Diane Ross

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Diane A. Ross, Ph.D.
10179 Silvercreek Rd.
Doylestown, Ohio 44230
614.823.1836 (work)
330.697.307 (cell)
dross@otterbein.edu

PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE

Provide quality education, curriculum development, and supervision experiences to facilitate positive educational experiences. To aid the ongoing research in middle childhood education and teacher education

EDUCATION

Doctor in Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction/ Middle Childhood: 2004 Dissertation Title: Social justice and equity: A middle childhood educator’s journey
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio

Masters in Reading Supervision: 1990
The University of Akron
Akron, Ohio

Bachelor’s of Arts: 1980
Major: Speech (speech sciences) Concentration: Psychology
The College of Wooster
Wooster, Ohio

CERTIFICATIONS

• Reading Supervisor
• Elementary 1-8
• Education of the Handicapped K-12 LD/BD
  
  

AWARDS

• Martha Holden Jennings Master Teacher Award- May 1994
• Martha Holden Jennings Scholar - August 1993 - May 1994
• Awarded an AT&T Fellowship from Kent State Research Center for Educational Technology (RCET)-2000

TEACHING

• Visiting Faculty

The EPU (European University Center for Peace Studies)

Stadtschlaining, Austria

October 16-20, 2006 (sabbatical leave)

• Assistant Professor, Department of Education
  Otterbein College
  Westerville, Ohio
  September 2004-present
  
• Instructor, Department of Education
  Otterbein College
  Westerville, Ohio
  September 2001- 2004
  
  
• Instructor, Department of Education
  The College of Wooster
  Wooster, Ohio
  September 1998- 2001
  
  
• Seventh Grade Language Arts Teacher
  Rittman Middle School
  Rittman, Ohio
  September 1996- 1998
  
  
• Eighth Grade Language Arts Teacher
  Rittman Middle School
  Rittman, Ohio
  September 1989 - August 1996
  
  
• Graduate Assistant
  The University of Akron
  Akron, Ohio
  September 1988 - August 1989
  Worked in the Elementary Education Social Studies Department
  Worked in the Akron University Reading Clinic
  
  
• Learning Disability Tutor
  Wadsworth Middle School
  Wadsworth, Ohio
  December 1987 - June 1988
  
  
• Fifth Grade Teacher
  Shreve Elementary School
  Shreve, Ohio
  August 1981 - June 1987

Course Development and Instruction

Taught a course at the The EPU (European University Center for Peace Studies)
Stadtschlaining, Austria, October, 2006.
Social Justice and Equity in Education

Developed a course in conjunction with a Learn and Serve Grant
Otterbein College, 2005-present
Service-Learning and Academic Achievement in the Middle
Master’s level and undergraduate

Revised master’s in middle childhood strand for Columbus City teachers to coordinate with the SAIL Grant
Otterbein College, 2005-2006
EDUC 540 Responsive Schools for Early Adolescence
EDUC 641 Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment in the Middle Grades
EDUC 642 Reform Initiatives in the Middle Grades

Taught the following courses
Otterbein College, 2001-2007
EDUC-170-10 PHONICS/STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGE
EDUC-210-01 INTRO TO EDUC TECHNOLOGY
EDUC-340-10 RESPONSIVE SCHOOLS FOR YOUNG ADOLESCENTS
EDUC-341-10 CURRICULUM/ INSTRUCTION/ AND ASSESSMENT IN MIDDLE GRADES
EDUC-342-10 MDL GRADES INTERDISCP METHODS
EDUC-342-20 MDL GRADES LANGUAGE ARTS METHODS
EDUC-342-30 MDL GRADES MATH METHODS
EDUC-342-40 MDL GRADES SCIENCE METHODS
EDUC-342-50 MDL GRADES SOC STUDIES METHODS
EDUC-360- MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION
EDUC-390-03 IND STD:FILM ADOLESCENT INTEGRAT
EDUC-505-1G MEDIA & TECH FOR MDL LVL CLASSRM
EDUC-507-1G MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION
EDUC-542-10 MIDDLE CHILDHOOD METHODS
EDUC-542-20 MDL GRADES LANG ARTS FIELD EXP
EDUC-542-30 MDL GRADES MATH FIELD EXP
EDUC-542-40 MDL GRADES SCIENCE FIELD EXP
EDUC-542-50 MDL GRADES SOC STUDIES FIELD EXP
EDUC-610-01 PRINCIPLES OF CURRICULUM
EDUC-641-1G CURR/INSTRCT/ASSESS IN MDL GRADE
EDUC-642-1G REFORM INITIATIVES FOR MIDDLE GRADES
EDUC-661-1L READING IN CONTENT AREAS
EDUC-695-1G CAPSTONE PROJECT
EDUC-698-01/ 398 SERV LEARN/AC ACHIEVE MIDL GRADE

Developed courses for new licensure program
The College of Wooster, 1998-2001
Education 200 Teaching Children with Special Needs
Education 231: Introduction to Middle Childhood Education
Education 241: Introduction to Adolescent and Young Adult
Education 315: Curriculum Methods and Assessment in Adolescent and Young Adult Integrated Language Arts
Education 317: Curriculum Methods and Assessment in Adolescent and Young Adult Natural Science
Education 318: Curriculum Methods and Assessment in Adolescent and Young Adult Integrated Social Studies
Education 250: Curriculum Methods and Assessment for Middle Childhood

Taught the following courses previously established
The College of Wooster 2000-2001
Education 110: Phonics Instruction
Education 210: Theories and Practices in Teaching Reading
Education 393: Student Teaching

Rewrote Middle Childhood Program for state approval -1998
The College of Wooster
Education Department

SCHOLARSHIP

Publications

• *Ross, D.A. (2007, book proposal accepted).This we believe with an urban focus: Social justice and equity in urban middle schools. National Middle School Association: Westerville, Ohio.
• Ross, D.A. (2007). Social justice and equity: A teacher educator’s journey within. The EPU (European University Center for Peace Studies), Stadtschlaining, Austria. (http://www.aspr.ac.at/epu/index.htm)
• *Ross, D.A. (2005, spring). Project SAIL (Summer academy for integrated learning): A college/school partnership for middle school reform. Ohio Middle School Journal: Columbus, Ohio.
• Ross, D. A., & Lehr, L. (2000, May). Educators and the paradigmatic struggle in teaching and learning in a digital technology reality: An interpretive study. Research Center for Educational Technology (RCET). Kent, Ohio (http://www.kent.edu/rcet/)

Presentations

*Ross, D.A. (2007, February, proposal accepted). The imperative: Social justice and equity in middle childhood teacher preparation. Paper presentation. A Symposium on Middle Level Teacher Preparation Middle Level Teacher Preparation: Best Practices and Future Directions: Destin, Florida.

*Ross, D.A. (2007, February). Social justice and equity: A teacher educator’s journey within. Paper presentation.. Inter-American Summit on Conflict Resolution Education (CRE). : Cleveland, USA.

*Ross, D.A. (2006, spring). This we believe with an urban focus. Panel presentation. Ohio Middle School Association State Conference: Columbus, Ohio

*Ross, D.A. (2006, spring).Service learning and academic achievement in the middle (SLAM). Panel presentation. Ohio Middle School Association State Conference: Columbus, Ohio

*Ross, D.A. (2005, fall). Summer academy for integrated learning (SAIL). Panel presentation. National Middle School Association Annual Conference: Minneapolis, Minnesota.

*Coloma, R., Knoblauch, D., McDaniel, G., & Ross, D. (2005, October).Pedagogy for diversity and social justice while maintaining academic integrity: Preparing pre-service teachers. Paper presentation. MidWestern Educational Research Association’s annual meeting: Columbus, Ohio.

Fayne, N., Ross, D., & Deringer, M. (2005, March 16). Our lived experience with an e-portfolio for student teachers: What is the “value added” for students and programs? Panel presentation. Collaborative Assessment in Preparing Ohio’s Educators: Columbus, Ohio.

*Coloma, R., Knoblauch, D., McDaniel, G., & Ross, D. (2005, February).Pedagogy for diversity and social justice:  Preparing pre-service teachers at a private liberal arts college.  Panel presentation. Race, Gender, Class, Sexuality: Intersections and (Dis)Contents conference: Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Swaim, J. & Ross, D. A. (2003, February 7-8). A review of middle level teacher education: A collaborative approach. Panel presentation. A Symposium on Middle Level Teacher Preparation National Middle School Association Conference: Charlotte, North Carolina.

Ross, D.A. (2003, Jan.). Teacher dispositions in the middle level teacher education program. Poster presentation for Ohio Middle Level Professor’s Group: Westerville, Ohio.

Ross, D.A. (2003, Dec. 5). Use of blackboard in the classroom. Poster presentation at Otterbein College Center for Teaching and Learning: Westerville, Ohio.

*Ross, D.A. (2001, April). Pre-service teachers’ perception of adolescent development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Ohio Middle School Association Conference, Toledo, Ohio.

Ross, D. A. (2000, May). Educators and the paradigmatic struggle in teaching and learning in a digital technology reality: An interpretive study. Paper presented research at the Kent State Research Center for Education Technology, Kent, Ohio.

*Arhar, J., Buck, G, Mizell, N. B. & Ross, D. A. (2000, November). Action research in teacher education programs. Poster session. National Middle School Association Annual Conference: St. Louis, Missouri.

*Ross, D. A. (2000, April). Preparing tomorrow's teachers to use technology. Poster session. Ohio Middle School Association Conference: Columbus, Ohio.

*Ross, D. A., Trogdon, J. D, Baisden, C. D., & Peroli, P. (1998, November). Bridging tolerance though a handicap awareness unit and a Best Buddies program. Poster session. The National Middle School Association Annual Conference: St. Louis, Missouri.

(* refereed articles and presentations)

Professional Memberships

• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• National Middle School Association
• Ohio Middle School Association
• Ohio Middle Level Professors- Secretary
• Collegiate Middle Level Association
• American Education Research Association
• International Society of Technology in Education

Grant Involvement

• Learn and Serve Grant, participant, 2006-present
  Service Learning and Academic Achievement in the Middle (SLAM)

• Faculty Development Committee Grant Awardee- Fall 2006
• Sabbatical Grant Awardee- Fall 2006
• Teacher Quality Enhancement Grant- Field Placement Committee

• SBC, White Castle, Bank One, Martha Holden Jennings, Columbus City Schools, Project GRAD (funding bodies for three-year program)
  Summer Academy for Integrated Learning (SAIL)- 2003, 2004, 2005
• Otterbein College Center for Teaching and Learning Collaborative Grant- Dialogues with Diversity- November 2002
• Actively involved with the writing and research of a PT3 (Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to use Technology) Grant through the United States Department of Education-1999-2000
• Wrote a successful grant for $3,000 through the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife - January 1997-98
• Wrote successful grant for $6,000 through the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation "The Lake Erie Ecosystem: A Multi-disciplinary Approach" - August 1996 (renewed 1997)
• Wrote a successful grant to the Rubbermaid Foundation "Appalachian Heritage Study through Literature and Art" - May 1996
• Wrote a successful grant for $4,000 through the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation "Creating a Sense of Belonging for the At Risk Student- a program created in response to Abram Maslow- "One must belong before one can achieve" - May 1996
• Wrote a successful grant through the Wayne County Arts Grant Fund "Building Peace and Tolerance through Children's Literature" -September 1994
• Actively involved with the writing and research of a PT3 (Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to use Technology) Grant through the United States Department of Education

Professional Development Opportunities

• Studied at the International Children's Library in Munich, Germany, and traveled throughout Germany, Italy, and Austria as a Martha Holden Jennings Master Teacher studying the teaching of the Holocaust through children's literature - March 1995
• Trained at the Holocaust Museum in Washington D. C. at the National Teacher training for Holocaust Education - June 1995
• Trained through the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife "Hooked on Fishing Not on Drugs" program - November 1996
• Presented at the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Master Teacher Award Ceremony as a past Master Teacher Award Recipient - May 1997
• Presented at the Ohio Council of the International Reading Association Conference - October 1995
• Guest Presenter at a University of Akron Master's Level Outdoor Education Class - October 1997

Service to the College Community

• Member of the Otterbein College Department of Education Assessment Committee- 2005-present
• Worked with the Service Learning Creative Literacy Project with the Otterbein College English Department - Summer 2006
• Member of the Otterbein College Faculty Development Committee- 2004-present (at-large member)
• Faculty Development Committee Scholar's Series Chair Person- 2004- present
• Member of the Martin Luther King Convocation Day Committee 2003-present
• Advisor to Otterbein College Education Theme House 2003- present
• Advisor to Otterbein Collegiate Middle Level Association 2002- present
• Member of the Middle Childhood Advisory Council at Otterbein College 2001-present
• Member of the "Common Book" Committee at Otterbein College 2001-present
• Member of the Technology Advisory Council at Otterbein College 2001-2004
• Member of the Otterbein College Department of Education Assessment Committee- 2005-present
• Worked with the Service Learning Creative Literacy Project with the Otterbein College English Department - Summer 2006

Service to the Broader Community

• Ohio Schools to Watch Leadership Team Member- 2004-present
• Ohio State Department Middle School Folio Reviewer- 2004-2006
• Worked with the Homeless Families Foundation of Columbus 2001-present
• Organized and worked with Best Buddies Program with Ida Sue School and Rittman Middle School seventh graders - August 1996 June 1997
• Organized and implemented a community handicap awareness event with the Cleveland Cavaliers Wheelchair Basketball Team to raise money for Best Buddies Program - January 1997
• Actively participated as a team member in the Ohio Department of Education "Ohio Classroom Management System" assessing our school's goals and needs through teacher / community survey, developing a community action group, writing a new school mission statement, initiated teacher training through Glasser Quality Education program, organized and facilitated community education nights- September 1993-1995
• Coached Power of the Pen seventh and eighth grade writing team - 1991-1998
• Coordinated school wide spelling bee and worked on county wide committee- August 1992 - 1997
• Coached eighth grade volleyball - June 1995- October 1997
• Coordinated Teen Institute Drug Prevention program - August 1992- September 1997
• Worked on the C.A.R.E. team with community members and school wide personnel dealing with drug prevention in the schools - August 1992- September 1997

Professional Development Opportunities

• Master's in Reading from Akron University: "Master's Thesis Topic: Black Experience Literature"
• Worked at the Akron University Reading Clinic for one year as a graduate assistant
• Studied at the International Youth Library in Munich Germany for one month through the Martha Holden Jennings Master Teacher Award. My research revolved around bringing the lessons of the Holocaust to my students through children's literature.
• Studied at the U.S. Holocaust Museum on ways to approach teaching the Holocaust through Children's Literature
• Participated in Ohio Reads- 2001