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Audrey BareAudrey Bare

e-mail: auds@udel.edu

MPA 2007

Analytical Paper Title: Teacher Recruitment and Retention: A Study of Policy Implementation in Delaware

Chair: Dennis Loftus | Committee Member: Robert Andrzejewski, Superintendent, Red Clay Consolidated School District

position:
Limited-Term Researcher
Delaware Academy for School Leadership
Institute for Public Administration
University of Delaware

Newark, Del.

Introduction

Audrey is currently a limited-term researcher with the Delaware Academy for School Leadership.  In this capacity, she will coordinate the various cluster training programs that DASL provides to school and teacher leaders in Delaware.  Audrey will also help facilitate the Academy’s involvement in state and district policy initiatives, including its teacher recruitment and retention project, of which she has been an active participant since June 2005.

Prior to joining the University as a full-time employee, Audrey served as a Graduate Research Assistant for IPA’s Delaware Academy for School Leadership.  During her graduate tenure, she also worked as a legislative intern for the Delaware Department of Education and as a policy intern for the Office of the Superintendent in the Red Clay Consolidated School District.

Education top of page

MPA, University of Delaware 2007, specialization in Educational Policy

Study Abroad, January 2007, School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy’s Comparative Public Administration study trip to Scotland and the Netherlands

Honors BA, University of Delaware 2005, minors in Economics and History, cum laude

Experience top of page

July 2007–present
Limited-Term Researcher, Delaware Academy for School Leadership, University of Delaware, Newark, Del.

June–August 2006
Policy Intern, Red Clay Consolidated School District, Wilmington, Del.

September 2005–present
Research Assistant, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware, Newark, Del.
Affiliations: Delaware Academy for School Leadership and Delaware Department of Education

February–May 2005
Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware, Newark, Del.

August 2004–August 2005
Public Policy Fellow, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware, Newark, Del.

June–August 2004
Social Science Research Scholar, University of Delaware Undergraduate Research Program
Newark, Del.

January–February 2004
Intern, Delaware Democratic Party
New Castle, Del.

April 2003–2005
Peer Tutor, Writing Fellows Program
Newark, Del.

Qualifications top of page

Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Internet applications, public speaking
Basic knowledge of French, SPSS and ArcView GIS

Honors and Awards top of page

United Alumni for Urban Affairs Student Award, 2007
Pi Alpha Alpha National Honor Society of Public Affairs and Administration, 2007
School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy Study Abroad Scholarship, 2007
Pauline E. Loessner Memorial Award, 2006
Graduate tuition scholarship and stipend, 2005–2007
Phi Beta Kappa Undergraduate Honors Organization, 2004
University of Delaware Merit Scholar, 2001–2004
SICO Foundation Scholar, 2001–2005
Gretchen Wolf-Schwartz Scholarship, 2001
Dean’s List, all semesters, 2001–2005
Alpha Lambda Delta, 2002–2005
University of Delaware Honors Program Scholarship, 2003, 2004
Dolan Bennett Scholars (awarded for high achievement in International Relations), 2003
University of Delaware General Honors Award, 2003

Conferences top of page

Co-coordinator and participant, Delaware’s 2007 Teacher Retention Conference, June 4–5, 2007, Rehoboth Beach, Del.

Co-presenter with Dennis Loftus, “Case Study: Improving Teacher Recruitment and Retention in Delaware,” The Performance Institute’s 2006 National Summit on Recruiting and Retaining Quality Teachers, November 28, 2006, Arlington, Va.

Participant, YWCA Leadership League Kickoff Event (an evening with female panelists from the Delaware General Assembly), October 2006, Wilmington, Del.

Participant, 4th Annual Delaware Policy and Practice Institute for School Leaders, June 28, 2006, Dover, Del.

Participant, 3rd Annual Delaware Policy and Practice Institute for School Leaders, June 28, 2005, Dover, Del.

Presenter, The Geis Student Research on Women Conference, April 8, 2005, University of Delaware, Newark, Del.

Participant, National Model United Nations Conference, New York, N.Y., April 2004

Projects and Reports top of page

“Improving Teacher Recruitment and Retention in Delaware: Phase One,” co-authored with Dennis Loftus, April 2006

The Democracy Project: “2004 Election Resources”

Presentations top of page

“Education in Scotland and the Netherlands,” presenter, Scotland and the Netherlands Trip presentation to the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, March 2007

“Case Study: Improving Teacher Recruitment and Retention in Delaware,” co-presenter with Dennis Loftus, The Performance Institute’s 2006 National Summit on Recruiting and Retaining Quality Teachers, November 28, 2006

“Teacher Recruitment and Retention in Delaware,” July–August 2005

  • Report to Teacher Recruitment and Retention Planning Committee, Sept. 12, 2005
  • Report to Personnel Directors, Sept. 21, 2005
  • Report to Chief School Officers Association, Oct. 5, 2005

“Anti-terrorism Laws and Human Rights”
Arts, Humanities, and Social Science Scholars in View, University of Delaware, 2005

Downloadables top of page

“Improving Teacher Recruitment and Retention in Delaware: Phase One” (924KB - PDF) PDF icon

2004 Election Resources (112KB - PDF) PDF icon

 
 
 
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