David Bell

Chair, Curriculum and Instruction

Professor of Elementary Education

Undergraduate and Graduate Faculty

Appointed 1988

 

Education and Certifications

 

Ed.D    University of Arkansas                                      1978- Elementary Education

M.Ed.  University of Arkansas                          1972- Elementary Education/Educational

Media

B.S.     Arkansas Tech University                                 1969- Elementary Education                

 

Professional Experience

 

1988-Present               Chair, Curriculum and Instruction; Professor of Elementary Education; Arkansas Tech University, Russellville

 

1987-1988                   Director of Teacher Services; Professor of Elementary Education; Henderson State University; Arkadelphia, Arkansas

 

1978-1987                   Director of Teacher Education; Professor of Elementary Education; Coordinator of Elementary Education (five years); Assistant/Associate Professor (nine years); Arkansas College (Lyon College), Batesville

 

1969-1977                   Teacher, Happy Hollow and Jefferson Elementary Schools; Fayetteville, Arkansas

 

Faculty and/or administrative load

 

Current                         Administrative Load

                                    Licensure Officer

                                    NCATE Coordinator

 

Other Collegiate Assignments

 

2002-2003, Chair Senate

2002-2003, Member Faculty Welfare Committee

2002-2003, Member Faculty Excellence and Awards Committee

2002-2004, Member Teacher Education Council

2002-2003, Member Leadership Team

2002-2004, Chair Teacher Education Appeal Committee

2003-2004, Chair, NCATE Steering Committee

2003-2004, Chair, Teacher Education formal grievance (grade) committee

 

Current Professional Assignments and Activities

 

2000-2001, Assistant Program Planner for the Arkansas Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

2001, Presentation reviewer for the National Association of Teacher Educator’s conference

2000-2003, Executive secretary for Arkansas Association of Teacher Educators

2001-2004, Executive secretary for Arkansas American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

2003-2004, Institutional representative, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

 

Current Professional and Academic memberships

 

2000, Planning Committee and Board Member SRATE

2000-2001, Attended ArACTE, ArATE, SECA, SRATE, and Friends of Education annual meetings

2000-2001, Member of ArACTE, ArATE, ATE, SECA. SRATE. Friends of Education, and MSERA

2000-2001, Member SRATE executive committee

2002-2003, Member planning and membership committee for Mid South Educational Research Association

2002-2003, Member Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Education planning committee

2003-2004, Board member, Southeastern Regional Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

 

Presentations and Publications

 

Refereed presentations, state, regional:

“Opening the World of Reading to All Children,” ACEI International Conference, New Orleans, La., April 14-17, 2004, (with Byra Ramsey)

 “Many Books for Many Children,” Presented at Arkansas Early Childhood Association 42nd annual conference, Hot Springs, AR., October 2-4, 2003 (with Sammie Stephenson)

 “Reading Pen: Using Technology to Boost Literacy,” Presented at Arkansas Early Childhood Association 42nd annual conference, Hot Springs, AR., October 2-4, 2003 (with Byra Ramsey)

“Using the web to enhance child care: 25 quality sites,” Presented at Arkansas Early Childhood Association 42nd annual conference, Hot Springs, AR., October 2-4, 2003 (with Timothy Leggett)

 “Teacher Education and Technology: TaskStream.” An early report at Arkansas Association of Colleges for Teacher Education annual meeting, Searcy, AR. April 10-11, 2003.

 “Using Technology to enhance learning: WizCom reading pen.” Presented at Arkansas Association of Colleges for Teacher Education annual meeting, Searcy, AR. April 10-11, 2003. (Ramsey and Womack)

“A Call for Vigilance and discernment: Teacher Education in the information age.” Presented at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education annual meeting, New Orleans, LA. January 24-27, 2003. (Ramsey and Zimmer)

Bell, D. (2002) Process for developing a student intern exit portfolio. SRATE Journal 11:2, 46-55.

 “Electronically Created and Stored Student Documents: Concern and benefits.” Presented at Southeastern Regional Associating of Teacher Educators 49th annual conference in Hot Springs, AR. October 30-November 2, 2002. (Ramsey and Zimmer)

 “Reading Help in all subject areas.” Presented at Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Educators 49th annual conference in Hot Springs, AR. October 30-November 2, 2002. (Ramsey, Womack, Wilson)

 “Through the Eyes of a child: Discovering and Evaluating New Books,” and “Making the Web useful:    Web sites for the early childhood educator.” Presented at Arkansas Early Childhood Association 41st Annual conference, Hot Springs, AR. October 3-5, 2002.

“World Wide Web: Terrific Sites for Child Care Providers.” Paper presented at Southern Early Childhood Association Conference, Little Rock, AR. March 28-31, 2001.

 “Arkansas Teacher Quality Report Card.” Paper presented at Southeastern Regional Teacher Educators Conference, Lexington, KY. November 1-4, 2000.

 “World Wide Web: Utilizing the Web for Child Care Providers,” and “”Children’s Literature for Early Childhood Educators: Presenting the Best.” Papers accepted for presentation at Friends of Early Education Conference, Tulsa, OK. October 13-14, 2000.

 “World Wide Web: Utilizing the Web for Child Care Providers.” Southern Early Childhood Association, Birmingham, AL. April 6-8, 2000.