Craig De Voto
Biographic Data
| ID | 2339742 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Craig De Voto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Craig |
| FAMILY NAME | De Voto |
| SIGNATURE | DE VOTO C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2434-6749 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The crisis you can’t plan for
Unlike many types of educational crises, the COVID-19 pandemic was a crisis leaders could not have prepared for. But research is only starting to examine how leaders’ responses and organisational context have played a role. This mixed-methods study accordingly examines how leaders have mitigated challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, and what local factors are most salient. Investigating two districts over two years in the United States, …
Using Leadership Coaching to Strengthen the Developmental Opportunity of the Clinical Experience for Aspiring Principals
Purpose: To identify key issues that university-based leadership coaches act upon in work to fortify the developmental opportunity of the clinical experience for aspiring principals, and how leadership coaches act upon these issues. Research: Data include roughly 75 hours of interviews with two cohorts of aspiring principals and 25 hours of interviews with the five leadership coaches assigned to these aspirants ( N = 25). Drawing theoretically up…
Navigating Policy and Local Context in Times of Crisis
Purpose: To examine how federal/state-level policy guidance and local context have influenced district and school leader responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as how these external/internal factors might provide a window into K-12 crisis leadership and policy sensemaking more broadly. Research: Investigating two districts over two years (2020–2022), data gathered include 39 hours of interviews with K-12 leaders (n = 41) and teachers (n = 18…
The Struggle to Professionalize Teaching
Background/Context: In the United States, strengthening the professionalization of teaching and teacher education has received extensive attention. Notably, the educative Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) has gained traction. Developed by the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, & Equity (SCALE) in 2009, edTPA requires teacher candidates to videotape their teaching and reflect via three different tasks: planning, instructing, and assess…
Examining Diverse Perspectives of edTPA Policy Implementation Across States
Since 2009, the Educative Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) has been rapidly implemented as a policy tool for strengthening teacher professionalization across the United States. However, its national assimilation has become a target for both praise and critique among teacher educators. In this article, we examine such diverse perspectives. Highlighting the sensemaking of administrators, faculty, staff, and teacher candidates ( n = 75) across…
Cultural sensemaking and the implementation of edTPA technological tools
Examining Diverse Perspectives of edTPA Policy Implementation Across States
Since 2009, the Educative Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) has been rapidly implemented as a policy tool for strengthening teacher professionalization across the United States. However, its national assimilation has become a target for both praise and critique among teacher educators. In this article, we examine such diverse perspectives. Highlighting the sensemaking of administrators, faculty, staff, and teacher candidates ( n = 75) across…
Cultural sensemaking and the implementation of edTPA technological tools
The Struggle to Professionalize Teaching
Background/Context: In the United States, strengthening the professionalization of teaching and teacher education has received extensive attention. Notably, the educative Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) has gained traction. Developed by the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, & Equity (SCALE) in 2009, edTPA requires teacher candidates to videotape their teaching and reflect via three different tasks: planning, instructing, and assess…
Examining Diverse Perspectives of edTPA Policy Implementation Across States
Since 2009, the Educative Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) has been rapidly implemented as a policy tool for strengthening teacher professionalization across the United States. However, its national assimilation has become a target for both praise and critique among teacher educators. In this article, we examine such diverse perspectives. Highlighting the sensemaking of administrators, faculty, staff, and teacher candidates ( n = 75) across…
The crisis you can’t plan for
Unlike many types of educational crises, the COVID-19 pandemic was a crisis leaders could not have prepared for. But research is only starting to examine how leaders’ responses and organisational context have played a role. This mixed-methods study accordingly examines how leaders have mitigated challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, and what local factors are most salient. Investigating two districts over two years in the United States, …
Using Leadership Coaching to Strengthen the Developmental Opportunity of the Clinical Experience for Aspiring Principals
Purpose: To identify key issues that university-based leadership coaches act upon in work to fortify the developmental opportunity of the clinical experience for aspiring principals, and how leadership coaches act upon these issues. Research: Data include roughly 75 hours of interviews with two cohorts of aspiring principals and 25 hours of interviews with the five leadership coaches assigned to these aspirants ( N = 25). Drawing theoretically up…
Navigating Policy and Local Context in Times of Crisis
Purpose: To examine how federal/state-level policy guidance and local context have influenced district and school leader responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as how these external/internal factors might provide a window into K-12 crisis leadership and policy sensemaking more broadly. Research: Investigating two districts over two years (2020–2022), data gathered include 39 hours of interviews with K-12 leaders (n = 41) and teachers (n = 18…
Political science (6 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Teacher Education and Assessments (4 works) · Educational Systems and Policies (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Teacher education (3 works) · Accountability (2 works) · Crisis management (2 works)