Gerald L. Portman, Coordinator of School Partnerships
Contact Information |
Mailing Address |
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- The University of Iowa
College of Education
Educational Policy and Leadership Studies
N473 Lindquist Center
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1529
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Email: gerald-portman@uiowa.edu
Telephone: 319/335-5641
Facsimile: 319/384-0587 |
| Office Hours: |
8am-4:30 pm Monday-Friday
and/or by appointment
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| Education |
- B.S.Ed. - Southeast Missouri State University - English and Art, 1973
- M.A.Ed. - Southeast Missouri State University - Educational Administration and Supervision, 1977
- Ed.S. - Southeast Missouri State University - Educational Administration, 1994
- Ed.D. - University of Arkansas - Educational Leadership, 1999
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| Responsibilities |
- Coordinator of School Partnerships
- Outreach Liaison - College of Education and Iowa Public Schools
- Deputy Director - Institute for School Executives
- Managing Editor - Journal of Research for Educational Leaders
- Director – Cooperating Schools Program
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| Certifications and Licenses |
- Iowa - Art 7-12, English/Language Arts 7-12, Principal 7-12, Superintendent PK-12, Evaluator Approval
- Arkansas - Secondary Principal, Administrator
- Kansas - English 7-12, Art 7-12, Building Administrator 7-12, District School Administrator K-12
- Missouri - Art 7-12, English 7-12, Principal 7-12
- Oklahoma - American Literature, English Literature, Grammar & Composition, Art, Secondary Principal
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| Professional Activities and Membership |
- American Education Finance Association (AEFA)
- American Education Research Association (AERA)
- American Indian and Alaskan Native Professors Association (AI/ANPA)
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
- National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
- Phi Delta Kappa (PDK) - Research Representative, VP Membership, Webmaster
- Phi Kappa Phi (PKP)
- NCREL Regional Educational Policy Research Consortium
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| Honors and Awards |
- Benjamin Franklin Lever Fellow
- Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
- Roy B. Allen Memorial Scholar
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| Select Publications |
- Portman, G.L. (1977). The pragmatism of William James as the basis of John Dewey's philosophy of progressivism. Unpublished masters thesis: Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau.
- Portman, G.L. (1994). Internship and field study report. Unpublished specialists project: Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau.
- Portman, G.L. (1999). Fiscal equity and wealth neutrality in Missouri Senate Bill 380 the Outstanding Schools Act of 1993: A comparison of the 1992-93 Missouri foundation formula to the 1996-97 Missouri foundation formula (Doctoral dissertation, University of Arkansas, 1993). UMI Dissertation Services.
- Schoppmeyer, M. W. Sr., Noggle, F. K., Portman, G. L., & Schoppmeyer, M. W. Jr. (1999). The Arkansas nightmare (Report No. EA030196). Seattle, WA: American Education Finance Association. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED437717
- Portman, T. A., & Portman, G. L. (2000). Empowering students for social justice (ES2J): A structured group approach (Report No. SO031840). Washington, DC: American Counseling Association Conference. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED441753)
- Portman, T. A., & Portman, G. L. (2002). Empowering students for social justice (ES2J): A structured group approach. The Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 27(1), 16-31.
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| Research Interests |
- Diversity and multiculturalism
- Educational leadership
- Fiscal equity in public school finance
- Innovation and improvement of instruction
- Professional development schools/school partnerships
- Social justice
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