Tina Dawson

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Core Faculty, Member at Large

Summary of Education and Relevant Experience

B.S., M.S., Ed.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Tina Dawson also served Antioch University Seattle as Interim Chair of the Graduate Teacher Preparation program and as Director of the Center for Programs in Education. Dawson served on the faculty of Virginia Tech's College of Human Resources and Education for four years and taught in and directed various pre-K–12 programs in Virginia, mostly independent alternative community schools, for more than 20 years. She is an advisory board member for the National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools and has participated in numerous educational collaborations between the public and private sectors. Her interests include lifelong learning, community, experiential education, change, curriculum integration and viewing all education as environmental education.

Affiliations

• Advisory board, National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• Life Member, National Association for the Education of Young Children
• National Middle School Association
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• National Council of Professors of Educational Administration
• American Educational Research Association
• Washington Association of Learning Alternatives
• American Education Finance Association
• Environmental Education Association Washington

Selected Publications

Dawson, C. & Dawson, M. "Connecting with nature, with others, and with ourselves." Paths of Learning, 10, Autumn 2001.

Fortune, J. & Dawson, C. "The relationship of school attendance averages to percent of students passing the Standards of Learning examination at the school level." Report for the Virginia Education Association, 2000.

Smith, B.S. & Dawson, C. "Applying the Constructivist Framework to Principal Preparation." In Prelude to a New Millennium the 1998 Yearbook of the Southern Regional Council for Educational Administration. Available here online.

Alexander, K., Salmon, R.G., Sughrue, J., Collins, D., & Dawson, C. " The Kansas system for financing public schools: an assessment of disparity." (Submitted to Schools for Fair Funding Inc.) Blacksburg, VA: Education Research Policy, Inc., November 1997.

Kurshan, B., & Dawson, C. "The global classroom: Reaching beyond the walls of the
school building." Technology & Learning, 12(4), January 1992.

Salmon, R. G., Dawson, C., Lawton, S., & Johns, T. L. (Eds.). Public School Finance Programs of the United States and Canada, 1986-87. Blacksburg, Virginia: American Education Finance Association, 1988.

Selected Presentations

Dawson, C. (July 2008) "What is an Ed.D. and what is an appropriate capstone?" National Council of Professors of Educational Administration, San Diego, CA.

Dawson, C. & Mowry, S. (August 2004) "Redesigning administrative preparation in Washington State: a study in collaboration." National Council of Education Administration Programs, Branson, MO.

Dawson, C. & Selwyn, D. (November 2001) "Practicing what we preach: Integrating master's classes in curriculum, instruction, and human development." National Association for the Education of Young Children, Anaheim, CA.

Dawson, C. (August 9, 2000) "Creating and maintaining cohesive cohorts: Networks for program completion and for professional support." National Council of Professors of Educational Administration, Ypsilanti, MI.

Hurst, S. & Dawson, C. (May 11, 2000) "Mentored teacher education and how it can be more useful and viable for more people." National Coalition for Alternative Community Schools, Yellow Springs, OH.

Vaught, C. & Dawson, C. (March 7 & 8, 2000) "Bullying and School Safety." SOVRAC workshops in Abingdon and Roanoke, VA.

Dawson, C. & Fortune, J. (January 27, 2000) "Project Return: An alternative alternative education program." Southwest Educational Research Association, Dallas, TX.

Awards

• 2008 Extraordinary Faculty Award, Richard W Riley College of Education and Leadership, Walden University
• 2007 Antioch Seattle (faculty award for supporting technology in instruction)
• 1998 VA Tech PDK Innovative Teacher

Professional Interests

• Lifelong learning
• Community
• Experiential education
• Change, curriculum integration and educational collaborations between the public and private sectors

On Interest Area

"All education is environmental education. For too many people, for too many other living things, and for the planet, the world as it is now is not working. New voices must be heard, and part of being an alternative is providing these new voices."

On Teaching at Antioch

"The students are fantastic. They are why we do what we do."

Contact Information

Tina Dawson
206-268-4608
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