Submitted Projects for July 2014

College of Education
Submitted Projects
July 2014
Principal Investigator: Donald Pemberton (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Office of Early Learning
Proposal Title: VPK POP Course Development
Requested Amount: $120,000
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: School Board of Duval County
Proposal Title: Duval County Certified Instructional Leadership Coaching Program
Requested Amount: $98,000
Principal Investigator: Ivan Mutis (Rinker School of Construction Management)
Co-PI: Pavlo Antonenko (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: nD Capsules: Boundary Objects to Connect Contextual Information in Informal Learning Environments Using Augmented Reality Technologies
Requested Amount: $40,644
Principal Investigator: Feihong Wang (SESPECS/CEECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Foundation for Child Development
Proposal Title: Task Engagement Behaviors of Young Children from Rural Families: Relationships with Structural and Process Features of the Home and Childcare Environments and Learning-Related Outcomes
Requested Amount: $219,960
Principal Investigator: Carole R. Beal (STL)
Co-PI: Donald Pemberton (Lastinger Center for Learning); Juan Gilbert (Computer & Information Science & Engineering)
Funding Agency: US Department of Education/IES
Proposal Title: Virtual Learning Lab
Requested Amount: $8,832,035
Principal Investigator: Mary Brownell (SESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Vail School District (Subcontract) (IES)
Proposal Title: Learning Together in a Virtual Space: An Effective, Comprehensive Online Professional Learning System for Special Educators and Paraprofessionals
Requested Amount: $57,513
Principal Investigator: Mary Brownell (SESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Boston University (Subcontract) (IES)
Proposal Title: Validating an Observation Protocol for the Evaluation of Special Educators
Requested Amount: $200,058
Principal Investigator: Maureen Conroy (SESPECS/CEECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: US Department of Education/IES
Proposal Title: BEST in CLASS Web: A Web-based Intervention Supporting Early Childhood Teachers’ Use of Evidence-based Practices with Young Children at Risk for Emotional/Behavioral Disorders
Requested Amount: $1,500,000
Principal Investigator: Maureen Conroy (SESPECS/CEECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Virginia Commonwealth University (Subcontract) (IES)
Proposal Title: BEST in CLASS – Elementary: A Preventative Classroom-based Model
Requested Amount: $265,347
Principal Investigator: Ann Daunic (SESPECS)
Co-PI: Nancy Corbett (SESPECS); Stephen Smith (SESPECS)
Funding Agency: US Department of Education/IES
Proposal Title: Evaluating a Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum for K-1 Children at Risk for Emotional or Behavioral Disorders
Requested Amount: $3,499,664
Principal Investigator: Alice Kaye Emery (SESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Proposal Title: Working with the Experts Project (Part B) 2014-2015
Requested Amount: $175,000
Principal Investigator: Holly Lane (SESPECS)
Co-PI: Nicholas Gage (SESPECS)
Funding Agency: University of Washington (Subcontract) (IES)
Proposal Title: Collaborative Advancement of Rural Education through Effective Online Professional Development: Project CARE
Requested Amount: $406,335
Principal Investigator: James McLeskey (SESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Subcontract) (IES)
Proposal Title: BREATHE: A Burnout Intervention for Special Education Teachers
Requested Amount: $115,159
Principal Investigator: Donald Pemberton (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: Susan Butler (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Funding Agency: University of Florida Foundation
Proposal Title: Job-embedded Professional Development for Palm Beach County Elementary STEM Teachers
Requested Amount: $470,000
Principal Investigator: Stephen Smith (SESPECS)
Co-PI: Ann Daunic (SESPECS)
Funding Agency: SRI International (Subcontract) (IES)
Proposal Title: Effectiveness Study of Tools for Getting Along: Teaching Students to Problem Solve
Requested Amount: $595,444
Principal Investigator: Sondra Smith (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Walter Leite (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: Department of Health and Human Services/OPRE
Proposal Title: BSF Programs: Mediating Effects of Parental Stress and Couple Quality on the Relationship between Adversity and Child Outcomes (Project: MEDIATING CHILD OUTCOMES)
Requested Amount: $96,449
Principal Investigator: Patricia Snyder (SESPECS/CEECS)
Co-PI: Mary McLean (SESPECS/CEECS); James Algina (SESPECS/CEECS)
Funding Agency: US Department of Education/IES
Proposal Title: Impact of Professional Development on Preschool Teachers’ Use of Embedded-Instruction Practices: An Efficacy Trial of Tools for Teachers
Requested Amount: $3,498,113