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Sandra J. Odell Department of Curriculum and Instruction University of Nevada Las Vegas 4505 Maryland Parkway Box 453005 Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-3005 Phone: 702.895.3232 Fax: 702.895.4898 |
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Sandra Odell is a professor of teacher education and Chair of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. She joined the UNLV faculty in 1996. Prior to that she was Professor and Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies at Western Michigan University and on the faculty at the University of New Mexico. She has maintained a career-long research interest in teacher development, teacher induction, and mentoring in the context of collaborative university/school district programs. Dr. Odell has published the book, Mentor Teacher Programs, chapters in several monographs and books, as well as many journal articles on the topics of teacher induction and mentoring. She will be a Senior Editor for the Journal of Teacher Education with Drs. Brown, Spalding, Wang, Klecka, and Lin from UNLV beginning in June, 2008. She has served on the Advisory Panel for the Mathematica, Inc. ten million dollar Office of Education Study on the impact of intensive teacher induction in America's schools and on NCATE's Teacher Residency Programs Advisory Panel. She has served on the Association of Teacher Education (ATE) National Commissions on Teacher Induction and the Role and Preparation of Mentor Teachers. She also co-chaired the National Commission on Novice Teacher Support, and currently chairs the National Commission on Mentoring and Induction and co-chairs the ATE Teacher Induction Special Interest Group. The first three ATE Yearbooks were co-edited by Dr. Odell, and she co-edited Quality Mentoring for Novice Teachers. Dr. Odell was the recipient of the 1999 National Distinguished Teacher Educator award from ATE and Wadsworth Publishing Company. She has published recent articles in the Journal of Teacher Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, Review of Educational Research, Teachers College Record, and the Elementary School Journal.
Journal of Teacher Education Coming to UNLV The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education recently announced that the premiere journal in the field, the Journal of Teacher Education , will be guided by an editorial team of UNLV researchers. The team will be led by editors-in-chief Sandra Odell, the chair of the Department of Curriculum & Instruction and, M. Christopher Brown the dean of the College of Education. The editorial team includes Curriculum & Instruction faculty members Elizabeth Spalding, Jian Wang, Cari Klecka and Emily Lin. |
Sample of Recent Publications: Wang, J., & Odell, S. J. (in press). Effects of teacher induction on beginning teachers’ teaching: A critical review of the literature. Journal of Teacher Education. Grove, K., Strudler, N., Odell, S.J. (2007). Assessing technology integration in mentoring practices during student teaching: Multi-case analyses. International Journal of Technology in Teaching and Learning, 3 (1), 66-82. Wang, J., & Odell, S. J. (2007). An alternative conception of mentor–novice relationships: Learning to teach in reform-minded ways as a context. Teaching and Teacher Education, 23(4), 473-489. Grove, K., Odell, S.J., & Strudler (2006). Technology mentoring: A cooperating teacher and student teacher case study. Action in Teacher Education. Wang, J., Odell, S.J., & Strong, M. (2006). Conversations about teaching: Learning from three novice-mentor pairs. In J. Dangel (Ed.), Research on Induction and Mentoring in Teacher Education (pp. 125-144). Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Education. Odell, S.J. (2006). Designing and implementing quality mentoring programs: An overview and framework. In J. Dangel (Ed.), Research on Induction and Mentoring in Teacher Education (pp. 203—211). Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Education. Odell, S.J. (2006). Summary and conclusions: Analyzing mentoring programs. In J. Dangel (Ed.), Research on Induction and Mentoring in Teacher Education (pp. 295-302). Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Education. Grove, K., Strudler, N., & Odell, S. J. (2004). Mentoring toward technology use: Cooperating teacher practice in supporting student teachers.Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 37 (1), 85-107. Wang, J., Strong, M., & Odell S. J. (2004). Mentor-novice conversations about teaching: A comparison of two US and two Chinese cases. Teachers College Record, 106 (4), 775-813.
Wang J., & Odell, S.J. (2002). Mentored learning to teach and standards-based teaching reform: A critical review. Review of Educational Research, 72 (3), pp. 481-586. |
Sample of Recent Presentations:
Odell, S. J., Fialkewiecz, C., & Barnholdt, B. (2008, February). Mentoring interns in a preservice teacher education program: Empowering experienced teachers as mentors and teacher leaders, Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association of Teacher Educators, New Orleans, LA. Odell, S. J. (as Commission Chair) with members of the ATE National Commission on Mentoring and Teacher Induction (2008, February). Mentoring Commission: Progress and Dissemination of Commission Work. Featured Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators, New Orleans, LA. Wang, J., Odell, S.J., & Lin, E. (2007, February). Influences of international teaching video on teachers education students’ belief changes: Learning to teach with video-observation and discussion as support, Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association of Teacher Educators, San Diego, CA. Young, W.M., McQuilkin Rannazzisi, A., & Odell S.J., (2007, February). Meeting the needs of all new Teachers: New to service, new to building. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association of Teacher Educators, San Diego, CA. Wimmer, J.J., Bower, L., Moffit, C., Wu, S., & Odell, S.J. (2007, February). Experimental, situational, and organic communities: Creating a space for personal and professional support within graduate school. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association of Teacher Educators, San Diego, CA. Odell S., Campbell P., Hendricks, S., Johnson, B., Jordan, C., Leavitt, T., Moffitt, C., Smith, T., Wimmer, J., & Young, W. (2007, February). University of Nevada, Las Vegas/Clark County School District Collaborative Mentoring Project. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association of Teacher Educators, San Diego, CA. Hendricks , A., Odell, S.J., Campbell, P., Johnson, B. (2007, January). Collaborative mentoring project in a professional development elementary school. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI. Odell, S. J. (as Commission Chair) with members of the ATE National Commission on Mentoring and Teacher Induction (2007, February). Mentorings commission: Overview of research. Featured Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators, San Diego, CA. Grove, K., Strudler, N., & Odell, S. J. (2006, April). Mentoring toward technology use in student teaching: Multi-case analysis. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Researchers’ Association, San Francisco, CA. Odell, S. J. (as Commission Chair) with members of the ATE National Commission on Mentoring and Teacher Induction (2006, February). Teacher Induction and Mentoring: Update of Research and Activities. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators, Atlanta, GA. Wang, J., Schwille, S., & Odell S. J. (2006, February). Effects of teacher induction on beginning teachers’ teaching: A critical review of literature. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association of Teacher Educators, Atlanta, GA. Grove, K., Strudler, N., & Odell, S.J. (2005, March). Mentoring for technology use: Elementary student teaching case study, Paper presented at the Annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ. Odell, S. J. with members of the ATE National Commission on the Assessment of the Teacher Educator Standards (2005, February). Promoting Quality and Professionalism for Teacher Educators through Standards and Assessment. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators, Chicago, IL. Odell, S. J. with members of the ATE National Commission on Mentoring and Teacher Induction (2005, February). Teacher Induction and Mentoring: Commission Progress. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators, Chicago, IL.s Odell, S. J., Kyles, C., & Sas, M. (2004, February). ATE standards for teacher educators: A guide for doctoral student using e-portfolios. (Invited Panel Presentation as part of the National Commission on the Assessment of the Teacher Educator Standards presentation promoting quality and professionalism for teacher Educators), Association of Teacher Educators Conference, Dallas, TX Houston, W. R., Odell, S.J., Sikula, J.P., Kaplan, L., Henson, K., Soares, L., & Fisher, R. (2004, February) An invitation to graduate students and novice teacher educators: Creating your journey toward excellence in teacher education (Invited Featured Panel), Association of Teacher Educators Conference, Dallas, TX. Wang, J., & Odell, S. J. (2004, April). Mentored Learning to Teach: An Analysis of the Effects of Mentoring Conversations on New Teachers’ Classroom Practices. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Researchers’ Association, San Diego, CA. Grove, K., Strudler, N., & Odell, S.J. (2004, March). Technology mentoring: A cooperating teacher and student teacher case study, Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA. Odell, S. J. (Commission Chair) with members of the ATE National Commission on Mentoring and Teacher Induction (2004, August). Commission on Mentoring and Induction: Progress to date, Paper presented at the Annual Summer Meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators, Cambridge, MA. Barone, D., & Odell, S.J. (2004, October). Mentoring to build research communities, Focus Session at the ATE Leadership Academy, Las Vegas, NV. Clift, R., Odell, S.J., Hidalgo, F., Williams, B., & Tomasetti, D. (2004, October). Collaboration and teacher research. Panel discussion at the ATE Leadership Academy, Las Vegas, NV. Odell, S.J. (2003, August). Mentoring toward reform-minded teaching: Are we moving in the right direction? (Keynote) Association of Teacher Educators Conference, Santa Fe, NM. Odell, S. J., Wang, J., & Colbrook, T. (2003, August). Mentored learning to teach: Definitions, practices, and dilemmas. (Invited Workshop) Association of Teacher Educators Conference, Santa Fe, NM. Wang, J., & Odell, S. J. (2003, April). Mentor/novice relationships and challenges of mentoring: When moving novices toward standards-based teaching. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Researchers’ Association, Chicago, IL. Wang, J., Odell, S. J., & Strong, M. (2003, April). Mentor/novice interactions on novices’ teaching in different instructional contexts. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Researchers’ Association, Chicago, IL. Huling, L., Resta, V., & Odell, S.J. (2003, February). Mentoring in a variety of contexts. 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