Dr. Kristin Sherwood

Professor

 

Profile

Extensive background in public school administration and teaching with strong emphasis in school improvement, teacher supervision, development of curriculum and instruction, professional development, finance, strategies for working with special populations, assessment, and discipline. Skilled in applying action research and data to guide instructional leadership and building procedures. Guest Lecturer at Wichita State University in Educational Leadership since retiring from public education in 2011, teaching graduate and doctoral level classes in research and administration in higher education.  Assistant Clinical Professor and Building Level Masters/Licensure Program Coordinator since 2017.

Education

Ed.D. Wichita State University

December 2004

M.E. Wichita State University

May 1994

M.E. Wichita State University

May 1990

B.S. Emporia State University

May 1976

A.A. Butler County Community College

May 1973

Career History
Wichita State University - Clinical Professor | 2016 - Present
Wichita State University - Guest Lecturer | 2012 - 2017
  • EL 968 - Technology Orientation | Summer 2016
  • EL 981 - Intro Field-Based Research 1 | 2012 - Present
  • EL 982 - Intro Field-Based Research 2 | 2012 - Present
  • CLES 872 - Finance and Human Resources in Colleges and Universities | Spring 2015 - 2016
  • CLES 801 - Intro to Education Research | Summer 2012 - Present
University - Related Professional Activities

 

  • Lead Researcher, Building Bridges and Strengthening Bonds: Hispanic Family Engagement and Student Achievement (2020). Research paper awarded Honorable Mention from Wichita State University Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP) Symposium 2020 and accepted for  presentation       as roundtable at the 2021 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting 2021.
  • Recipient, WSU CAS Excellence in Teaching, 2019.
  • Wichita State University College of Applied Studies Non-Tenure Track Committee. Member, 2018; Chair, 2019 to 2021.

  • Member, College of Applied Studies Diversity Task Force 2018 to present.

  • Member, Kansas State Department of Education Standards Committee 2019 – 2020. Created new standards for Building and District Level Licensure.
  • Member, WSU College of Applied Studies Accreditation Committee. 2017 – present.
  • Member, WSU College of Applied Studies Advanced Programs Committee 2017 – present.
  • Dissertation Chair ( 1 completed; 3 ABD on track to complete May, 2021) – 2019 – present.
  • Advisor, Building Level Leadership Masters/Licensure Graduate students (25 in 2020).

  • Judge, Klose Scholarship Day, 2020.

  • Lead Researcher, Places and Spaces: Environmental Factors and Student Performance (2019). Research commissioned by local school district and presented to leadership for use in strategic planning.
  • Lead Researcher, Missing in Action: An Investigation of Chronic Absenteeism in a Small City District in Kansas   (2018). Research commissioned by local school district and presented to leadership for use in school improvement.
  • Lead Researcher, What Is and What Could Be: Technology Access, Use, and Impact in Riverville Middle Schools (2016). Research paper accepted for a paper session to the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, 2017.
  • Lead Researcher, To Stay or Leave: Retention of Special Education Teachers. (2015). Research paper accepted for poster-session to the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 2016.
  • Lead Researcher, Improving School Climate: Perceptions of Stakeholders Implementing a Commercial School Improvement Program. (2014). Research paper presentation in a paper session to the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2015. Clinical Professor 2016 - Present
  • Co-Lead Researcher, Old Spaces, New Faces: Adjusting to a Changing Student Body in a Midwestern Rural District. (2014). Research Paper presented to the University Council for Educational Administration Annual Convention, November, 2014.
  • Co-Lead Researcher, Growth and Sustainability in a Rural Kansas Town. (2012). Research Paper, Roundtable Session, presented to the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, 2013.
Derby High School, USD 260 | Derby, Kansas 1996 - 2011 (Retired)
  • Principal | 2005 - 2011
    • Responsibilities included: Implementation and supervision of programming and for 2000+ students in traditional, virtual, and alternative settings; supervision of @ 215 staff including administrative, certified and classified personnel (including evaluation, acquisition, termination); budget and capital outlay; Administrative Chair NCA/AdvancED School Improvement; supervision of facilities, safety and security (361,000 sq. ft. on 7 acres and alternative off-site campus for Derby Alternative High School).
  • Assistant Principal | 1996 - 2005
    • Responsibilities included: School Improvement, North Central Association accreditation process; maintaining the budget and capital outlay; supervision of curriculum and instruction; facilitating and coordinating staff development; English Language Learners; master scheduling; shared responsibility for student safety and discipline; shared responsibility for supervising and evaluating certified and classified staff; Summer School programming.
  • District - Related Activities USD 260 | Derby, Kansas
    • Co-Facilitator, Strategic Plan; Program Manager, budgeting process; District School Improvement Steering Committee; District School Improvement Plan Committee (Reading).
Wichita High School West, USD 259 | Wichita, Kansas 1995 - 1996
  • Assistant Principal
    • Responsibilities included: Ninth Grade class (@455 students) including discipline, parent communication and curricular issues; cafeteria; transportation; Building Coordinator, Career Pathways.
Truesdell Middle School, USD 259 | Wichita, Kansas 1994 - 1995
  • Assistant Principal
    • Responsibilities included: Eighth Grade Administrator; discipline, parent communications and curricular issues; Special Education Administrator including LD, BD, MR, GTC, SMD, and medically fragile students; master scheduling.
John Marshall Middle School, USD 259 | Wichita, Kansas 1988 - 1994
  • Special Education Teacher/Team Leader
    • Responsibilities included: Teacher of students with behavioral disorders, learning disabilities, interrelated, and inclusion; School Team Leader for the Special Education Department; created an innovative program mainstreaming special education students that was replicated in other schools and districts; created an innovative master schedule for delivery of differentiated and fully integrated curriculum.'
  • District - Related Activities USD 259 | Wichita, Kansas
    • District – Related Activities USD 259 Wichita, Kansas Chair, Professional Development Council, USD 259 (1994 -1995); Member, Professional Development Council, USD 259 (1992 -1994).