Dr. Sam Securro Associate Professor Elementary Secondary Education               securro@marshall.edu

Professional Development, 1977-83

Completed requirements for certification in School Administration

West Virginia College of Graduate Studies

Institute, West Virginia

Ed.D. Educational Psychology, and Counseling and Guidance, 1970

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

M.A. Counseling and Guidance, 1965

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

B.A. Secondary Education, 1964

Physical Education 7-12, Social Studies, 7-12, Health Education, 7-12, Sociology minor

Fairmont State College

Fairmont, West Virginia

Teacher/Counselor, Junior High (1965-66)

Wood County Board of Education - Parkersburg, WV

Counselor, Senior High (1966-67)

Baltimore County Board of Education

Counselor, Senior High (1967-68)

Montclair, New Jersey Public Schools

Graduate Instructor (1968-70)

Department of Educational Psychology

West Virginia University - Morgantown, WV

Faculty, Teacher Education/Professor (l970 –2000)

Human Growth and Development, Educational Psychology, and Classroom Management

West Virginia State College - Institute, West Virginia

Chair (1975-1979)

Teacher Education Program

West Virginia State College

Substitute Teacher (1978-1982)

Jackson and Boone Counties, WV

Adjunct Professor (1970-Present)

Marshall University Graduate College

Faculty and Chair (1983-2000)

Teacher Education program

West Virginia State College - Institute, WV

Part Time Faculty (2000- 2004)

Elementary and Secondary Education

Marshall University Graduate College

Associate Professor (2005- Current)

Elementary and Secondary Education

Marshall University Graduate College

*Securro, S. & Walls, R. W. (1972) Concept Attainment of Culturally Different Children Utilizing Artificial and Life like Stimulus Tasks.  Journal of Educational Psychology, 62, 531-538.

**Securro, S. Strategies for Increasing Self-Initiated Verbal Interaction. Research in Education (RIE), Abstract Journal for ERIC. December, 1972.

Securro, S. Preschool Teachers. Multicultural Newsletter, No.1, November, 1972.

Securro, S. & Moroose, D.  The Effects of Adlerian Principles on Sociometric Status in the Secondary Classroom, West Virginia Review of Educational Research, Fall, 1973.

Securro, S. Some Incongruities between Pupil and Teacher Attitudes toward Letter Grade Attainment, West Virginia Review of Educational Research, Fall, 1973, and Research in Education (RIE), Fall, 1973.

Securro, S. Field Experience in the Teacher Education Program: Theory into Practice. Paper presented at State Association of Teacher Educators Meeting, November, 1974.

Securro, S. & Walls, R. T. (1975) Strategies for Increasing Self-Initiated Verbal Interaction. Journal of Educational Research, November, 1975.

Securro, S. (1982) Motivating the Undergraduate Lecture-Discussion Session, West Virginia Review of Educational Research, No. 5, Fall, 1982.

Securro, S. & Owen, I. (1982) Student Perception of Early Field Experience Components, Teacher Education Program, West Virginia State College  ERIC Ed. 261 016.

*Article referenced in Kagen, J. & Lang, C. Psychology and Education and Introduction, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, Inc., New York, 1978 (p. 503)

**Referenced in Brophy, J. E. & Good, T. L. Teacher-Student Relationships, Causes and Consequences, Holt-Rinehart & Winston, 1974 (p. 321).

Securro, S. & Lombardo, E. Special Education Concerns for the Regular Classroom Teacher, ERIC, (RIE) SP 026228. December, 1985.

Securro, S. Egocentrism and Perception Dominance in Young Children: Implications for Development and Management, ERIC, ED 256 519, February, 1985.

Securro, S., Lombardo, E. and Lombardo, V. (eds.) 1988 Partnership of regular education and special education, Ginn Press.

Securro, S. (1992) Quality of teacher education and non-teacher education graduates: Fact or artifact? Journal of Research and Development in Education, 25, No.3, Spring.

Securro, S. (1993) The ecology of the student teaching experience. August, 1991 (Unpublished paper).

Securro, S., Dockery, R., and Nicolson, K. A Collaborative Alternative Teacher Certification Program, ERIC ED 310 074, 1989.

Securro, S. (1996) Young adolescent's perceptions about how they learn best. Unpublished paper, WVSC.

Securro, S. Our kids do not belong to us. (1992) Focus Bulletin of the WV Association for Young Children, 2, No. 1, March.

Securro, S. (1994) The use of behavioral language: set and action. Unpublished paper, WVSC.

Securro, S. and Levine, J. (eds.) 1995, Readings in educational psychology. Tapestry Press, Action, MA.

O’Byrne,B., Securro, S., Jones, J.& Cadle, C. Making the cut: The impact of an integrated learning system on low achieving middle school students. Journal of Computed Assisted Learning.,22, 1-11. April, 2006.

Cantrel, D., Securro, S., Jones, J., Meyer, C. & Blackwell, M. Merit Math Software Intervention at a West Virginia Middle School. December, 2005.

Securro, S.,  Jones, J.D.; Cantrell, D. & Mickey, J. Intervention That Adds Up: The Impact of Merit Software on  Standardized Achievement Test Scores of Middle School Students. Journal on School Educational Technology, v2, No. 1, June-August 2006.

Securro, S. ,Jones, J.D, & Cantrell, D. ( 2007). Effect of Extensive Engagement with Merit Reading and Language Arts Software  on achievement of middle school students. (unpublished manuscript, March, 2008)

Rodgers, D.L., Pauley, R.D. & Securro, S. The Effect of High Fidelity Stimulation on Educational Outcomes in an Advanced Cardio-Life Support Course. Simulation in Health Care ,in press, November, 2008.

Developed and conducted continuing education workshop, Kanawha County Schools: Teacher stress/burnout, April, 1979.

Conducted "mini-lesson," science activities program(s) for sixth graders at Oakwood Elementary School, Spring, 1982.

Panelist, Board of Regents Teleconference, "Initiatives in Teacher Education", West Virginia State College, October, 1989.

Panelist and Presenter, NCATE Knowledge Base Workshop, Washington, DC, November, 1991.

*Paper presented at annual meeting American Educational Research Association (AERA) New York, 1971.

**Paper presented at annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, Chicago, February, 1972.

Nicholson, K., Securro, S. & Dochery, R.  Field-based training program for second career adults in shortage areas. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Rural and Small Schools Consortium, Bellingham, Washington, October, 1987.

Securro, S. Alternative certification: Perspectives from the field.  Paper presented at Alternative. Certification Invitational Conference, Charleston, West Virginia, April, 1988.

Securro, S., Nicholson, K. and Dochery, R. Third year evaluation of an alternative certification program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Chicago, Illinois, February, 1990.

Securro, S., Moroose, D., et. al. Teacher as a Human Developer ("THD") A Knowledge-Base Description of Teacher Preparation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Atlanta, Georgia, March, 1990.

Parent Education Workshop, "Our Kids Do Not Belong To Us".  Piedmont Elementary School (April, 1995).

Workshop for Teachers and Administrators, Morgan County Schools, Berkeley, WV "Enhancing Student Performance on the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills" (December, 1993).

Presentation, "Goals 2000: Up-Date", 1995, Faculty Lecture Series, WVSC, Apri11995 (Also April 1994 and 1993).

Presentation, Knowledge Base for Teacher Education, and Related Documentation, Fairmont State College Retreat, October, 1997.

Presentation (with Dr. Donald Moroose): "TEAM TEACHING ON LINE: EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH and WRITING", at WebCT Regional Conference, Marshall University Graduate Center, April 2001.

Presentation: “Intervention That Adds Up: Impact of Merit Software on Academic Achievement of Middle School Students”. WV Middle School Conference, Stonewall Resort, WV. April, 2006.

Presentation: “Creating and Sustaining Cyberspace Initiatives that Maximize Technology and Enhance Learning”. National Conference for Association of Small Computers Users, June, 2006. Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Presentation: Intervention That Adds Up: The Impact of Merit Software on Low Achieving Middle School Students, National Conference for Technology, Reading & Learning Diversity, March, 2008, San Francisco.

Workshop participant, 21st Century Learning Skills, WVDOE, April 1, 2008, Charleston, WV.

Participant, WebCT Users Group Monthly Meetings, 2006,2007 and 2008.

Reviewer, Online Action Research Journal, Center for Professional Development, Charleston, WV.,November, 2007.

Participant, “Technology Transfer Workshop, Lisa Daniels, Marshall University Research Corporation, South Charleston WV, November, 2007.

Workshop participant, 21st Century Learning Skills, WVDOE, April 1, 2008, Charleston, WV.

West Virginia Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (WV ACTE) Meetings (1987-1995).

AACTE Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, February, 1990.

NCATE Knowledge Base Standards Workshop. August, 1988, Charleston, WV.

Student Outcomes Assessment Workshop, Alverno College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 8-12, 1987.

IBM School Executives Conference, Palm Springs, California, February, 1990.

Teleconference, Collaborative Teaching Strategies, Marion Leibowitz, WVSC. April, 1989.

Teleconference, Current Issues in Higher Education, WVSC, November, 1989.

Teleconference, Interdisciplinary Teaching in the Core Curriculum, WVSC, November, 1989.

Teleconference, Initiatives in Teacher Education, WVSC, October, 1989.

Teleconference, Family Dysfunction and Divorce, WVSC, May, 1989.

Teleconference, NCATE Knowledge Base Conference, Dr. Steadman, Charleston, WV, Spring, 1989.

Developed comprehensive, thematic based professional education preparation program at West Virginia State College, including a model for continuous program assessment. 1989-1991.

Prepared NCATE Institutional Report and conducted related matters for NCATE reaccreditation, October, 1990.

IBM, Basic Skills Computer Education Conference, Charleston, WV, July, 1990.

NCATE, Knowledge Base Workshop, Washington, DC, November, 1991.

T3 (Technology) Conference, Fairmont State College, April, 1993.

WV Board of Directors Symposium on Teacher Education, Charleston, WV, November, 1994.

NCATE Conference, Quality Teacher Education: Continuing Accreditation and Beyond, Washington, DC, October, 1995.

NCATE/State (WV) Continuing Accreditation Training, Charleston, WV, October, 1995.

Teleconference, "Equity and Access", Evolution of Excellence in Science, WVDOE, February, 1996.

NCATE Workshop, Fairmont State College, April 1997 (ACEI Program Standards).

West Virginia Department  of Education, No Child Left Behind-Teacher Certification and Qualifications. Charleston, WV. April, 2005.

State Conference, West Virginia Middle School Association, April 22-23, 2004 and 2005 Stonewall Resort, WV.

Principal Investigator for Special Education Research Projects, CISP-615, approved by the Marshall University Research Corporation, November-December, 2005.

Workshop-Information Exchange- Marshall University Research Corporation, MUGC, February, 2006.

Judge, State Social Studies Fairs, Charleston, WV, may 2007,2008.

Participant and Attendee, Marshall University Graduate College Doctoral Student/ Faculty Seminars, Fall/Spring, 2006,2007,2008.

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