Positions

Overview

  • Bill Sterrett serves as Associate Dean for Teacher Education and Outreach in the Watson College of Education at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Sterrett’s research centers on collaborative school leadership, including the role of the principal, school innovation, teacher leadership, STEM leadership and school improvement.

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title Altmetric
    2022-07-01 Learning and Leadership through Sustainability Education: School-University Partnerships Supporting Collaboration and Student Voice..  PDS Partners: Bridging Research to Practice.  17:50-66. 2022-07-01
    2021-10-01 A reflective Faculty-in-Residence model in a K-8 lab school: Lessons learned from the first two years of a bidirectional initiative..  National Association for Professional Development Schools (NAPDS).  14:114-119. 2021-10-01
    2021-09-01 Reframing educator preparation to collaboratively prepare teachers and administrators: Challenges and advantages..  Development and Learning in Organizations.  36. 2021-09-01
    2021-01-01 Challenges of being a digitally savvy principal..  Journal of Educational Administration.  59:318-334.. 2021-01-01
    2021-01-01 Imagination into action: A school-university collaboration with a design thinking imperative..  Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership.  24:28-41.. 2021-01-01
    2021-01-01 The Why of Digital Leadership.  ASCD Express.  16. 2021-01-01
    2020-10-01 Engaging in faculty mentored research with undergraduate student athletes: A successful case at the University of North Carolina Wilmington..  Perspectives in Undergraduate Research and Mentoring.  9:1-11.. 2020-10-01
    2020-10-01 Shaping the supervision narrative: A conceptual perspective in preparing both teachers and principals to improve STEM instruction.  Journal of Educational Supervision.  3:59-74. 2020-10-01
    2020-01-01 How superintendents use technology to engage stakeholders..  Research in Educational Administration & Leadership.  5:954-988.. 2020-01-01
    2020-01-01 Leading a tech-savvy school: Reinventing learning through collaboration and innovation..  Kappa Delta Pi Record.  56:100-104. 2020-01-01
    2020-01-01 Leading with joy: The influential role of a principal.  ASCD Express.  15:1-4.. 2020-01-01
    2020-01-01 Project-Based Learning (PjBL): Providing a community of engagement for middle school learners..  Journal of Classroom Interaction.  55:4-25.. 2020-01-01
    2020-01-01 Shaping the supervision narrative: Innovating teaching and leading to improve STEM instruction..  Journal of Educational Supervision.  3(:59-74. 2020-01-01
    2020-01-01 Sharing a powerful IDEA: Learning organizations collaborating to innovate and design engaging applications in STEM education.  Development and Learning in Organizations.  34:9-12. 2020-01-01
    2020-01-01 Supporting professional development through digital principal leadership.  Journal of Organizational and Educational Leadership.  5:1-19.. 2020-01-01
    2019-01-01 A Different “Noticing”: Examining Principal Perceptions of STEM Instruction.  American Journal of Educational Science (AJES).  4:180-187. 2019-01-01
    2019-01-01 A case study approach to STEM Supervision: A collaborative model for teaching and principal preparation..  Journal of Interdisciplinary Teacher Leadership.  4:1-11. 2019-01-01
    2019-01-01 Creating communities of engagement: A project-based learning initiative through a professional development system.  The Online Journal of New Horizons in Education (TOJNED).  9:17-23.. 2019-01-01
    2019-01-01 The change-ready leadership of technology-savvy superintendents.  Journal of Educational Administration.  57:227-242.. 2019-01-01
    2019-01-01 The change-ready leadership of technology-savvy superintendents..  Journal of Educational Administration.  57:227-242. 2019-01-01
    2018-10-01 Cultivating Innovation in an Age of Accountability: Tech-Savvy Leadership.  Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership.  20:27-41. 2018-10-01
    2018-10-01 District technology leadership then and now: A comparative study of district technology leadership from 2001-2014..  Educational Administration Quarterly.  54:589-616. 2018-10-01
    2018-07-01 Maximizing teacher time: The collaborative leadership role of the principal.  Journal of Organizational and Educational Leadership.  3:1-26. 2018-07-01
    2018-01-01 Facilitating undergraduate research in student athletics through a faculty-student partnership.  Online Journal of New Horizons in Education.  8:42-50. 2018-01-01
    2018-01-01 Maximizing teacher time: The collaborative leadership role of the principal..  Journal of Organizational and Educational Leadership.  3:1-26. 2018-01-01
    2018-01-01 What it takes to be a “crisis principal” in a hurricane..  Education Week.  38:28.. 2018-01-01
    2017-01-01 Time is a principal’s most limited resource..  Education Week.  37:23.. 2017-01-01
    2016-11-01 Greener on the other side: cultivating community and improvement through sustainability practices..  Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership.  19:72-85. 2016-11-01
    2016-06-01 From Cortez to Crozet: Voices from two green schools..  Kappa Delta Pi Record.  52:137-142. 2016-06-01
    2015-12-01 Teachers, it is time to write..  The New Teacher Advocate.  23:14-15. 2015-12-01
    2015-11-01 Learning Green: Perspectives from U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Educators.  Journal of Sustainability Education.  10:1-15. 2015-11-01
    2015-01-01 Beyond “autopsy data”: Bolstering teacher leadership, morale, and school improvement..  Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership.  18:3-13. 2015-01-01
    2014-12-01 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools: Leadership insights and implications..  E-Journal of Organizational Learning and Leadership.  12:2-18. 2014-12-01
    2014-09-01 Developing Teacher Leaders through Honorary Professional Organizations in Education: Focus on the College Student Officers.  Education.  135:25-38. 2014-09-01
    2014-06-01 Using Brief Instructional Video Clips to Foster Communication, Reflection, and Collaboration in Schools.  The Educational Forum.  78:1-12. 2014-06-01
    2014-05-01 Thinking ‘Outside the Map:’ Reflecting on school leadership standards with principals overseas..  Virginia Educational Leadership.  11:31-49. 2014-05-01
    2014-04-01 Guiding pre-service teachers to lead student organizations in education: the faculty advisor's perspective..  E-Journal of Organizational Learning and Leadership.  12:26-42. 2014-04-01
    2014-01-01 Using brief instructional video clips to foster communication, reflection, and collaboration in schools..  The Educational Forum.  78:263-274. 2014-01-01
    2013-07-01 A Four Cylinder Engine: Shared Collaborative Ownership as the Vehicle for Enhanced Student Success.  Kappa Delta Pi The Record (Routledge).  49:131-135. 2013-07-01
    2013-07-01 Interviewing for a teaching position: 3 key questions.  New Teacher Advocate.  20:3. 2013-07-01
    2013-05-01 Developing Collaborative Professional Growth through Peer Observations.  Virginia Educational Leadership.  10:38-53. 2013-05-01
    2013-01-01 Twelve Steps to Improving School Improvement.  .  2013-01-01
    2012-11-01 Embracing the Leadership Challenge: Leading by Service in "The Other Curriculum".  E-Journal of Organizational Learning and Leadership.  10:29-35.. 2012-11-01
    2012-10-01 From Discipline to Relationships.  Educational Leadership.  70:71-74. 2012-10-01
    2012-04-01 Beyond Tough Choices: Prioritizing and Preserving Education in Times of Cuts and Lay-offs.  Kappa Delta Pi The Record (Routledge).  48:52-54. 2012-04-01
    2011-10-01 A Beginning Teacher's Guide to Advocacy..  The New Teacher Advocate.  19:2-3. 2011-10-01
    2011-05-01 Don't fear labels.  Principal.  89:48. 2011-05-01
    2011-04-01 Preemptive relationships: Teacher leadership in strengthening a school community.  Virginia Educational Leadership.  8:17-26. 2011-04-01
    2011-01-01 Thriving as a new teacher in a bad economy.  Kappa Delta Pi Record.  47:68-71. 2011-01-01
    2009-10-01 The power of TWO.  Educational Leadership.  67:78-80. 2009-10-01
    2009-04-01 Empowering misbehaving students: An effective school wide discipline plan must consistently support learning and instruction.  Principal.  88:web exclusive. 2009-04-01
    2005-01-01 Bullying at Lincoln Middle School: A Case Study.  The Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership.  8:62-71. 2005-01-01

    Book

    Year Title Altmetric
    2015-12-01 Igniting Teacher Leadership: How do I empower my teachers to lead and learn?.  ASCD.. 2015-12-01
    2013-10-01 Short on time: How do I make time to lead and to learn as a principal?.  ASCD. 2013-10-01
    2011-12-01 Insights into Action: Successful School Leaders Share What Works.  Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). 2011-12-01

    Chapter

    Year Title Altmetric
    2022-01-01 The principal as a catalyst for innovation and shared leadership..  Routledge. 155-169. 2022-01-01
    2021-01-01 An Investigation of the effects of Integrating Computing and Project/Problem-based Learning in the Context of Environmental Sciences: A Case of Pakistani STEM Teachers..  IGI Publisher. 49-89. 2021-01-01
    2015-01-01 Maximizing teacher leadership: The principal as facilitator..  Routledge. 43-54. 2015-01-01
    2014-08-01 The Principal as Facilitator of Teacher Leadership.  The Power of Teacher Leaders: Their Roles, Influence, and Impact. 2014-08-01
    2014-02-01 The Change Leader in Education: Roles and Strategies in the Differentiated Environment.  Bridgepoint Education. 147-148; 175.. 2014-02-01

    Conference Poster

    Year Title Altmetric
    2011-11-01 Purposeful Peer Observations as a Catalyst for Teacher Leadership, Reflection, and Collaboration.  UCEA. 2011-11-01

    Document

    Year Title Altmetric
    2020-01-01 Letter from the guest editors on mentoring student athletes for undergraduate research..  Perspectives in Undergraduate Mentoring. 1-2.. 2020-01-01
    2018-01-01 The Regenerative Business: Redesign work, cultivate human potential, and achieve extraordinary outcomes..  Green Schools Catalyst Quarterly. 108-109.. 2018-01-01
    2017-01-01 Leadership for Green Schools: Sustainability for Our Children, Our Communities and Our Planet..  Green Schools Catalyst Quarterly. 60-61.. 2017-01-01
    2016-01-01 KDP Reasoned Voice: Issue No. 3: Technology and Learning..  Kappa Delta Pi.. 2016-01-01
    2015-10-01 How do we prepare and evaluate principals?.  Consortium for Research on Educational Assessment and Teaching Effectiveness. 2015-10-01
    2015-01-01 Maximizing teacher leadership: The principal as facilitator..  The Power of Teacher Leaders. Instructor’s Guide Link.. 10-11. 2015-01-01
    2014-01-01 KDP Public Policy Brief: The future of the teaching profession..  Kappa Delta Pi.. 2014-01-01
    2013-10-01 Review of "Reality Calling: The Story of a Principal's First Semester (Pace, 2013).  Rowman and Littlefield Education. 2013-10-01
    2012-12-01 KDP Reasoned Voice: Issue No. 2: Common Core Standards.  Kappa Delta Pi. 2012-12-01
    2012-10-01 KDP Reasoned Voice: Issue No. 1: Teacher Evaluation.  Kappa Delta Pi Public Policy Committee. 2012-10-01
    2011-12-01 An ASCD Study Guide for Insights into Action: Successful School Leaders Share What Works.  ASCD. 2011-12-01
    2011-09-01 Connecting Emergent Curriculum and Standards in the Early Childhood Classroom.  Teaching Children Mathematics. 126. 2011-09-01

    Report

    Year Title Altmetric
    2022-01-01 APLU IEP Universities Designation Application. University of North Carolina Wilmington..  Association of Public and Land Grant Universities Commission on Economic and University Engagement. 2022-01-01
    2022-01-01 Laboratory Schools Renewal Report. D.C. Virgo Preparatory Academy..  University of North Carolina System. 2022-01-01
    2021-01-01 Application for U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools recognition..  North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.. 2021-01-01
    2020-01-01 Annual Status Report for Laboratory Schools in Second and Subsequent Years of Operation..  University of North Carolina System.. 2020-01-01
    2020-01-01 Second semester Year 2 report for iTALL..  ETEAL Applied Learning Strategic Initiatives Award, UNCW.. 2020-01-01
    2019-01-01 Final summary report for SCAISB-18-AW-006-0212018: Cultural Affairs- Pakistani Partnerships..  U.S. State Department.. 2019-01-01
    2019-01-01 First semester Year 2 report for iTALL..  ETEAL Applied Learning Strategic Initiatives Award, UNCW.. 2019-01-01
    2019-01-01 Fourth quarter report for SCAISB-18-AW-006-0212018: Cultural Affairs- Pakistani Partnerships.  U.S. State Department.. 2019-01-01
    2019-01-01 Second quarter report for SCAISB-18-AW-006-0212018: Cultural Affairs- Pakistani Partnerships..  U.S. State Department.. 2019-01-01
    2019-01-01 Second semester Year 1 report for iTALL.  ETEAL Applied Learning Strategic Initiatives Award, UNCW.. 2019-01-01
    2019-01-01 Third quarter report for SCAISB-18-AW-006-0212018: Cultural Affairs- Pakistani Partnerships..  U.S. State Department.. 2019-01-01
    2018-01-01 First semester Year 1 report for iTALL..  ETEAL Applied Learning Strategic Initiatives Award, UNCW.. 2018-01-01

    Presentations

    Research Overview

  • School Leadership Preparation
    Teacher Leadership
    Professional Learning Communities
    Formative Assessment

    • Co-principal Investigator On

    Investigator On

  • Innovating teaching and learning leadership (iTALL) in today’s STEM classrooms: Synergy in graduate and undergraduate professional learning communities. 2018-01-01 - 2021-01-01
  • Innovation/Collaboration Grant: Innovative Strategies for High Impact Practices: Access, success, and the CAA student-athlete. 2018-01-01 - 2020-06-01
  • An Interdisciplinary Approach to Research in the Marine Sciences for First-Year Students. 2020-06-01 - 2020-05-01
  • Innovating and Designing Engaged Applications in STEM Education (IDEA-STEM): Expanding the knowledge and Capacity of Pakistani Institutions. 2018-09-01 - 2019-08-01
  • Reflecting on innovative leadership, UNCW Watson College of Education Research Mini-Grant Award 2018-11-01 - 2019-05-01
  • Fostering writing and dissemination following a research study. Student Undergraduate Research and Creativity Award (SURCA) 2018-01-01 - 2018-06-01
  • Fostering writing and dissemination skills following a successful research study 2018-01-01 - 2018-05-01
  • Learning from innovative leaders: Case studies from the field, UNCW Watson College of Education Research Mini-Grant Award 2017-11-01 - 2018-05-01
  • Maximizing student-athlete learning through understanding on-campus supports. Student Undergraduate Research and Creativity Award (SURCA) 2017-01-01 - 2017-06-01
  • Learning from Green Leaders: Continued ED-GRS Research 2016-03-01 - 2016-08-01
  • Department Research/ Scholarship Award 2016-01-01 - 2016-04-01
  • Site Visits for Continued Green Ribbon Schools Research (Watson Mini-Resaerch Award) 2014-11-01 - 2015-05-01
  • Site visits for continued Green Ribbon Schools research, UNCW Watson College of Education Research Mini-Grant Award 2014-11-01 - 2015-05-01
  • Centering Student Learning in the Cross‐Programmatic Assessment of Core Competencies: A Response to the Request for Proposals Assuring High Quality Degrees: Student Learning Outcomes Using e‐Portfolios to Assess Core Competencies 2014-01-01 - 2015-01-01
  • Outdoors Learning Leadership- Priorities and Perceptions : Summer 2014 Faculty Fellowship 2014-05-01 - 2014-06-01
  • Understanding the self-efficacy of students engaged in project-based learning. 2014-01-01 - 2014-04-01
  • Centering student learning in the cross-programmatic assessment of core competencies: Using e-Portfolios to assess core competencies. 2014-01-01
  • International Travel Grant for Haiti Trip 2013-03-01 - 2013-06-01
  • Professional Travel Mini-Grant 2012-01-01 - 2012-03-01
  • Technology Enhancement Grant 2012-01-01
  • Meaningful Teacher Collaboration as Professional Development: Targeted Peer Observations 2011-01-01 - 2011-06-01
  • Enhancing Administrator Academic Daily Reflection Using Writing Innovation 2010-12-01 - 2011-06-01
  • Strengthening Professional Learning Communities through FLIP Camera Footage 2010-11-01 - 2011-06-01
  • Nature Path to Environmental Learning 2009-06-01

    • Teaching Overview

  • School Leadership Preparation
    Teacher Leadership
    Professional Learning Communities
    School Improvement

    • Full Name

  • William Lindsay Sterrett