Dr. Sara Powell

Dr. Sara Powell
Dr. Sara Powell
Professor Emerita,
Education

Meet Dr. Sara Powell

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Examples of classes taught by Dr. Sara Powell:

  • ED300 Introduction to Education.
  • B.S., Southern Nazarene University
  • M.A., University of Colorado-Denver
  • Ph.D., University of Colorado-Denver

Presentations

  • 10/9-12/16 – Association for Middle Level Education annual conference
    Austin, TX
    Presentation Topic: “Put That Pencil Down!”
  • 10/15-17/15 – Association for Middle Level Education annual conference
    Columbus, OH
    Presentation Topic: “Put That Pencil Down!”
  • 11/7-9/14– Association for Middle Level Education annual conference
    Nashville, TN
    Presentation Topic: “Response Cards Unplugged”
  • 4/3-7/14 – American Educational Research Association annual conference
    Philadelphia, PA
    Presentation Topic: “Incorporating Active Student Response”
  • 4/26-30/13 – American Educational Research Association annual conference
    San Francisco, CA
    Presentation Topic: “Using Response Cards in Teacher Education”
  • 11/7-9/13 – Association for Middle Level Education annual conference
    Minneapolis, MN
    Presentation Topic: “Learning to Serve…Serving to Learn”
  • 11/1-3/11 – National Middle School Association annual conference
    Louisville, KY
    Presentation Topic: “Overcoming Poverty and language Barriers”
  • 5/20/11 – National Professors of Middle Level Education annual conference
    Milledgeville, GA
    Presentation Topic: “Frog Kissing and Other Lounsbury Lessons”
  • 11/9/10 – National Middle School Association annual conference
    Baltimore, MD
    Presentation Topic: “Wayside Teaching: A Middle Grades Imperative”
  • 3/7/10 – South Carolina Middle School Association annual conference
    Myrtle Beach, SC
    Keynote Address: “Wayside Teaching”
  • 10/13/10 – Pearson Professors Conference
    Columbus, OH
    Presentation Topic: “21st Century Knowledge and Skills for the Classroom”

 

Publications in Refereed Journals

  • Powell, S.D. (2011). Relationships matter: Transformation through wayside teaching.
  • Middle Ground, 15(2), 10-12.
  • Powell, S.D. (2011). Wayside teaching: focusing on relationships. Middle School Journal, 42(5), 48-50.
  • Powell, S.D. (2011). Teachers’ days, delights, and dilemmas: Wayside teaching. Middle School Journal, 42(3), 46-49.

 

Publications of Chapters in Books

  • Powell, S.D. (2013). From debilitating teachers to enhancing teacher self-perceptions. In Roney and D. Lipka (eds.) Middle grades curriculum: Voices and visions of the self-enhancing school. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

 

Book-length Publications

  • Powell, S.D. (2015). Your introduction to education: Explorations in teaching (3rd ed.). Columbus, OH: Pearson.
  • Powell, S.D. (2015). Introduction to middle level education (3rd ed.). Columbus, OH: Pearson.
  • Powell, S.D. (2012). Your introduction to education: Explorations in teaching (2nd ed.). Columbus, OH: Pearson.
  • Powell, S.D. (2010). Introduction to middle school (2nd ed.). Columbus, OH: Pearson.
  • Powell, S.D. (2010). Wayside teaching: Connecting with students to support learning. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press
  • American Educational Research Association
  • Association for Middle Level Education
  • National Professors of Middle Level Education
  • North Carolina Professors of Middle Level Education
  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
  • Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
  • Phi Delta Kappa Honor Society
  • Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society of Education
  • National Middle Grades Network

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