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Gail Burnaford holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Georgia State University. Since 2003, she has been Professor of Teacher Education at Florida Atlantic University, where she teaches doctoral courses in program evaluation and instructional practices. Prior to this, she was Director of Undergraduate Teacher Education at Northwestern University, with a focus on teacher development, arts education, and program evaluation. She is the author of three books, Renaissance in the Classroom: Arts Integration and Meaningful Learning (Burnaford, Aprill, Weiss, 2001), Teachers Doing Research: The Power of Action Through Inquiry (Burnaford, Fischer, Hobson, 2001, second ed.), and Images of Schoolteachers in America (Joseph and Burnaford, 2001 second ed.), all published with Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. An executive summary of her study of the impact on effective teaching of educators and artists engaging as partners in action research research is available by clicking Moving Toward a Culture of Evidence. The full research report is available as a PDF here. Dr. Burnaford's literature review of research on arts integration, Arts Integration: Frameworks, Research & Practice, was presented and published by the Arts Education Partnership. It is downloadable for free as a PDF file at aep-arts.org. A print copy is available for $20. Catherine Main is Coordinator of Early Childhood Teacher Education and Clinical Lecturer, teaches graduate courses in the University of Illinois at Chicago Early Childhood program and provides on-site instruction and coaching for Early Childhood teacher candidates in their field placements. She has over ten years experience in early childhood education and is a certified early childhood teacher who has also taught preschool in the Chicago Public Schools. H. James McLaughlin, holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a faculty member in the Department of Curriculum, Culture, and Educational Inquiry at Florida Atlantic University. Dr. McLaughlin has teaching experience at four grade levels in K-12 schools, and served as a faculty member at the University of Georgia and the University of Hawai’i prior to working in Florida. Dr. McLaughlin’s scholarly interests revolve around action research, program evaluation, teachers’ work with Latino immigrant students and families, international professional development experiences, and life in Mexican rural schools. He has published articles in numerous journals, co-authored two books, Foundations of Democratic Education (Harcourt Brace) and Classroom Management: Perspectives on the Social Curriculum (Prentice-Hall), and authored a chapter on Hispanic Education in The Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Foundations. Dr. McLaughlin has made presentations at national and international conferences, and has been awarded more than 30 grants for research and program development. Gigi Schroeder-Yu is a teacher, researcher and professional development provider in the areas of arts integration, early childhood education, and action research practices and is a member of CAPE’s research team. She has taught art and drama in public elementary classrooms in Arizona, Wisconsin, and Chicago and served as an adjunct faculty member in education for DePaul University in Chicago, the University of Illinois, and the University of Arizona. She has trained teachers across the country on implementing the arts and documentation practices in early childhood classrooms influenced by the Reggio Emilia Approach. Currently, is pursuing her doctorate degree in education at the University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana. |
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Larry Scripp, Ed.D., is the Chair of Music-in-Education at New England Conservatory, and Founding Director of the new Research Center for Learning Through Music at New England Conservatory, where he is designing, implementing, and evaluating Learning Through The Arts and Music School Programs in public schools. Most recently, he became the Founding Director of the National Music-in-Education National Consortium, a coalition of schools of music and education, arts organizations, and school reform organizations. An executive summary of his study of the CAPE Developing Early Literacies through the Arts project is available by clicking DELTA. The full research report is available as a PDF here. Jerry Stefl has retired after teaching art for 34 years at Carl Sandburg High School in Orland Park, Illinois, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is the past president of the Illinois Art Education Association, a member of the National Development Board of Advanced Placement Studio Art, is the Western Region Secondary Chair for the National Art Education Association, and an editor of the Studio Art Vertical Guild. Michael Tanimura is a principal of Silver Image Creative, a marketing communications firm that works with governmental and non-profit organizations. He is consulting with CAPE to help shape their communications to be more strategic and impactful. Olga M. Vazquez holds the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Music Business from the University of Miami. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Comparative Studies in Fine and Performing Arts from Florida Atlantic University. Olga’s work includes curriculum design and program evaluation with a concentration in arts integration, for which she spent her first two years at FAU as the South Florida Team Program Coordinator in the Music-In-Education National Consortium, a FIPSE funded project through the Listening Learning School Network at the New England Conservatory. Her previous experience includes positions with the Florida Grand Opera, Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, The Harid Conservatory (Music & Dance Divisions), Palm Beach County School of the Arts, and the Lynn University Conservatory of Music. Olga is a prize winning pianist, accompanist, and bass-clarinetist. She spent several years as a liturgical musician, directing and accompanying church choirs, in Palm Beach and Broward Counties and continues to serve her church community in various capacities. Cynthia Weiss is a professional public artist and arts educator, with 20 years experience developing and implementing arts programs. She is currently the School Programs Partnerships Manager, Columbia College Office of Community Arts Partnerships and has worked as an arts educator for the Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education, Erikson Institute, Whirlwind Performance Co., Urban Gateways, the Walloon Institute, and the Illinois Arts Council Arts-in-Residence program. She is co-editor of the book Renaissance in the Classroom: Arts Integration and Meaningful Learning. Nike Whitcomb, CFRE, is president of Nike B. Whitcomb Associates, which has been providing fund raising, marketing, public relations and management services to non-profits since 1981. She has helped her clients raise more than $240 million over her career. Nike was the first female president of the Chicago Chapter of NSFRE (now AFP), from whom she received the PresidentŐs award for outstanding performance, and served 8 years on the national board. She has co-authored Money Makers, a book on special events fund raising; several articles for Prentice Hall Publications, and is working on a new book on Feasibility Studies and Capital Campaigns. She co-authored the certification course for AFP and is a frequent lecturer on non-profit topics. |
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