Training Education Leaders/Professional Advocacy
Providing opportunities for advanced training in
research design/program evaluation to graduate students
and investigators; disseminating program results in
multiple formats to decision-makers in state and local
education agencies; promoting program improvements based
on performance data and perceptions of users
Examples:
GBMP, Trust Initiative, ALAHASP, AMSTI, Teaching
American History Project, AL Alternative Assessment;
Facilitating Selection of Eligible Supplemental
Educational Service Providers; Evaluation of Year 2 of
the AL Reading Initiative
Individuals:
Shirley Wilson, M.S.Ed., 2003; Ed.S.,
2005
Principal, South Carolina School for
the Deaf and Blind
"I’m really, really thankful for the
knowledge and training I acquired at UAB—it felt
like divine intervention the way things happened; I
became part of a program that has prepared me well
in fulfilling my purpose in life."
On the decision to pursue an
education degree:
“It wasn’t easy, but as I began to pray about
it, many doors began to open for me, and I knew
this career change would be the right thing to
do. I received a scholarship to UAB and was a
research assistant in the Center for Educational
Accountability; I also worked with Dr. Sanspree
and Carol Allison in the Visual Impairment
Program."
Click here to read the complete story in Aug '08
e-Gazette
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