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New Faculty Gary Storie
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership Dr. Gary Storie is a licensed elementary teacher, principal, and school superintendent in the State of Indiana. His previous educational experiences include teaching elementary school, serving as elementary school principal and most recently serving as a school superintendent. He has worked extensively with district curriculum development, state and federal grant writing and administration, student assessment and school district budget and finance. He has presented to the Indiana School Boards’ Association, the Indiana Education Round Table, the Indiana Senate and Indiana Urban Superintendent Study Council. As a principal, Dr. Storie and his faculty received state and national recognition from the International Reading Association for an exemplary literacy program that resulted in significant achievement gains for elementary students. EDUCATION • Ed.D., Education, Ball State University, Muncie, IN • Ed.S., Education, Ball State University, Muncie, IN • M.S., Elementary Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN • B.S., Elementary Education, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Karren Streagle
Assistant Professor, Special Education Dr. Karren Streagle teaches and works with candidates seeking their degree in Special Education and Human Exceptionality. She has 15 years experience teaching and working in Virginia public schools. She taught preschoolers with special needs in inclusive public and private settings, and elementary and middle school students with significant intellectual disabilities and autism. She served as the testing coordinator for a rural school district, where she managed Virginia’s standards of learning testing program and Virginia’s alternate and alternative assessment programs. She served on several state-level standard setting and range finding committees for the Virginia Alternate Assessment Program (VAAP). She also taught numerous courses at Virginia Commonwealth University as a full-time and adjunct instructor in the Department of Special Education and Disability Policy and the COVE (Certifying Online Virginia Educators) Grant program.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE Educational Administration, Elementary Education, Educational Psychology, Education Research
EDUCATION • Ph.D., Education, Special Education and Disability Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA • M.Ed., Early Childhood Special Education, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA • B.S., Child Development, Ferrum College, Ferrum, VA • A.F.A., Music, Ferrum College, Ferrum, VA
RESEARCH AND CURRENT PROJECTS Emergent readers and assessment, the influence of high stakes testing, and the superintendency in Idaho.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE Early Childhood Special Education, Significant Intellectual Disabilities, Alternate Assessments for Students with Significant Intellectual Disabilities. RESEARCH & CURRENT PROJECTS Alternate assessments for students with significant intellectual disabilities and the decision-making process for finding students eligible to participate in alternate assessments.