Submitted Projects March 2017

College of Education
Submitted Projects
March 2017
Principal Investigator: Susan Butler (STL)
Co-PI: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning), Nancy Ruzycki (Materials Science and Engineering)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: FACTOR: Fostering a Community of Learners to Support Computational Thinking
Requested Amount: $2,491,540
Principal Investigator: Nicholas Gage (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: Ashley MacSuga-Gage (SSESPECS), Joni Splett (SSESPECS), Mary Kristina DePue (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: US Department of Justice/National Institute of Justice
Proposal Title: Project PASS: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Positive Alternatives to School Suspension
Requested Amount: $2,961,253
Principal Investigator: Dorothy Espelage (Department of Psychology)
Co-PI: Walter Leite (SHDOSE), Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Funding Agency: US Department of Justice/National Institute of Justice
Proposal Title: Enhancing School Resource Officers’ Effectiveness through Online Professional and Job Embedded Coaching
Requested Amount: $499,431
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Heartland Educational Consortium
Proposal Title: Heartland Certified Coaching
Requested Amount: $183,600
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Proposal Title: Miami-Dade Early Learning Coaching Certification Program
Requested Amount: $23,100
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Career Academy Coalition
Proposal Title: Career Academy Leaders’ Collaborative…an institute for transformational leadership development
Requested Amount: $16,500
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Episcopal Children’s Services
Proposal Title: CoachJAX! Advanced Coaching Academy
Requested Amount: $8,500
Principal Investigator: Stephen Smith (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: Nancy Corbett (SSESPECS)
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education/OSEP
Proposal Title: Personnel Development to Improve Services for Children With Disabilities – Interdisciplinary Preparation in Special Education – Serving Children Who Have High-Intensity Needs (EBD Prep)
Requested Amount: $996,764
Principal Investigator: Joni Splett (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Society for the Study of School Psychology
Proposal Title: A Mixed Methods Comparison of Universal Screening and School Referral
Requested Amount: $19,919