Dr. Calvin Meyer
Professor
Elementary Secondary Education
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Dr. Calvin Meyer Professor Elementary Secondary Education
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| Academic Degrees |
Post Doctorate work, 1984
Educational Administration
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Doctorate in Education, Ed.D., 1979
Curriculum and Instruction
University of South Carolina,
Columbia, SC
Master of Arts, M.A. 1974
Elementary Education
Spalding University
Louisville, KY
Bachelor of Arts, 1965
History
Carson-Newman College
Jefferson City, TN
| Professional Experience |
Coordinator of Middle Level Education (2000 - Present)
Associate Professor of Education
Graduate Faculty Status
Content Areas: Middle Grades Education, Research
Marshall University (Graduate College)
South Charleston, WV
Professor of Education (1999 – 2000)
Graduate Faculty Status
Content Areas: Educational Foundations, Instructional Design
Missouri Baptist College
St. Louis, MO
Professor of Education (1995 - 1999)
Graduate Faculty Status
Content Areas: Math Methods, Science Methods, Instructional Design,
Educational Administration
Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA
Acting Chair (1989 - 1995)
Coordinator of Middle Grades Education
Coordinator of Field Experiences
Associate Professor of Education
Graduate Faculty Status/Tenured
Content Areas: Middle School Instruction, Social Science Methods, Curriculum Theory
Georgia College and State University
Milledgeville, GA
Coordinator of Liberal Studies Degree (1987 - 1989)
Assistant Professor of Education
Content Areas: Math Methods, Science Methods, Social Science Methods
Hannibal-Lagrange College
Hannibal, MO
Educational Specialist (1984 - 1987)
South Carolina Department of Education
Technical Education Division
Columbia, SC
Principal (1983 - 1984)
Vocational Director
Lancaster County School District
Lancaster, SC
Principal (1975 - 1983)
Assistant Principal of Instruction
Administrative Assistant for Gifted Education
Middle School Teacher
Richland School District #2
Columbia, SC
Adjunct Professor (1980 - 1981)
Content Areas: Middle School Instruction
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Fourth Grade Unit Teacher (1973 - 1975)
Middle School Teacher
Polk County School District
Bartow, FLA.
Fifth Grade Teacher (1970 - 1973)
Jefferson County School District
Louisville, KY
U.S. History Teacher (1968 - 1970)
Grand Rapids City School District
Grand Rapids, MI
Seventh Grade Teacher (1965 - 1966)
Remount Baptist School
Charleston, SC
| Publications |
Articles:
Developing Middle Level Teaching Skills via an Online Process: It Can Be Done. National Middle School Journal. January, 2005, edition.
Observations of the Educational Reform in China’s Middle School Education Program. National Social Science Perspectives Journal. 2004. (Vol. 24, #1).
Authentic Assessment Correlated to Achievement. Proceedings Journal International Conference on Education. 2004.
Computer Assisted Instruction: Is There a Difference in Achievement? National
Social Science Journal. 2004 (Vol. 23-1, 81-82).
Multiculturalism: Beyond Food, Festival, Folklore and Fashion. Kappa Delta Pi
Record. 2004.
Is Your School a Jiddle? Becoming, GMSA Journal. December 2003.
The Affect of Computer-Assisted Instruction versus Traditional Delivery. National
Social Science Perspectives Journal. Summer 2003 (Vol. 23-2, 82-85).
Teaching Instructional Methods Online. National Social Science Journal. Summer 2003.
Criteria for Designing an Assessment. [Abstract] China International Conference
Center for Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University. Summer 2002.
Teaching Distance Learning to a Generation of dot.com Teachers. National Social Science Perspectives Journal. Summer 2002.
Turkey and the United Arab Republics: A Secondary Unit of Study. National Social Science Journal, Fall 2001 (Vol. 17-2, 59-67)
Turkey and the United Arab Republics . National Social Science Perspectiv Journal. Summer 2001 (Vol. 18-1, 140-150).
Teaching a Generation of ‘dot.com’ Teachers. Syllabus 2001, [Electronic Publication], Summer 2001.
The Tapestry of Teaching. Teacher Focus, Fall 2000.
Tracking Through America: An Integrative Approach for Teaching Social
Studies. National Social Science Perspectives Journal, Spring, 1996.
Are Alternative Education Programs the Panacea for Middle School
School Dropouts. The Middle School Improvement Program Network Journal, Fall, 1993.
Does Self Evaluation Programs Impact on Motivation with Sixth Grade
Students? The Middle School Improvement Program Network Journal, Fall, 1993.
Is There a Need to Define Middle School Principal Performance Skills in Georgia? GMSA Newsletter, Spring, 1993.
Preparing the Secondary Teacher for Basic Skills Remediation. The Palmetto Schoolmaster, Winter, 1983.
Middle School Principals as Instructional Leaders: Two Inconsistent Profiles.
The Educational Leadership Institute's Dissemination Services to the Middle Schools. Volume XIV, No. 6, March, 1983.
Are Middle School Principals Doing the Job? The Clemson Kappan, 1983. The Department Chairman as An Effective Supervisor and Leader in Curriculum Development. The Hoosier Schoolmaster, Winter, 1982.
Interpersonal Relationships: The Key to Middle School Leadership. NASSP Bulletin, September, 1981.
Back to the Basics: Making Dick and Jane Read. The Palmetto Schoolmaster, Spring, 1981.
The Performance Skills of Middle School Principals. The Middle School Research Journal, Fall, 1979.
Monographs - Editor/Writer for 14 V-TECS Technical Manuals
Monographs - Editor/Writer - South Carolina Department of Education:
South Carolina Vocational Achievement Test Procedures, 1987
Performance-Based Vocational Education, 1986
Job Keeping Skills, 1985
Dissertation:
A Study of the Performance Skills of Selected Middle School Principals. University of South Carolina, 1979
Thesis:
Teaching Reading: An Analysis of Techniques. Spalding University, 1974
Textbooks:
Fifth Grade Mathematics: The Heavens Above. Association of Christian Schools International, 2001
Tracking Through America: Natural and Social Science Methods. Liberty University, 2000
Referee:
National Middle School Journal, 1994-1998
Teaching Education Journal, 1991-1999
Editor:
West Virginia Middle Level Education Newsletter, 2000-2002
| Invited Presentations and Workshops |
Organizations:
Anderson College, ANDERSON, SC, 2002
Association of Christian Schools International, GREENSBORO, NC, 1997
Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development, NEW YORK, 1984,
HOUSTON, 1983, ANAHEIM, 1982, ST. LOUIS, 1982, KANSAS CITY, 2001
Association of Teacher Educators, DENVER, 2002
Center for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Education, University of
Virginia, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, 1999
China Association of Science and Technology Education, BEIJING, 2002
Crichton College, MEMPHIS, 1994
Cumberland University, LEBANON, TN, 1997
Florida Association of Christian Schools, ORLANDO, 1998
Georgia Middle School Association, SAVANNAH, 1991, 1994, VALDOSTA,
1993, ATLANTA, 1992
Georgia Council of Social Studies, SAVANNAH, 1995
Georgia Southern University, STATESBORO, 1996
Hannibal-Lagrange College, HANNIBAL, MO, 1988
Horry County School District, CONWAY, SC, 1980
Kanawha County School District, George Washington High School,
CHARLESTON, WV 2002
Kappa Delta Pi Biennial Conference, ORLANDO, 2001
King College, BRISTOL, TN, 2000
Liberty University, LYNCHBURG, VA,1996, 1998
Liberty Conference for Christian Workers, LYNCHBURG, VA, 1998
Lynchburg College, LYNCHBURG, VA, 2003
Milligan College, MILLIGAN COLLEGE, TN, 2003
Missouri Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development, ST. LOUIS,
2000
National Association of Secondary School Principals, SOUTHERN PINES, NC,
1982
National Social Science Association, WASHINGTON, DC, 1995
ST. LOUIS, 1999, NEW ORLEANS, 2000, LAS VEGAS, 2002
National Middle School Association, DETROIT, 1979, WASHINGTON, DC,
2001, PORTLAND, 2002
Norfolk State University Conference on Gifted Education, NORFOLK, 1996
Nova Southeastern University, FORT LAUDERDALE, 1996
Putnam County School District, HURRICANE, WV 2002
Reinhardt College, WELESCA, GA, 1997
Richland School District #2, COLUMBIA, SC, 1976, 1979, 1982
South Carolina Association of School Administrators, MYRTLE BEACH, 1983,
COLUMBIA, 1981, CONWAY, 1980
South Carolina Department of Education, COLUMBIA, 1986, 1987
Southern Association for Public Opinion Research, RALEIGH, NC, 1993
Syllabus 2001 Conference, SANTA CLARA, CA., 2001
University of South Carolina, COLUMBIA, 1979, 1980, 1982
WebCT Regional Conference, CHARLESTON, WV, 2001
West Virginia Association of Middle Level Education, CHARLESTON, WV,
2001, SNOWSHOE, WV, 2002
William Woods University, FULTON, MO, 2000
Wingate College, WINGATE, NC, 1995
Topics:
An Inductive Approach for Teaching Elementary Science
And God Created Math: A Synoptic of the New Math Series by ACSI
Administrative Evaluation
Attitudes and Competencies of Middle School Teachers and Principals in Georgia
Authentic Assessment
Basic Skills
Building Volunteer Interpersonal Relationships
Choices and Changes
Community Participation Leads to Effective Schools
Competency-Based Vocational Education
Connecting the Dots: A Technical Approach to Graphic Literacy
Driving While Technologically Impaired Down the Information Superhighway
Educational Reform: Implications for the 90's
Helping Teachers Plan for Effective Classroom Instruction
Implementing the South Carolina Vocational Achievement Test
Interpersonal Relationship Skills: The Key to Effective Middle School
Leadership
Kids Voting: An Experiment in Socialization
Learning Styles Inventory
Mathematics and Teaching Strategies
Multiculturalism: Beyond Food, Festival, Folklore and Fashion
Multiple Intelligence and Modality Learning Styles
Nurturing Effective Instruction Through Systematic Planning and Staff
Development
Performance Skills of the Secondary Principal
Performance Skills of the Secondary Teacher
Pimples, Pouting and Peers: A Retrospect of Emerging Adolescents
Policies, Legislation and Trends Impacting Middle Level Education
Program for the Underachieving Average Student
Successful Supervision of Student Teachers
School Climate as Related to Student Activities
Secondary School Parent Volunteerism
Strengthening Supervision Skills: Procedures for Staff Development
Supervisional Secondary Staff Development Programs
Teaching a Generation of “Dot. Com” Teachers
Teaching Strategies for the College Classroom
Teaching Toward Individual Differences
The Changing Role of the School Administrator
The Christian World View of Higher Education
The High School Curriculum Director and Their Role in Curriculum, Guidance
and Scheduling
The Mission of the Middle School
The Performance Skills of the Middle School Principal
The Philosophical Basis for an Educational Philosophy
The Purpose of a Liberal Arts, Christian College
The School District
The Titanic of Assessment: Faltering Formatively and Sinking Summatively
Those Bloomin Emerging Adolescents
Tic-Tac-Toe: Using William’s Domain of Creativity
Tracking Through America: An Integrative Approach for Teaching Social Studies
Turkey and the United Arab Emirates: A Secondary Unit of Study
Universal Values Instruction for Grades K - 5
Using Math Manipulatives in Elementary Education
| Certifications |
Social Studies (Missouri) - Life Certificate
Elementary Education (Kentucky) - Life Certificate
Elementary Education
National Assessor of Leadership - NASSP
| Grants |
West Virginia Council of Higher Education, $54,000, 2001
Eisenhower Professional Development Grant, $52,000, 2001
Marshall University Technology Grant, $2800, 2001
Multicultural/Social Justice Education, $2500, 2000
Eisenhower Consortium for Mathematics/Science Education, $5500, 1996
National Association of Secondary School Principals, $3600, 1989-1995
Educational Data Systems, $126,000, 1983
| Service Related Activities |
Consultant:
Eisenhower Consortium for Mathematics/Science Education, CESME/AEL
Project. VIRGINIA, 1996-1997
Georgia Department of Education, Georgia's Tech Prep Program. GEORGIA,
1995
Professional Association of Georgia Educators, Federal Grants Assistance.
GEORGIA, 1995
U.S. Department of Education, Secretary's Fund for Innovation in Education.
WASHINGTON, D.C., 1994
National Association of Secondary School Principal, Principal's Assessment
Center. GEORGIA, 1989-1995, MISSOURI, 1987-1989, SOUTH
CAROLINA, 1985-1986
National Science Foundation, GIMS Project. GEORGIA, 1992-1994
Joint Council of Economic Education, Choices Program. GEORGIA, 1991
South Carolina Task Force, APT Project. SOUTH CAROLINA, 1981
Committee Leadership:
Chair Major, for six Ed.D. Curriculum/Instruction Candidates, WEST VIRGINIA
UNIVERSITY, 2002
Chair Minor, for one Ed.D. Curriculum/Instruction Candidate, WEST VIRGINIA
UNIVERSITY, 2001-2002
Chair Minor, for two Ed.D. Educational Leadership Candidates, WEST
VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, 2001-2002
Chair, Teacher Education Computer Technology Committee, LIBERTY
UNIVERSITY, 1997-1998
Chair, Degree Modification Study Committee, LIBERTY UNIVERSITY,
1996-1997
Chair, Course Evaluation Modification Committee, LIBERTY UNIVERSITY,
1995-1996
Chair, Teacher Recruitment Committee, GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE
UNIVERSITY, 1994-1995
Chair, Southern Association of College and Schools, Secondary Schools and
College Committee, GEORGIA, 1993-1994, SOUTH CAROLINA, 1980-1986
Chair, National Council of Accreditation for Teacher Education, Middle Grades
Education Committee, GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY,
1993
Chair, BSU Advisory Board, GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE
UNIVERSITY, 1992-1994
Chair, Regional Social Science Fair, GEORGIA, 1990-1994
Chair, Middle Grades Faculty Search Committee, GEORGIA COLLEGE AND
STATE UNIVERSITY, 1993
Chair, Graduate Study Task Force, GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE
UNIVERSITY, 1993
Advisor, Phi Theta Kappa, HANNIBAL-LAGRANGE COLLEGE, 1989
Chair, SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, 1984-1987
Vocational Evaluation Team
Vocational Achievement Test Implementation
Competency-Based Vocational Education Model
Chair, Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development, Select
Committee on Evaluation, RESTON, VA., 1978-1984
Chair, Upper South Carolina 2A Conference, Executive Committee. SOUTH
CAROLINA, 1983-1984
Chair, South Carolina 4A Conference, Finance Committee, SOUTH CAROLINA,
1981-1983
Chair, Columbia Metro Association, Missions Committee, SOUTH CAROLINA,
1983
Chair, Caldwell Elementary School Grade 4, FLORIDA, 1974-1975
Chair, Louisville Religious Education Association, KENTUCKY, 1974
Committee Membership:
Member, Dow Citizens Advisory Panel, WEST VIRGINIA, 2002-Present
Member, MARSHALL UNIVERSITY, 2000-Present
Commission on Multicultural Education
Ethics Ad Hoc Committee
Faculty Evaluation Ad Hoc Subcommittee
Judicial Committee
Merit Pay Committe
NCATE Coordinating Committee
Search Committee for Early Childhood
Search Committee Technologies Position
Search Committee Science Education
Member, MISSOURI BAPTIST COLLEGE, 1999-2000
Graduate Faculty Affairs Council
Praxis Remediation Committee
Promotions Committee
Spiritual Faith and Learning Committee
Teacher Education Committee
Teacher Education NCATE Committee
Member, LIBERTY UNIVERSITY, 1995-1999
Academic Computing Committee
Faculty Senate Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
Graduate Committee, School of Education
Member, John Milledge Academy, Board of Directors, GEORGIA, 1992-1993
Member, GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY, 1989-1995
Advisors Steering Committee
Career Center Advisory Board
Graduate Council
Graduate Faculty Committee
Graduate Organization and Structure Committee
Graduate Student Committee
International Committee
Science Education Faculty Search Committee
Strategic Planning Committee
Secondary Education Process Action Team
Teacher Education Committee
Member, HANNIBAL-LAGRANGE COLLEGE, 1987-1989
Teacher Education Committee
Testing Committee
Member, CYLUC Staff Development Consortium, SOUTH CAROLINA, 1983
Member, RICHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT #2, COLUMBIA, SC, 1975-1983
Administrative Study Committee
Career Guidance Planning Project
Extra-Curricular Activities Allocations Committee
Program for Students at Risk Committee
Member, Grand Rapids Schools, Social Studies Textbook Adoption Committee,
MICHIGAN, 1970
Member, South Carolina ACTS Television Network, Board of Directors,
SOUTH CAROLINA, 1985-1986
| Honors and Awards |
Personal:
Liberty University, Board of Regents - 2002
West Virginia University, Regular Faculty Graduate Status - 2002
Who's Who Among America's Teachers - 1998, 2000
Kappa Delta Pi - 1994 -2000
Phi Delta Kappa - 1991-2000
Who's Who in American Education - 1989
Who's Who in the South and Southwest - 1983, 1986
Personalities of America - 1984
Golden Key Honor Society - 1983
Outstanding School Administrator of South Carolina - 1982
Dale Carnegie's Human Relations Award - 1981
Who's Who in Kentucky - 1974
Honored First Year Teacher - 1973
Phi Alpha Theta - 1965
Cum Laude - 1965
Institutional:
National Model Middle School Teacher Education Program - 1994
Phi Theta Kappa, Award Winner Unit - 1989
National School of Excellence - 1985
Phi Delta Kappan Outstanding School of Discipline - 1983
ICCS's Outstanding National School - 1983
Governor's Award for Citizen's Participation - 1982, 1983
State's Exemplary Media Center - 1982
NASSP's Exemplary Program Status - 1980
| Professional Organizations (last 10 Year) |