FACULTY & STAFF DIRECTORY

James W. Stockard, Jr. Instructor Louisiana State University Department of Educational Theory, Policy, and Practice 223C Peabody Hall Baton Rouge, LA 70803-7101 Phone: 225-578-6699 FAX: 225-578-9135 stockard@lsu.edu

EDUCATION:
DOCTORATE IN EDUCATION, Louisiana State University

• Dissertation:  A Comparison of the Reactions of Selected Groups School Personnel to the GNC Educational Views Inventory
  

MASTER'S DEGREE PLUS 30 GRADUATE HOURS, Louisiana State University

MASTERS OF EDUCATION, Northwestern State University

• Thesis:  Relationships Between Selected Physical Characteristics and Measured Ingtelligence and Achievement of a Selected Group of Fourth and Sixth Grade Pupils

BACHELOR OF ARTS, Northwestern State University

CERTIFICATIONS:

• SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, Grade(s): 1-12
• ADULT EDUCATION ADMINISTRATOR AND/OR SUPERVISOR
• ADULT EDUCATION INSTRUCTOR
• PARISH OR CITY SCHOOL SUPERVISOR, Grade(s): 1-12
• PRINCIPAL, Grade(s): K-12
• ELEMENTARY GRADES, Grade(s):1-8
• CERTIFICATES:  A 006970 VALID FOR LIFE;  B 005970 VALID FOR LIFE

ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Achieved ranks of Professor, Associate Professor, and Assistant Professor at Auburn University.
• Held positions of Assistant Superintendent, Director of Middle Schools, Director of Adult Education, Supervisor of Elementary Education, School Principal, Supervisor of Instructional Media, and Classroom Teacher in Caddo Parish.
• Served in the Louisiana State Department of Education as Supervisor of Elementary Education.
• Planned, developed, and initiated the magnet school programs at the elementary, middle, and high school levels in Caddo Parish.
• Planned, developed, and initiated school consolidation in northern Caddo Parish.
• Helped design and implement the Consent Decree for the Caddo Parish School System.

AWARDS:

• Outstanding Young Teacher of the Year, Caddo Parish, presented by the Shreveport Jaycees.
• Outstanding Instructor, Auburn University, presented by the Student Alabama Education Association.
• Commencement Speaker, Northwestern State University (on the occasion of receiving my master’s degree).
• President, Caddo Parish Branch, Association for Childhood Education International.
• President, 4th District Louisiana School Supervisors’ Association.
• Board of Directors, Louisiana School Supervisors’ Association.
• State Chairman, Louisiana Branch, International Reading Association.
• Executive Secretary, Alabama Council for the Social Studies
• Board of Directors, Southeast Regional Social Studies Conference
  
  

PUBLICATIONS:
Books

• Handbook for Teaching Secondary School Social Studies.  Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, Inc.
• Methods and Resources for Elementary and Middle School Social Studies, Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, Inc.
• Elementary Methods: An Integrated Curriculum.  New York: Longman.
• Activities for Elementary School Social Studies.  Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, Inc.
• Activities for Elementary School Science.  Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, Inc.
• Activities for Elementary School Mathematics.  Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, Inc.
• Experiments for Young Scientists.  Little, Brown & Company: Boston.
• Knall Und Fall: Allerlei Experimente.  Essen, Germany: Englebert-Verlag
• Improving Reading Skills in the Content Areas, Levels 2-6.  Nashville, TN: Webster Publishing Company.
  

Selected Periodicals

• The Principal’s Role as School Leader.  Educational Research Quarterly, 15 (4), 29-38.
• Are Assessment Tests Killing Reading?  Principal, 70 (4), 51-53.
• Improving Reading Skills in Science.  The Clearing House, 64, 105-106.
• The Elusive Homer; Man of Letters or Geographer?  Focus, 40, 19-20.
• Should You Know Your Child’s I. Q.?  PTA Today, 14, 12-13.
• What Should Children Know About the Arctic Ocean?  The Social Studies, 80, 34-35.
• Sailing the Open Polar Sea… Again.  Southern Social Studies Quarterly, 15, 29-35.
• Reading; Are We Killing it Softly with Assessment Testing?  The Boardmember, 7, 19-21.
• The Perceived and Expected Roles of Educational Department Chairpersons as Determined by Teaching Faculty.  Education, 112, 176-182.
• The Case for a Dual Marking System.  Texas Outlook, 18, 17-20.
• Good Education Gets Better; Elementary Libraries and Kindergartens.  The Louisiana Architect, 6 (6), 6-8.
• Teaching Grammar in the Elementary School.  Louisiana English Journal, 7 (1), 6-8.
• The World of Instructional Materials.  Louisiana Schools, 44 (2), 18-30.
• Do You Know Your Child’s I. Q.?  Chalk Dust, 2, 5-6.

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** Note: For a more complete listing of faculty publications, presentations, awards, and outreach, please visit our annual reports page.