Educational Leadership for Teaching and Learning Doctoral Program Ed.D.

Faculty

Dr. Lauren Hoffman will assume the role of Director of the Educational Leadership for Teaching and Learning Doctoral Program. She has experience as a scholar, researcher, and practitioner.

Dr. Hoffman’s research interests include ethical and moral leadership, school transformation, and educational issues related to equity and social justice. She is currently engaged in a research study at Indiana University that is studying the meaning, implementation, and impact of teacher leadership in a school district. In addition, she is engaged in a research study with Dr. Christy Roberts, Special Education at Lewis University, and three Lewis University graduate students who are also investigating teacher leadership.

Her most recent publications focus on moral leadership and school change and include the following:

Burrello, L., Hoffman, L., Murray, L. (2005). School leaders building capacity from within: Resolving competing agendas creatively. Thousand Oaks, CA:
Corwin Press.

Hoffman, L. & Burrello, L. (2004). A case study of how a critical theorist and a consummate practitioner meet on common ground. Educational Administration Quarterly, 40(2), 268-289.

Miller, L., & Hoffman, L. (2002). Linking IEPs to State Learning Standards: A Step-By-Step Guide. Austin, TX: pro-ed.

Burrello, L., Ettinger, L., & Hoffman, L. (1998). Creating a Dialogue on Professional Development. The Forum on Education. Bloomington, IN.

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In addition, her previous work focused on communication development and collaboration and includes the following published articles:

Silliman, E., Wilkinson, L., & Hoffman, L. (1994) Progress in language literacy learning: Ongoing assessment in the classroom. In K. Butler (ed.) Best Practice Services I: The Classroom as an Assessment Arena. (pp. 104-124).
Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publications.

Silliman, E., Wilkinson,L., & Hoffman, L. (1993). Looking at intervention through a clinical ethnography. Journal of Florida Speech and Hearing Association, 13, pp. 11-15.

Silliman, E., Wilkinson, L., & Hoffman, L. (1991). Facilitating collaboration through co-participation. In E. Silliman and L Wilkinson Communicating for Learning: Classroom Observation and Collaboration (pp. 77-108). Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publications.

Hoffman, L. (1991). The development of literacy in a school-based program. Topics in Language Disorders, 10, (2), pp. 81-92.

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Dr. Hoffman joined the Lewis University faculty in 2002 and taught in the Special Education Department. At that time, she also co-directed the TECnet grant that focused on increasing the capacity of special and general educators to support the learning needs of all students. Dr. Hoffman is currently in the process of writing another book that is about Unified School Systems.

She has previously assumed various administrative positions and leadership roles in special education cooperatives and school districts in Illinois. She is consulting with several school districts in Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois regarding the design and implementation of learner-centered classrooms and schools that support the unique needs of all students and families. Throughout her career Dr. Hoffman has presented numerous local, state, and national workshops on school change, learner-centered schools and classrooms, collaboration and co-teaching, differentiated instruction, and authentic assessment.

E-mail: hoffmala@lewisu.edu
Phone: 815.836.5501

 

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