011 present 2010 present Student Advisory Group 2008-2012 Student advisor for faculty search in quantitative methods and leadership HGSE Student Research Conference, Cambridge, MA 2007 2008 Chair