College of Education
Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
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Faculty Research Profiles: Donald G. Hackmann
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Associate Professor
Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
343 Education Building
1310 S. 6th St. MC 708
Research Biography
My primary research agenda relates to educational leadership preparation programming. Interests within this strand include: characteristics of tenure-line and clinical faculty; leadership preparation curricula, program design, and delivery; the quality of clinical experiences in administrator preparation programming; and assessments of student performance, including students' use of evaluation portfolios.
An additional research agenda centers on the principalship, focusing on effective leadership strategies at the middle and high school levels that facilitate improved student learning. This research strand addresses how school leaders promote comprehensive building-based reforms in the following areas: the role of constructivist theory in improving teaching and learning in middle level and high schools, school scheduling models and their efficacy in supporting effective teaching-learning practices, the role of supervision and evaulation models in improving student learning, and middle level education programs and practices that are effective in improving student achievement. Leadership practices that support constructivist principles and encourage active student involvement in learning include such topics as school scheduling models, student-led conferencing, changing instructional methods, and faculty involvement in instructional reforms. My research into school scheduling approaches, and in particular the utilization of block-of-time scheduling, has led me to promote the pedagogical interrelationships between effective scheduling models and constructivist learning practices.
Degrees
- Doctor of Education, General School Administration and Supervision, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 1983
- Educational Specialist, Educational Administration, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 1981
- Master of Arts, Secondary School Administration, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, 1977
- BS/BSE, Mathematics/Mathematics Education, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, 1976
Key Professional Appointments
- Associate Professor, Educational Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009--
- Interim Head and Associate Professor, Educational Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007-2009
- Associate Professor and Program Coordinator, Educational Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004-2007
- Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Iowa State University, 2001-2004
- Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Iowa State University, 1998-2001
- Assistant Professor, Educational Administration and Foundations, Illinois State University, 1996-1997
- Assistant Professor, Leadership and Counseling, Eastern Michigan University, 1993-1996
Activities & Honors
- Outstanding Faculty Award for Service, College of Education, 2009
- Faculty Fellows Award, College of Education, 2007-2008
- List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students, List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students (Sp06, Su06, F06, Sp07), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005- present
Grants
- Senior Personnel, Entrepreneurial Leadership in STEM Teaching & Learning (EnLiST), National Science Foundation, 2009
- Principal Investigator, Area V Comprehensive, Systemic School Improvement Proposal, Illinois Regional Offices of Education, 2009
- Principal Investigator, Revision of "Introduction to the Evaluation of Certified Staff", Illinois State Board of Education, 2008
Selected Publications
- Hackmann, D. G., & McCarthy, M. M. (2011). At a crossroads: The educational leadership professoriate in the 21st century. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Press.
- Hackmann, D. G., Bauer, S. C., Cambron-McCabe, N., & Quinn, D. M. (2009). Characteristics, preparation, and professional development of educational leadership faculty. In M. D. Young, G. Crow, J. Murphy, & R. Ogawa (Eds.), Handbook of research on the education of school leaders (pp. 225-267). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Aumiller, B. A., & Hackmann, D. G. (2009). Top-down and bottom-up leadership: Can they exist in harmony? ERS Spectrum, 27(4), 9-21.
- Hackmann, D. G. (2009). Book review: Principals improving instruction: Supervision, evaluation, and professional development. (M. F. DiPaola & W. F. Hoy). Educational Administration Quarterly, 45, 643-650.
- Hackmann, D. G., & Wanat, C. L. (2008). The role of the educational leadership program coordinator: A distributed leadership perspective. International Journal of Educational Reform, 17(1), 64-88.
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