CURRICULUM VITAE

GERALD JULIUS BRUNETTI

Address: Kalmanovitx School of EducationP.O. Box 4350Saint Mary's College of CaliforniaMoraga, CA 94556(925) 631-4029

Date: September 15, 2015

I. Education

A.B., University of California, Berkeley, June 1960Major: English

M.A., University of California, Berkeley, June 1963Subject Field: English

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, December 1972 Field: Education (Higher Education/Teacher Education)

(Dissertation Title: The Omnibus Personality Inventoryas a Predictor of Outstanding Urban Teachers.)

II. Professional Employment

January 2012 – Professor of Education (Single SubjectPresent Credential Program, Master of Arts in Education)

and of Liberal Arts (Collegiate Seminar Program),Saint Mary’s College of CA

July 2011 - Interim Associate Dean, Kalmanovitz School ofDecember 2011 Education, Saint Mary’s College of CA

August 2010 - Interim Dean, Kalmanovitz School of Education,June 2011 Saint Mary’s College of CA

September 2003 - Professor of Education (Single Subject CredentialAugust 2010 Program, Teachers for Tomorrow) and of Liberal Arts,

Saint Mary’s College of CA

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September 1986 - Professor of Education, Single Subject Credential May 1989 Program, Saint Mary's College of CA.

September 1979 - Associate Professor of Education, Single Subject August 1986 Credential Program, Saint Mary's College of CA

September 1975 - Associate Professor of English Education, August 1979 Department of Curriculum & Instruction (College of

Education), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

September 1969 - Assistant Professor of English Education, August 1975 Education), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

September 1965 - Instructor in English and Education, June 1966 Humboldt State College, Arcata, CA

September 1963 - Teacher of English and Latin, McKinleyville High June 1965 School, Arcata Union High School District, Arcata, CA

III. Administrative Experience

July 2011 - Interim Associate Dean, Kalmanovitz School ofDecember 2011 Education, Saint Mary’s College of California

August 2010 - Interim Dean, Kalmanovitz School of EducationJune 2011 Saint Mary’s College of California

July 2004 – Co-Coordinator, Teachers for Tomorrow (5-year August 2010 integrated liberal studies/elementary credential

program), Saint Mary’s College of CA

April 1999 - Co-Director, Teachers for Tomorrow (5-year BlendedJune 2003 Program of teacher preparation) Saint Mary’s College

of CA.

September 1991 - Director, Liberal & Civic Studies Program (SchoolJune 2003 of Liberal Arts), Saint Mary's College of CA

September 1979 - Director, Single Subject Credential Program, Saint May 1989 Mary's College of CA

September 1969 - Director of Undergraduate Teacher Education ProgramJune 1978 In Secondary English, Speech, and Theatre, University

of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

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September 1977 - Assistant Director, Bay Area Writing Project, June 1979 University of California, Berkeley

IV. Short-Term or Part-Time Employment

April – May 2004 Visiting Scholar, University of Brighton, East Sussex,United Kingdom

June 1989 - Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley January 1990 (P.A.C.E. Program)

September 1984 - Coordinator, Collaborative Project for School June 1986 Improvement (CPSI) (involving Saint Mary's College,

California and Foothill High Schools).

March 1983 - Coordinator, Math ReEntry Program (developed in May 1984 conjunction with local school districts to train math

teachers)

Summer 1980, Summer Chairperson, Graduate Education 1982, 1983, 1984 Department, Saint Mary's College of CA

January - Coordinator, School Site Council, Albany High June 1979 School, Albany, CA

September 1978 - Education Consultant (Areas: writing, curriculum June 1979 development, teacher centers), Albany, CA

June - July 1969 English Teacher, University of California,Demonstration High School, Oakland, CA

January 1967 - Assistant Supervisor of Teacher Education June 1969 (Areas: English, Educational Media), Department

of Education, University of California, Berkeley, CA

V. Selected Courses Taught

A. At Saint Mary's College

a) In the School of Education (graduate):Recent Courses:1) MAT 501. Great Ideas in Education. (Text-based discussion

course on fundamental readings in education; for master’scandidates) (10 times since 2004)

2) SSTE 211. Social and Psychological Foundations of

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Education (3 times, 2012-2014)3) SSTE 254. Foundations of Literacy (2012)4) EDAD 613. Literature Review. (For Ed.D. students – 1 time)5) SSTE 346. Teaching & Learning 1 (Umbrella course

involving C&I, subject-area preparation, and supervisedteaching) (4 times pre-PACT)

6) SSTE 346. Teaching & Learning 1 (Umbrella course as above but also oversees PACT) (2 times)

7) SSTE 226: PACT Preparation. Specific attention to thetechnology involved in PACT) (Fall ‘08)

Other Courses:1) (SCED 310. Introduction to Supervised Teaching. (20 times)2) SCED 320, 330, 340. Supervised Teaching II, III, IV

(supervision of student teaching; seminar)3) SCED 345. Curriculum & Instruction (10 times)4) SCED 347. Advanced Curriculum & Instruction (2 times)5) EDUC 500. Intro. to Educational Research (4 times)6) EDUC 590. Research Seminar (8 times)7) EDUC 593. Literature Review & Proposal Writing (1 time)8) EDAD 612. Applied Research Project (Ed.D. Program)

(once)

b) In the Collegiate Seminar Program:New Format:

Seminar 2: Western Tradition 1 Fall 2013, Fall 2014 (Scheduled to teach Seminar 1Spring 2015)

Old Format:Collegiate Seminar 20 & 120 (Greek Thought), 21 (Roman Thought), 110 (Classical, Christian, & Medieval Thought), 122 (17th & 18th CenturyThought), and 123 (19th & 20th Century Thought) (Each seminar except 110taught at least twice since 1982)

c) In the School of Liberal Arts (undergraduate):1) L&CS 121. Forum 1: Culture & Community (4 times)2) L&CS 130. Senior Forum: Democracy &

Active Citizenship (2 times)3) Assessment & Portfolio (L&CS) [.25 course] (6 times)5) Explorations in Personal Writing (January Term)

(offered 9 times between 1981 and 1992)

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B. Courses Taught At the University of Minnesota (1969-1979)

Instructional Methods in English, Speech, Theatre (a course taken by candidates immediately prior to student teaching)Teaching Literature in Secondary Schools (graduate course)Teaching Writing in Secondary SchoolsAdolescent LiteratureCurriculum Development in Language Arts (graduate course)Theoretical Bases for Language Arts Curricula (graduate course)Language Arts and the Future (graduate course)Summer workshop courses for inservice teachers (instructional strategies, curriculum, composition)

VI. Publications

More Recent publications:

1. Cal Council: A story of continuity and change. Issues in Teacher Education, Spring 2015. 24(1), 61-74.

2. Conversations with CCET past presidents. Interviewed by Gerald J. Brunetti & Carol P. Barnes [Reprinted from CCNews.] Issue in Teacher Education, Spring 2015. 24(1), 5-28.

3. Interview with Jerry Brunetti, Life politics: Conversations about culture and education, Ivor F. Goodson, Sense Publishers: Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2011.

4. Job satisfaction of experienced professors at a liberal arts college.2nd author, with Susan Marston. Education, 130(2), 323.347.

5. Resilience under fire: Perspectives on the work of experienced inner city high school teachers in the United States, Teaching and Teacher Education, October 2006, 22, 812-825.

6. The voices of experienced elementary teachers: Their insights about the profession, 3rd author, with Susan H. Marston & Victoria B. Courtney. Teacher Education Quarterly, Spring 2006, 33:2, 111-131.

7. Elementary and high school teachers: Birds of a feather? 2nd author, with Susan H. Marston & Victoria B. Courtney. Education, Spring 2005, 125:3, 469-495.

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Other Publications:

1. Alternative schools: can they survive? The Clearing House, January 1974, 48, 267-271.

2. Review of Open Education and the American Schools, byRoland Barth, in English Journal, April 1974, 63, 93-95.

3. Playing the politics of change, English Journal, October1974, 63, 12-13.

4. Career education, CBTE and the politics of change in teachereducation, ERIC Document Reproduction Service, abstractedin Research in Education, September 1974 (publishedversion of a conference address).

5. Futures, anyone? English Education, April-May 1975, 6, 195-199.

6. Differences between high school students and universitystudents in their conceptions of literary characters, withRichard Beach, Research in the Teaching of English, Winter 1976, 10, 259-268. [Funded by a grant from the ResearchFoundation of the National Council of Teachers of English.]

7. A language for life: a review, Research in the Teaching ofEnglish, Spring 1977, 11, 61-67.

8. The Bullock Report: some implications for American teachersand parents, English Journal, November 1978, 67, 58-64.

9. CATE and staff development, with Tom Gage, California English, May-June 1981, 17, 16.

10. Recent trends in inservice education and their implicationsfor the college professor, with particular reference to theteaching of writing, ERIC Document Reproduction Service,ED 203347, abstracted in Research in Education, Nov 1981.

11. The reading vocabularies of primary grade children ofvarying geographic and social backgrounds, with Michael F.Graves & Wayne Slater of the University of Minnesota. Anempirical research study. In J.A. Niles & L.A. Harris, eds.,New Inquiries in Reading Research and Instruction, Rochester, N.Y.: National Reading Conference, 1982, 99-104.

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12. Educational reform and the demise of local control, CSBANews, October 1985.

13. Cross-school observation and other dimensions of a school-college partnership: some preliminary findings, with KathyRasmussen, ERIC Document Reproduction Service, ED270015, abstracted in Resources in Education, Oct. 1986.

14. T.R. McConnell Symposium Papers (1989), Ed., Berkeley:School of Education, University of California

15. Teacher education: A look at its future, Teacher EducationQuarterly, Fall 1998, 25:4, 59-64..

16. Guest editors’ introduction: Lives of teachers, with Rae S.McCormick, Teacher Education Quarterly, Summer 2001,28:3, 3-5.

17. Why do they teach? A study of job satisfaction among long-term high school teachers, Teacher Education Quarterly,Summer 2001, 28:3, 49-74.

VII. Other Professional Activities

A. Speaker/Presenter (selected)

1. Presenter, “Findings from Half will leave: Constructing teaching lives in an exploratory world,” [based on the foreword Gerald Brunetti wrote for the book.] Meeting of the Special Interest Group on the Lives of Teachers, California Council on Teacher Education, San Diego, CA, October 24, 2013.

2. Co-Presenter (with Susan Marston, Saint Mary’s School of Education): “Career satisfaction of experienced professors at a liberal arts college.” American Educational Research Association, New York, NY, March 26, 2008.

3. Presenter: “Teacher autonomy in an era of standardization.”American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL,April 10, 2007.

4. Panel Participant: “Listening to the voices of teachers in lives of teachers’ research.” American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA, April 8, 2006.

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5. Presenter: “ Resilience in the inner city: Case studies of persisting high school teachers,” American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA, April 9, 2006.

6. Discussant: “The development of teachers’ beliefs and pedagogical understanding,” American Education Research Association, Montreal, Canada, April 15, 2005.

7. Presenter: “Elementary and high school teachers: Birds of a feather?” American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, April 14, 2004.

8. Discussant, “The use of theory in the lives of teachers research,” American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, April 13, 2004.

9. Presenter, “Teachers for tomorrow: The implementation of a 5-year teacher education program at a small liberal arts college,” with Susan Marston. CCTE, April 2, 2004.

10. Discussant, “Standardized reforms, unique lives,” American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 23, 2003.

11. Chair and Discussant, “New directions and dilemmas: Posing questions in the study of teachers’ lives,” American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA, April 1, 2002.

12. Speaker, “The professoriate: Satisfactions and concerns,” Professor of the Year address, Saint Mary’s College of CA, March 20, 2002.

13. Presenter, "Why do they teach? Perspectives on persistence and practice from experienced high school teachers," American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April 25, 2000.

14. Presenter, "Public school teachers: a Vision of Commitment," Deans' Roundtable talk for Alumni Scholarship Award, November, 1998.

15. Presenter, "Motivations of high school teachers to remain in the classroom," preliminary report of sabbatical study, Faculty Brown Bag lunch, Saint Mary's College, Nov. 1997.

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16. Presenter to the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC), on behalf of the California Council on the Education of Teachers (CCET), Sacramento, CA: January 1992 & 1994.

17. Introducer/responder for research presenters, semi-annual conferences of the CCET, 1987 - 1991.

18. Speaker, "New directions in teacher education," Phi Delta Kappa, San Ramon CA chapter, February 10, 1988.

19. Presenter, "Professional renewal through school-college partnerships," a symposium of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA, March 21, 1986.

20. Presenter, "The Collaborative Project for School Improvement,” CCET Conference, Sacramento, CA, November16, 1984.

21. Discussion Leader, American Education Research Association, Sec. J (Higher Education), San Francisco, CA, October 3, 1983.

22. Panelist, "The CBEST examination: implementation and implications," CCET Conference, San Diego, CA, April 1993.

23. Speaker, Conference on English Education, Anaheim, CA, March 12, 1981 (see publication No. 10 above).

24. Facilitator, Session on California Writing Project, Staff Development Conference of the California State Department of Education, Oakland, CA, May 9-10, 1978.

B. Positions in Professional Organizations (selected)

Associate Editor, Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice,December 2010 – Present

Associate Editor, Teacher Education Quarterly, October 1999 –December 2010

Past Chair, Special Interest Group on the Lives of Teachers, American Education Research Association, April 2003 – April 2005.

Founder, Chair, Special Interest Group on the Lives of Teachers,American Education Research Association, June 1999 -April 2003.

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Founder, Special Interest Group on the Lives of Teachers,California Council on the Education of Teachers;Coordinator, Fall 1996 – Present

California Council on the Education of Teachers (CCET):Past-President, 1994-1996President, 1992-1994Vice-President, 1990-1992Founding Editor, CCNews (CCET newsletter), 1992-1996Member, Board of Directors, CCET, 1985-1988

Reader, Teacher Education Quarterly (refereed journalof CCET), 1986 - Present (also for predecessor journal,California Journal of Teacher Education, 1976-1980).

Founding Member and Sometime Chair, CCET Committee onResearch, 1988-1992.

Member, Higher Education Steering Committee (alumni group of the Higher Education Program, U.C. Berkeley),1985 - 1991.

Member, Steering Committee, Northern CaliforniaProfessors of Secondary Education, 1984-1985.

Member, Planning Committees for the AmericanEducational Research Association conferences (Sect. J: Higher Education), San Francisco, CA, October 1983 and October 1984.

Nominee to the Executive Committee of the Conferenceon English Education (National Council of Teachers ofEnglish organization) (national ballot, Spring 1982).

Member, Nominations Committee, Conference on EnglishEducation, November 1980 (elected in national ballot).

Co-Chair, annual convention of the Conference onEnglish Education, Minneapolis, MN, March 1978.

C. Grant Proposals Written (selected)

1. Teacher Quality Enhancement State Grant to develop 5-Year Blended Program at Saint Mary’s College.

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A California Commission on Teacher Credentialingaward. May 2000 [Proposal funded for $50,000]

2. Collaborative Project for School Improvement (CPSI), involving California High School, Foothill High Schooland Saint Mary's College, a proposal to the William andFlora Hewlett Foundation, November 1984. [Proposal funded for $10,000, January 1985]

3. Planning grant proposal for collaborative project(above), Summer 1984. [Funded for $1167]

4. Math-ReEntry Program, a proposal to the California StateDepartment of Education to support a collaborativemathematics retraining program for teachers, April1983. [Grant not funded; rated 24 out of 110 proposals.]

D. Miscellaneous Professional Activities

1. Visiting Professor, University of Brighton, Sussex, UK.May – June, 2004.

2. Consultant, Pilot Project on Alternative AssessmentStrategies for New Teachers of English (California NewTeacher Project), San Francisco State U., June 1989.

3. Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley, April 1989 - 1995 [In conjunction with my researchon public schools in California.]

4. Reader of essay examinations (CBEST and PPST exams),Educational Testing Service (Emeryville, CA, 1982-1990).

5. Consultant, U.S. NIE, review of Teacher Center ExchangeProject, San Francisco, CA, January 1979.

6. Visiting Scholar, University of Sussex, England, April -July 1976.

VIII. Sabbaticals

Fall 1988 (topic: California public schools)Spring 1997 (topic: Experienced public high school teachers)2003-2004 (topics: Lives of teachers; experienced urban high

school teachers)

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IX. Service to Saint Mary's College (selected)

1. Past Chair, Academic Senate, 2006 – 2007

2. Chairperson, Academic Senate:1988-89 (first Chairperson of the Senate),1991-1992, 1993-1994, 2005-2006

3. Vice Chair (and Chairperson Elect), Academic Senate, September

2004-June 2005. Chair of the Committee on Committees.

4. Member, Faculty Welfare Committee, 2000-2003.(Co-chairperson, 2002-2003)

5. Member, Governing Board of the Collegiate Seminar Program,1999 – 2003, 2014.

6. Chairperson, Rank & Tenure Committee, 1998-1999 (first faculty chair)

7. Vice-Chair (and Chairperson-Elect), Academic Senate:1990-1991, 1992-1993, 2004-2005.

8. Member, Academic Senate (School of Educationrepresentative), 1994-1996, 2008-2009.

9. Rank and Tenure Committee: Graduate Representative: 1990-1996 (two terms); School of Education Representative, 1997-1998.

10. Member, Athletic Advisory Committee, 1993-1996;and NCAA Self-Study Committee,1993-1994

11. Chair, Elections Committee, 1992-1999

12. Member, Faculty Welfare Committee, 1987-1989 (First graduate faculty member).

X. Service to the Community

A. Board of Education, Albany Unified School District

1. Elected April 1980; re-elected April 1984. Served

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1980-1988.

2. Vice-President, October 1981 - May 1982.

3. President, May 1982 - May 1983; April 1986 -May 1987.

4. Member, Legislative Network of the California SchoolBoards Association (CSBA), Spring 1983 - May 1988.[Regularly participated in Legislative Network meetingsin Sacramento, CA]

5. Member, National School Boards Association Federal Relations Network, January 1983 - May 1988.[Attended Network meetings in Washington, D.C., in January 1983,1985, and 1987]

6. Participant, 8 annual conferences and 30+ meetings and workshops of CSBA; 3 annual conferences of theNational School Boards Association; + local meetings.

B. Co-Chair of P.A.S.S. [Committee to support a special tax for Albany's public schools], 1989 – 1990. [Measure A passed.]

C. Treasurer of Albany Building Campaign for Schools, acommittee to support a $31.5 bond measure for Albany's public schools, Sept.1992 - March 1993. [Measure approved.]

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