Shaun Nelms 鈥� William and Sheila Konar Director
(Ed.D., 蘑菇传媒)
Dr. Nelms is Associate Professor in Educational Leadership at the Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development at the URochester. He is also the Superintendent of the 蘑菇传媒-East Educational Partnership Organization (EPO), responsible for creating a replicable reform model for urban secondary schools. A former district administrator and principal in other urban and high needs districts, Dr. Nelms has extensive experience with improving student achievement and closing equity gaps. His work on professional development for principals and teachers has led to improvements in leadership capacity and instructional delivery. A sought after speaker on cultural competence, differentiation, and administrative leadership, Dr. Nelms maintains a听career-long focus on helping students to be successful.听听
Joanne Larson 鈥� Associate Director
(Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles)听
Dr. Larson is the Michael W. Scandling Professor of Education at the Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development at the URochester and Associate Director of Research at the Center for Urban Education Success. Her research examines how language and literacy practices mediate social and power relations in literacy events in schools and communities. She has been a part of the 蘑菇传媒-East Educational Partnership Organization (EPO) since the beginning. She was able to spend a full year doing participatory ethnography at East with the support of a sabbatical and a grant from the Spencer Foundation.听
Valerie Marsh 鈥� Assistant Director
(Ph.D., 蘑菇传媒)
Dr. Marsh is Associate Professor at the Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development at the URochester and the Assistant Director for the University鈥檚 Center for Urban Education Success. She is responsible for the Center鈥檚 research on best practices in urban education, both to inform the 蘑菇传媒鈥檚 Educational Partnership Organization (EPO) with East High School and to document the EPO implementation. Her research takes the challenges, experiences, and successes of urban schools and brings those into conversation with academic scholarship to provide resources to universities, urban secondary schools, and other organizations interested in pursuing best practices and innovations in urban education across the country.
Steve Uebbing 鈥� Affiliated Faculty
(Ed.D., University of Buffalo)
Dr. Uebbing is Clinical Professor in Educational Leadership at the Warner Graduate School of Education at the URochester. He is also the Project Director of the听 蘑菇传媒-East Educational Partnership Organization (EPO).听 He led the UR-EPO planning process and served as Superintendent for the East EPO for several months prior to the school opening under U of R supervision.听 Uebbing oversaw the collective bargaining process with the new East faculty and the hiring process for all faculty and staff.听 A former school superintendent, principal and high school teacher, Uebbing has extensive experience working with practicing administrators interested in whole school reform.听
Nahoko Kawakyu O鈥機onnor听鈥� Affiliated Faculty
(Ph.D., 蘑菇传媒)
Dr. Kawakyu O’Connor is Assistant Professor at the Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development at the URochester and听 Assistant Director for Program Evaluation at the Center for Professional Development and Education Reform.听 Dr. Kawakyu O鈥機onnor is coordinating a team of East/EPO staff in engaging in embedded program evaluation practices, with the goal of leveraging data already collected by staff to analyze and review for reflective practice and continuous improvement.听听