James A. Williams, Ed. D. 1416 Foggy Glen Court Silver,Spring. MD. 20906 Office: 301-871-7233 Cell: 240-381-8891 [email protected]
EMPLOYMENT
Howard University, Adjunct Professor, Department of Education, Administration and Policy Washington, DC 8/12 – Present
Trinity University, School of Education, Supervisor, Washington, DC 8/12 Present
Buffalo Public Schools, Superintendent Buffalo, NY 07/05 – Retired 9/11 37,000 students, $900 million general fund budget, $1.4 billion construction budget
Community Education Partners, Chief Academic Officer Nashville, TN 07/03 – 07/05 Working in partnership with public schools and the community to raise the academic performance and modify the behavior of low performing and disruptive students in order for them to return to their home school prepared to be successful.
Montgomery County Public Schools, Deputy Superintendent Montgomery County, MD 02/00 – 07/03 Deputy Superintendent 140,000 students with $1. 5 billion annual budget
Dayton Public Schools Dayton, OH 07/86 – 05/99 5/91-8/99 Superintendent 28,000 students, $250 million budget 7/88-5/91 Deputy Superintendent 9/86-7/88 Assistant Superintendent, Intermediate/Secondary Instruction
Washington, D.C. Public Schools Washington, DC 09/69 – 08/86 8/83-9/86 Principal, Cardozo Senior High School 5/82-8/83 Principal, Department of Human Services, Cedar Knoll School, Laurel, MD 9/80-5/82 Assistant Principal, Jefferson Junior High School 9/74-8/80 Guidance Counselor, District of Columbia Public Schools 9/69-6/72 Teacher, District of Columbia Public Schools
Vineland Public Schools Vineland, New Jersey 9/72-6/74 Guidance Counselor
Faculty Positions State of Ohio 9/91-8/98 Adjunct Associate Professor of Education, Wright State University, Dayton Adjunct Faculty Member, Department of Professional Education, Central State University, Wilberforce Joyce Barnes Farmer Distinguished Guest Professor, Miami University School of Education and Allied Professions, Oxford
Dissertation Committees University of Phoenix, School of Education, Phoenix, AZ University of Cincinnati, School of Education, Cincinnati. OH University of Dayton, School of Education, Dayton, OH D’Youville College, School of Education, Buffalo, NY
EDUCATION
2008 Honorary Doctorate of Pedagogy Virginia University of Lynchburg, VA 1983 Ed. D. Administration, Curriculum and Instruction The George Washington University, Washington, DC 1973 Master of Arts, Counseling Psychology University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC 1967 Bachelor of Science, Business Administration Virginia University of Lynchburg, VA
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
2009 Study Trip to China and presentation at International Conference of Educators 2004 Study Trip to United Kingdom 1995 Study Trip to the Middle East
AWARDS
2011 Award for Distinguished Support of Music, VH1 Save the Music Foundation 2010 The Dr. Marjorie Holloman Parker Distinguished Educator’s Award, UDC 2010 Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Leadership in Music Education Award 2006 Minority Bar Association Education Award, Buffalo, NY 2006 Medaille College, Excellence in Education Award, Buffalo, NY 2006 Afro-American Police Association Leadership Award, Buffalo, NY 2006 Ionic Lodge Community Service Award, Buffalo, NY 1998 Joseph Cinque Social Justice Award, Black Law Students Association, The University of Dayton School of Law 1991 & 1998 Omega Psi Phi Citizen of the Year, Dayton, OH Frances Hesslebein Community Innovation Fellows Program, Peter Drucker Foundation President’s Award, N.A.A.C.P, Dayton Branch Richard R. Green Award, Urban Educator of the Year, Council of Great City Schools 1992 & 1994 Governor’s Education Leadership Award, Governor of the State of Ohio 1993 International Excellence in Financial Reporting, Fiscal Year 1993 for Dayton Public Schools, Association of School Business Officials 1993 Excellence in Financial Reporting, FY 1993 for Dayton Public Schools, Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada 1992 Presidential Citation, Distinguished Alumni Award, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, Washington, DC 1992 John Ellis Volunteer of the Year Award, Dayton, OH
APPOINTMENTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2006 College Board Advisory Committee 2002 Bridge to Excellence Task Force, Maryland State Department of Education 1998 Danforth Foundation, Principal’s Academy, St. Louis, MO., 1998 1996 Danforth Foundation Forum for the American School Superintendent, St. Louis, MO. 1990 Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tufts University, Program on Negotiation for Senior Executives, Cambridge, MA. 1988 Arizona State University, Superintendent Leadership Academy, Tempe, AZ 1984 and 1985 Danforth Foundation’s School Administration Fellowship Program, St. Louis, MO.
CONSULTANCIES
2006 Education Reform Forum Providence, RI 2006 Western New York BOCES, Buffalo, NY 1998 Yale University Child Development Center, New Haven, CT 1998 – 1999 District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, D.C. 1997 - 1998 Madison Public Schools, Madison, WI 1995 California Department of Education, Sacramento, CA 1988 Tucson Unified School District, Tucson, AZ 1987 Office of Education, “Moral Education,” Washington, D.C 1986 Chester Upland School District, Chester, PA
MEMBERSHIPS AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES
Buffalo Public Schools Foundation, Founder, Vice Chairman, Buffalo, NY Good Schools for All, Board Member, Buffalo, NY Buffalo Alliance for Education, Board Member, Buffalo, NY National Alliance of Black School Educators, Life Member, Washington, DC National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Life Member Superintendents Leadership Institute, Executive Committee, George Washington University Council of Great City Schools, Board Member, Executive Committee, Legislative Standing Committee and National Urban Task Force National Science Foundation, Urban Systemic Program, Superintendents Coalition, The McKenzie Group, Washington, DC Montgomery County, OH, Scholarship Foundation, Board Member ADAM HS Board of Montgomery County, OH, Drug Action Coalition Dayton Public School Foundation, Founder Keybank Dayton District, Board Member Business Advisory Council, Board Member, Dayton, OH Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, Board member University of Dayton, Education Administration Advisory Board Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Association, Board Member, Dayton, OH National Conference of Christians and Jews, Board Member, Dayton, OH Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Phi Delta Kappa The Dayton Urban League, Life Member United Way, Campaign Cabinet, Education Division Chair, 1993 Dayton Boys Club, Board Member United Negro College Fund, Dayton Advisory Board Dayton Council on World Affairs, Task Force on Educational Initiatives Dayton Postsecondary Demonstration Laboratory, Ohio Board of Regents Mayor’s Commission on Adult Literacy, Board Member, Dayton, OH Osteoporosis Board member, Wright State University, School of Medicine, Dayton, OH
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
High Stakes Partnerships, American School Board Journal, 2009. Montgomery County Public Schools has Initiatives in Place for Excellence, Gazette Community News, 2002 Accountabilities, Finish Line Moved: 2000 Standards Used to Measure 1998 Results (Success Measured Through Real Progress, Clear Mission), Dayton Daily News, 1999 Education Reform in the Dayton Area: Public Attitudes and Opinions, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, October 1998, pgs 56-58 What the State Report Card Fails to Tell You, Dayton Daily News, 1998 Proposed One Cent Sales Tax Increase Would Not Solve School Funding Problem, Dayton Daily News, 1998 District Mission: 100% Success, Dayton Daily News, 1995 Character Education: A Shared Responsibility, Dayton Daily News, 1994 Middle School for the Urban Adolescent: Implications for Administrators, Record in Educational Administration and Supervision, Wright State University, Vol. 13, No. 1, 1992 Collaborative and Non Collaborative Partnership Structures in Teacher Education, Journal of Teacher Education, Volume 43, Number 4, 1992 The Choice of Transformation, Strategic Planner for Education, Winter, 1992 Society’s Race Against Time, Journal, Ohio School Boards Association, 1992 Moral Education: A Recommendation, National Forum of Educational Administration and Supervision Journal, Volume 9, Number 1, 1991-92 Moral Education and Character, U.S. Department of Education, September, 1998 Teachers’ and Students’ Perception About Instructional and Leadership Efficacy of a Successful District of Columbia Public Junior High School (Ed. D. Dissertation), The George Washington University, 1983
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
“From Rhetoric to Reality: Preparing Urban Teachers Who are Truly Prepared”, Association of Teacher Education 91st Annual National Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2011 “Structural Inequality: The Urgent Challenge to Move from Education for Some to Education for All”, Minneapolis, MN, 2010 “Internal Forum on Teacher Education & Asia Pacific Forum on Internal Education”, Shanghai, China, 2009 “Tapping the Potential of Higher Education Partnerships: A Strategic Approach to Collaboration”, National School Board Association, San Diego, CA ,2009 “White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Teaching for the New Millennium, The Role of HBCUs”, Washington D.C., 2009 21st Century Skills Summit, Washington D.C., 2009 “Structural Inequality: The Urgent Challenge to Move from Education for Some to Education for All”, USA Today, McLean, VA, 2008 “Structural Inequality: The Urgent Challenge to Move from Education for Some to Education for All”, National Alliance of Black School Administrators, Atlanta, GA, 2008 “Structural Inequality: The Urgent Challenge to Move from Education for Some to Education for All”, The Council of the Great City Schools, Washington, D.C., 2008 “Challenging Issues and Remedies Facing an Urban School District”, International Leadership Conference, Niagara University College of Education – Institute of Applied Learning, 2007 “A Passion For Leadership- Cultivating Change in Schools and Communities”, University at Buffalo, Graduate School of Education, 2007 Commencement Speaker, Medaille College, Buffalo, NY, 2007 Public Policy Issues in Education, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 2007 Commencement Speaker, State University College at Buffalo, Graduate School of Education, 2006 “Riverside High School for Entrepreneurs”, American Institute of Architects, Washington DC, 2006 “Cheating Our Kids, ” Book review and discussion, Bistro Bookers, Buffalo, NY 2006 “No Child Left Behind,” East Coast Association of Language Testers, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C, 2003 “A Call to Action,” George Washington University,” Arlington, VA, 2002 Commencement Speaker, School of Education, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 2002 “The Politics of Public Education,” Howard University, Washington, D.C., 2002 “One School System’s Response to School Improvement,” Colonial Weekends Conference, George Washington University, Washington D.C., 2002 “Building Staff Competencies: Montgomery County Public Schools Professional Growth System for Teachers," National School. Boards Association, New Orleans, LA, 2002 “Making Schools Work,” Reason Public Policy Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, 1999 “Choosing Transformation: Education for a New Generation,” AASA National Conference, New Orleans, LA, 1999 “What it Means to be the Urban Educator of the Year,” 1998 National Assessment Conference, State Content Assessment Needs, Tucson, AZ “The Strategic Impact of a Comprehensive Health Services Program: A Working Model,” Indiana School Nurse Conference, Indianapolis, IN, 1998 “Dayton Public Schools Planning Model,” Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1998 “Superintendents’ Education Policy Institute,” George Washington University, Arlington, VA, 1998 “Redesigning Principalship Programs in Urban Education,” AASA National Conference, San Diego, CA, 1998 “Education Reform to Ensure the Future of our Children,” Urban Superintendents Association of America in conjunction with the AASA, Orlando, FL 1997, Scottsdale, AZ, 1996 “Creative Funding,” Council of the Great City Schools, Minneapolis, MN, 1996 “Education Decentralization and Student Learning – Mission Impossible,” Education Commission of the States, San Antonio, TX, 1996 “Urban District Redesign – Action Plan,” Education Commission of the States, Austin TX, 1996 “Public School and University Collaboration in Research and Change,” AASA, San Diego, CA, 1996 “What Works in Public Education” Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., 1996
“Citizenship and Character Education: Models for Implementation” U.S. Department of Education’s Second Annual Conference on Improving American Schools, Washington, D.C., 1995 “The State of Urban Education,” National Conference of State Legislators, Chicago, IL, 1995 “Symposium on Schools, Values and The Courts” Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, 1995 “Should Public Schools Teach Values? If so, Which Ones, and How?” NSBA, San Francisco, 1995 “Win or Lose? School Finance Goes on Trial,” AASA, New Orleans, LA, 1995 “Transforming Both Schools and Educator Preparation Program Through the Pathway of Partnership,” AASA, New Orleans, LA, 1995 “Re-engineering Public Education,” Harvard Graduate School of Education, Boston, MA 1994 “Reform-Based Partnerships with a Science and Mathematics Focus,” Association of Teacher Educators, Atlanta, GA 1994. Student Diversity, “A Gift for Enhancing the Education of All Students,” Seventh Annual African American Student Conference, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA, 1994 “Research-Based Curriculum Development in Science: Implementing a School-University Partnership Model,” AASA, San Diego, CA 1992 “Business, Government & Education Sector Collaborative: A Model Partnership,” American Association of Colleges, San Antonio, TX 1992 “Partnership for Science: An Example of Business, Government and Education Sector Collaboration,” National Science Teachers Association, Boston, MA 1992