Dr. Bernard J. Badiali
179 Chambers Building
University Park, PA 16802
Title
Associate Professor of Education (Curriculum & Instruction)Program Coordinator: Curriculum and Supervision
Department
Curriculum and InstructionPrograms
Curriculum and InstructionCurriculum and Instruction: Curriculum and Supervision
Educational Leadership: Teacher Leadership
Biography
Dr. Badiali is an associate professor of education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at The Pennsylvania State University. He earned his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Penn State in 1985. He served as an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction from 1985 until 1987. From 1990 to 1992, he coordinated the Office of Staff Development and School Improvement in the College of Education, an outreach arm of the Dean's Office. In 1992, Dr. Badiali became an associate professor and chair of the Department of Education Leadership at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where he served for twelve years before returning to Penn State in 2004. He was named a Danforth-Johnson Scholar in problem-based learning at Stanford University and a Leadership Associate with the Institute for Educational Inquiry at the University of Washington where he is currently affiliated as an AED Scholar. Dr. Badiali was chosen as the recipient of the 2003 Excellence in Education Award, the highest honor bestowed upon an alumnus of the College of Education at Penn State and is sponsored by the College of Education Alumni Society. Dr. Badiali has worked closely with the College's Elementary Professional Development School as supervisor and Coordinator. Professional Development Schools (PDS) are unique laboratories of practice where teacher candidates can have authentic clinical experiences. Within PDS communities, educators have the opportunity for continuous inquiry into the complexities of teaching, learning and schooling. His research involves every facet of the dynamic environment that school/university partnerships create. It is based on the notion that the complexities of teaching and learning cannot be uncovered piecemeal nor in sites apart from actual practice.
Dr. Badiali's main teaching and research activities have been in the areas of school/university relationships, staff development, school reform, supervision, and curriculum. He has consulted with numerous colleges and universities throughout the United States as well as more than 100 school districts in the US and abroad. He has published articles in numerous educational journals including Education, American Secondary Education, the Peabody Journal of Education and School University Partnerships. He co-authored (with Anne Whitney), Writing as teacher leadership. (English Leadership Quarterly, October 2010, pp. 2-3.) which received Best Article of the Year Award in 2010 from the National Council of Teachers of English. His last co-authored book is entitled Teacher Leader, 2001.
Areas of Expertise
Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education
Curriculum Areas
Education Levels
Education Types
Leadership Preparation
Learning
Methodological Research
Organizational Management
Teacher Preparation
Representative Publications
Badiali, B. Self-assessment, program evaluation, and renewal. In Neapolitan, J. E. (Ed.) (2011). Taking stock of Professional Development Schools: What’s needed now. New York: National Society for the Study of Education, 110(2), pp. 444-462 Teachers College Press.
Badiali, B., Nolan, J., Zembal Saul, C., & Manno, J. (2011). Affirmation and change: Assessing the impact of the Professional Development School on mentors’ classroom practice. In J.L. Nash, I. Guadarrama, & J. Ramsy (Eds.) Investigating University-School Partnerships. Charlotte, N.C.: Information Age Publishing, pp. 321-346.
Badiali, B. (October, 2011) Identity and Inquiry: A love letter to teacher candidates. Education in a Democracy: A journal of the National Network for Educational Renewal, Volume 3.
Badiali, B. and Titus, N. (2010) Co-teaching: Enhancing student learning through mentor-intern partnerships. School-University Partnerships, 4(2).
Badiali, B. J. (2005) Suggested Standards for Supervisors of Curriculum. In Gordon, S. Standards in Educational Leadership and Supervision (pp171-190). Larchmount, New York:: Eye on Education.
Poetter, T. S. & Badiali B. J. (2001). Teacher Leader. Larchmount, New York: Eye On Education.
Badiali, B. J. (2000). Learning from Student Teachers. In Senge, P. et al., Schools That Learn (pp 406-410). New York: Doubleday.
Badiali, B. J. (1997). Teaching Supervision. In Firth, G. & Pajak, E., The Handbook of Research on Supervision (pp 957-967). New York: MacMillan Press.
Activities and Honors
Teacher Educator of the Year 2011, Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators
Claudia Ballach Award for Mentoring Research in Professional
Development Schools: PDS Special Interest Group, AERA 2009
Agenda for Democracy in Education (AED) Scholar, 2007
Penn State Alumni Excellence in Education Award, 2003
Leadership Associate, Institute for Educational Inquiry, Fall 1996
Nomination for the Delp Excellence in Teaching Award, Spring 1995
Phillip and Elena Hampton Award for International Education, Spring 1995
Danforth/Johnson Scholar, Institute for Problem-Based Learning, Spring, 1993