Vita

Mark Julius Stock

Curriculum Vita

Business Address                                           Home Address

Department of Educational Leadership                 64 Arrowhead Drive

College of Education                                        Laramie, Wyoming 82070

University of Wyoming

1000 E University Avenue

Laramie, Wyoming 82071

Telephone     307-766-3187                              307-460-0292

Email            mstock1@uwyo.edu

EDUCATION

2002 Educational Doctorate

          Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

          Major: Educational Leadership, Superintendency

          Cognate: Curriculum

1995 Educational Specialist,

Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

Major: Educational Leadership, Superintendency

1985 Master of Science in Education,

Wright State University, Fairborn, Ohio

Major: Classroom Teacher            

1979 Bachelor of Science,

Wright State University, Fairborn, Ohio

Major: Elementary Education

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Association of School Administrators (AASA)

Wyoming Association of School Administrators (WASA)

AdvancEd/North Central Association (NCA)

AWARDS/HONORS

          Named Editor of the AASA Online Newsletter for AASA’s National Conference on

Education for 2008.  I will be part of the editorial staff and will be responsible for the multi-media portion of AASA’s online magazine in February of 2008.

National Executive Leadership Academy Appointment

Selected as one of sixty national participants in all-expense paid week of leadership training in Phoenix, Arizona, June 1990

Teacher of the Year

Awarded this distinction at Union Elementary in the 1984-1985 school year, Northmont School District, Englewood, Ohio

PUBLICATIONS

Books and Chapters/Invited

Stock, M.J. (In Press – release in October, 2008) Chapter in AASA’s Volume 6, Heart and Soul of Educational Leadership. Superintendent as Communicator and Diplomat. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Books and Chapters

Stock, M.J. (In Press – release in January, 2009). The School Administrator’s Guide to Blogging: A New Way to Connect with the Community: Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group.

Non-refereed publications

Stock, M.J. (2008, November/December). Putting the Human Face on the Data. Principal, Volume 88, Number 2, 46-47.

Stock, M. J. (2006, May). Blogging to My Advantage. The School Administrator, Volume 63 - Number 5) I was asked by the editor to write the cover article for this national publication due to the spread in popularity of my blog site, The Wawascene.  Article is online at: http://www.aasa.org/publications/saarticledetail.cfm?ItemNumber=6065&snItemNumber=950&tnItemNumber=951

Non-refereed publications submitted for review

Non-refereed online blogs/Invited

          HOPE Foundation Blog: Failure is Not an Option, December, 2008. (I was asked by Alan Blankstein, author of Failure is Not an Option, to serve as Chief Blogger and Blog Moderator for their blog.) URL: pending

Taking Stock of the AASA Conference, Feb. 2008. (I was asked by Jay Goldman,

Editor of The School Administrator, to blog the conference live for AASA and to oversee a group of bloggers participating in the group blog.) URL: http://www.aasaconf.blogspot.com/

Taking Stock of the AASA Conference, Feb. 2007. (I was asked by Jay Goldman,

Editor of The School Administrator, to blog the conference live for AASA.) URL: http://www.aasaconf.blogspot.com/

Non-refereed online blogs

The Wawascene.  http://wawasee.blogspot.com 

My personal blog site averaged between 50,000 and 100,000 hits per month.

The target audience was the local and regional community with an emphasis

on local educational issues. While this was not a formal publication, it clearly represents a new forum for communicating with the public in a written format.

PRESENTATIONS

National Presentations Invited

Distinguished Lecturer:  Invited by American Association of School Administrators (AASA) to be a Distinguished Lecturer at the February, 2007 AASA Conference in New Orleans, LA.

State/Local Presentations Invited

          Using Classroom Friendly Data to Help Students Become More Responsible: Presentation at Goins Elementary, Cheyenne, WU, November 19, 2008.

          It’s a Blog-Eat-Blog World: Surviving as a School Administrator in a High Tech Age: Presentation at Fall NCA School Improvement Conference, Cheyenne, WY, September 29, 2008.

          Using Classroom Friendly Data to Help Students Become More Responsible: Presentation at Fall NCA School Improvement Conference, Cheyenne, WY, September 30, 2008.

Using Classroom Friendly Data:  Presentation to teachers. North Elementary School, Lander, WY, April 9, 2008.

Using Data to Communicate With the Public:  Presentation to administrators.

Valparaiso School District, Indiana, January 15, January 29, 2008.

Using Classroom Data: Presentation to UW Lab School teachers and staff.

December 4, 2007.

Duncan, H. E., Stock, M. J. & Berube, W. (2007). Supporting and developing our principals. Presentation at the Annual Conference of Wyoming Association of School Boards, Casper, Wyoming, November 15, 2007.

Data Analysis: Independent consulting work with various school corporations, coaching them through the data organization and analysis process.  Portage Township Schools, Noblesville Schools, Warsaw Schools, Valparaiso Schools, Northwest Allen Schools, Sunman-Dearborn Schools and more - ongoing

Classroom Friendly Data:  Annual Keynote speaker - Annual NCA Spring Data Conference in Indianapolis, Staff Development Cooperative in Indianapolis – 450 teachers attending. Keynoter at various school district professional development days including county wide staff development with 500+ teachers present

Assessment and Data Analysis - North Central Association (NCA): Trained in score conversion and data analysis at the national level by NCA.  Scheduled for many regional presentations on the topic of data analysis.

School Improvement Process: Trainer for North Central Accreditation Workshops throughout Indiana in 2000-2001.  Teachers and administrators attending.

Data Analysis Workshops:  Conducted a variety of data analysis workshops throughout Indiana in 2000-2001.  Administrators and teachers attending.

Instructional Process: Plymouth School Corporation, August 6, 1996 - Administrators attending.

Creating An Effective Teacher Evaluation System: South Vermillion School District, February 9, 1996 - Administrators attending.

Helping Teachers Grow: Administrative tips for observing teachers: Edinburgh School System, November 16, 1995 - Administrators attending.

          Teacher Evaluation:  Indiana School Board Association Summer Institute, July 14, 1995 - Superintendents and School Board Members attending.

Whitko Schools - Striving for Excellence: National Conference, Partners for Quality Learning, Phoenix, Arizona, February 19, 1995 - Educators from around the nation attending.

Helping Students Become More Responsible:  Martinsville School

Corporation, Martinsville, Indiana, February 10, 11, June 8, 1994 -

Elementary teachers attending.

Creating Quality Schools:  Goshen Schools, Goshen, Indiana,

March 29, 1994 - Total school system attending.

Systems Change:  Westview Schools, Topeka, Indiana,  

February 25, 1994 - Administrators attending. 

Systems Change:  Mackinac Island, Michigan  June 17, 1993 - Superintendents attending.

Dealing with Difficult Children:  Ft. Wayne, Indiana  May 12, 1993 - Chapter I parents attending.

Creating Schools of Quality:  Wawasee Schools, Syracuse, Indiana

April 28, 1993 - Total teaching staff attending.

Performance Assessment: Triton School District, Bourbon, Indiana

March 11, 1993 - Total teaching staff attending.

Performance Assessment: IPLA, Indianapolis, Indiana

January 26, 1993 - IPLA graduates attending.

SERVICE

Member of the University of Wyoming Faculty Senate

Member of Wyoming Association of School Administrator’s (WASA) Executive Board

Member of Wyoming’s North Central Association (NCA) now AdvancEd Executive Board

PERSONAL DATA

I am 50 years of age and have been married to Sandra Stock for 28 years.  We have two children. Taylor is 14 years of age and Shannon is 23 years of age.  I am an avid outdoorsman and am active in various outdoor activities including running, fishing, hunting and water sports (which are hard to come by around here).  My family has truly enjoyed the change and we have nothing but good things to say about the area.  We look forward to many positive years here.

CERTIFICATIONS

          2003 Trained NCA Ambassador

1995 Superintendent License

Ball State University

1993 Recipient of Reality Therapy Certification

1992 Graduate of the Indiana Principal Leadership Academy

1988 School Administration and Supervision License,

 Indiana University-Purdue University at Ft. Wayne

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

August 2007

University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming

Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership

1996-2007

Wawasee Community School Corporation, Syracuse, Indiana

Superintendent of Schools

Accomplishments:  Overseeing major curriculum and assessment revisions, Overseeing $26,000,000 construction project, developing corporation mission and vision through community forums, developing and implementing school improvement plans, evaluation of school programs, evaluating school personnel, NCA Ambassador, external chair for NCA process.

2006-2007

Assistant Professor, Ball State University

Supervising Principal Interns

          1999 – 2001

                   Off – Site Faculty Member for IUSB

                   Taught Instructional Process Course for university credit and CRU’s

Through IUSB.  Course was held at Wawasee Middle School.  Attendees were primarily Wawasee teachers.

1995 - 1996

Wawasee Community School Corporation, Syracuse, Indiana

Director of Technology and Instruction

Accomplishments: Developing five year technology plans, implementing long-range assessment program, developing summer academy for staff and other staff development programs.

1992 - 1995

Whitko Community School Corporation, Pierceton, Indiana

Director of Curriculum and Instruction

Accomplishments:  Supervised system-wide staff development program; Chaired all curriculum development and textbook adoption committees; Wrote and administered the following grants and programs: Chapter I, Chapter II, Drug Free, At-Risk, C.L.A.S.S., Title II MSE, Technology 2000, Tech-Prep; Developed system-wide teacher and administrator evaluation process; Provided staff development for administrators; Chaired the development of district Vision, Mission, and Belief Statements.

1991 – 1993

Grace College, IPFW,

Adjunct Faculty and

Accomplishments:  Taught “Methods of Teaching Elementary Science” at Grace College; Taught “Foundations of Quality Education”, a graduate level course offered for Ball State University credit, IPFW credit.

1988 - 1992

Whitko Community School Corporation, Pierceton, Indiana

Elementary Principal

Accomplishments:  Developed a five year plan for implementation of system-wide school restructuring efforts; Supervised all staff development and curriculum development within the school; Developed building-wide Code of Ethics, Vision and Mission Statements; Conducted all hiring and dismissal processes; Supervised Indiana 2000 grant application and implementation efforts.

1985 - 1988

Warsaw Community School Corporation, Warsaw, Indiana

Elementary Teacher

Accomplishments:  Supervised ISTEP remediation program for entire school system; Taught sixth grade; Coached basketball, soccer and track; Participated in all building level staff development; Participated on district-wide committee for elementary building project.