- B.S., Southern Nazarene University
- M.A., University of Colorado-Denver
- Ph.D., University of Colorado-Denver
- ED300 Introduction to Education.
Austin, TX
Presentation Topic: “Put That Pencil Down!”
10/15-17/15 Association for Middle Level Education annual conference
Columbus, OH
Presentation Topic: “Put That Pencil Down!”
11/7-9/14 Association for Middle Level Education annual conference
Nashville, TN
Presentation Topic: “Response Cards Unplugged”
4/3-7/14 American Educational Research Association annual conference
Philadelphia, PA
Presentation Topic: “Incorporating Active Student Response”
4/26-30/13American Educational Research Association annual conference
San Francisco, CA
Presentation Topic: “Using Response Cards in Teacher Education”
11/7-9/13 Association for Middle Level Education annual conference
Minneapolis, MN
Presentation Topic: “Learning to Serve…Serving to Learn”
11/1-3/11 National Middle School Association annual conference
Louisville, KY
Presentation Topic: “Overcoming Poverty and language Barriers”
5/20/11 National Professors of Middle Level Education annual conference
Milledgeville, GA
Presentation Topic: “Frog Kissing and Other Lounsbury Lessons”
11/9/10 National Middle School Association annual conference
Baltimore, MD
Presentation Topic: “Wayside Teaching: A Middle Grades Imperative”
3/7/10 South Carolina Middle School Association annual conference
Myrtle Beach, SC
Keynote Address: “Wayside Teaching”
10/13/10 Pearson Professors Conference
Columbus, OH
Presentation Topic: “21st Century Knowledge and Skills for the Classroom”
Publications in Refereed Journals:
Powell, S.D. (2011). Relationships matter: Transformation through wayside teaching.
Middle Ground, 15(2), 10-12.
Powell, S.D. (2011). Wayside teaching: focusing on relationships. Middle School Journal, 42(5), 48-50.
Powell, S.D. (2011). Teachers’ days, delights, and dilemmas: Wayside teaching. Middle
School Journal, 42(3), 46-49.
Publications of chapters in books:
Powell, S.D. (2013). From debilitating teachers to enhancing teacher self-perceptions. In
- Roney and D. Lipka (eds.) Middle grades curriculum: Voices and visions of the
self-enhancing school. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Book-length publications:
Powell, S.D. (2015). Your introduction to education: Explorations in teaching (3rd ed.).
Columbus, OH: Pearson.
Powell, S.D. (2015). Introduction to middle level education (3rd ed.). Columbus, OH: Pearson.
Powell, S.D. (2012). Your introduction to education: Explorations in teaching (2nd ed.).
Columbus, OH: Pearson.
Powell, S.D. (2010). Introduction to middle school (2nd ed.). Columbus, OH: Pearson.
Powell, S.D. (2010). Wayside teaching: Connecting with students to support learning.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press
- American Educational Research Association
- Association for Middle Level Education
- National Professors of Middle Level Education
- North Carolina Professors of Middle Level Education
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
- Phi Delta Kappa Honor Society
- Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society of Education
- National Middle Grades Network