CURRICULUM VITA

Laura S Foley, EdD

Education

EdD summa cum laude, Utah State University, 2006
Major: Curriculum and Instruction

Dissertation:  Using Expectancy-Value Theory to Explore K-3 Teachers' Self-Reported Implementation of Comprehension Strategy Instruction, Dr. Martha T. Dever, Major Professor,
Utah State University

MEd cum laude, Utah State University, 1991
Major: Instructional Technology    
Emphasis: Library Media

BS Brigham Young University, 1974
Major: Elementary Education
Minor: Social Science


Professional Service

Team Leader for 3rd grade Professional Learning Community, Davis Elementary, 2006-2008    

3rd Grade Teacher, Davis Elementary, 2006-2008

Adjunct Professor of Children's and Young Adult Literature, Department of English, Distance Education, Utah State University, 2005-2008

Administrative Internship, Davis Elementary, 2005-2006

2nd Grade Teacher, Davis Elementary, 2000-2006

1st Grade Teacher, Davis Elementary, 1995-2000
 
1st or 2nd Grade Teacher, Central Elementary, 1988-1995

Library Media Specialist, Central Elementary, 1986-1988
    
    
Certification

Current certificate, State of Utah, grades first through eighth

Previously certified with a Utah State Library Media Endorsement for K-12 including College-level libraries


Honors and Awards

Professional Learning Community Team of the Year at Davis, 2006-2007

Utah Office of Education Principal's Literacy Institute-2003-2004

National Dean's List 2003-2006

Cambridge Who's Who Among Executive and Professional Women in Education, 2006-2007

Manchester Who's Who Among Executive and Professional Women, 2005-2006

The Chancellor's List, 2004-2005


Grants

Assisted in writing the USDE Carol M. White Physical Education Program Grant, 2005

Assisted with Trust Lands Grant written and awarded in 2003

The School Improvement Grant, Central Elementary, 1993

The Artist-in-Residence Grants, Central Elementary, 1991 and 1992

 
Elected Offices

Central Elementary Parent-Teacher Association President, 1985-1986

Central Elementary Parent-Teacher Association Treasurer, 1984-1985

Central Elementary Parent-Teacher Association Commissioner over Family Life, 1983-1984


Conference Presentations and Invitations

Coalition of Essential Schools in San Francisco, October 2004

Utah Teachers of English in Salt Lake City, 2004

Uintah Basin Education Conference in Vernal, UT, 2004

Invited to present at International Reading Association Conference in Texas, 2005

Invited to present at International Association for Childhood Education in Washington D.C., 2005


Membership in Professional Societies

International Reading Association

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Coalition of Essential Schools

International Association for Childhood Education

National Education Association

Utah Education Association