C. John Tarter

Professor of Educational Administration
Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies
302B Graves Hall
(205)-348-7827
ctarter@bamaed.ua.edu
Appointed in 2006

Recent Courses Taught:

AEL 650: Organizational Theory
AEL 661: Major Issues and Trends
AEL 624: Practicum in Educational Administration
AEL 699: Dissertation Research

Areas of Research:

Organizational Theory
Decision Making
Research Methodolgy

Academic Degrees:

Ed.D., Rutgers Univesity, 1984. Educational Administration and Supervision.
M.A., University of California, Riverside. 1969. History.
B.A., California State University, San Bernardino. History.

Professional Experiences:

2006-Continuing Professor. Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies; College of Education, University of Alabama

1996-2006 Professor. Assistant chair, Division of Administration and Instructional Leadership; Program coordinator for Educational Administration and Supervision. St. John's University

1993-1996 Associate Professor. Program coordinator for Educational Administration and Supervision. St. John's University

1987-1993 Assistant Professor. Educational Administration and Supervision. St. John's University

1980-1987 Assistant to the Dean. Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University

1983-2005 Adjunct Professor. Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University

1977-1980 Research Associate. Cost Analysis Center, Middlesex County Office, State Department of Education (New Jersey).

1975-1977 Research Assistant. Department of Educational Administration, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University.

1970-1974 Teacher. San Marin High School, Novato, California (history, social studies)

1973-1974 Part-Time Teacher. San Quentin Correctional Facility, Tamal, California.

Selected Publications:

(2008) Administrators solving the problems of practice: Decision-making
concepts, cases, and consequences(3nd edition). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon. (with Wayne Hoy).

(2004) Administrators solving the problems of practice: Decision-making concepts, cases, and consequences (2nd edition). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon. (with Wayne Hoy).

(1997) The road to open and healthy schools: A handbook for change. (middle and secondary school edition). Thousand Oaks, CA; Corwin Press. (with Wayne Hoy)

2006 Academic optimism of schools: A second-order confirmatory factor analysis. In W. K. Hoy & C. G. Miskel (Eds.). Contemporary Issues in Educational Policy and School Outcomes, Vol. 5, (pp. 135-157). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing. (With Wayne Hoy & Anita Woolfolk Hoy).

2005 Measuring Organizational Citizenship of Schools: The OCB Scale.
In W. K. Hoy & C. G. Miskel (Eds.). Educational administration, policy, & reform: Research and measurement, Vol. 4. (319-341). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing. (with Michael F. DiPaola, and Wayne K. Hoy

(2006) Academic optimism of schools: A force for student achievement. American Educational Research Journal, 43, 3, 425-446. (with Wayne K. Hoy and Anita Woolfolk Hoy).

(2006) School mindfulness and faculty trust: Necessary conditions for each other. Educational Administration Quarterly. , 42, 2. 236-255 (with Wayne Hoy & Charles Gage)

(2004) A systems approach to quality in elementary schools: A theoretical and
empirical analysis. Journal of Educational Administration, 42, 5. 539-554. (with Wayne Hoy)

(2004) Organizational justice: No justice without trust. The International Journal of Educational Management. 18, 4. 250-259. (with Wayne Hoy)

Presentations:

Presider. Organizational Theory Special Interest Group. 20th Annual Convention of the University Council for Educational Administration in San Antonio, TX, November, 2006.

Academic optimism of schools and student achievement. Presented at the 2006 Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. (with Wayne Hoy and Anita Woolfolk Hoy)

Presider. Organizational Theory Special Interest Group. 19th Annual Convention of the University Council for Educational Administration in Nashville, TN, November, 2005.

Triennial travesties of 2005. AERA meets AARP: The big sabbatical. Presented at the 2005 Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Que. (with Jeffrey K. Smith & Lisa F. Smith) (Note: I am never sure how to list the travesties; it is a presentation, but obviously tongue in cheek. I have been on three of them.)

Presider. Organizational Theory Special Interest Group. 18th Annual Convention of the University Council for Educational Administration in Kansas City, KS,, November, 2004.

Discussant. School Choice or No Choice. 18th Convention of the University Council for Educational Administration. In Kansas City, KS, November, 2004.
Invited Speaker. Organizational justice: No justice without trust. Educational Policy Studies Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CA.

Invited Speaker. Mindful schools:Theoretical and empirical foundations. Educational Policy Studies Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CA.