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Ellen Jane Irons, Ed.D.
Professor, Educational Administration
Department of Educational Leadership
Doctoral Faculty

B.S.      Mathematics and Education
                       University of Florida; Gainesville, FL
M.Ed.   Counseling, Educational Diagnostician and
                       School Psychology, Trinity
                       University, San Antonio, TX;
Ed.D.    Educational Administration and
                       Research, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.

CURRENT COURES 2008

Registered students may access syllabi and other course information through My Lamar.

Spring Summer Fall

EDUD 5352    Instructional Leadership
EDUD 6360    Dynamics of Leadership

EDUD 6351    Quantitative Research

EDUD 6361    Proposal Writing (Diss I)
EDUD 6353    Synthesis Sem

EDUD 6362  Diss II
EDUD 6318  Sp.Topics:Writing for Publication
EDUD 6362  Sp. Topics: Scholarly Writing

Contact Information  
Office 106, Education Building   (409) 880-7955 
Fax  (409)-880-7788
Email    ironsej@hal.lamar.edu
Office Hours    1PM - 5PM T-F

State Licensures
Associate School Psychologist, # 1062
Registered Professional Educational Diagnostician, # 1042
Specialist in School Psychology, # 5904

Certifications - Texas

Superintendent          
Mid-Management Administrator
Language and Learning Disabilities
Secondary Mathematics
Special Education Counselor
Counselor
Educational Diagnostician
Associate School Psychologist
Supervisor
Special Educational Supervisor
Generic Special Education

 

Current Professional Organization Memberships
Texas Professors of Educational Administration (TPEA)
Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education AACTE
Texas Psychological Association (TPE)
Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE)
Association of Teacher Educators (ATE)
National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
National Social Science Association (NSSA)
Texas Association of College Teachers (TACT)
 

Professional Experience
29 years of  experience in Public Education
13 years of experience in Higher Education
7 years of  experience in State Agencies Texas Education Agency and Texas Youth Community
9 years of  experience in Public School
Elementary Principal
Director of Curriculum and Instruction
Educational Program Director
Special Education Program Specialist
School Psychologist
Educational Research
Educational Diagnostician
Mathematics Teacher
Grant Director
Grant Writer
Program Evaluator

 

Honor/Awards
Phi Delta Kappa – International Honor Society, 1987- Present
Kappa Delta Pi- International Honor Society, 1973 -Present
Northeastern University Fellow Academic Honors, 1982- 1984
Who’s Who Among American Teachers, January 1998
Faculty Development Leave award, 1998

Five Years Service Recognition Award, February 1998, Texas Woman’s University
Who’s Who Among American Teachers, 1999- Present
Ten Years Service Recognition Award, February 2003, Texas Woman’s University
Outstanding Research Mentor Award in College of Professional Education 2003,Texas Woman’s  University

 

Paper Presentations
5 international , 76 national, 22 state
9 grants funded
7 program evaluations completed
manuscripts published: 2 monographs,12 referred articles,7 non referred articles, 2 submitted articles

 

 

Research and presentation interests
At risk students and NCLB impact
Teacher training
Administrator training
Assessment/testing/accountability
Grant/program evaluation
Educational change and policy implementation
Learning and teaching
Leadership issues
Research methods

 

Teaching areas
Educational administration
Special education/legal and compliance issues
Assessment/testing
Research/grantmanship/program evaluation
Leadership
Teaching and instruction/learning strategies
Behavior and discipline/classroom management

 

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