College of Education
John Weathers, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Leadership, Research & Foundations
College of Education
1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
(719) 262-3357
john.weathers@uccs.edu
John Weathers is an assistant professor in the Department of Leadership, Research, and Foundations in the College of Education at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Dr. Weathers received a Ph.D. in Education Policy and a master’s degree in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania, where he worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate and Research Assistant at the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE). His research has focused on the effects of school policy and leadership on teacher communities and parent involvement, the effects of internally generated performance and process data systems on improving organizational outcomes, and the role of policy supports in teachers' use of formative assessment practices. This research has been presented at national education and sociology conferences and has been published in the Forum for Qualitative Research and through the Consortium for Policy Research in Education and the Alliance for Excellent Education. Dr. Weathers has developed training for and consulted with state policymakers and educational leaders around the use of data and performance management systems for program/policy evaluation and improving outcomes. His current research interests include organizational learning, school and district leadership, professional learning communities, formative assessment, data-driven decision-making, and performance management.
Education
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
PhD. in Educational Policy and Research, May 2006
Chair—Dr. Richard Ingersoll
Dissertation—A Multilevel Organizational Analysis of the Effects of School Policies
and Leadership on Teacher Community in Urban Elementary Schools
Masters in Sociology, August 2004
West Chester University, West Chester, PA
Graduate level secondary social studies teaching certification, May 1997
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Bachelor of Arts Degree, June 1993 in Sociology/Anthropology. Departmental Honors.
AWARDS AND HONORS
American Educational Research Association Division H Outstanding Publication Award
Honorable Mention (2006)
Research Training Fellowships
University of Pennsylvania IES Pre-Doctoral Training Program Structural Equation
Modeling
Workshop, 2007
AERA Institute on Statistical Analysis for Education Policy, 2004
National Center on Educational Statistics ECLS-K Database Training Seminar, 2003
Annenberg Summer Statistics Institute, 2001
Teaching
LEAD 570 Introduction to Research and Statistics
LEAD 710 Intermediate Quantitative Research and Statistics
Scholarship
Olitsky, S. & Weathers, J. (2007). From subject to solidarity: The role of student engagement in the qualitative research process. In S. Ritchie (Ed.), Research collaboration: Relationships and practice. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
Weathers, J. (2007). Formative Evaluation of the One-Stop consolidation of workforce development programs. Rohrer Center for Entrepreneurial Management, Rutgers University-Camden.
Olah, L., Lawrence, N., Goertz, P., & Weathers, J. (2006). Using Formative Assessments: The Role of Policy Supports. NSF Annual Project Report (REC-0529485). Philadelphia, PA: Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE).
Weathers, J. (2005). Formative evaluation of the One-Stop consolidation of workforce development programs in Camden and Hudson Counties. Rohrer Center for Entrepreneurial Management, Rutgers University-Camden.
Brody, J. & Weathers, J. (2005). Building a community of learners and leaders: Evaluation of the University of Pennsylvania’s Principal Institute (August 7-11, 2005). Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania.
Olitsky, S. & Weathers, J. (2005, January). Working with students as researchers: Ethical issues of a participatory process. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research [On-line Journal], 6(1), Art. 38. Available at: http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-05/05-1-38-e.htm.
Supovitz, J. & Weathers, J. (2004, December). Dashboard lights: Monitoring implementation of district instructional reform strategies. Philadelphia, PA: Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE).
Ingersoll, R. & Weathers, J. (2004). Background paper for the MARTP longitudinal study of new teachers. Unpublished commissioned paper. Washington, D.C.: Mid-Atlantic Regional Teachers Project (MARTP).
Weathers, J. (2004). Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana case study. In Tapping the potential: Retaining and developing high-quality new teachers. Washington, D.C.: Alliance for Excellent Education.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Nabors Olah, L., Lawrence, N., Goertz, M., Weathers, J., Riggan, M., & Anderson, J. (April 2007). Testing to the test? Expectations and supports for interim assessment sse. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Brody, J., Vissa, J., & Weathers, J. (April 2007) Partners for Inquiry: School and University collaborations through focused observations. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Weathers, J. (March 2007). An Organizational Analysis of the Effects of School Structures and Policies on Teachers’ Sense of Community. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Weathers, J. (November 2006). Leadership effects on teachers' sense of community in urban elementary schools. Paper presented at the University Council of Educational Administrators Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Weathers, J., Lynch, D., & Thomas, C. (October 2006). Innovative practices in individual and organizational learning: Perspectives from chief learning officers. Paper presented at the International Human Resource Development Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Weathers, J. (August 2006). Redefining community in the workplace: The case of teachers within schools. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.
Weathers, J. & Supovitz, J. (April 2006). Monitoring reform implementation: Individual and organizational impacts. Paper presented American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Weathers, J. (December 2005). Evaluating the Consolidation: Customer and Staff Perceptions. Presentation at the Garden State Employment and Training Association’s (GSETA) Annual Workforce Development Conference, Atlantic City, NJ.
Weathers, J. (March 2005). School Leadership and Its Relationship to Teacher Cooperation, Shared Values, and Collective Responsibility. Paper presented at the Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
Weathers, J. (December 2004). New Jersey’s one-stop consolidation quality assurance research design. Presentation at the Garden State Employment and Training Association’s (GSETA) Annual Workforce Development Conference, Atlantic City, NJ.
Weathers, J. (April 2004). Elementary school policy and structural predictors of parent involvement in school-based activities. Paper presented American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
May, H., Perda, D., Weathers, J., & Keefe, C. (April 2004). Quick, easy, and cost-free adjustment of standard errors in analyses of data from ECLS, PISA, SASS, TIMSS, and other large databases. Paper presented American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Weathers, J. & Supovitz, J. (February 2004) Organizational learning in a large urban school district: Participants' assessment of the impacts of a system for monitoring reform implementation. Paper presented at the Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. New York, NY.
Weathers, J. (February 2004). Is poverty all that matters?: Parent involvement in urban elementary schools. Paper presented at the Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. New York, NY.
Brody, J., Vissa, J., and Weathers, J. (April 2003) Building a comprehensive and holistic model for leadership preparation: What we have learned. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Weathers, J. (March 2003). Schools and the promotion of social capital in the urban context. Paper presented at the Annual Spencer Urban Research Symposium, University of Pennsylvania.
Service
- Program Chair, Organizational Theory SIG, American Educational Research Association, 2007-Present.
- Editorial Board, Educational Policy Analysis Archives, 2007-Present.