Educational Policy, Foundations, and Administrative Studies

Graduate School of Education

Service

SERVICE/OUTREACH TO COMMUNITY

PORTLAND, OREGON

 

Commencement Speaker, Wilson High School, Marshall High School, Grant Portland Night High School, Meek Professional technical School, Native American Title VI graduation, Portland Public Schools, June 2006

 

Commencement Speaker, Lincoln High School, Portland Public Schools, June 2005

 

Inauguration, Rain-water harvesting gardens at Astor Elementary School, Portland, June 2005

 

Commencement Speaker, Native American graduation, Portland Public School District, May 2005

 

Mentor, Place-Based Education, Portland Public School District, 2004+

 

Speaker, Green Schools Summit, Portland Public School District, November 2004.

 

Speaker, Recycling conference, Portland Public School District, May 2004

 

Commencement Speaker, Native American graduation, Portland Public School District, May 2004

 

Member, Oregon Governor’s Initiative on Sustainable Schools, 2003-2005

 

Portland School Board Member, elected July 2003-June 2007.

 

Member, Executive Board, Board of Directors, Council of the Great City Schools, 2003-2005; Chair, Professional Development Committee; Task Force on Closing the Achievement Gap and Professional Development

 

Board Member, Portland Schools Foundation, 2000 to 2003.

 

Leaders Roundtable Action Team/Caring Communities Action Committee, member, Portland, September 1999 to 2001.

 

Strategic Planning Action Team, Portland Public School District, November 1999 to 2000.

 

Planning Committee member, Johnson Creek Watershed Summit in November 1998, for livability in tbe watershed, sponsored by Congressman Earl Blumanaeur.

 

Learning in Deed, Advisory Board member, Oregon Department Education, 1999 to 2001.

 

Education Advisory Board Member, City's Bureau of Environmental Services, May 1997 to present.

 

 

Faculty Liaison & Founder, Environmental Middle School, Portland Public School District, 1994 to present.  Secured 18 grants in first 3 years worth over $100, 000

Watershed Stewardship/Bureau of Environmental Services grant (partnership between schools, PSU, Johnson Creek watershed organizations and neighborhood associations, City Bureaus), 1995-1998; OSSHE School-University partnership project (1995-1996).

 

Site Council Member, Environmental Middle School, 1995 to present.

Setting mission; evaluation committee chair; design school improvement plan; grant writing.

 

Grant Reviewer, Bureau of Environmental Services Community Partnership Grants, 1995-1998.

Watershed Stewardship Education Awards to community organizations and schools.

 

Nominee, Governors' Commission on Environment and Social Justice, Summer 1997.

 

Curriculum Committee & Community Building Committee, Northwest Earth Institute, 1994 to present.

Committee work for development of course on Voluntary Simplicity.  On-going involvement with community-building efforts to encourage care of the earth.

 

Coordinator, Roosevelt cluster, "Endangered urban children and youth: Building caring communities through urban university/community partnership," November 1992 to April 1993.

 

Member, Portland State University/East Multnomah 'At-Risk' Task Force, 1990-1993.

 

Volunteer, Governor Roberts' Conversation with Oregon, 1991-1992.

 

Inservice Education, 1991-1996.

Staff development and research on cooperative learning at the middle level.

 

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK:

Training/Workshop for K-12 Administrators/Superintendents. Board of Cooperative Extension Studies, Auburn, NY; Feb 1990.  Title: "Dilemmas of identifying and preventing 'at-risk' status."

 

Inservice Staff Development for Teachers, Structured Educational Support Programs, Urban League; 1989 & 1990. Topic: "Instructional Strategies: Cooperative Learning."

 

Judge, Biology/Science Exhibits; Greater Syracuse Scholastic Fair; 1989 & 1990.

 

Judge, NAACP/ACTSO for Science exhibits, May 1989.

 

Invited Panelist at the Black and Hispanic Alumni Conference, March 1989. Title: "Saving our students: Minority drop out issues." 

 

Speaker, Delta Kappa Gamma International Honorary Women's  Society, Liverpool, New York, 1982. Title: "Educational Trends in India."

 

BOMBAY, INDIA:

Member, Board of Directors, The Rotaract Club, Bombay, 1968-1972.

 

President, Red Cross Society, High School and College, 1965-1969.

 

                                                          SERVICE TO PROFESSION

Offices held

 

Book Reviewer, Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall, Columbus. Educational foundations: An Anthology by R. Chartok. (2005).

 

Evaluator, The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Focused visit to Prescott College, Dec. 5-7, 2005, to review Prescott’s application/proposal for a Ph.D. program in Sustainability Education.

 

Executive Board member and Co-Chair of Professional Development Task Force, Council of the Great City Schools (2003-2007).

 

Engaged Scholar, (2003-2004), Raise Your Voce Campaign, National Campus Compact.

 

President (1999-2000), Ecological and Environmental Education--SIG, American Educational Research Association.

 

Member, Ehrlich Award Review committee (2001-2002). National Award recognizing faculty for service-learning.

 

Editorial Board member (1999-present), Australian Journal of Environmental Education.

 

Editorial Board member (2000-present). Canadian Journal of Environmental Education

 

Program Committee member (1999-2000), Planning and proposal review, Continuum of Service Conference, for Western Regional Campus Compact, Seattle.

 

Program Chair (1998-1999), Ecological and Environmental Education--SIG, American Educational Research Association.

 

Program coordinator (1998-1999), Alternative Sessions, Philosophy of Education Society.

 

External Reader & Evaluator, SUNY Press, 1997, 1998. Book: Education and the Soul.

 

Editorial Board Member, Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice (previously Holistic Education Review), 1992 to present.

 

President, (1992-1995); Program co-chair (1990-1992); Best paper Awards Committee (1996-1997), Chair: 1990-1992; Newsletter Editor (1995-1996): Wholistic Education-SIG, American Educational Research Association, 1996-1997.

 

Consultant, GRE Test items, Educational Testing Services, Princeton, 1992-1995.

 

Review Board Member, Research in Middle Level Education, 1992 to 1996.

 

Member, Status of Women in the Profession (1992-1995); Membership Committee (1997-1999). Philosophy of Education Society.

 

Member, Steering Committee; Program proposal reviewer, International conference on Cooperative Learning held in Portland, Summer, 1994; 1993-1994.

 

Guest reviewer, Journal of Classroom Interaction (1993), vol. 28.2.

 

Appointed member, Committee on Research Review Award, AERA, 1990-1992.

 

Program proposal reader, American Educational Research Association, 1983 to 1997.

 

            

Dilafruz Williams Ph.D.

Professor, Department Chair