Richard J. Pierce Ed.D.                                                             

Teaching/ Administrative Experience

2001 – Present Technology Coordinator

Bland Independent School District PO Box 216 Merit, TX 75458

Duties include: operations, provisioning, maintenance and administration of all district technology, staff training, webmaster, grant authoring and management. I also coordinate Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) student accounting and reporting procedures to state agencies.

 

2000–2001 Texas A&M University Commerce, TX Lecturer

I instructed pre-service teachers in ETEC 424, a required technology integration course in the teacher preparation program. The focus of the course was integration of technology into teaching and learning.  

1993 – 2000 Instructor Bland High School

Computer Applications Instructor for secondary students and adult learners.

Curriculum design and sequencing for secondary computer courses.

North East Texas Telementoring Exchange is an example of a project based learning curriculum initiative.

Education

Ed.D. Curriculum and Instruction, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX 2003 Dissertation An Analysis of Online Communication in a Telementoring Project

M.E. Learning Technology and Information Systems Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX 1998

B.A. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX Sociology 1984

Professional Organizations

Texas Computer Education Association

International Society of Technology in Education

Texas Association of Educational Technology

Presentations

Creating Peer Mediated Learning Environments in Secondary and Middle Schools. TCEA State Conference Austin TX 2004

 

Increasing Student Motivation Using Online Portfolios. Tech Prep / High Schools That Work State Convention. Austin TX 2001

 

 

 

 

Grant Activities

Texas H/S Completion and Success Grant 2004. – Grant focused on creation of online credit recovery curriculum.

Intel Model School   2003 – Grant provided funds for integration of CAD into the Agriculture Science curriculum.

TIF PS-2002-PS10C-6190   2002 – Grant supplied high school business computer lab with new equipment.

TIF PS-2001-SPT1C  2001  2001 - Grant focused upon adoption of laptop learning at high school.

TIF PS-2001-STA5S-4649   2001 - Grant focused on equipping elementary and middle school with technology.

High Schools that Work      1998 - Grant provided funds for school reform / staff development at high school.

 

References

Robert Munday Ed.D. Chair Secondary & Higher Education - Retired, Texas A&M University, 908 Misty Oak Dr. Highland Village, TX 75077 972-318-0434 r.munday@worldnet.att.net

John Travis Ed.D. Professor/Director, Center for Community College Education, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 3011 Commerce, TX 75429 903-886-5607     jon_travis@tamu-commerce.edu

Bob Windham Ed.D. Professor –Retired, Texas A&M University, PO Box 3011 Commerce, TX 75429 903-886-5607     

Larry Chaloupka Ed.D. Associate Professor, Texas A&M University, PO Box 3011 Commerce TX    75429    903-886-5544 Larry_Chaloupka@tamu-commerce.edu

Bryan Clark, Superintendent, Bland I.S.D., PO BOX 216 Merit, TX    902-776-2239 bryan@bland.ednet10.net