Betty Poindexter Faculty Vita: - School of Education, Indiana University

Accreditation Report 2002
Core Campuses: Bloomington and Indianapolis
for the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
and the Indiana Professional Standards Board

Faculty Vita

Betty Poindexter, Ed.D.

Title: Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Graduate Placement Director
Office: W. W. Wright Education Building, room 4226
Campus: Bloomington
Year of appointment: July, 1998

Academic Degrees

Ed.D.	Ball State Universtiy	1985	Education Administration and Supervision
M.S.	Butler University	1975	Guidance and Counseling, and School Administration
B.A.	Indiana Central University	1970	Biological Sciences and Secondary Education

Certification/Licenses

Biology - Secondary, State of Indiana

Counseling , State of Indiana

Secondary Administration, State of Indiana

Superintendent, State of Indiana

Certification: Curriculum Auditor, Phi Delta Kappa

Professional Experience

1998-Present	Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Graduate Placement Director, Indiana University
1997-1998	Superintendent, Vigo County Schools
1991-1997	Superintendent, Community School Corporation of Southern Hancock County
1986-1991	Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, Warren Twp. Schools
1981-1986	Building Administrator, Warren Central High School
1978-1981	Assistant Dean of Students, Warren Central High School
1976-1978	Guidance Counselor, Warren Central High School
1970-1976	Science Teacher, Community School Corporation of Southern Hancock County

Faculty load

50% faculty, 50% placement director

Faculty Teaching

Fall, 2001	A 720	Problems in Educational Leadership
Spring, 2002	A 720	Problems in Educational Leadership
Summer, 2002	A 510	School and Community Relations
Fall, 2002 & 2003	A 510	School and Community Relations

Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

Member of AASA: Member of Leadership Advisory Committee

Member of NASSP

Member of ASCD

Advisor for the Indiana Network of Women Administrators

Conference Presentations

"Teacher Leaders Impacting Tomorrow's Schools Today" National Staff Development Conference - Chicago, Illinois

"Pooling Resources for School Reform" American Association of School Administrators - San Diego, California

"Funding Professional Development" National Staff Development Conference - Vancouver, British Columbia

Creative Ways to Fund Professional Development" Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Conference - Baltimore, Maryland

" Building Partnerships – School Community Engagement” 2000Community Outreach Conference - Cincinnati, Ohio

Systematic Reform: Get Beyond the Words with Community Engagement and Build Coalitions to Support Reform" 2000 Conference, American Association of School Administrators - San Francisco, California

"Building Assets and Support for Innovative Communities and Schools" 2000 Conference, 17th Annual Symposium on Partnerships in Education - Houston, Texas

"Building Capacity for Change -- form words to action" 2001 ASCD Annual Conference - Boston, Massachusetts

Service/Outreach Projects

Inidiana Professional Standards Board

School Administrator Licensure Pilot

Direct Beginning Superintendent Seminars

Member of University Superintendent Search Team: Conduct an average of 25 searches per year

Gary Schools: Reorganization of Central Office/Position Descriptions

Flat Rock Hawcreek: Schoolwide Action Research

Frankfort Community Schools: Painting the School Picture Using Data

Southwestern Schools: Culture Audit

Central Indiana Service Center Teacher Leadership Academy: Teach the action research component and coach approximately 30 teachers in a year-long action research project.

Franklin Community: Building the Culture to Support Growth in Student Achievement

Franklin Community Schools: Franklin, Indiana Good Seeds Grow in a Professional Environment - Examining School Culture

Bartholomew, Batesville, Clarksville, Flat Rock - Hawcreek, Greenwood, Salem, Southern Hancock Systemic Reform: Professional Learning Community; Engaging Community

Knox Community Orleans Community Eastern Green Schools Manchester Community Schools Fayette County School District Center Grove School District: Community Engagement and Board Development

Eastern Green Schools / Centerville Community Schools Elwood Community Schools Educational Planning – Consensus Building -

South Bend Community Schools Martinsville Community Schools Manchester City Schools MSD Lawrence Township New Albany Floyd County Schools Focus Groups (Hammond City Schools & Bartholomew Consolidated School District): Superintendent Leadership Profile

Hancock County Leadership Academy Consensus Building Strategies

Gary Community School Corporation: Administrator Development/ Leading Change

Ernie Pyle Elementary School: Building Professional Community & Grant Design

Richmond Community Schools: Decision Making Strategies

Hamilton Southeastern Schools: Decision Strategies/Board Development

Break-O-Day Elementary Schools From Paper to Action: What does the school look when PL221 plans on paper direct behavior?

Honors/Awards

1998 Indiana Governor's Award - Sagamore of the Wabash

1998 University of Indianapolis Outstanding Alumni Award

1998 Indiana Department of Education Bellringer Award

1997 Indiana Superintendent of the Year in Indiana

1997 National Superintendent of the Year Finalist

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Accreditation Report 2002Core Campuses: Bloomington and Indianapolisfor the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Educationand the Indiana Professional Standards Board