HEATHER EDL ORMISTON, PH.D., NCSP November 2011 CONTACT INFORMATION Center on Education and Lifelong Learning Indiana Institute on Disability and Community 2853 E. Tenth Street Bloomington, IN 47408 Phone: 812-855-6508 ormiston@indiana.edu EDUCATION Bloomington August 2003 June 2007 Ph.D. specializing in School Psychology M.S. in Educational Psychology (August 2005) Minor: Special Education Loyola University Chicago August 1999 May 2003 B.S. in Psychology Graduated Cum Laude University Honors Scholar PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES Center on Education and Lifelong Learning, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Bloomington, IN Research Associate August 2010 Present Team member of PBIS Indiana, a federally and state funded 4-year, multi-million dollar grant establishing a statewide network of Culturally Responsive Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (CR-PBIS) Provide 6-day team and coaches training in culturally responsive practice and CR-PBIS to 18 elementary, middle, high, and alternative school teams with over 150 participants Develop culturally responsive training curriculum for school leadership team training curriculum Consult with district administrative teams to design action plans to implement effective and sustainable CR-PBIS plans Lead school leadership teams in two emerging model sites to develop action plans toward implementing culturally responsive practices related to school-wide behavioral supports Developed web-based training module for data analysis and disaggregation Assist with quantitative and qualitative data collection at emerging model sites Supervisor: Cassandra (Sandi) Cole, Ed.D.
Adjunct Faculty Member, Bloomington August 2010 Present Instructor and facilitator for online learning environment for Master s students in the Special Education program Teach graduate level course, Survey of Behavior Disorders (Fall 2010) and Assessing Learners with Special Needs (Spring 2011) Teach classroom-based Cognitive Assessment and Intervention for first-year school psychology graduate students (Fall 2011) Created lectures, facilitated online course meetings, and supervised semester-long case study projects Supervisor: Gretchen Butera, Ph.D. and Tom Huberty, Ph.D., HSPP School Psychologist, Buffalo Trail Elementary School Cherry Creek School District, Aurora, CO August 2007 July 2010 Sole mental health provider in a diverse school of over 700 students and 40 faculty and staff Collaborate with teachers, special education personnel, administrators, parents, and community agencies to develop and implement Individualized Education Plans, Response to Intervention Plans, and behavior plans Conduct individual and small group skill-building sessions for students with social and emotional needs Provide weekly mental health support for students in a self-contained behavior development program Member of the district s Elementary Suspension Reduction and Culturally Responsive Discipline Task Force groups facilitated by the district s elementary and secondary Positive Behavior Supports coordinators Serve as the coordinator for the school s Safety Team Member of the school s Equity and PASS (Partnerships to Achieve Student Success) Teams Implement weekly character education and bully prevention lessons in all classrooms Serve as a member of the school s Problem-Solving Team as part of the Response to Intervention process Currently supervising a specialist-level school psychology intern Conduct initial and re-evaluations as well as danger and suicide assessments Trained in the Collaborative Problem Solving approach to behavior management Trained to use the SWIS office discipline referral data collection system Supervisors: Tamara Spiedel, Suzie Johnston, and Karen McAvoy, Psy. D. Affiliate Faculty Member, Regis University October 2007 Present Teach classroom-based and online sections of a graduate level research methods course Guided students through the development of the first three chapters of their Master s Theses Developed and lead faculty member of new research course in the graduate program, Introduction to Educational Research Instruct graduate students on the basic principles of educational research including methodologies, how to conduct literature reviews, and how to critically analyze research Conduct lectures, facilitate discussions, and offer critical feedback on students research projects Create course syllabi and design assignments and exams Supervisor: Gary Upton, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty Member, University of Colorado-Denver July 2009 August 2009, July 2010 August 2010 Taught graduate level course focusing on social psychology principles and their application to education Developed and delivered course lectures for practicing educators in the Denver metro area Course topics included conformity, prejudice, stereotype threat, self-concept, relational aggression, cognitive dissonance, and interpersonal relationships Supervisor: Bill Goodwin, Ph.D. School Psychology Doctoral Internship Cherry Creek School District, Aurora, CO Arrowhead Elementary School Horizon Middle School August 2006 May 2007 Implemented weekly affective education plans in a middle school self-contained behavior disabilities classroom Assisted with the implementation of Positive Behavior Supports systems in both schools Designed and implemented targeted reading interventions for middle school students Provided social and emotional counseling for individuals and small groups with and without disabilities in an elementary and middle school setting Served as a consultant on school problem-solving teams Conducted initial and triennial psychoeducational evaluations as well as danger and suicide assessments Co-taught weekly in an elementary school ASSETS (character education) classroom Trained in the Collaborative Problem Solving approach to behavior management Supervisors: Bonnie Campbell, Ed. S., Ronald Lee, Psy.D., and Larry Epstein, Ph.D Associate Instructor, August 2005 May 2006 Responsible for one section each semester of P251, Introduction to Educational Psychology for Elementary Educators, and M101, Laboratory Field Experience for Elementary Educators Instructed undergraduate students on the basic principles of educational psychology including cognitive and linguistic development, classroom management, individual student needs, and cultural diversity Conducted lectures, facilitated discussion, and supervised students field placements Created course syllabus, designed assignments and exams, and administered tests to monitor student learning Supervisor: Jack Cummings, Ph.D. Brock Reading Clinic, Bloomington June July 2005, 2006 Served as clinic coordinator overseeing the daily running and organization of the clinic Provided intense, one-on-one tutoring using a research-based reading curriculum to build sight word vocabulary, increase fluency, and improve reading comprehension and monitored growth over daily Supervisor: Genevieve Williamson, Ph.D.
Indiana Disproportionality Project Graduate Assistant Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Bloomington August 2003 August 2005, 2006 As a member of a research team, worked in conjunction with the Indiana Department of Education to inform and educate Indiana school systems about disproportionality in both special education and discipline Consulted with district administrators and teachers to examine issues of equity in their school corporations Facilitated team meetings in two urban school corporations and assisted those schools in developing a program to re-structure their General Education Intervention teams Collected and analyzed both quantitative and qualitative data obtained via focus groups and special education and office discipline referral data Assisted in manuscript preparation, conference presentations, and preparation of annual reports sent to the Indiana Department of Education Supervisor: Russell Skiba, Ph.D. and Shana Ritter WATCH Study, Undergraduate Research Manager, Loyola University Chicago September 2000 May 2003 Assisted a Psychology professor and a research team that received a $2 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Heath examining the effects of exposure to violence on inner-city, at-risk African-American youth Interviewed students, issued measures, entered data into a statistical computer program, and performed literature reviews Created coding schemes for a variety of measures, supervised the undergraduate team of twelve staff members, assisted in grant proposal and manuscript preparation, and submitted poster presentations for conferences Supervisor: Maryse Richards, Ph.D. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Cognitive Assessment and Intervention, August 2011 December 2011 Academic Assessment and Invervention, January April 2012 (anticipated) Assessing Learners with Special Needs, January 2011 May 2011 Survey of Behavior Disorders, August 2010 December 2010 Introduction to Educational Research, August 2008 present Research Methods, October 2007 present Social Psychology of Learning Summer 2009, 2010 Introduction to Educational Psychology for Elementary Educators, August 2005 May 2006 Laboratory Field Experience, August 2005 May 2006 PUBLICATIONS Edl Ormiston, H., & Olson, J. L. (in preparation). A model program of service delivery for students with emotional and behavioral disorders in a self-contained classroom. Manuscript in preparation. Edl Ormiston, H., & Olson, J. L. (in preparation). Where do skill deficits fit into the FBA process? Manuscript in preparation. Perdue, N., Edl Ormiston, H., Estell, D. B., & Stanley, H. C. (in press). Social context and the academic success of children at risk: Student-teacher relationships and parental involvement in school. Journal of Educational Research and Policy Studies.
Shure, L. A., Edl Ormiston, H., & Brentano, M. (2011). PBIS Indiana: Applying culturally responsive practice to positive behavior supports. Association for Positive Behavior Supports Newsletter, 9(3), 1-4. Edl, H. M., Humphreys, L., & Martinez, R. S. (2009). University-school collaboration for the implementation of a tier III reading program for elementary school students. Journal of Applied School Psychology, 25, 221-243. Edl, H. M., Jones, M. H., & Estell, D. B. (2008). Ethnicity and English proficiency: Teacher perceptions of interpersonal competence in European-American and Latino students. School Psychology Review, 37, 38-45. Humphreys, L. A., & Edl, H. M. (2007). Tier III implementation manual for promoting early success in reading. Bloomington, IN: Academic Well-Check Program. Skiba, R. J., Simmons, A., Ritter, S., Rausch, M. K., Feggins, L. R., Gallini, S. M., Edl, H. M., & Mukherjee, A. (2004). Moving towards equity: Addressing disproportionality in special education in Indiana. Bloomington, IN: Center for Evaluation and Education Policy. http://ceep.indiana.edu/ieo/pdf/statereport.pdf Skiba, R. J., & Edl, H. M. (2004). The Disciplinary Practices Survey: How do Indiana s principals feel about discipline? Children Left Behind Policy Briefs Supplementary Analysis. Bloomington, IN: Center for Evaluation and Education Policy. http://ceep.indiana.edu/childrenleftbehind/pdf/2c.pdf PRESENTATIONS Pérez, B., Ormiston, H.E., & Ritter, S. (2011, November). Developing culturally responsive practices in school-wide discipline plans. Presented at the National Association of Multicultural Education Conference, Chicago, IL. Ormiston, H.E. (2011, April). Understanding behavior: Managing skill deficits with FBA s. Presented at the Indiana Council of Administrators of Special Education Southeast Roundtable Topical Conference, Madison, IN. Ormiston, H.E., Shure, L.A., & Brentano, M. (2011, March). PBIS Indiana: Applying culturally responsive practice to Positive Behavior Supports. Presented at the Association for Positive Behavior Supports Annual International Conference, Denver, Colorado. Olson, J., Ormiston, H.E., & Schneller, C. (2011, January). Self-contained classrooms: Successfully managing behavioral skill deficits. Presented at the Courage to Risk Biannual Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Ormiston, H.E., Shure, L., & Morrison, J. (2010, November). Effective discipline for all: Cultivating culturally responsive school climates through Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. Invited presentation, Indiana School Counselor s Association Fall Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana. Estell, D. B., Jones, M. H., & Edl, H. M. (2009, April). The clinical implications of social status: Sociometric status and perceived popularity. Poster presented at the biannual meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, Colorado. Jones, M. H., Estell, D. B., & Edl, H. M. (2007, April). Ethnicity and English proficiency: Teacher perceptions of interpersonal competence in European-American and Latino students. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Education Research Association, Chicago, Illinois. Skiba, R. J., Edl, H. M., & Rausch, M. K. (2007, April). How do principals feel about discipline? The Disciplinary Practices Survey. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Education Research Association, Chicago, Illinois. Edl, H. M., Mowder, M. H., Oxnard, R. C., & Martinez, R. S. (2006, August). Video self modeling: An intervention for reading fluency and self-efficacy. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana. Jones, M. H., Estell, D. B., & Edl, H. M. (2006, August). Intra-peer group influences on self-perceptions of math and spelling. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Edl, H. M., Dick, A. M., & Williamson, G. M. (2006, March). Students attitudes towards reading: The effects of a research-based intervention. Poster presented at the National Association of School Psychologists Annual Conference, Anaheim, California. Edl, H. M., Gibb, A. C., Benton, S. A., & Martinez, R. S. (2006, March). Kindergarten peer tutoring: Effects on math self-efficacy. Poster presented at the National Association of School Psychologists Annual Conference, Anaheim, California. Gibb, A. C., Edl, H. M., Benton, S. A., Oz, A., & Martinez, R. S. (2005, August). Kindergarten peer tutoring: Monitoring progress in math achievement and self-efficacy. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. Ritter, R. S., Skiba, R.J., Edl, H. M., & Simmons, A. (2005, April). Local Equity Action Development Projects: Addressing minority disproportionality at the local level. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Edl, H. M., & Skiba, R. J. (2005, March). The Disciplinary Practices Survey: Principal attitudes toward suspension and expulsion. Poster presented at the National Association of School Psychologists Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. Rausch, M. K., Skiba, R. J., & Edl, H. M. (2004, November). Jeffersonville minority disproportionality in special education: Context and action steps. Presented to the Greater Clark County Public Schools, Jeffersonville, Indiana. Rausch, M. K., Edl, H. M., & Skiba, R. J. (2004, October). Local Equity Action Development (LEAD) Projects: Addressing minority disproportionality in special education. Presented at the Indiana Association of School Psychologists Annual Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana. Gibb, A. C., Benton, S. A., Edl, H. M., Harris, B., & Martinez, R. (2004, October). The dynamics of peer tutoring: Roles and differential effects. Presented at the Indiana Association of School Psychologists Annual Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana. Cruz, N., Nussbaum, K., Lao, Z., Richards, M., & Edl, H. M. (2003, July). Neighborhood sense of community among African- American youth exposed to violence. Poster presented at American Psychological Association Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
REFERENCES Cassandra (Sandi) Cole, Ed.D. Director Center on Education and Lifelong Learning Indiana Institute on Disability and Community 2853 E. 10 th Street Bloomington, IN 47408 (812) 855-6508 cmcole@indiana.edu David B. Estell, Ph.D. W. W. Wright School of Education Room 4010 201 N. Rose Avenue Bloomington, IN 47405 (812) 856-8308 dbestell@indiana.edu Thomas Huberty, Ph.D., ABPP Diplomate, American Board of Professional Psychology Professor Director, School Psychology Program Counseling and Educational Psychology 201 N. Rose Avenue Bloomington, IN 47405 P: 812-856-8332 F: 812-856-8202 huberty@indiana.edu Suzie Johnston Executive Director of Elementary Special Education Cherry Creek School District 4700 S. Yosemite Street Greenwood Village, CO 80111 (720) 554-4340 sjohnston2@cherrycreekschools.org