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P A N A Y I O T I S A N T O N I O U Home address 5 Ioannou Talioti, Nicosia, 1048, Cyprus tel: 00357 22 337669 Email apanayio@ucy.ac.cy 00357 99 511718 Gender Marital Status Male Married Date of Birth 22 June 1977 Nationality Area of specialization EDUCATION Cypriot Educational Leadership, Educational Effectiveness, School Improvement, Instructional Leadership, Management of Change 2004 University of Cyprus, Department of Education, Cyprus PhD student in Educational Administration and Evaluation with focus in Educational Effectiveness and School Improvement Expected completion date: July 2009 2001 2002 University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education, UK MPhil Educational Research: Concepts and strategies, Collecting and Analysing Data in Educational Research 1997 2001 University of Cyprus, Department of Education, Cyprus BA in Education GPA 8,9/10 Excellent 1992 1995 Pallouriotisa Lyceum, Cyprus General Education equivalent Degree with a concentration in Mathematics GPA 19.7/20 Excellent RESEARCH GRANTS, AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS 2008 Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation ( 60 000) Ranked 1 st in the Social Science Section in the national open competition for funding new researcher s projects - PhD Studies (PENEK.): PhD research funded by the Cyprus Government and the European Union. 2008 Cyprus Educational Administration Society (CEAS) ( 2000) Awarded the annual award / scholarship for research excellence 2001 British Chevening Scholarship ( 25 000) Highest merit-based full scholarship administered by the British High Commission on behalf of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2001 Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholarship ( 5000) Scholarship based on academic performance and leadership potentials. 2001 Award for best academic/research excellence Issued by the Department of Education, University of Cyprus 1

2001 Award for important contribution to society and culture Issued by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Cyprus 1995 Eleven (11) prizes for best academic performance Issued by the Pallouriotisa Lyceum, Bank of Cyprus etc. PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2009 today European Science Foundation (ESF) Deputy Director of research titled: Establishing a knowledge base for quality in education: testing a dynamic theory of educational effectiveness (08-ECRP - 012) fully funded by ESF after an open European competition. 2009 today European Parliament and Council Daphne III Senior Member of the Cyprus research team: Designing evidence-based strategies and actions to face bullying by considering socio-ethnic diversities in school populations and evaluating their effects fully funded by Daphne III program. 2006 - today University of Cyprus, Department of Education, Cyprus Special Teaching Staff specialised in Educational Effectiveness, Research and Evaluation Issues. The position involves individual teaching to undergraduate (EPA204, EPA 304) and postgraduate students (EPA683). 2007 today University of Nicosia, Department of Education, Cyprus Teaching Staff (Part-time): Individual teaching of Methodology of Educational Research and Evaluation Courses 2008 today Pre-Service Training Program, University of Cyprus, Department of Education Teaching Staff: Individual teaching of Research, Evaluation and Effectiveness courses in the national pre-service training program for the newly- hired teachers of secondary education in Cyprus. 2005 2006 Member of Athena Consortium - Head of several working committees Athena Consortium was selected through an international open competition by the Ministry of Education and Culture for the development of a new evaluation system for the schools, teachers and for the educational outcomes in Cyprus. 2002 2005 Elementary School Teacher in Cyprus 2001 2002 Member of the research group for the Teaching and Learning Research Program: Assessment for Learning funded by the Assessment Reform Group of the British Government UK. PUBLICATIONS OF PAPERS IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS AND CHAPTERS IN BOOKS Antoniou, P., Creemers, B.P.M., & Kyriakides, L. (2009). (Eds). Integrating Research on Teacher Education and Educational Effectiveness: Using the Dynamic Model for Teacher Professional Development. In Transformative Leadership and Educational Excellence: Learning Organizations in the Information Age. Sense Publishers: Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Kyriakides, L., Creemers, B.P.M., & Antoniou, P. (2009). Teacher behaviour and student outcomes: Suggestions for research on teacher training and professional development. Teaching and Teacher Education, 25 (1), 12-23. 2

Kyriakides, L. & Antoniou, P. (2009). Gender differences in mathematics achievement: An investigation of gender differences by item difficulty interactions. Educational Research and Evaluation, 15 (3), 223-242. Kyriakides, L., Creemers, B.P.M., Antoniou, P. & Demetriou, D. (in press). A Synthesis of Studies Searching for School Factors: Implications for Theory and Research. British Educational Research Journal. Antoniou, P. & Kyriakides, L. (in press). The Short- and Long- term Effects of Secondary Schools upon Students Academic Success and Development. Research Papers in Education. Antoniou, P. (submitted). Exploring the Psychometric Properties of Primary Teachers Tests in Mathematics: Implications for the Development of Assessment Policy related with DIF Analysis. Oxford Review of Education. RESEARCH PAPERS IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Antoniou, P. & Kyriakides, L. (2009). Instructional Leadership: The missing link. Evaluation of School Based Teacher Professional Development Programs. Proceedings of the Teacher Training and Professional Development Conference, University of Crete, Greece. Antoniou, P., Kyriakides, L. & Maltezou, E. (2009). Investigating the Short- and Long-Term Effects of Secondary Schools on Academic Success and Development. Proceedings of the American Educational Research Association 2009 International Conference, San Diego, USA. Antoniou, P. (2009). A group-randomization study investigating the effectiveness of different approaches to teacher professional development: Preliminary results. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Congress on School Effectiveness and School Improvement (ICSEI), Vancouver: Canada. Antoniou, P., Kyriakides, L., & Creemers, B.P.M. (2008). Developmental Stages In Teaching Skills: Implications for Teacher Training and Professional Development. Proceedings of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) SIG 18 Educational Effectiveness Conference 2008, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Kyriakides, L., Antoniou, P. & Maltezou, E. (2008). Using Different Criteria to Measure the Effect of Secondary Schools on Academic Success and Development. Proceedings of the American Educational Research Association 2008 International Conference, New York, USA. Kyriakides, L., Pashiardis, P., & Antoniou, P. (2007). Building a National Reform Policy on Evaluation Based on Educational Effectiveness Research: The ATHENA project. Paper presented at the ICSEI 2007 Conference. Portoroz (Slovenia), January 2007. Antoniou, P., Kyriakides, L., & Pashiardis, P. (2007). Cypriot Stakeholders Perceptions of the Proposed Reform Evaluation System: Difficulties of Using the Knowledge Base of Educational Effectiveness Research to Improve Evaluation Practice. Paper presented at the ICSEI 2007 Conference. Portoroz (Slovenia), January 2007. Creemers, B.P.M., Kyriakides, L., Demetriou, D. & Antoniou, P. (2007). A Critical Analysis of Research into Modelling Educational Effectiveness Based on a Synthesis of Studies Searching for School Effectiveness Factors. Paper presented at the ICSEI 2007 Conference. Portoroz (Slovenia), January 2007. 3

Creemers, B.P.M., Kyriakides, L., Antoniou, P. & Demetriou, D. (2006). A Critical Analysis of the Dynamic Model of Educational Effectiveness based on a Synthesis of Studies investigating the Impact of School Factors on Student Achievement Gains. Paper presented at the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI 2006) Conference. Fort Lauderdale, Florida: USA. Antoniou, P., Demetriou, D. & Kyriakides, L. (2006). Towards a Dynamic Model of Educational Effectiveness. A Meta-analysis of Studies Investigating the Impact of School Factors on Student Achievement Gains. Proceedings of the IX Conference of the Cyprus Pedagogical Association. Nicosia (in Greek). Antoniou, P. (2005). A Framework for Analysing and Developing Assessment for Learning in Cyprus. Suggestions for the Development of Policy and Implications for Effective Teaching and Learning. Paper presented in ICO Summer School: 7 th International Summer School on Educational Research, 8 13 May 2005, Nicosia. Kyriakides, L. & Antoniou, P. (2001). Exploring Language Minority-based Differential Item Functioning on Primary Teachers Tests in Mathematics: Implications for the Development of Assessment Policy. In E. Tressou & S. Mitakidou (Eds.) Teaching Language and Mathematics to Language Minority Children, 309-320. Thessalonica: Paratiritis (in Greek). RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2009 today European Science Foundation (ESF) Deputy Director of research titled: Establishing a knowledge base for quality in education: testing a dynamic theory of educational effectiveness (08-ECRP - 012) fully funded by ESF after an open European competition. 2009 today European Parliament and Council Daphne III Senior Member of the Cyprus research team: Designing evidence-based strategies and actions to face bullying by considering socio-ethnic diversities in school populations and evaluating their effects fully funded by Daphne III program. 2005- today Using the Dynamic Model of Educational Effectiveness to Improve Teaching Practice: Building an Evaluation Model to Test the Impact of Teacher Professional Development Programs PhD Dissertation 2005-2007 Member of the Research Panel (Cyprus regional expert) for the generalisibility study of the Internationally Valid Teacher Observation System: The International System for Teacher Observation and Feedback (ISTOF). The project aims to develop an international system for the evaluation of teaching personnel, based on the findings of the Educational Effectiveness Research. Twenty- one countries participate in this project which is being funded by ICSEI. 2005 2006 Member of Athena Consortium Head of several working committees Athena Consortium was selected through an international open competition by the Ministry of Education and Culture for the development of a new evaluation system for the teachers and for the educational outcomes in Cyprus. 2004-2006 Senior Research Assistant for the development of the Dynamic Model of Educational Effectiveness under Dr. Kyriakides, L. & Dr. Creemers, B.M.P. 4

Development and Validation of observation instruments in order to measure teaching behaviours associated with student outcomes. 2001 2002 Member of the research group for the Teaching and Learning Research Program: Assessment for Learning. The research involved four universities, Cambridge, Reading, The Open University and King s College, London and was sponsored by the Assessment Reform Group of the British Government: Working closely with Dr. James, M., Dr. Black, P., Dr. Willian, D. and Dr. Gipps, C. for the development of the research agenda and for the measurement of the changes in learning processes and outcomes using both qualitative and quantitative methods. 2001 2002 A Framework for Analysing and Developing Assessment for Learning in Cyprus. Implications for the Development of Educational Policy. MPhil Dissertation 2000 2001 Senior Research Assistant, University of Cyprus: The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) by International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) 1999 2000 Senior Research Assistant, University of Cyprus: Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS-R) by IEA 1999 2000 Research Assistant, University of Cyprus: Civic Education Study (CES) by IEA PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES WITH INDIVIDUAL PAPER PRESENTATION May 2009 April 2009 January 2009 Teacher Training and Professional Development Conference, University of Crete, Greece. American Educational Research Association (AERA) International Conference, San Diego, USA. International Congress on School Effectiveness and School Improvement (ICSEI), Vancouver: Canada. August 2008 European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) SIG 18 Educational Effectiveness Conference 2008, Frankfurt am Main, Germany March 2008 January 2007 January 2006 June 2006 May 2005 American Educational Research Association (AERA) International Conference, New York, USA International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI), Portoroz, lovenia International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI), Fort Lauderdale, Florida: USA IX National Conference of the Cyprus Pedagogical Association, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Inter-university Centre for Educational Research (ICO), University of Cyprus, Cyprus March 2001 November 2000 International Conference: Teaching Language Minorities Maths and Language, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Second International Conference of Educational ICT Users, University of Cyprus, Cyprus 5

LEADERSHIP / ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE 2001 2002 President Elected President of the Cambridge University Cypriot Society 1998 2000 Student Representative in the Student Union (FEPAN) Twice elected member of the Administrative Council of the University of Cyprus Student Union: member of the Finance Committee and the International Relations Committee; Representation of students locally and internationally in various official committees and conferences. March 2000 Organiser/Co-ordinator Organiser and member of the co-ordination committee of the Second Mediterranean Student Congress Cyprus 1995 1997 Second Lieutenant, Cyprus National Guard Total responsibility for the safety and training of 32 soldiers AFFILIATIONS / PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES Leadership for Learning: The Cambridge Network (LfL) Cyprus Educational Administration Society (CEAS) Methodology of Research on Effectiveness (MORE) International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI), American Educational Research Association (AERA) SIG 101: Leadership for School Improvement SIG 105: School Effectiveness and School Improvement SIG 118: Structural Equation Modelling European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) SIG 1: Assessment and Evaluation SIG 18: Educational Effectiveness SKILLS / INTERESTS Languages Computing Greek (native), English (Fluent) Able to use statistical packages for analyzing both quantitative (e.g. SPSS, Saltus, MLwiN, Quest, BILOG-MG) and qualitative (e.g. Concept System, Nudist, and ATLAS.ti) data. Sport Member of Darwin College (Cambridge) Rowing Team (2001-2002) Member of the University of Cyprus Athletics Club (1999-2001) Music Treasurer of the University of Cyprus Chorus Terpsichorea (1998-2001) Graduate of National Music School of Cyprus in guitar (1994) Member of an orchestra (1992-1995) Other Member of the University of Cyprus Survival (1997-2000) and Maths (1997-2001) Clubs 6

REFEREES Dr. Leonidas Kyriakides Associate Professor Department of Education University of Cyprus, Cyprus Tel: +357 22 753705 Email: Kyriakid@ucy.ac.cy Dr. Mary James Professor and Associate Director of Research Faculty of Education University of Cambridge, UK Tel: + +44 (0) 1223 767623 Email: mej1002@cam.ac.uk Dr. Pam Sammons Professor School of Education University of Oxford, UK Email: pam.sammons@oxford.ac.uk Dr. Maria Eliophotou Menon Assistant Professor Department of Education University of Cyprus, Cyprus Tel: +357 22 753705 Email: melmen@ucy.ac.cy Dr. Bert. P.M. Creemers Professor Faculty of Psychology, Education and Sociology University of Groningen The Netherlands Tel: +31516491522 Email: b.p.m.creemers@rug.nl 7