PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT  
 

Academic Year Appointments

Dates
    Caneyville Public Schools, Caneyville, Kentucky
          Teacher of science and sixth grade.  
1970
   

Edwardsville Public Schools, Edwardsville, Illinois
          Demonstration teacher of the gifted.

1971
   

Department of Exceptional Children, Illinois Office of Education
         
Regional Supervisor.  Major responsibilities:
          (a) supervising and assisting in the development of programs for the
          gifted in a 17-county region, (b) developing state program policies
          and guidelines, (c) supervising an area service center for the gifted,
          and (d) approving proposals for state-funded local school projects for
          the gifted.

1971-1974
   

School of Continuing Education, Western Illinois University
         
Off-Campus Instructor.  Hilda Taba Teaching Strategies.

1972
   

National College of Education, Evanston, Illinois
         
Off-Campus Instructor.  Hilda Taba Teaching Strategies.     

1973
   

Office of Gifted and Talented, U.S. Office of Education
         
Administrative Intern.  Major responsibilities:
          (a) assisting director in administration of various programs, (b) writing
         
rules and regulations for implementation of first federal legislation for
         
the gifted and talented, (c) liaison with training institute on the gifted,
         
(d) writing requests for proposals, and (e) organizing and conducting
         
regional hearings on proposed rules and regulations.

1974-1975
   

Department of Foundations of Education, University of Virginia
         
Graduate Instructor.  (Team Teaching)   Introductory
          Educational Psychology.

1976-1977
   

School of Continuing Education, University of Virginia
         
Off-Campus Instructor.  Introductory courses in education of
          the gifted.

1976-1978
   

Department of Special Education, University of New Mexico
         
Assistant Professor.  Major responsibilities:
          (a) developing and coordinating graduate degree programs in education
         
of the gifted, (b) teaching and advising graduate students, and
         
(c) coordinating summer enrichment program for preschool and primary
         
gifted children.

1978-1981
   

Department of Special Education, The University of Arizona
         
Assistant Professor.  Major responsibilities:
          (a) developing and coordinating graduate degree programs in education
         
of gifted students, and (b) teaching and advising graduate students in
         
special education, especially education of the gifted.

1981-1983
   

Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation
         
Associate Professor.  Major responsibilities:
          (a) coordinating the degree concentrations in education of the gifted,
         
and (b) teaching and advising graduate students in special education,
         
especially education of the gifted.

1983-1996
   

Department of Disability and Psychoeducational Studies, The University of Arizona
         
Professor.  Major responsibilities:
         
(a) coordinating the degree concentrations in education of the gifted,
         
and (b) teaching and advising graduate students in special education,
         
especially education of the gifted.

1996-Present
  Summer Seminars, Workshops, and Sponsored Travel  
 

Institution, Responsibility, and Topic

Dates
   

Department of Special Education, University of North Carolina
         
Taught workshop in education of the gifted.

1976
   

Department of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut
         
Taught a "strand" on questioning strategies for institute on
         
education of the gifted.

1981
   

Department of Special Education, University of Denver
         
Taught advanced seminar on issues in education of gifted
         
handicapped individuals

1981, 1982
   

College of Education, University of Wyoming
         
Taught course in education of the gifted.

1981
   

Department of Special Education, Canberra College of Advanced
Education, Australia
         
Presented seminars on education of the gifted.

1982
   

Department of Special Education, Texas Women's University
         
Taught workshop on methods for teaching the gifted.

1983
   

University of Southern Maine and the Department of Defense
Dependents Schools (DODDS)
         
Taught seminar on curricula and teaching strategies for
         
teachers of gifted students in DODDS schools in 23 countries.

1983
   

Division of Special Education, Hawaii State Department Education.
         
Taught seminars on curriculum development as part of a
         
larger project to develop a curriculum for programs for the gifted.

1983, 1984
   

College of Education, McGill University (Canada)
         
Taught seminar on curriculum and teaching strategies in
         
education of the gifted.

1984
   

Department of Education, College of St. Thomas (Minnesota)
         
Taught workshop on curriculum development for programs for
         
gifted students.

1985
   

Department of Education, Minot State College (North Dakota)
         
Taught workshop on curricula and teaching strategies for the gifted.

1985
   

Department of Education, Spalding College (Kentucky) and
National Catholic Education Association
         
Taught summer institute on education of the gifted.

1985
   

College of Education, Berlin University (Germany) sponsor
         
Presented seminars on education of the gifted and
         
handicapped, focusing on international comparisons, to the
         
Universities of Wurzburg, Munchen, Frankfurt, Tubigen, and Koln.

1986
   

Department of Education, Universidad de las Americas (Mexico)
and The University of Arizona
         
Taught colloquium on creativity and giftedness to American
         
and Mexican educators in an exchange program.

1987
   

The Tennessee Department of Education and Belmont College
         
Presented a keynote address series on Problem Solving and
         
Multiple Intelligences for Annual Summer Symposium for
         
Teachers of the Talented and Gifted.

1989
   

Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas and
National Javits Project STEP-UP
         
Presented one-week seminar on curriculum and alternative
         
identification processes for potentially gifted minority
         
and disadvantaged students.

1991, 1992
   

Saratoga-Warren BOCES and National javits Project for Language
Arts Research
         
Assisted in supervision of language arts curriculum
         
development teams, presented seminars on curriculum for
         
gifted students, and assisted in development of plans for
         
field testing of curricula.

1991
   

Durham County Public Schools
         
Taught 2-week course in curriculum development for the
         
gifted in regular classrooms.

1992
   

China Association for Science and Technology and China International
Conference Center for Science and Technology (Beijing, China) and
Global Interactions, Inc. (Arizona)
         
Coordinated Interactive Learning Center for Chinese and
         
American students and teachers.

1997
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