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Leigh Mesler Parise MPES Cohort 4, Multidisciplinary Program in Education Sciences Annenberg Hall Room 218 2120 Campus Drive Evanston, IL 60208-0001 Phone: (847) 467-2815

Biography

Leigh Mesler Parise joined Northwestern's program in Human Development and Social Policy after three years of teaching elementary school in Brooklyn, New York. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (undergraduate degree in sociology and history) and Pace University (master's degree in teaching), and her research interests include studying teacher quality, teacher learning and development, policy implementation and the effects of policy on teachers and students in urban schools. Her advisor is James Spillane.

Curriculum Vitae

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Awards/Honors

2007 - Multidisciplinary Program in Education Sciences Fellowship

Research/Scholarship
Education

Year		Degree		Institution
2005		MS, Education: Teaching		Pace University
2003		BA, History and Sociology		University of Pennsylvania

Selected Publications

Spillane, J.P., Parise, L.M., Crogeart, C., & Zoltner, J.S. (In Press/Under Review). Coupling School Administrative Practice with the Technical Core and with the Regulative Pillar of the External Environment: The Role of Organizational Routines.

Spillane, J.P., Healey, K., & Parise, L.M. (In Press/Under Review). School leaders’ formal and informal opportunities-to-learn: A descriptive analysis. Educational Review.

Parise, Leigh M. & Spillane, J. P. (2010). Teacher Learning and Instructional Change: How Formal and On-the-Job Learning Opportunities Predict Change in Elementary School Teachers’ Practice. Elementary School Journal.

Spillane, J.P. , Gomez, L., & Mesler, L. (2009). School Organization and Policy: Implementation, Organizational Resources, and School Work Practice in Plank, D., Sykes, G., & Schneider, B. , Handbook of Education Policy Research: 409-425.

Mesler, L. (2009). The Power of Peer Tutoring: Success for a Retained Student. Teachers College Record: 1894-1915.

Selected Presentations

Mesler, L. (2009). Teacher Learning and Instructional Change: How Formal and On-the-Job Learning Opportunities Predict Change in Elementary School Teachers’ Practice. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Conference, San Diego, CA, April 12-16, 2009. .

Petrie, D.H. & Mesler, L. (2009). Project Management for Educational Researchers. Professional Development course taught at the American Educational Research Association Conference, April 12-16, 2009. .

Mesler, L. (2009). Teacher Learning Opportunities and Student Achievement. Poster presented at the Institute of Education Science 2008 Annual Research Conference in Washington, D.C., June 7-9, 2009..

Mesler, L. Teachers' Formal and Informal Learning Opportunities and Teacher Change. Poster presented at the Institute of Education Science 2008 Annual Research Conference in Washington, D.C., June 10-12, 2008..

Research Interests

Teacher quality, teacher learning, teacher professional development, educational policy, school leadership, policy implementation, urban education

Professional
Employment History

2003 - 2006

Elementary School Teacher, NYC Public Schools Brooklyn NY