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| Name: | Dr. Jan Stivers |
| Title: | Associate Professor, Special Education |
| Office Location: | Dyson 388J |
| Extension: | (845) 575-3000 ext. 2980 |
| Email: | Jan.Stivers@Marist.edu |
| Degrees Held: | Ph.D. Educational Psychology and Statistics, State University of New York at Albany M.A. Psychology and Counseling, Assumption College B.A. English Literature, Mount Saint Mary College |
| Certifications: | New York State Teaching Certification in Elementary Education, N - 6 New York State Teacher Certification in Special Education, K -12 New York State Teacher Certification in Mental Retardation, 3 - 21 |
| Bio: | I've been teaching at Marist since 1980, and continue to feel blessed to be a part of this vibrant community whose values mirror and have shaped mine. I derive great pleasure from my work in the teacher education program, collaborating with wonderful colleagues to help our students identify their strengths and nurture them, and guiding our students as they develop into teachers who will make a difference in children's lives. |
| Awards & Honors: | Marist College Board of Trustees Distinguished Teaching Award, 1997 Marist College Social and Behavioral Sciences Faculty of the Year, 1996 Marist College Social and Behavioral Sciences Faculty of the Year, 2002 Marist College Social and Behavioral Sciences Faculty of the Year, 2008 Marist College Faculty Recognition Award for Distinguished Scholarship, 2009 |
| Publications: | Stivers, J. & Cramer, S. F. (2009). A Teacher's Guide to Change: Understanding, Navigating, and Leading the Process . Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press Stivers, J. (2008). Strengthen your co-teaching relationship. Intervention in School and Clinic, 44(2), 121-125. Stivers, J., Francis-Cropper, L. & Straus, M. (2008). Educating families about inclusive education: A month-by-month guide for teachers of inclusive classes. Intervention in School and Clinic, 44(1), 10-17. Cramer, S., & Stivers, J. (2007). Don't give up! Practical strategies for challenging collaborations. Teaching Exceptional Children, 39(6), 6-11. Stivers, J. & Garrity, N.B. (2004). Catalyst for change: A case report of a campus-wide student information system software implementation project. College and University, 80(1), 3-12 Stivers, J. (1996). The writing partners project. Phi Delta Kappan, 77(10), 694. I have also published several teaching cases that are used in teacher education programs across the US and Canada. These are included in case collections published by McGraw-Hill, the MacDougall Collection of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and The Electronic Hallway. |
| Research Interests: | Collaboration and co-teaching; change management for teachers; teacher leadership; teaching strategies for the inclusive classrooms; special education at the middle and high school levels; assessment in special education. |
| Conferences & Workshops: | I frequently present workshops for teams of middle and high school teachers who are collaborating to teach special needs students in general education classes. Recently I have worked with teams from Cairo-Durham Central Schools, Coxsackie-Athens Central Schools, Farnsworth Middle School in Guilderland, Lakeland Central Schools, Hunter-Tannersville Schools, Rondout Valley Central Schools, and Scotia-Glenville Middle School. |
| Affiliations: | Member of the Board of Directors of Literacy Connections, an adult and family literacy program serving the mid-Hudson Valley. Other affiliations: Norththeastern Educational Research Association; Program co-chair in for NERA's annual meeting in 1998; member of the Board of Directors 1998 - 2002. Council for Exceptional Children; member of the Teacher Education Division and the Small Special Education Programs Consortium. American Educational Research Association Phi Delta Kappa. |
