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Volume 14, Issue 2 Journal for Leadership Fall 2015 and Instruction A PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH JOURNAL FOR EDUCATIONAL PROFESSIONALS Inside this issue: ♦♦♦ Is “Effective” the New “Ineffective”? A Crisis With the New York State Teacher Evaluation System ♦♦♦ Workers Can’t Find Jobs, Jobs Can’t Find Workers: Solving the Talent Paradox ♦♦♦ Self-Directed Learning: College Students’ Technology Preparedness Change in the Last Ten Years ♦♦♦ The Role of 21st Century Skills in Two Rural Regional Areas of Public Education ♦♦♦ Student Deep Learning in Bachelor English Programs 12345678 Within Pakistani Universities Fall, 2015 Journal for Leadership and Instruction 12345678 12345678 12345678 ch Publication 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 ♦♦♦ 12345678 ♦♦ From The Field: 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 Doctoral Assistants = Critical Friends 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 A Simple Yet Complex Equation 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 Resear 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 Practical Research for the Educational Community 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 Sponsored and published by SCOPE Education Services 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 A SCOPE Education Services in cooperation with Long Island Institutions of 12345678 Higher Learning as a service for school people to help 1 with school planning and curriculum. 2015-2016 Journal for SCOPESCOPE Board Board of of Directors Directors LongLeadership Island Education and Instruction Review President: Editor-in-Chief: Ms. Susan Schnebel Dr. Richard L. Swanby, Professor, Dowling College, Superintendent, Islip UFSD School of Education (Ret.) Vice President: Co-Editors: Mr. Henry Grishman Dr. Robert J. Manley, Dean, School of Education, Superintendent, Jericho UFSD Dowling College Treasurer: Dr. Walter F. Schartner Dr. Kevin N. McGuire, Professor, St. John’s University, Superintendent, Sayville UFSD School of Education (Ret.) Immediate Past President: Mr. John Lorentz Associate Editors: Superintendent, Farmingdale UFSD Dr. Roberta A. Gerold, Superintendent of Schools, Middle Country CSD, and Past President, Suffolk Board Members: County School Superintendents’ Association Dr. Anthony Annunziato Dr. Korynne Taylor-Dunlop, Coordinator & Professor Associate Professor, Department of Instructional & of Ed.D. Program in Educational Leadership, Administrative Leadership, St. John’s University Lynn University Mr. Lars Clemensen Superintendent, Hampton Bays UFSD Coordinating Publisher: Ms. Kelly Fallon Mr. George L. Duffy, Executive Director, Superintendent, Half Hollow Hills CSD SCOPE Education Services Dr. Robert Feirsen Superintendent, Garden City UFSD Editorial Board: Dr. Roberta A. Gerold Dr. Anthony Annunziato, St. John’s University Superintendent, Middle Country CSD Associate Professor, Department of Instructional Mr. John J. Hogan and Administrative Leadership Superintendent, West Hempstead UFSD Dr. Donald J. Beaudette, Boston University, School of Dr. Lorna R. Lewis Education, Associate Professor of the Practice Superintendent, Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD Dr. Elfreda V. Blue, Hofstra University Dr. Robert J. Manley Associate Professor, Special Education Dean, School of Education, Dowling College Dr. Arthur Bettencourt, Executive Director, Dr. Robert Moraghan New England School Development Council Director of Educational Leadership Programs, Dr. Robert Dillon, District Superintendent, Stony Brook University Nassau BOCES Dr. Joseph V. Rella Sr. Nancy Gilchriest, Ed.D., St. Joseph’s College Superintendent, Comsewogue UFSD Director, School of Education, L.I. Campus Dr. Charles Russo Mr. Michael Keany, School Leadership 2.0 Superintendent, East Moriches UFSD www.schoolleadership20.com Dr. Lorna R. Lewis, Superintendent of Schools SCOPE Officers: Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD Mr. George L. Duffy Dr. Robert Moraghan, Stony Brook University Executive Director Director of Educational Leadership Programs Mr. Cramer Harrington Dr. Clyde Payne, Dowling College Deputy Director for Management Services Assistant to the President for Special Projects Mr. Michael O’Brien Dr. Eric Shyman, St. Joseph’s College Associate Director for Student Services Assistant Professor of Child Study Ms. Patricia M. Walsh Dr. Charles T. Swensen, St. Joseph’s College Associate Director for Finance School of Education Dr. Eustace Thompson, Hofstra University Fall, 2015 Journal for Leadership and Instruction SCOPE Publishing Staff: Chair, Department of Teacher Education Programs Dr. Maureen T. Walsh, Molloy College Ms. Judy Coffey 2 Dean, Division of Education Table of Contacts Contents Page ♦ Editor’s Perspective: 4 Journal for - by Editor-In-Chief, Dr. Richard L. Swanby e of Co Leadership and Instruction Published by: ♦ Is “Effective” the New “Ineffective”? A Crisis with the SCOPE Education Services 100 Lawrence Avenue New York State Teacher Evaluation System 5 Smithtown, NY 11787 - by Kenneth Forman, Ph.D., and Craig Markson, Ed.D. Website - http://www.scopeonline.us Telephone 631-360-0800 x116 ♦ Workers Can’t Find Jobs, Jobs Can’t Find Workers: Fax 631-360-8489 Solving the Talent Paradox 12 - by Harika Rao, Ed.D. Email [email protected] [email protected] ♦ Self-Directed Learning: College Students’ Technology Article Submissions Preparedness Change in the Last Ten Years 18 The Journal for Leadership and Instruction is a peer - by Michael J. Caravello, Joel R. Jiménez, Lois J. Kahl, reviewed publication that is published twice each year. To be considered for publication, all submis- Brian Brachio, Ed.D., and Elsa-Sofia Morote, Ed.D. sions should be double spaced, in 12 point charac- ters and accompanied by a disk in Word, or they should be sent by email as a Word document. Au- ♦ thors should follow the APA guidelines. No article The Role of 21st Century Skills in Two Rural Regional will be accepted if it is more than 10 pages (double Areas of Public Education 26 spaced) long. Suggested changes are the respon- - by Sean B. Fox, Ed.D., and Carrie L., McDermott, Ed.D. sibility of the author. For the Spring issue, we ask that all submissions arrive by January 15, 2016. Reprints & Photocopying ♦ Student Deep Learning In Bachelor English Programs Copying requires the express permission of the Journal for Leadership and Instruction. For permis- Within Pakistani Universities 31 sion, write to Mr. George L. Duffy, Coordinating Pub- - by Khazima Tahir, Ed.D. lisher, Journal for Leadership and Instruction, SCOPE, 100 Lawrence Avenue, Smithtown, NY 11787, or fax requests to 631-360-8489. ♦ From The Field: Doctoral Assistants = Critical Friends Fall, 2015 Journal for Leadership and Instruction About SCOPE A Simple Yet Complex Equation 37 SCOPE Education Services is a not-for-profit, pri- - by John Hay, Fabrice Laguerre, Eric Moore, Katherine Reedy, vate, voluntary organization permanently chartered Scott Rose, and Jerome Vickers by the New York State Board of Regents to provide services to school districts. Founded in 1964 by school superintendents, it is a cooperative venture ♦ for sharing resources to deal with common con- Invitation to subscribe to the JLI 41 cerns. It is governed by a Board of Directors of school superintendents and college representatives The Journal for Leadership and Instruction and serves as a regional School Study Council and is recognized by AASA as a valuable re- School Board Institute. source to its members. The Journal for Leadership and Instruction About NSDC The National School Development Council (NSDC) has been selected as the professional re- was chartered in 1969 as a non-profit organization search journal for distribution to all NSDC in the state of Massachusetts. The NSDC provides NSDC member study councils. study councils and their executive directors with a National School Development Council national-level organization. 3 Peer Review Committee: Editor’s Perspective Jennifer Bashant, Ph.D. Last issue I asked for volunteers to serve as Peer Reviewers and/or Editorial Board mem- Associate Professor, CASDA (Capital Area School bers. I would like to introduce five new vol- Development Association), SUNY Albany unteers. Dr. Donald J. Beaudette, Associ- Lydia Begley, Ed.D. ate Professor, Boston University School of Associate Superintendent for Education Services, Education, Boston, MA; Dr. Arthur L. Nassau BOCES Bettencourt, Executive Director, New En- James I. Brucia, Ed.D. gland School Development Council, Associate Professor, Dowling College, Marlborough, MA; Dr. Robert Dillon, District Superintendent, School of Education, Ret’d. Nassau BOCES; Dr. Eric Shyman, Assistant Professor, Child- hood Study, St. Joseph's College, Patchogue, NY. Dr. Jennifer Kelly Ann Burlison, Ed.D. L. Bashant, Associate Professor in School Leadership, Capi- Assistant Professor, Ross College of Education, tal Area School Development Association, and Dr. Shyman Lynn University will be joining the Peer Review Committee. We are still look- Thomas Dolan, Ed.D. ing for new board members and reviewers. Going from a Interim President, Nassau Community College regional research journal to a national journal requires us to Raymond J. Haberski, P.D., M.A. seek a wider range of talent. Professor, Teacher Education, Marist College Mr. George Duffy, Executive Director of SCOPE, describes Phyllis Harrington, Ed.D. the need for a larger and more diverse committee and re- Superintendent, Oceanside UFSD view board. His description for our journal has dramatically John Lorentz altered purpose and direction. "The