About

Dr. Rayma Harchar here. Over the 32 years of my experience in education, I have accumulated a lot of experience, as you can well imagine. How best to showcase all these experiences? For now, I will post my resume! Here it is:

Objective

To apply over 30 years of instructional and administrative experience conducting research, teaching, advising doctoral, and master degree candidates.

Education

• Doctorate in Educational Administration Years Attended: 1989-1992
• Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma
• Selected by the International Reading Association to speak on the Principals’ Role in Reading Achievement in Orlando, FL 1994
• Selected by the Educational Research Association to present Doctoral Dissertation at the National Conference in Atlanta, GA 1993
• Selected by the Rocky Mountain Research Association to present Doctoral Dissertation at the Regional Conference in Stillwater, OK 1992

Dissertation

• Collaborative Power: A Grounded Theory of Administrative Instructional Leadership in the Elementary School
• Masters of Education (Curriculum and instruction) Years Attended: 1974 – 1975
• Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma

Graduate Assistant – Reading Department

• Assisted in teaching students from many different countries
• Assisted professors in the instruction of course work and research
• President’s Honor Roll

Bachelors of Education (Elementary Education) Years Attended: 1970 – 1974

• Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma
  Dean’s Honor Roll
  President’s Honor Roll
  Phi Delta Kappa

Publications

• Harchar, R. L., Dembowski, F., & Campbell, K. T. (2007). Navigating the Political Waves between National Organizations, State Governments, Universities and School Districts for the School Leader Internship. 2007 NCPEA Yearbook: The Tipping Point in Educational Administration.
• Harchar, R. L., Campbell, K. T., & Smith, B. G. (2006). Reality Check: Designing a New Leadership Program for the 21st Century, Educational Leadership Review, Vol. 57(6).
• Harchar, R. L., Campbell, K. T. (2006). Chapter 8: Personnel Management: A Definition for the 21st Century in Educational Administration: The Roles of Leadership and Management, at http://www.connexions.soe.vt.edu/Management%20Book.html
• Harchar, R. L. & Hills, M. (2005). Reading skills are not for babies: The secondary reading program requires rigorous teaching in order to increase student achievement in core subject areas. Reading Exploration and Discovery (READ). Louisiana Reading Association Journal.
• Harchar, R. L. (January, 2005). Mock Interview Strategy: An action research study of administrator and teacher candidates’ preparation for interview field experience. Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 5(1). On the internet at http://www.iupui.edu/~josotl/2005vol5no1/vol5no1TOC.htm
• Harchar, R. L. & Hyle, A.E. (1996). Collaborative Power: A grounded theory of instructional leadership in the elementary school. Journal of Educational Administration. 34(3), 15-29
• Tulsa County Reading Council Newsletter 1-8, 1990-91, Editor of a local newsletter, which illustrated ideas to assist Reading teachers that belongs to Tulsa County Reading Council.

Presentations

• Mentor Perceptions of Impact on Leadership Development. Paper presented at 18th Annual Conference within a Conference Program, National Association of Secondary School Principals and National Council of Professors of Educational Administration. February 23-25, 2007. Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Building Leadership Capacity through Teacher Leadership: A University/District Partnership. Paper presented at 18th Annual Conference within a Conference Program, National Association of Secondary School Principals and National Council of Professors of Educational Administration. February 23-25, 2007. Las Vegas, Nevada .
• Reaching Out to a Rural School in Crisis: An Action Research Study. Paper Presented at the Mid-South Educational Research Association, Birmingham, Alabama, November 8-10, 2006.
• A study of single sex classes in coeducational middle schools. Paper Presented at the Mid-South Educational Research Association, Birmingham, Alabama, November 8-10, 2006.
• Designing a new leadership program for the 21st Century: Where are we now? Paper presented at the annual summer conference of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration, Lexington, KY, August 1-4, 2006
• An Examination of Candidate Assessments and the Electronic Program Evaluation System for a Field-based Leadership Preparation Program: Candidate Perceptions. Paper presented at the annual summer conference of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration, Lexington, KY, August 1-4, 2006
• A catalyst for change: The university and PK-12 link, paper presented at the Louisiana Council of Professors of Educational Administration, Alexandria, Louisiana, April 6, 2006.
• Louisiana School Leaders Meet the Challenge for Preparation, Evacuation, and Long-term Displacement of School Populations Following Hurricane Katrina, paper presented at the Southwest Educational Research Association Conference, Austin, Texas, February 10, 2006
• Schools in Crisis: Lessons in Leadership, paper presented at Southwest Educational Research Association Conference, Austin, Texas, February 10, 2006
• Emergence of a redesigned leadership preparation program: Viewpoints and beliefs of stakeholders, paper presented at Louisiana Council of Professors of Educational Administration, LCPEA Conference, New Orleans, LA., April 7-8, 2005
• Discussant for Redesign and Rejoinders of Masters Degree Programs in Louisiana, at Louisiana Council of Professors of Educational Administration, LCPEA Conference, New Orleans, LA., April 7-8, 2005
• The Relationship between Performance Levels of Public Schools in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas and Selected Variables, paper presented at Southwest Educational Research Association Conference, New Orleans with Charles Lyle. February 9, 2005
• Discussant at Preparing Leaders for Today’s Schools panel at leading Change – Changing Lives Symposium, in Baton Rouge, discussant/panelist, February 1, 2005
• Collaborative Principals: The heartbeat of “No Child Left Behind,” paper presented at Phi Delta Kappa International 2004 Conference and Exhibit, Las Vegas, NV., October 21-24, 2004.
• The Mandated School Improvement Plan: The rest of the story tells a tale of non-existence, paper presented at Southwestern Education Research Association SERA Conference, Dallas, TX., February 14, 2004.
• The Mock Interview: A collaborative strategy for preparing undergraduate and graduate candidates, paper presented at the Louisiana Research Association Annual LREA Conference, Baton Rouge, March 11, 2004
• Collaborative Power: A leadership strategy for improving the teaching and learning of reading. Paper presented at the International Reading Association Convention, Orlando, FL., April 5, 1994.

Grants

• Teaching Enhancement Grant, Center for Faculty Excellence, $1,100, November 2005
• Wallace Foundation Grant with the partnership in Louisiana, committee member for a team who created the formation of Louisiana Educational Leadership Network (LELN), $690,000 awarded to Southeastern Louisiana University and six surrounding school districts, granted December 2004
• Teaching Enhancement Grant, Center for Faculty Excellence, $500, November 2004
• Migrant Incentive Grant, $10,000 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
• Technology and implementation grant of the first Local Area Network in Owasso at Larkin Bailey Elementary in 1993 – $60,000
• Founders of Doctors’ Hospital Grant- $50,000
• Helmerich Foundation – $10,000
• AMOCO Donation of 50 computers – $50,000
• Accelerated Reader Grant- $100,000
• Department of Wildlife Grant for Trees, $2,500

Collegiate Employment

Assistant Professor and Field-based Experience and Internship Coordinator

Years Employed: 2003-2008

Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, Louisiana

Course Title: Creating a High Performance Learning Culture

Description: This course is the first seminar of Southeastern Louisiana University’s New Leadership Preparation Program based on ELCC standards. It is taught with research and technology in a team teaching approach.

Course Title: Leading Change through Data Analysis

Description: This course is the final seminar before the Internship in Southeastern Louisiana University’s New Leadership Preparation.

Course Title: Research Methods and Thesis Development

Description: This course is taught in conjunction with Leading Change and covers application of research methods in creating a Research Proposal

Course Title: The Principalship

Description: Strategies, techniques and solutions for the principal in the operation of a public or private school. Develop policy statements, handbooks, budgets and schedules.

Course Title: School Personnel Administration

Description: Organization for personnel services; development of policy to govern selection, orientation, placement, remuneration, transfers, separation, and the development of morale among instructional and non-instructional personnel.

Course Title: Practicum in Administration and Supervision

Description: This is a field-based and on-line course where the candidates apply standards-based skills in diverse school settings and complete a professional portfolio

Course Title: School Community Relations

Description: Study of public relations problems including reporting to parents and acquainting the community with the purposes, methods, accomplishments, and needs of the school.

Adjunct Professor Years Employed: 1996 – 2003

Oklahoma State University Stillwater and Tulsa, Oklahoma

Served on dissertation committees and taught courses in the formats of face to face, online and distance education

Course Title: Leadership and Agency

Description: Basic principles of leadership including the change process

Course Title: The Principalship

Description: Strategies, techniques and solutions for the principal in the operation of a public or private school. Develop policy statements, handbooks, budgets and schedules.

Course Title: Human Resource Development

Description: Analysis and critique of current issues in school personnel administration such as recruitment, selection, promotion, morale, salary, staff relations and teacher assessment.
Utilized compressed video systems to connect classrooms in three geographic locations.
Utilized Blackboard to provide interaction and professional discourse.

Course Title: Professional Development and Instructional Improvement

Description: Developmental perspectives of human, conceptual and technical skills needed for continuing professional development and instructional improvement through supervisory processes.

Adjunct Professor Years Employed: 1980 – 1982 bartlesville Wesleyan College Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Course Title: Diagnosis of Reading Problems

Description: Identification and treatment of reading problems in the classroom including group and individual diagnostic procedures.

Course Title: Developmental Reading Instruction

Description: Identification Relationship between reading skills, child development and curriculum, and instructional strategies for sequential skill development in reading.

Public School Employment

Elementary Principal 1993 – 2003

Owasso Public Schools Owasso, Oklahoma

• Initiated Owasso’s first international magnet school.
• Coordinated the Migrant Worker Program for Owasso Public Schools.
• Responsible for all facets of starting a new elementary school, including hiring a staff, incorporating policies, and facilitating community relations.
• Developed programs for curriculum integration, cross age groupings, and vertical and horizontal curriculum alignment.
• Initiated before and after school programs for Science, Technology, Writing, and the Arts.
• Initiated Academic Bowl Competition in Owasso to travel to other schools in Oklahoma for competition.

Title I Reading Specialist (Elementary) Years Employed: 1984 – 1993

Owasso Public Schools Owasso, Oklahoma

• Used new techniques for inclusion in the classroom.
• Implemented the first use of technology in the reading classroom.
• Provided accelerated instruction for gifted and talented learners.
• Worked with non-English speaking students.

Fourth Grade Teacher Years Employed: 1981-1984

Owasso Public Schools Owasso, Oklahoma

Reading Specialist (Middle School) Years Employed: 1976-1981

Bartlesville Public Schools Bartlesville, Oklahoma

• Implemented and instructed the Developmental Reading Program which included 230 remedial, average, and accelerated students.

Certifications

• Superintendent
• Elementary Principal
• Reading Specialist
• Elementary Education
• Science (Middle School)
• Social Studies (Middle School)
• Language Arts (Middle School)

Professional Memberships

National Association of Elementary School Principals Resolutions Committee – 1995, Member – Present
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
American Education Research Association
Southwestern Education Research Association
International Reading Association
Phi Delta Kappa
International Society for Technology Education
National Association for Multicultural Education
Louisiana Council of Professors of Educational Administration
National Council of Professors of Educational Administration

Professional Development

• SREB Meeting the Standards: Examining Teacher Assignments and Student Work, January 23 – 25, 2006
• NCATE, SPA, January 13, 2006
• NCPEA Conference, July 27 – 29, 2005
• SREB Leading Change by Understanding Self and Others, May 20 – 23, 2005
• SREB Leading Literacy, March 18 – 20, 2005
• SREB Creating a High Performance Learning Culture, February 7 – 9, 2004

Awards and Honors

• Oklahoma Association of Elementary School Principals District 5A Principal of the Year for 1999 – 2000
• Tulsa County Reading Council Administrator of the Year, 1997
• Hayward Smith Elementary Teacher of the Year, 1989

Service

• Domain editor for Connexions On-line Journal 2005 to Present
• Member NCPEA Publications Committee, 2005 to Present
• Team Leader of NCATE Conceptual Framework for the College of Educational Leadership and Technology, 2005
• Prepared the Program Report for Preparation of Educational Leaders (NCATE, ELCC), February 2007
• New Faculty Forum, 2003-2005
• Team Leader for Implementation of LEAD Southeastern Louisiana, a new Master of Educational Leadership Degree Program, 2005