Associate Vice Chancellor for Pre-School-College (P-16) Initiatives for the University System of Georgia. Georgia P-16 Initiatives focus on strengthening the quality of teaching and leadership in the public schools, on aligning standards, curriculum, and assessments for students from pre-school (P) through completion of college (16), and on putting support systems in place to help students at all levels of education reach higher standards.
Authored over eighty papers and has been the principal investigator or coauthor of educational-related grants in excess of $30 million.
Funded Grants:
National Science Foundation ($35,000,000), 2003
Transition to Teaching. US Department of Education ($2,989,976), 2002
Teacher Quality Enhancement-Recruitment. US Department of Education ($1,662,038), 2002
Georgias Plan for Improving School Achievement Through Strengthening Education Leadership. Council of Chief State School Officers for Wallace-Readers Digest Funding. ($250,000), 2002
Georgias Leadership Institute for School Improvement. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. ($2,970,000), 2001
Planning Grant for Improving School Achievement Through Strengthening Education Leadership. Council of Chief State School Officers for Wallace-Readers Digest Funding. ($50,000), 2001
Preparing Teachers to use Technology (PT3). United States Department of Education ($1,725,398), 2001
Georgias Teacher Quality Plan. US Department of Education. ($10,398,855), 2000
Performance Assessment for College and Technical School. The PEW Charitable Trusts. ($900,000), 1999
Post-Secondary Readiness Enrichment Program. The Coca-Cola Foundation. ($900,000), 1999
Georgia P-16 Initiative. The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation. ($2 million), 1998
Georgia P-16 Initiative. The Georgia Power Foundation. ($1 million), 1997
Georgia P-16 Initiative. The BellSouth Foundation. ($500,000), 1997
Georgia P-16 Initiative. The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation. ($4 million), 1996
