Dr. Richard D. Frisbie

Dr. Richard D. Frisbie 1851 Glendora Drive Indianapolis, IN 46214 (317) 243-2322 [email protected]

CAREER OBJECTIVE My career objective is to make a meaningful contribution to the quality of American education. I will do this through strong leadership and by creating valued change within the strategic context of the larger community. As an educator, I will be invaluable to any organization that is a community of learners, dedicated to high quality goods and services that meet the needs of its customers.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS  Over twenty-five years experience as a professional leader in the process of valued change.  Can strengthen relationships among values, assessments, actions and results.  Competent writer and speaker to technical and general audiences.  Skilled problem solver in complex and controversial settings.  Ethical leader in the face of conflicting interests.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Strategic Planning & Community Building  Co-facilitated the development of a strategic plan with widespread community involvement for the largest public school district in the state of Indiana.  Co-designed a model for organizational transformation that incorporates strategic planning, community building, continuous improvement and personal growth.

Systems Design & Project Management  Co-designed & led district team to implement Select Schools, a controlled choice approach to federally-ordered school desegregation, including student assignment and transportation.  Designed & implemented the first program evaluation department for the school district.  Oversee state licensing redesign field testing & transition for beginning & experienced teachers.

Management, Supervision & Continuous Improvement  Superintendent’s cabinet member nine years, state licensing agency senior staff two years.  Directed departments of up to fifty staff members, monitored contracts up to $1.3 million.

Program Evaluation, Research & Data Analysis  Conducted hundreds of program evaluations or studies for four different organizations.  Use many microcomputer programs & regularly design specifications for mainframe programs.

Professional Development  Planned and conducted many workshops in the areas mentioned above for staff & clients.  Taught and advised doctoral students in the field of educational leadership.  Lead staff person for redesign of teacher relicensing based on Professional Growth Plans.

Written & Oral Communication  Have written chapters, articles, papers and reports for several audiences. A sample publication list is included in this vita.  Frequently speak to small or large groups on various topics. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Teacher Education Assessment Coordinator, 8/12/02 to Present.

Indiana Professional Standards Board, Indianapolis, IN Education Consultant - Licensing Operations Manager, 12/10/01 to 6/7/02. Director of Planning, Evaluation and Technology, 4/30/01 to 12/9/01 (Division & position eliminated). Director of Induction and Continuing Education, 8/10/98 to 4/29/01.

Various Temporary Assignments While Seeking Permanent Position in Education. Including: The Prudential, Insurance Agent; Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Legislative Services Intern; CTB/McGraw-Hill, State Student Assessment Scorer & Table Leader; 8/12/96 to 7/30/98.

Indianapolis Public Schools, Indianapolis, IN Director of the Office of Student Assignment, 5/26/93 to 7/31/96. Director of Research, Evaluation and Testing, 7/1/86 to 5/25/93.

Nova University, Fort Lauderdale, FL Lecturer and Advisor, National Ed.D. Program for Educational Leaders, 3/30/90 to 6/10/94.

Learning Solutions, Inc., Jupiter, FL Educational Leadership Appraisal Trainer, 9/14/90 to 6/10/94.

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI Graduate Assistant, Doctoral Associate, Doctoral Fellow, Consultant, The Evaluation Center, 9/15/80 to 6/30/86.

Clinton-Eaton-Ingham Community Mental Health Board, Lansing, MI Evaluation Specialist, Board Administration, 11/13/78 to 9/12/80. Evaluation Coordinator, Programs for the Mentally Retarded (PMR), 6/6/77 to 11/13/78. Mental Retardation Counselor, PMR, 3/1/75 to 6/6/77. Training Aid, PMR, 10/14/74 to 3/1/75.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Ed.D. Educational Leadership–Educational Evaluation. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan. April 1986.

M.A. Educational Leadership–Educational Evaluation (Graduated with Honors). Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan. April 1980.

B.S. Psychology–Pre-med (High Honors, Honors College). Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. June 1974.

Indiana Teacher’s Licenses: #693987 – Social Studies Teacher; #693989 – Superintendent.

Certified Strategic Planner: Transformation Systems, Ltd. 6/30/01; American Association of School Administrators, 11/15/91.

Certified Educational Leadership Appraisal (ELA) Trainer. Learning Solutions, Inc. 9/14/90. Dr. Richard D. Frisbie

PAPERS OR SCHOLARLY PRODUCTIONS

Frisbie, R. D., et al. (2000, March 15). How the IPSB Accomplishes Its Tasks: Induction and Continuing Education. PowerPoint presentation to the Indiana Professional Standards Board, (http://www.state.in.us/psb/meetings/board/march00/BoardDICE.html). Indianapolis, IN.

Frisbie, R. D. (2000, March 15. 1998, November 18). Report on Substitute Pilot Process. Report to the Indiana Professional Standards Board. Indianapolis, IN.

Frisbie, R. D. (1999, November 29). A Model and Conceptual Framework for Designing and Making Policy Decisions About the IPSB Teacher License Renewal System. Report to the Indiana Professional Standards Board Executive Committee. Indianapolis, IN.

Frisbie, R. D. (1999, June 16). Reports from Continuing Education Pilots. Report to the Executive Committee, Indiana Professional Standards Board. Indianapolis, IN.

Frisbie, R. D. (Co-Presenter). (1995, December). Strategic planning, site based management, continuous improvement, and community building: Competing or complementary initiatives in the change process. Advanced Dialogue session conducted at the Annual Meeting of the National Staff Development Council, Chicago.

Frisbie, R. D. (1994, July 25). The first question: How can we accomplish valued change? Presentation to the Board of Trustees, South Bend Community School Corporation. South Bend, IN.

Frisbie, R. D. & Cox, F. (1993, May 14). IPS parent choice and parent information centers. Workshop presented at the conference, Revitalizing our schools: Indianapolis as a leader. Indianapolis, IN.

IPS (Frisbie, R. D., Co-Author). (1992, July, Unpublished). The IPS Select Schools Plan. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Public Schools.

Frisbie, R. D. ( Internal Facilitator). (1992, June, Unpublished). IPS strategic plan: Preliminary draft. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Public Schools.

Frisbie, R. D. (Facilitator). (1991, August, Unpublished). The vision for a world class school system. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Public Schools.

Frisbie, R. D. (1992, 1991, 1990 & 1989, May, Unpublished). Results of the district wide testing program: ISTEP and the California Achievement Test (Full Report: District and school by school results, Abridged Report: District results only. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Public Schools.

Frisbie, R. D. (1991, September, Unpublished). 1991 ISTEP testing and remediation summary. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Public Schools.

Frisbie, R. D. (Discussant). (1991, April). Program evaluation: Course content. Paper session conducted at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago. Dr. Richard D. Frisbie

PAPERS OR SCHOLARLY PRODUCTIONS (CONT.)

Frisbie, R. D. (1991, Winter, pp. 46-51). New directions in evaluation: A school district perspective. In James W. Atlschuld (Ed.), Educational evaluation: An evolving field. An issue of Theory into practice. [Reviewed in L. E. McPhee (Ed.). (1991, May, p.3). Journal reviews for school administrators. Given a rating of Very Interesting.]

Frisbie, R. D. (Ed.). (1990, May, Unpublished). 1988-1993 long range educational plan: 1988-89 progress update. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Public Schools.

Frisbie, R. D. (Co-author). (1990, May, Unpublished). The IPS Center for Leadership Development. Proposal to the Lilly Endowment for a one-year planning grant. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Public Schools.

Frisbie, R. D. (1990, April 19, Unpublished) Report on the principal  s survey questionnaire: Reorganization of the office of deputy superintendent (Part I: Summary, Part II: Appendix: Written comments). Indianapolis: Indianapolis Public Schools.

Frisbie, R. D. (Ed.). (1989, Unpublished). Long range educational plan: 1988-89 through 1992-93. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Public Schools.

Frisbie, R. D. (1986, Unpublished). The use of microcomputer programs to improve the reliability and validity of content analysis in evaluation (Doctoral dissertation, Western Michigan University.

Frisbie, R. D. (Chair/Discussant). (1986, April). Evaluation: Applications, ethics and standards. Paper session conducted at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Frisbie, R. D. (1986, April). The use of microcomputer programs to improve the reliability and validity of content analysis in evaluation. Paper presented at the session, Qualitative research methods, at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. Ed 269 470)

Frisbie, R. D. (1986, January). Using microcomputers to improve the content analysis of open-ended survey responses in evaluation. Paper prepared for the Annual Meeting of the Michigan Educational Research Association, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Frisbie, R. D. (1983, November). Designing a computer-implemented algorithm for the evaluation of written compositions. Paper presented at the symposium, Write to the top: Development of a college-level business communication computer-assisted instructional package, at the International Convention of the American Business Communication Association, New York.

Frisbie, R. D. (1983). Meta-evaluation. In R. O. Brinkerhoff, D. M. Brethower, T. Hluchyj, & J. R. Nowakowski, Program evaluation: A practitioner  s guide for trainers and educators (Vol. 1: Sourcebook/Casebook) (pp. 203-223). Boston: Kluwer-Nijhoff. Dr. Richard D. Frisbie

PAPERS OR SCHOLARLY PRODUCTIONS (CONT.)

Kennedy, P., Frisbie, R. D., & Prehm, H. (1983). An internal evaluator for a Deans Grant project asks: How can I tell whether my evaluation design is good enough to use? In R. O. Brinkerhoff, D. M. Brethower, T. Hluchyj & J. R. Nowakowski, Program evaluation: A practitioner  s guide for trainers and educators (Vol. 1: Sourcebook/Casebook) (pp. 353-371). Boston: Kluwer-Nijhoff.

Frisbie, R. D. (Chair). (1982, October). Evaluation training and the Joint Committee Standards: Three approaches. Symposium conducted at the Evaluation Network Annual Conference held jointly with the Evaluation Research Society, Baltimore.

Frisbie, R. D. (1981, October). Field analysis: Something more than needs assessment. Paper presented at the Evaluation Network Annual Conference held jointly with the Evaluation Research Society, Austin. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 219 405) (Cited in Witkin, B. R. 1984. Assessing needs in educational and social programs. Pp. 12-13, 46-47. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Frisbie, R. D. (1981, April). A profile of technical assistance: Trends and strategies. Paper presented at the symposium, Providing technical assistance for evaluation: History, problems, and prospects, at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Los Angeles.

Frisbie, R. D. (1980). Human services, Normalization, and the Peter Principle: Or everyone has the potential to be incompetent. Evaluation News, No. 16, 22-24.

Frisbie, R. D. & Slater, K. (Eds.). (1979, October). Family Support Project final report. Evaluation report submitted by the Clinton-Eaton-Ingham Community Mental Health Board to the Michigan Department of Mental Health. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. Ed 219 919)

Frisbie, R. D. (1979). Evaluating voluntary admission criteria. Evaluation News, No. 12, 30-31.

Frisbie, R. D. (1979, May, Unpublished). A critique of Standards for evaluations of educational programs, projects, and materials. Paper for the final field test of Standards for evaluations of educational programs, projects, and materials.

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS OR VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

Indiana Professional Standards Board steering committee member on Indiana Professional Development Link, 8/10/99 to Present.

Indianapolis Public Schools internal facilitator for strategic planning, 11/17/91 to 7/28/92, 5/4/95 to 7/31/96.

Indianapolis Public Schools team member for the Community Training and Assistance Center, National Reform Action Network, 6/10/92 to 7/31/96.

Indianapolis Public Schools member of the Superintendents Quality Improvement Team, 9/21/92 to 6/4/93.

Indianapolis Public Schools research liaison to the Council of Great City Schools, 7/1/86 to 7/28/92.

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS OR VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES (CONT.) Dr. Richard D. Frisbie

Indianapolis Public Schools representative to the Indiana Department of Education Testing and Remediation Advisory Council, 7/1/86 to 7/28/92.

American Educational Research Association Division D proposal reviewer, 1985 to 1993 Annual Conferences.

Indianapolis Public Schools representative to the Indiana Public Schools/University Partnership, At-Risk Program Evaluation Advisory Group, 3/1/89 to 6/30 91.

Indianapolis Public Schools representative to the Indiana Department of Education Personnel Evaluation Advisory Council, 7/1/87 to 6/30/88.

Evaluation Center representative to the College of Education Task Force of Project EXCITE (computer usage), Western Michigan University, 1/83 to 12/83.

Graduate Student Association representative to the Faculty Senate Research Policies Council, Western Michigan University, 1/4/83 to 4/23/83.

Intern for the Director, The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University, 1/4/83 to 4/23/83.

Advisory Committee Member for Programs for the Mentally Retarded, Lansing, MI, 9/80 to 5/82.

Intern for the Staff Director, The Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation, 1/5/82 to 4/24/82.

Intern for the Director, Special Education Department, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Public Schools, 9/2/81 to 12/19/81.

Proposal Review Panel Member for the Michigan Department of Mental Health Developmental Disabilities Grants Unit, Fiscal Year 1980-1981.

Advisory Committee Member for the Center for Handicapper Affairs, Lansing, Michigan, 1977.

Advisory Committee Member for the Lansing, MI, Public Schools Adult Basic Education, 1976.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

National Staff Development Council. 1995 to 1996.

Directors of Research and Evaluation. 1986 to 1992.

National Association of Test Directors. 1986 to 1992.

National Council on Measurement in Education. 1986 to 1992.

American Educational Research Association. 1981 to 1983, 1985 to 1992.

Evaluation Network/American Evaluation Association. 1979 to 1992.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (CONT.) Dr. Richard D. Frisbie

Michigan Association of Computer Users in Learning. 1982 to 1986.

Kalamazoo Area Educational Computer Users Group. 1982 to 1983.

American Association on Mental Deficiency. 1977 to 1983.

Program Evaluators Group (of Michigan). 1977 to 1982.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Nominated for inclusion in Whos Who in the World, Thirteenth Edition, 1996. (Declined).

Nominated for inclusion in International Whos Who of Contemporary Achievement, Third Edition, 1995. (Declined).

Selected for inclusion in Whos Who in American Education, Fourth Edition, 1994-1995. Nominated for Fifth Edition, 1996-1997.

Invited to seventh annual National Graduate Student Research Seminar in Educational Administration, sponsored by the Office of research, U.S. Department of Education and Division A, American Educational Research Association, 4/86.

Best Graduate Student Paper, MERA Annual Meeting, 1/86.

McKee Graduate Research Fellow, 9/5/85 to 4/26/86; Doctoral Associate, 8/29/83 to 4/21/84; Doctoral Associate, 9/1/82 to 4/23/83; Doctoral Fellow, 1/1/81 to 4/24/84, Western Michigan University.

Travel support to present AERA paper, 4/86; ABCA paper 11/83; chair EN/ERS symposium, 10/82; present EN/ERS paper, 10/81; present AERA paper, 4/81, WMU.

Graduated with Honors, M.A., Educational Leadership--Educational Evaluation, Western Michigan University, 4/80.

Graduated with High Honors, B.S., Psychology--Pre-Med, MSU, 6/74.

Honors College, Michigan State University, 9/70 to 6/74.

Frauenthall Charitable Fund Scholarship to MSU, 9/70 to 6/74.

Graduated Valedictorian, Fruitport, Michigan, High School, 6/70.

Harvard Alumni Award, Fruitport, Michigan, High School 6/69.

References are available upon request.