Prof Linnea Weiland
William Paterson University
Teacher Ed:  PreK-12
(973) 720-2331
Email: weilandl@wpunj.edu

Education

PhD, New York University, 1977.
Major: Elementary and Early Childhood Education
Supporting Areas of Emphasis: Mathematics and Science Education
Dissertation Title: A Description of How Selected Seven-year-old Children Learn to Reason to Solve Partitive Division Problems

Master of Science in Teaching, University of Chicago, 1968.
Major: Urban Elementary Education
Dissertation Title: Anti-intellectual Attitudes in Elementary Teachers

BA, Vassar College, 1967.
Major: French Literature
Supporting Areas of Emphasis: Child Psychology
Dissertation Title: Translation, French to English, of Balzac short story

Work History

Academic - K-12

Director, Curriculum and Instruction, Plainfield Public Schools. (August 1, 1995 - August 31, 2004).

Teacher, Grades 1 and 2, Chicago Public Schools. (September 1, 1967 - June 30, 1971).

Academic - Post-Secondary

Associate Professor, William Paterson University. (September 1, 2004 - Present).

Instructor, Kean University. (September 1, 1973 - June 30, 1978).

Government

Manager and Director, Urban Education and Policy, NJ Department of Education. (January 1, 1984 - August 31, 1995).

Consultant, Mathematics and Early Childhood Education, and Assistant Director, Educational Improvement Center, NE, division of the NJDOE. (February 1, 1977 - March 30, 1983).

Professional

Producer, Educational Software, Children's Television Worskhop. (March 1, 1983 - November 30, 1983).

Licensures and Certifications

Chief School Administrataor, NJ Department of Education. (September 1, 1984 - Present).

Mathematics Education, NJ Department of Education. (September 1, 1984 - Present).

Supervisor of Instruction, NJ Department of Education. (September 1, 1984 - Present).

Teacher of Elementary Education, K-6, Preschool endorsement, NJ Department of Education; NY Department of Education; Illinois Department of Education. (September 1, 1968 - Present).

Professional Memberships

National Science Teachers Association. (September 1, 2008 - Present).

New Jersey Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators. (September 1, 2004 - Present).

National Association for Educators of Young Children. (July 1, 2000 - Present).

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. (January 1, 1971 - Present).

Development Activities Attended

Conference Attendance, "edTPA (Teaching Performance Assessment)," NJ Department of Education/Stanford University/Pearson, Wayne, Mahwah,, NJ, United States. (May 2016 - Present).

Workshop, "Professional Development for Department Chairs," Provost's Office. (July 2019 - June 2020).

Conference Attendance, "AACTE Curriculum Clinic at ETS," Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ, United States. (October 26, 2016 - October 28, 2016).

Workshop, "Early Childhood edTPA," NJAECTE, Trenton, NJ, United States. (October 21, 2016).

Workshop, "All-chairs retreat," WPUNJ, Wayne, NJ, United States. (June 1, 2016 - September 1, 2016).

Awards and Honors

Excellence and Service Award, Neighborhood House, Plainfield, NJ. (September 27, 2018).

General Assembly Citation, New Jersey Legislature. (September 27, 2018).

TEACHING

Teaching Experience

William Paterson University
CIEC 3510, MATH and SCIENCE IN ECE, 29 courses.
CIEE 3290, MATH METH/ASSESS K-6, 4 courses.
LBST 4980, INTERNSHIP:LIB ARTSandCIVIC ENG, 1 course.

RESEARCH

Intellectual Contributions in Submission

Other

Weiland, L., Mankiw, S. A., Kumar, A. R., Whelan, R. Early Education Investment Collaborative. Collaborative work with Dean and faculty in Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education.

SERVICE

University Service

Member of College Council, College of Education Council. (September 1, 2006 - Present).

Chair, Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education, College of Education, WPU. (July 1, 2006 - Present).

Department Chair. (July 2019 - June 2020).

Department chair, College Council. (July 2019 - June 2020).

Group Interview of Entering Students. (July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020).

Committee Member, Middle States. (April 2019 - September 2019).

Professional Service

Pre-publication Feedback on Book, "Equity Visits", Corwin, PDK Joint Publication, Thousand Oaks, CA. (May 2019).

Reviewer, Book, Corwin Press, Sage. (April 2019 - May 2019).

President, New Jersey Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators, NJ, NJ. (September 1, 2012 - June 30, 2014).