Jan Riggsbee

Professional training or workshops ; In 2013-2014, I serve on the Executive Committee and Summit Planning Committee of the Board of Advisors for the International Center for Service Learning in Teacher Education. Summit title: New Visions for Service-Learning: An International Center for Service-Learning in Teacher Education Working Summit to Advance Research, Policy, and Collaborative Practice in Teacher Education Across the Globe. Summit Date: April 7 - 9, 2014. The Summit will bring together fifty service-learning leaders from countries across the globe for engaged dialogue to advance new visions for service-learning in teacher education. Three strands will address research, policy, and collaborative practice.

Cross-Institutional Collaboration ; Collaborated with Steve Asher and teachers and administrators at Central Park School for Children to pilot a research project, FRIENDSHIP AND ACCEPTANCE IN A DEMOGRAPHICALLY MIXED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POPULTATION: DEVELOPING ASSESSMENT AND PILOT INTERVENTIONS. This project proposes to (1) use reliable measures of friendship, peer acceptance, and loneliness to learn about how diverse groups of children who are newly-entering school are adjusting, and (2) pilot project-based classroom interventions to facilitate friendship and acceptance in a school that is deliberately diversifying its student population.

Service to Profession ; Voices Together is a specialized music therapy program that helps improve communication, and social and emotional development for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. http://voicestogether.net/

Cross-Institutional Collaboration ; Hosted by the Program in Education in partnership with Carolina Friends School, The Peaceful Schools NC Project, and the NC Psychoanalytic Foundation. Panel of educators from Peaceful Schools Initiatives in Jamaica, Hungary, Australia, and the US spoke about their experiences in reducing aggression, teasing, and bullying in their schools.

Service to Profession ; Howard N. Lee Institute for Equity and Opportunity; Committee met twice per month over the course of a year to plan and coordinate all aspects of the summit.

Service to Profession ; The Program in Educaton was invited to host the International Center for Service-Learning in Teacher Education in 2009. The Center's work and series of conferences (Brussels 2007; Galway 2009; and Duke/Durham 2012) bring together educators and service-learning advocates from across the globe to collaborate on issues of research, policy, and practice.

Cross-Institutional Collaboration ; Grant funded to support Rob Amberg, documentary photographer; work chronicles the lives and stories of people of Madison County/rural Appalachian Mts. Seminars and exhibits offered to students and faculty from across the university. Participating units and partners include Center for Documentary Studies, DukeEngage, The Fredric Jameson Gallery, Perkins Library, and the Sanford School of Public Policy.

Service to Profession ; Facilitate two seminars and introduce keynote speaker

Cross-Institutional Collaboration ; US advisory committee for project in Arusha, TZ in collaboration with Wendy Ewald and Robert Sikorski.

Service to Profession ; Planned and coordinated all aspects of the conference (theme, space, budget, advertising, breakout sessions, keynotes). Secured Marian Wright Edelman as the conference keynote speaker.

Service to Profession ; Appointed by North Carolina State Superintendent June Atkinson and the State Board of Education to serve on the 2012-2013 State Teacher of the Year Selection Team.

Cross-Institutional Collaboration ; Approved and funded in 2011 by the Duke Endowment and scheduled to begin in Summer 2012, the DUKEENGAGE IN BENNETTSVILLE Program represents a partnership between CDF Freedom Schools and DukeEngage. The CDF Freedom Schools program provides high quality summer learning for students in grades K through 12 through a research based and multicultural curriculum that supports children and families around five essential components: (1) high quality academic enrichment, (2) parent and family involvement, (3) civic engagement and social action, (4) intergenerational leadership development, and (5) nutrition – mental and physical health. Partners: Duke: Jan Riggsbee, Faculty Director; Children's Defense Fund: Jeanne Middleton-Hairston, National Director CDF Freedom Schools; Eric Tremayne Mayes, National Deputy Director, CDF Freedom Schools, and Robin Sally, Director Marlboro County Children’s Defense Fund South Carolina Office and Senior Curriculum Manager, CDF Freedom Schools

Cross-Institutional Collaboration ; Collaborated on a federal grant proposal with William Darity, Director, The Research Network on Racial and Ethnic Equality and Professor of PPS, Economics, and AAS and Margaret Evans Gayle, Research Fellow, The Research Network. Project goals: 1) To support effective educator development from pre-service through career teaching by engaging stakeholders from colleges/university-departments and schools of education, school districts and other professionals in a study of the three absolute priorities and two competitive priorities outlined in the grant application. 2) To develop and institute a continuum of training for K-12 teachers, beginning in pre-service teacher education programs and ongoing throughout their teaching career. The absolute and competitive priorities will provide the outcomes through the research and model practices that will lead to recommendations of professional training programs and resources to support teachers at specific career levels: Pre-service; Initially Certified/First Years of Teaching (Years 1-3); Mid-Career (Years 4-9); and Career (Years 10 plus).

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Cross-Institutional Collaboration ; Proposed project: "Increasing Interest in Environmental Science through Climate Change: The Story of Nepal." The project team, comprised of faculty and administrators from the University of Kentucky, Duke's Program in Education, Duke Center for Civic Engagement, and the North Carolina Consortium for South Asian Studies, is currently designing a collaborative project focused on environmental issues important to students and the need to increase students' interest in careers in environmental science and awareness of global society. The project involves 1) development of curriculum units and video case studies that infuse global awareness, environmental literacy, and career readiness for public school classrooms and 2) field study experiences and professional development opportunities for teachers in NC and Kentucky.

Professional training or workshops ; Participated in a three-day professional development training program sponsored by NCATE and AACTE in preparation for PiE's upcoming accreditation review (Spring 2011 - onsite previsit and Fall 2011 - site visit). Training focused on national accreditation standards for teacher preparation programs, accreditation redesign and program options, program assessment, and program reporting requirements.

Other peer review work ; Served on the Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure review committee for Professor Jacqueline Lewis-Harris, University of Missouri St. Louis.

Professional training or workshops ; Invited by the Provost, I attended a two-day management workshop for senior leaders (interdisciplinary unit directors, senior associate deans, unit coordinators). Topics included developing a distinctive/inclusive vision; entrepreneurship in the context of intellectual and research goals; engaging faculty; managing staff; developing responsible evaluation and workflow processes; enhancing diversity, and ensuring fiscal accountability.

Cross-Institutional Collaboration

Cross-Institutional Collaboration

Other Supervisory Consultations ; Faculty Co-Director and Curriculum Consultant, Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad in India. Partnered with Dr. Baishakhi Taylor in the Center for South Asian Studies to write and submit a grant proposal for a one-month study abroad project in India (Delhi, Jaipur, and Kolkata) for Durham Public Schools teachers and Duke University student teachers. The project was funded ($80,000) and in Spring, Summer, and Fall 2010, I provided pre- and post-departure training at Duke and on-site training in India to participating teachers and student teachers focused on intercultural curriculum (planning and design). In Fall 2010, I have continued to provide consultation to teachers and student teachers in designing and implementing lesson and unit plans that infuse intercultural learning.

Cross-Institutional Collaboration ; Initiated a pilot study in fall 2009 with Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia, Dept of Psychology and Neuroscience, to examine how parents, teachers, and peers shape students’ motivation and academic outcomes (engagement, aspirations, achievement, attendance) during fifth grade and in preparation for middle school. Approximately 100 fifth grade students in one elementary school in Durham participated in the pilot study. Data collection will continue in spring 2010.

Cross-Institutional Collaboration ; Collaborated with Darla Deardorff to design and provide professional development opportunities for Duke pre-service teachers in the area of intercultural competency.

Cross-Institutional Collaboration ; In recognition of the Month of the Young Adolescent, the Program in Education at Duke and the Middle Grades Programs at UNC-CH and North Carolina Central University co-sponsored a symposium on “Service Learning and Partnerships” Oct. 1-2, 2009. More than 50 faculty and students from 11 North Carolina universities attended the event. Undergraduates from UNC-CH, NCCU and Duke made presentations about several collaborative initiatives with the Durham Public Schools at sessions on the campuses of NCCU and Duke. http://soe.unc.edu/news_events/news/2009/091015_middle_grades.php

Cross-Institutional Collaboration ; Proposal: DEVELOPING INTERCULTURALLY COMPETENT AND GLOBAL LEARNING CURRICULA BY EXPLORING LOCAL SCHOOLS IN INDIA AND EXAMINING THE ROLE MATERIAL OBJECTS PLAY IN CROSS-CULTURAL CURRICULA. The Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (PA)supports overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies for groups of teachers, students, and faculty engaged in a common endeavor. The Duke project involves developing interculturally competent global learning curricula in North Carolina Public Schools by exploring India’s diverse history, culture, and how South Asia is taught in the local schools. The program will serve as a model through which pre-service teachers and in-service teachers can immediately apply their inter-cultural learning gained through this GPA program into classroom practices. The project involves teaching-faculty from 4 post secondary (one HBCU) institutions, K-12 teachers from North Carolina Public schools, and pre-service teachers enrolled in the undergraduate teacher preparation program at Duke University. I will serve as the project's director of pre-service and in-service teachers.

Service to Profession ; I, along with David Malone, serve as the Faculty Directors of the International Center for Service-Learning in Teacher Education. The Center is administratively housed in Duke's Program in Education. David and I oversee Center logistics and have a major role in conference planning.

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Cross-Institutional Collaboration ; Collaborated with 11 other NC institutions of higher education as part of a 1.2 million grant funded through by the Corporation for National and Community Service/Learn and Serve America.

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Service to Profession

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Journal reviewing and editing

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