VITA Kathryn Jones Lamar University 409.828.0544 (cell) [email protected] Education Doctor of Educational Leadership Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas Graduated: December 2013 Dissertation: The Perceptions of Pre-service Teachers’ Intercultural Responsiveness Recipient of the Morphet National Dissertation Award, 2014 Masters of Education Administration Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas Graduated: December 2009 Bachelor of Science in Sociology Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Graduated: May 2000 Professional Experience 2014 - present Clinical Instructor/Academic Advisor, Center of Doctoral Studies of Educational Leadership, Lamar University 2013 – present Editor for 15 graduate students 2004-2013 ESL Teacher, Central Middle School and Nederland High School, Nederland Independent School District 2013 Graduate Assistant, Center of Doctoral Studies of Educational Leadership, Lamar University 2010-2013 Missions Coordinator, First Baptist Church, Nederland, TX 2004-2005 Introduction to Spanish Teacher, Central Middle School, Nederland Independent School District 2003-2004 ESL Teacher, C.O. Wilson and Nederland High School, Nederland Independent School District 2002-2003 Resource Teacher, Intermediate School, West Orange Cove Consolidated Independent School District 2000-2003 Adult Probation Officer, Brazos Co. Community Supervision and Corrections Department Selected University/Conference Presentations Baur, K. (2012, September). Culturally responsive teachers. Presentation presented at the meeting of the Lamar University Pre-Service Teacher seminar, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX. Baur, K. (2012, October). I don’t speak a foreign language! How do I teach ELLs?. Presentation presented at the meeting of the Sam Houston State University, Reading, and Writing Conference, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX. Baur, K. & Morrison, J. (2013, January). The ease of equity audits. Presentation presented at the meeting of the Lamar University Doctoral Cultural Influence Class, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX. Baur, K. (2013, January). Culturally responsive teachers. Presentation presented at the meeting of the Lamar University Pre-Service Teacher seminar, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX. Baur, K. & Morrison, J. (2013, February). An equity audit of economically disadvantage students attaining proficient performance on TAKS. Presentation presented at the meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Conference, San Antonio, TX. Baur, K. & Mixon, J. (2013, March). An exploratory survey of linguistic accommodations in higher education institutes. Presentation presented at the meeting of the Lamar University Educational Research Conference. Lamar University, Beaumont, TX. Baur, K. (2013, October). Culturally responsive teachers. Presentation presented at the meeting of the Lamar University Pre-Service Teacher seminar, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX. Baur, K. (2013, October). Educating ELLs with culturally responsive strategies. Presentation presented at the meeting of the CSOTTE Fall Teacher Education Conference, San Antonio, TX. Saxon, T. F., Fearon, D., Baur, K., & Sulak, T. (2014, February). Beginning and completing the dissertation process. Presentation presented at the meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Conference, New Orleans, LA. Cummings, C., Mason, D., Borel, D., Shelton, K., Eikenberg, B., Baur, K., . Butcher, J. (2014, March). Learner interaction in e-learning. Presentation presented at the meeting of the Lamar University Educational Research Conference, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX. Baur, K. (2014, August). The perceptions of pre-service teachers’ intercultural responsiveness. Presentation presented at the meeting of National Council of Professional Educational Administrators Conference, California State University Chanel Islands, Camarillo, CA. Mixon, J. & Baur, K. (2014, September). Fill your body with cultural leadership. Presentation presented at the Region 5 training, ESC 5 Regional Service Center, Beaumont, TX. Mason, D., Butcher, J., Eikenburg, B., & Baur, K. (2014, November). Engaging students in K-12 online learning. Presentation presented at the meeting of the MAIS Annual Teachers and Administrators Conference, Seville, Spain. Baur, K. (2015, January). Interculturally responsive teachers. Presentation presented at the meeting of the Lamar University Pre-Service Teacher seminar, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX. Baur, K. & Mixon, J. (2015, February). Intercultural responsiveness: Understanding the response to cultures continuum. Workshop presented at the meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Conference, San Antonio, TX. Baur, K. (2015, January). Strategies for ESL students. Presentation presented at the meeting of the Lamar University Pre-Service Teacher Class, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX. Course Experience EDLD 5352 Instructional Leadership Development EDUD 6303 Global Cultural Awareness EDUD 6315 Field Based Internship I EDUD 6316 Field Based Internship II EDUD 6305 Organizational Change EDUD 6307 Global Educational Leadership Policy EDUD 6317 Writing for Publication EDUD 6319 Independent Study EDUD 6352 Qualitative Research EDUD 6314 Scholarly Writing EDUD 6317 Writing for Publication EDUD 6352 Qualitative Research EDUD 6318 International Project EDUD 6312 International Communication EDUD 6301 Adult Learning Theory (Graduate Assistant) EDUD 6353 Synthesis Seminar EDUD 6361 Dissertation I EDUD 6362 Dissertation II EDUD 6363 Dissertation III EDUD 6364 Dissertation IV Publication/Service Journal Article Baur, K., & Mixon, J. (2012) Nine quick and beneficial strategies for a culturally responsive classroom. Texas Study of Secondary Education, 22(1), 40-43. Baur, K., & Mixon, J. (in press). Pre-service teachers’ Intercultural Responsivess (IR). Journal of Education. Boston University. Book Chapter Cummings, C., Mason, D., Shelton, K., & Baur, K. (2014). Active learning strategies for online and blended learning environments. In J. Keengwe (Ed.), Models for improving and optimizing online and blended learning in higher education. Hershey: IGI Global. Mixon, J. & Jones, K. (in press). Cybersupervision. Online Educational Leadership Preparation Programs. Ypsilanti, MI: NCPEA. Served as: exchange research visiting scholar sponsor, Xin Zhao, March-August, Lamar University dissertation committee member for 10 doctoral students, Lamar University dissertation co-chair member for 13 doctoral students, Lamar University doctoral dissertation format reader reviewer for the 2014 SERA conference proposal phase interview committee member for clinical professors interview committee member for the Director of Student Support Service interview committee member for the Coordinator of Doctoral Program graduation marshall for May 2014, August 2014, and December 2014 representative for Doctoral Program Educational Leadership for NCATE review, Lamar University, December 2, 2012 Awards/Recognition Recipient of the Morphet National Dissertation Award, 2014 National Council of Professional Educational Administrators (NCPEA) Recipient of the Outstanding Doctoral Student – Hybrid, Fall 2013 Center for Doctoral Studies in Educational Leadership, Lamar University Recipient of the Public School Research Scholars Program, 2013 Center for Research, Evaluation & Advancement of Teacher Education (CREATE) Certifications Principal (Grades PK-12) Special Education (Grades PK-12) Generalist (Grades EC-4) English as a Second Language (Grades EC-12) Selected Professional Development Capturing Kids’ Hearts Round Top, TX, 2006 Instructional Leadership Development Training Region V Education Service Center, Silsbee, TX, 2009 LPAC Framework Training of Trainers Region V Education Service Center, Silsbee, TX, 2012 Research Interests Intercultural Responsiveness Dissertation Process Second Language Acquisition Preparedness of Pre-service teachers Cultural Responsive Leadership Global Discourse Patterns Linguistic Relativity Professional Organizations National Council of Professional Educators Association 2014 - PRESENT Southwest Educational Research Association 2012 - PRESENT Texas Classroom Teacher Association 2002 – 2013 .