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• Professor of Education
• Chair, Elementary/Special Education Department
  

Academic Background        

• University of Idaho, Ph.D. Education - 1990
• Our Lady of the Lake University, M.Ed, Counseling/Ed. Psychology - 1970
• Worcester State College, B.S. Elementary Education - 1963

• Home/School Relations
• Assessment and Curriculum for Students with M/M Disabilities
• Practicum in Public and Community Service
• Service in Democratic Communities

Teaching Philosophy

I have been a teacher for all of my professional life and am passionate about education and learning.  I believe that my teaching reflects that passion, and I try to instill in my students an interest in, and love for learning that will continue with them long after they leave the college classroom.  I strive to develop a learning community in each class where a sense of trust allows all students to grow and share individual knowledge and skills.  

Research & Interests

My research interests center around teacher preparation and service-learning, a methodology that involves students in active leaning in community settings. As a member of the faculty research team that designed the Public and Community Service major at Providence College, service-leaning has become central to my concept of good teaching. Ten years ago I became involved in a national movement to examine the characteristics and effects of including this teaching method in teacher education classrooms. In addition, I have worked with teachers to include service-learning in K-12 classrooms, providing a method for involving all students in meaningful learning opportunities.

• Chair, Board of Directors, International Center for Service-Learning and Teacher Education at Clemson University
• Founding Member of National Service-Learning and Teacher Education Partnership
• Member and Chair of Vermont Teacher Preparation Program Approval Teams

Publication Highlights

• Billig, S., Callahan, J., Root, S., Eds. (in press). Improving Service-Learning Practice: Research on Models to Enhance Impact. Berkeley, CA: Information Age Publishers.
• Callahan, J. and Root, S. (2003). The diffusion of academic service-learning in teacher education: A case study approach. Advances in Service-Learning Research, Volume 3: Deconstructing Service-Learning: Research Exploring Context, Participation and Impacts, Berkeley, CA: Information Age Publishers.
• Ryan, L. and J. Callahan. (2003). Making connections: Service-learning competencies and beginning teacher standards. The Teacher Educator, Vol 38(2). 
• Callahan, J. and L. Ryan. (2003). Service-learning: One strategy to meet beginning teacher standards. Generator. St. Paul, MN: National Youth Leadership Council.
• Root, S., Callahan, J., and Sepanski, J. (2002). Building teaching dispositions and service-learning practice: A multisite study. Michigan  Journal of Service-Learning.
• Root, S., Callahan, J., and Sepanski, J. (2001). Service-learning in teacher education: A consideration of qualitative and quantitative outcomes. Advances in Service-Learning Research, Volume 1: The Essence of the Pedagogy. Berkeley, CA: Information Age Publishers.
• Callahan, J., Deitz. M., and Ryan, L. (2000). “Service-learning and standards-based teacher education”, in J.Anderson, K. Swick & J. Yff, (Eds.). Service-Learning in Teacher Education: Enhancing the Growth of New Teachers, Their Students, and Communities.  Washington, DC: American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education.

Selected Scholarly Presentations and Activities

• “The Institutionalization of Service-Learning in Teacher Education: A Multi-Site Study”, (February, 2005).  57^th Annual Meeting Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, Washington , DC . 
• “Service-Learning: A Strategy for Facilitating Self-Reflection about Diversity”, (November 2004). 27^th Annual CEC-TED Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
• “Performance Based Program Approval/Accreditation: What’s the Evidence?”, (February, 2005).  57^th Annual Meeting American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, DC.
• “Teacher Education: Past, Present and Future”, (April 2003).  14^th Annual National Service-Learning Conference, Minneapolis, MN. With J. Anderson, D. Hill, J. Erickson
• “Teach to Change: A P-16 Statewide Professional Development Initiative”, (April 2003). 14^th Annual National Service-Learning Conference, Minneapolis, MN. With D. Shifrine, J. Glickman. 
• “Service-Learning in Pre-Service Teacher Education: Creating Partnerships to Build a Global Society”, (March 2002).  13^th Annual National Service-Learning Conference, Seattle, WA. With J. Erickson, M. Duckenfield, S. Root.

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