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Dr. Cindy Johnson-Taylor
Director of Student Academic Services
 

1.       Academic Degrees:

Ph.D.

University of South Carolina

1999

Educational Leadership and Policies

Ed.S.

University of South Carolina

1996

Educational Leadership and Policies

M.Ed.

Winthrop University

1990

Secondary Education

B.A.

Winthrop University

1988

English, Secondary Education

2.       Professional Experience:

1997-Present

Winthrop University

Director of Student Academic Services

1993-1996

Rock Hill High School

Assistant Principal

1988-1993

Rock Hill High School

English Teacher

3.       Publications:

Blackburn, B., Johnson-Taylor, C., Young, E. (2004).  Effective Communication:  The Foundation of an Internship Experience.  Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina.

Blackburn, B., Johnson-Taylor, C., Young, E.  (2004).  Effective Communication:  The Key to a Successful Internship Experience.  Teacher as Leader.

Cooley, C., Duncan, M., and Hemingway, T. (1999).  Competing Interests, Many Roles:  Overcoming the Challenges of the First Year.  Teacher as Leader, 1 (1), 4-6.

Cooley, C. (1999).  Words of Wisdom Revisited.  Palmetto Administrator, 13(2), 6-8.

Cooley, C. (1999).  Compensating Mentor Teachers.  Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina, 8, 103-106.

Cooley, C. (1999).  Issues Related to the Selection, Development and Compensation of Mentor Teachers who work with Student Interns in South Carolina.  Doctoral Dissertation, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina.

4.       Presentations:

Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement Teacher Leadership Conference, July 2004.  “Keys for Affective Communication During the Internship Experience,” Barbara Blackburn, Cindy Johnson-Taylor, Elaine Young.

Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement Teacher Leadership Conference, July 2004.  “Mentoring in the ten Performance Dimensions of ADEPT,” Cindy Johnson-Taylor, Elaine Young.

Professional Development School National Conference, March 2004.  “Effective Communication During the Internship:  Employing Communication Strategies in a High School PDS,” Orlando, Florida, Cindy Johnson-Taylor, Danny Scruggs, Maryanne Lucas, Tammy Freeman, Leanne Simpson.

South Carolina Music Educators Association Conference, February 2004.  “Collaborations between the College of Education and the Department of Music for a successful NCATE visit,” Charleston, South Carolina, Cindy Johnson-Taylor and Marielon Ratliff.

American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education National Conference, January 2003.  “Corps of Mentors:  Expanding the Concept,” New Orleans, Louisiana, Cindy Cooley, Elaine Young, Caroline Blades, Sally Shive, and Vickie Brockman.

National Network for Educational Renewal Conference, October 2001, “Corps of Mentors:  A model that works,” Denver, Colorado, Cindy Cooley and Elaine Young.

South Carolina Center for Teacher Recruitment Fall Professional Development Conference, November 2000, “NCATE 2000:  Proactively Dealing with Performance-Based Assessment in Teacher Education,” Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Cindy Cooley and Sandra Wilson.

South Carolina Center for Teacher Recruitment Fall Professional Development Conference, November 2000, “The Corps of Mentors:  Improving Clinical Experiences for Teacher Candidates,” Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Cindy Cooley and Elaine Young.

South Carolina Association for Teacher Educators Conference, October 2000, “So You Want to be a Teacher:  A Collaborative Inquiry Between Public Schools and High Education,” Charleston, South Carolina, Cindy Cooley, Kim Beels, and Terry Shick.

FIPSE Conference, September 2000, “Using Performance Funding Guidelines as a Catalyst for Change in Data Collection and Analysis,” Charleston, South Carolina, Cindy Cooley, and Mark Dewalt.

Fairfield County Schools, August 2000, “Assisting the Novice Teacher:  New Research and Practice in Mentoring,” Winnsboro, South Carolina.

Darlington County Schools, August 1999, “Assisting the Novice Teacher:  A Short Course in Mentoring,” Hartsville, South Carolina.

National Network for Educational Renewal Conference, June 1999, “The Corps of Mentors Concept and How It Works,” Seattle, Washington.

South Carolina Association of Teacher Educators Conference, October 1998, “Compensating Mentor Teachers:  What do they want and who has the responsibility of providing it?,” Charleston, South Carolina.

ADEPT Training for University Supervisors and Mentor Teachers, May 1998, August 1998, January 1999, September 2000, September 2001, February 2003, September 2003, February 2004.

5.       Service:

National/State/Regional:

July 2001

AACTE- Selection Committee for Presenters at February 2002 Annual Conference

 

P-12:

1997-Present

Liaison to WOEC Personnel Directors

 

Winthrop University:

1998-Present

Teachers As Leaders

Editorial Board

2001-Present

NCATE Standard 2 Committee

Member

2002-Present

NCATE Standard 3 Committee

Chair

2000-2002

Teachers As Leaders

Associate Editor

1999-2002

Competency Review Committee

Member

6.       Awards/Recognitions:

1996

Winthrop University, College of Education

Award of Excellence

1989

Rock Hill High School District #3

District Beginning Teacher of the Year

7.       Professional Memberships:

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, 1997- present.

Association of Teacher Educators, 1997- present.

Academic Booster Association, Rock Hill High School, 1994- present.

South Carolina Association of School Administrators, 1993- present.

Winthrop University Annual Fund Steering Committee, 1998- present.

Winthrop University Alumni Association, 1992- present.

Delta Kappa Gamma, 1990-1998

8.       Licenses/Certifications:

2004

SREB Trainer

Leading Assessment and Instruction

1988-Present

South Carolina Teaching Certificate

English 7-12

1992-Present

South Carolina Principal’s Certificate

Secondary

9.       Faculty Load:

Fall 2002:

EDUC 655

Teacher Leadership:  Conversations from the Field

3 hours

Spring 2003:

EDUC 655

Teacher Leadership:  Conversations from the Field

3 hours

Fall 2003:

EDLD 620, 621

Internship I and II – Educational Leadership Supervision

3 hours

Spring 2004:

EDLD 621

Internship II – Educational Leadership Supervision

3 hours

Summer 2004:

EDLD 620

Internship I – Educational Leadership Supervision

3 hours

Fall 2004:

EDLD 602

Techniques of Supervision

3 hours

        Faculty Advising Load

Undergraduates- 21

 

 

 

 

 

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