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Frances A. Kayona, Ph.D.<br />
Associate Professor<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Cloud</strong> <strong>St</strong>ate <strong>University</strong><br />
A279 Education Building<br />
720 Fourth Avenue South<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Cloud</strong>, MN 56301-4498<br />
Office: 320.308.3170<br />
Fax: 320.308.4221<br />
E-mail: fakayona@stcloudstate.edu<br />
Education<br />
Ph.D. Educational Leadership-Iowa <strong>St</strong>ate <strong>University</strong><br />
M.S. Educational Leadership-Iowa <strong>St</strong>ate <strong>University</strong><br />
B.A. Socio-Cultural Anthropology-Arizona <strong>St</strong>ate <strong>University</strong><br />
A.A. Liberal Arts-Scottsdale Community College<br />
Professional Credentials/Licensure<br />
SCSU Peer Assessment Consultant<br />
NASSP Selecting and Developing the 21 st Century Principal Assessor<br />
NCA Quality Assurance Review National Certification<br />
Program Areas<br />
Doctoral, Specialist, Sixth Year, Masters, Graduate<br />
Research/Interest Areas<br />
Curriculum leadership<br />
Assessment leadership<br />
Performance Appraisal<br />
Program Evaluation<br />
<strong>Biography</strong><br />
Frances joined SCSU in 2001. Previously, she served as the assistant director, research associate, and<br />
consultant for the School Improvement Model Research Center at Iowa <strong>St</strong>ate <strong>University</strong> in Ames. As a<br />
consultant to project school districts, Dr. Kayona led teachers in the development of standards-based<br />
curriculum and assessment for all content area. She also worked with stakeholders and school administrators<br />
developing performance evaluation systems for teachers, administrators, and support and classified staff, with<br />
an emphasis on the use of 360-degree feedback.<br />
Dr. Kayona has traveled widely throughout the People’s Republic of China where she taught conversational<br />
English for middle school students living in Xinjiang Province. In addition to several publications on<br />
curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation, Dr. Kayona is co-editor of copyrighted publications of<br />
standards-based curricula and criterion-referenced assessments in language arts and mathematics. She has<br />
presented on the topics of curriculum development and implementation and instructional leadership at<br />
conferences at both the state and national level.<br />
Her honors and distinctions include being awarded the R. Paul Brimm Outstanding Dissertation Award from<br />
the Iowa Association for Supervision of Curriculum Development, and from the Office for the Vice Provost for<br />
Research and Advanced <strong>St</strong>udies, the Iowa <strong>St</strong>ate <strong>University</strong> Research Excellence Award for Outstanding<br />
Dissertation for Educational Leadership and Policy <strong>St</strong>udies, spring 1999.
Courses Taught<br />
EDAD 612<br />
EDAD 631<br />
EDAD 697<br />
EDAD 603<br />
EDAD 634<br />
EDAD 682/686<br />
EDAD 633<br />
EDAD 650<br />
EDAD 630<br />
EDAD 632<br />
EDAD 680<br />
EDAD 828<br />
Program & Assessment/ Evaluation Techniques<br />
Advanced Supervision Techniques<br />
School Reform, Change, Accountability<br />
Organizational Theory<br />
Human Resource Issues in Higher Education<br />
Research Design in EDAD and Field <strong>St</strong>udy Design<br />
Curriculum Construction for School Administrators<br />
Intro to School/Community Relations<br />
Human Resource Administration<br />
Assessment for School Administrators<br />
Introduction to Educational Research<br />
Assessment and Information Management for Data Driven<br />
Leadership
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