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Volume 8, Issue 2 Long Island Spring 2009 Education Review LONG ISLAND’S PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH JOURNAL FOR EDUCATIONAL PROFESSIONALS Inside this issue: ♦ Dean Jerrold Ross, of St. John’s University, offers Insights to Washington’s Visions ♦ Prioritize Curriculum Structure ♦ Predictors of Academic Success in First Semester Baccalaureate Nursing Students ♦ Parental Involvement: Structures and Processes ♦ Give Them What They Want! Administrative Guidelines for Staff Development Based on Secondary Teachers’ Learning Styles ♦ Out of the Mouths of Babes: Students “Voice” Their Opinions on Cyber-Bullying ♦ The Relationship of Parent Involvement and Early Childhood Education Programs to Literacy Acquisition in Preschool 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 and Kindergarten Children 12345678Spring, 2009 Long Island Education Review 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 ♦ 12345678 The State of Music Education on Long Island, New York: 12345678 12345678 ch Publication of SCOPE 12345678 12345678 Interviews with Four Music Directors 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 ♦ 12345678 Substitute Teachers: A Return to the Search for Meaningful 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 Instruction in the Teacher’s Absence 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 Practical Research for the Educational Community 12345678 12345678 Resear 12345678 12345678 Sponsored and published by SCOPE 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 A in cooperation with Long Island Institutions of 12345678 12345678 Higher Learning as a service for school people to help 1 with school planning and curriculum. SCOPE Board of Directors Long Island Education Review President Editor: Dr. Kevin N. McGuire Dr. Roberta A. Gerold, St. John’s University Superintendent, Middle Country CSD Co-Editors: Dr. Eric Eversley Vice President Freeport UFSD Dr. Charles Russo, Dr. Roberta Gerold Superintendent, East Moriches UFSD Middle Country CSD Treasurer Dr. Robert Manheimer Mr. John Lorentz, L.I.U., C.W. Post Campus Superintendent, Farmingdale UFSD Dr. Richard Swanby *Immediate Past President (retired from board) Dowling College Dr. Evelyn Blose Holman, Superintendent, Bay Shore UFSD Coordinating Publisher: Dr. Joseph J. Del Rosso Board Members Executive Director, SCOPE Dr. Anthony Annunziato, Superintendent, Bayport-Blue Point UFSD Editorial Board: Dr. Constance Clark-Snead Dr. Jonathan Hughes, St. John’s University Superintendent, Westbury UFSD Finance, Governance and Technology Dr. Carla D’Ambrosio, Dr. Richard Swanby, Dowling College Superintendent, Rocky Point UFSD Special Education and Learning Theory Dr. James Feltman Dr. Charles Rudiger, Dowling College Superintendent, Commack UFSD Collective Bargaining, Business Management Dr. Allan Gerstenlauer Dr. Clyde Payne, Dowling College Superintendent, Longwood CSD Dean, School of Education Mr. Henry Grishman Dr. Patricia Marcellino, Adelphi University Superintendent, Jericho UFSD Educational Leadership & Technology Dr. Sheldon Karnilow, Dr. Basilio Serrano, SUNY Old Westbury Childhood and Literacy Education Superintendent, Half Hollow Hills CSD Dr. Charles T. Swensen, St. Joseph’s College Mr. Neil Lederer School of Education Superintendent, Lindenhurst UFSD Dr. Robert Moraghan, Stony Brook University Mr. James Parla, Director of Educational Leadership Programs Superintendent, Island Trees UFSD Dr. Charles W. Rudiger, Dowling College Representative SCOPE Publishing Staff Ms. Judy Coffey, Executive Assistant to the Director SCOPE Officers email: [email protected] Dr. Joseph J. Del Rosso, Executive Director Mr. Cramer Harrington, Published by: Deputy Director for Management Services SCOPE Education Services Mr. George Duffy 100 Lawrence Avenue Deputy Director for Student Services Smithtown, New York 11787 Ms. Cindy Pierce Lee, Associate Director for Community Services Website: http://www.scopeonline.us Spring, 2009 Long Island Education Review 2 Contents Page Table of Contacts ♦ Mail Editor’s Perspective: Washington’s Stimulus Plan: A Focuse of Contacts On Advancing Reform Efforts 4 Long Island Education Review - by Kevin N. McGuire, Ph.D. SCOPE Education Services 100 Lawrence Avenue Smithtown, NY 11787 ♦ Opinion Center: Washington Slept Here 5 Telephone - by Jerrold Ross, Ph.D. 631-360-0800 x116 Applying Deming’s System Theory to Education: Prioritize Curriculum Structure 6 Fax - by Thomas F. Kelly, Ph.D. 631-360-8489 ♦ Predictors of Academic Success in First Semester Email Baccalaureate Nursing Students (reprinted from Volume 37, [email protected] issue 4 of the Journal of Social Behavior and Personality) 9 [email protected] - by Virginia Peterson-Graziosi Article Submissions ♦ Parental Involvement: Structures and Processes 13 Long Island Education Review is a peer re- - by Korynne Taylor Dunlop, Ed.D. viewed publication that is published twice each year. To be considered for publica- ♦ Give Them What They Want! Administrative Guidelines tion, all submissions should be double For Staff Development Based on Secondary Teachers’ spaced, in 12 point characters and accom- Learning Styles 20 panied by a disk in Word, or they should be - by Dr. Diane B. Scricca sent by email as a Word document. Au- thors should follow the APA guidelines. For ♦ Out of the Mouths of Babes: Students “Voice” Their Opinions the Fall issue, all submissions must arrive on Cyber-Bullying 24 by September 15, 2009. - by Dr. Margaret Jackson, Dr. Wanda Cassidy, and Karen Brown Reprints & Photocopying ♦ The Relationship of Parent Involvement and Early Childhood Copying requires the express permission of Education Programs to Literacy Acquisition in Preschool and L.I. Education Review. For permission, write to Dr. Kevin McGuire, Editor, or Dr. Joseph J. Kindergarten Children 31 Del Rosso, Coordinating Publisher, L.I. Edu- - by Phyllis Sterne cation Review, SCOPE, 100 Lawrence Avenue, Smithtown, NY 11787, call 631-360-0800, ext. ♦ The State of Music Education on Long Island, New York: 116, or fax requests to 631-360-8489. Spring, 2009 Long Island Education Review Interviews with Four Music Directors 33 - by Korynne Taylor-Dunlop, Ed.D. About SCOPE SCOPE Education Services is a not-for-profit, ♦ Substitute Teachers: A Return to the Search for Meaningful private, voluntary organization permanently Instruction in the Teacher’s Absence 39 chartered by the New York State Board of Re- - by John A. Nidds, Ed.D. gents to provide services to school districts. Founded in 1964 by school superintendents, ♦ Book Review: Transforming Schools with Technology - it is a cooperative venture for sharing resources to deal with common concerns. It is governed How Smart Use of Digital Tools Helps Achieve Six Key by a Board of Directors of school superinten- Educational Goals - by Andrew A. Zucker 42 dents and college representatives and serves - Reviewed by Charles W. Rudiger, Ed. D. as a regional School Study Council and School Board Institute. 3 Peer Review Committee: Editor’s Perspective James Brucia, Ed.D. Washington’s Stimulus Plan: A Focus Dowling College, School of Education on Advancing Reform Efforts Eric L. Eversley, Ed.D. Superintendent, Freeport UFSD Washington policy-makers have indicated that Roberta Gerold, Ed.D. America faces few more urgent challenges than preparing chil- Superintendent, Middle Country CSD dren to compete in a global economy. President Obama and the Congress envision 21st century education characterized by Raymond J. Haberski, P.D., M.A. more reform and accountability, coupled with the resources Instructor, Teacher Education, Marist College needed to carry out that reform, asking parents to take respon- Jonathan Hughes, Ph.D. sibility for their children’s success, and recruiting, retaining and St. John’s University, School of Education rewarding an army of new teachers to fill new successful Thomas F. Kelly, Ph.D. schools that prepare children for success in college and the workforce (www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/education). Dowling College, School of Education Joseph Laria, Ed.D. This new initiative to advance student achievement has ambi- Interim Superintendent, Hempstead UFSD tious plans. The administration has called for merit pay for Robert Manheimer, Ed.D. good teachers, encouragement for states to lift caps on the Department of Educational Leadership, number of charter schools, implementation of a tough stan- dardized-testing system and the establishment of statewide L.I.U.- C.W. Post College data banks that track how students are achieving, and by ex- Barry McNamara, Ph.D. tension how well their teachers are performing. Dowling College, School of Education John A. Nidds, Ph.D. While providing the largest appropriation in history for educa- Dowling College, School of Education tion, the U.S. Department of Education envisions a world class system centered on student learning characterized by re- Richard Swanby, Ph.D. search-based actionable practices. Numerous studies indi- Dowling College, School of Education cate that such a system will require a new and intense level of Stephanie Tatum, Ph.D. collaborative effort with all school partners learning and sup- Dowling College, School of Education porting one another. Karen Osterman, Ph.D. The economic stimulus bill contains approximately $100 bil- Hofstra University, School of Education lion exclusively for investment in education – an unprecedented Howard Weiner, Ph.D. amount. In past years, the Gates Foundation alone contrib- Hofstra University, School of Education uted more financial support to public education annually than Mara