1 Diane H. Harwell, Ph. D. Clinical Associate Professor Date of ...

Diane H. Harwell, Ph. D. 

Clinical Associate Professor 

Date of Appointment: August 16, 2003 

1. Academic Degrees 

Vita 

Ph. D. University of South Carolina 

August 1994 Educational Administration 

Ed. S. University of South Carolina 

May 1994 Educational Administration 

MAT University of South Carolina 

1972 English and Secondary Education 

BA Winthrop College 

May 1965 English 

2. Professional Experience 

2002- present University of South Carolina 

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership & Policies, 

College of Education 

1995-1998 Richland County School District One 

Assistant Principal for Curriculum & Instruction, Lower Richland High School 

1994-2002 University of South Carolina 

Adjunct Professor, Department of Educational Leadership & Policies, College of 

Education 


Teacher on Assignment as Assistant to the Director of Secondary Education, 

Office of Middle and High School Programs 

1991-1994 University of South Carolina 

Graduate Assistant, SC Educational Policy Center, Department of Educational 

Leadership & Policies, College of Education 

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1988-1991 South Carolina Department of Education 

Supervisor, SC Administrators= Leadership Academy 


Coordinator, Office of Leadership and School Improvement 


Program Supervisor, School Improvement Section, Office of Leadership and 

School Improvement 


Assistant Principal for Curriculum & Instruction, Lower Richland High School 


Administrative Assistant for Curriculum & Instruction and for Student Affairs, 

Lower Richland High School 


English Department Chair, Lower Richland High School 


Teacher of English, Lower Richland High School 

1965-1969 Colleton County Schools 

Teacher of English and Spanish, Walterboro High School 

3. Faculty and Administrative Load 

Summer 2002: *EDLP J703, Supervision of Instruction (team taught) 

Advisement for MEd in Ed Admin 

Fall 2002: *EDLP 707, Principal in Practice - Elementary 

*EDLP 709, Principal in Practice - Secondary 

EDLP J706, The Principalship (co-taught) 


Spring 2003: *EDLP 707, Principal in Practice - Elementary 

*EDLP 709, Principal in Practice - Secondary 


*EDLP J703, Supervision of Instruction 

(team taught) 


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Summer 2003 EDLP J703, Supervision of Instruction 


Fall 2003 EDLP 707, Principal in Practice - Elementary 

EDLP 709, Principal in Practice - Secondary 


Coordinated Principal in Practice program 


Spring 2004 EDLP 707, Principal in Practice - Elementary 

EDLP 709, Principal in Practice - Secondary 

EDLP J703, Supervision of Instruction 

Coordinated Principal in Practice program 


Summer 2004 EDLP 707A, Principal in Practice I - Elementary 

EDLP 709A, Principal in Practice I - Secondary 

EDLP 706, The Principalship (assisted) 



Fall 2004 EDLP 707B, Principal in Practice II - Elementary 

EDLP 709B, Principal in Practice II - Secondary 

EDLP J706, The Principalship 

Coordination of Principal in Practice program 


Member of doctoral committees 

Spring 2005 EDAD 795A, Principal in Practice – Elementary 


EDLP J706, The Principalship 




Development of EDLP 753 for online delivery 

Maymester & 

Summer 2005 EDLP J706, The Principalship 

EDLP 707A, Principal in Practice I – Elementary 

EDLP 709A, Principal in Practice I - Secondary 

EDLP J753, Advanced Supervision 

EDAD 795A, Principal in Practice – Elementary 

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EDAD 795C, Principal in Practice - Secondary 




Development of EDLP J703 for online blended instructional 

delivery 

Fall 2005 EDLP J703, Supervision of Instruction 



4. Current Professional Association Memberships 

National Education Association (life) 

South Carolina Education Association (life) 

National Association of Secondary School Principals 

*South Carolina Association of School Administrators & Secondary Principals 

Division 

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development 

SC Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development 

*South Carolina Network for Women Administrators in Education 

National Council of Professors in Educational Administration 

Phi Delta Kappa & *USC Chapter 

Alpha Delta Kappa International Sorority for Women Educators=, Inc., & *SC 

Alpha Delta Kappa, & *local chapters 

South Carolina Educators for the Practical Use of Research 

5. Service 

Department: Served on the faculty position screening committee 

Assisted with orientation for new PhD candidates 

Conducted program advisement for prospective degree 

students 

Assisted in revision of courses (content and logistics) in the 

9 hours of the principalship block 

Developed EDLP J703, Supervision of Instruction, as an 

online blended instructional delivery course 

Assisted with facilitation of two cohorts 

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Attended doctoral hooding ceremony 

College: Volunteered for South Carolina Teacher Cadet Program 

Speakers= Bureau 

Served on Educational Leadership planning teams 

Served on evaluation and planning team for a PDA school 

Volunteered all day at the Carolina Show Case 

Attended College of Education Awards Ceremony 

Served on doctoral committees outside my program 

University: Served as a judge for the Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman 

Honor Society=s 12 th Annual USC Challenge Academic Quiz 

Bowl 

Schools/Agencies: 

Serving on board for the USC Baptist Collegiate Ministry 

Served as judge for Graduate Student Day 

Served as a member of Southern Association of Colleges 

and Schools review teams for the past several years 

(Jonesville High, Mid-Carolina High, Easley High, Mauldin 

High, Georgetown High, and Hemingway High) 

Served as Mistress of Ceremony and as judge for several 

high school events (Columbia High, Dreher High, and Lower 

Richland High) 

Served as PACT testing monitor (Southeast Middle School) 

Volunteered as reader for AGive a Child a Book@ and 

AYoung Radio Reader@ sponsored by SC Educational Radio 

Served on panel re: teaching as career for 10 th graders at 

White Knoll High School 

Spoke to three small groups of 9 th grade students at White 

Knoll High School concerning teaching as a career 

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Professional Associations: 

6. Scholarship 

Publications: 

Volunteered as Awards Coordinator for South Carolina 

Association of School Administrators for one year (2000- 

2001) 

Served in leadership positions for the USC Chapter of Phi 

Delta Kappa (president, treasurer, and committees) - 

currently faculty advisor 

Served on Executive Board for SC Alpha Delta Kappa and 

all offices in local chapters 

Served on Task Force, National Staff Development Council 

(1986) 

Under contract with the Institute of Evidence-Based Decision-Making in 

Education (EDIE) to co-author with Myles Friedman and Casey Schnepel 

Effective Instruction: A Handbook of Evidence-Based Strategies which will be 

published in spring 2006 

Under contract with Eye on Education to co-author with Jacqueline Jacobs a 

book tentatively titled Changing Hats: The Principal as Teacher Educator for fall 

2006 publication at the earliest 

Under contract with the Institute of Evidence-Based Decision-Making in 

Education (EDIE) to co-author with Myles Friedman and Casey Schnepel a 

textbook and teacher’s manual related to effective instruction with expected 

publication in spring 2007 

Schnepel, K. C., & Harwell, D. H. (2005). “Effective Instruction: Twenty-one Evidence- 

Based Strategies.” A paper accepted for the 18 th Annual Conference of South 

Carolina Educators for the Practical Use of Research in 2006. 

Jacobs, J. E., Rotholz, J. A., & Harwell, D. H. (2005). “Leading Learning in a Changing 

World: How to Arrive at the Summit.” A paper accepted for the 2005 National 

Council of Professors of Educational Administration Annual Conference. 

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Jacobs, J. E., & Harwell, D. H. (2004). “Changing Hats: Making Instructional 

Supervision Real for Prospective Principals.” A paper accepted for the 2004 

National Council of Professors of Educational Administration Annual Conference. 

Jacobs, J. E., Rotholz, J. A., & Harwell, D. H. (2004). “Leading Learning through 

Professional Dialogue: Old Problems-New Strategies.” A paper accepted for the 

2004 SRCEA Conference. 

Harwell, D. H. (1994). The validity of a conceptual framework for identifying effective 

compensatory programs. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina. 

Harwell, D. H. (1994). Assessing the Writing Improvement Network: 1993-1994. 

Columbia, SC: South Carolina Educational Policy Center, University of South 

Carolina. 

Anderson, L., Gardner, C., Harwell, D., Milligan, K., Pellicer, L. O., Riddle, M. H., & 

Whatley, W. (1994). A guide to decision making for the improvement of 

educational programs for economically disadvantaged and low achieving 

students. Columbia, SC: South Carolina Educational Policy Center, University of 

South Carolina. 

Anderson, L., Gardner, C., Harwell, D., Milligan, K., Pellicer, L. O., Riddle, M. H., & 

Whatley, W. (1994). A facilitator=s guide for the improvement of educational 

programs for economically disadvantaged and low achieving students. 

Columbia, SC: South Carolina Educational Policy Center, University of South 

Carolina. 

Milligan, K. E., Harwell, D. H., & Rowzie, G. G. (1993). Assessing the Writing 

Improvement Network: 1992-1993). Columbia, SC: South Carolina Educational 

Policy Center, University of South Carolina. 

Anderson, L. W., Sears, J. T., Pellicer, L. O., Riddle, M. H., Gardner, C., & Harwell, D. 

(1992). A study of the characteristics and qualities of Ahigh-flying@ compensatory 

programs in South Carolina as examined through the framework of the SERVE 

model for effective compensatory programs. Columbia, SC: South Carolina 

Educational Policy Center, University of South Carolina. 

For the South Carolina Department of Education: 

Staff Development Handbook (1987) 

Strategies (1987) 

An implementation guide for the legislative mandated South Carolina 

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school improvement process (1986) 

Grants: none 

Presentations: 

“Leading Learning in a Changing World: How to Arrive at the Summit” presented 

with Jacqueline Jacobs at the 2005 National Council of Professors of Educational 

Administration Annual Conference in Washington, DC, July 28, 2005. 

“Leading Learning through Professional Dialogue: Old Problems-New Strategies” 

presented with Jacqueline Jacobs and Julie Rotholz at 2004 SRCEA Conference 

in Raleigh, NC, November 5, 2004. 

AHow to Know When Your Objective Tests Meet High Test-design Standards@ 

presented to teachers at Hunter-Kinard-Tyler High School, Neeses, SC, January 

6, 2004. 

ATo Flee or Not to Flee? The Plight of the Induction Teacher@ presented at the 

South Carolina Department of Education Office of School Quality Intervention 

and Assistance Summer Training Institute, Columbia, SC, June 2-5, 2003 (copresenter: 

Mary Lance Williams, AP, Frances Mack Primary School) 

ASeeking Control for Students= Understanding: An Interactive Workshop for 

Professors of English@ presented at South Carolina State University, 

Orangeburg, SC, March 28, 2003 (co-presenter: Jacque E. Jacobs, Ph. D., 

Associate Professor, EDLP, College of Education, USC) 

AMeetings and Learning Styles@ presented for administrators in Richland County 

School District One, Columbia, SC, April 8, 1996 

AUsing Learning Styles to Assist Supervision@ presented for administrators in 

Richland County School District One, Columbia, SC, February 1996 

ALearning Styles: Basic Introductory Workshop@ presented for teachers, 

administrators, and instructional staff for Richland County School District One, 

Columbia, SC, October 4 and October 11, 1995 

Other: 

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Conducted research for MGT of America (through Tidwell and Associates, 

Inc.) as a member of an external review team, using the ERT Report 

Instrument to conduct an evaluation of the Intervention and Assistance 

Team (placed at the school by the South Carolina Department of 

Education) at Parker Academy Middle School (Greenville County Schools) 

for the 2002-2003 school year (spring 2003) 

Served at two SC sites (Sunset Park Elementary School and R. E. Davis 

Elementary School) as a research observer and process observer for the 

Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration (CSRD) Implementation, 

SERVE, University of North Carolina at Greensboro (2000-2001) 

Developed a course around the materials developed by the National Study 

of School Evaluation (1997) and the Southern Association of Colleges and 

Schools (2 nd ed., 1999) entitled ASchool Evaluation: The Process and 

Implementation@ and taught the course to leadership teams from all high 

schools in Richland County School District One (spring 1999) and 

leadership teams from all schools in Abbeville County School District 

(spring 2000) 

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