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Thomas J. Walker, Ed.D.
Professor and Director
Dr. Walker’s professional interests and scholarship focus on alternative teacher education programs, workforce education programs, and performance-based teacher education and assessment. His projects address teachers, administrators, staff developers, and teacher educators and span secondary and post-secondary settings regionally and nationally. He leads the Temple field-based, performance-based Career and Technical Teacher Education Program (Program VITAL/Mastery). He is the principal architect of the College of Education’s performance assessment system and the standards for skillful teaching used to assess candidates from all majors for initial teacher certification. He has served the COE as Associate Dean for Teacher Education and as Chairperson for the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology in Education. His portfolio also includes directing Temple’s 5-year bachelor/master’s combined degree program, and directing Temple’s E=mc2 program and co-directing the TUteach program, two grant funded STEM teacher preparation collaborations between the COE and the College of Science and Technology (CST).
Dr. Walker is past president of the National Association of Industrial and Technical Teacher Educators (NAITTE) and served as the Editor of the Journal of Industrial Teacher Education (JITE). He has received PA teacher educator of the year awards from both the PA Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators and the PA Association of Career and Technical Education. tjwalker@temple.edu
Chester P. Wichowski, D.Ed.
Associate Director Center for Career & Technical Education
Dr. Wichowski provides leadership on the management and analysis of educational research. He designs, conducts, and provides analysis on Center-related research. He directs special projects and develops formative and summative evaluations to guide direction and decision making for Center activities. Dr. Wichowski serves as liaison to area career technical centers in matters of labor market survey research and needs assessments. He is recognized as an authority on curriculum design. He also coordinates the Cooperative Education Certification Program. Past president of ACTE New and Related Services Division, Dr. Wichowski is currently serving as the President of the Pennsylvania Association of Career and Technical Education. chet.w@temple.edu
Nancy B. Erwin, Ph.D.
Program Administrator, Continuing Technical and Professional Development Division
Dr. Erwin coordinates the Center’s continuing professional development experiences, including workshops, academies, workplace experiences, and the Teacher Leadership Network. She has developed and expanded the Center’s course offerings and other professional development experiences on a variety of community college campuses in the eastern region. Her interests include integrating academic and career/technical education, teacher leadership, small learning communities, and professional development. She serves on the Editorial Board and is a Trustee of the Workforce Education Forum journal. nerwin@temple.edu
C. Gloria Heberley, Ed.D.
Program Development Specialist
Dr. Heberley assists in a variety of Center activities including promotion and publicity of Center research and events. She is responsible for editing and updating the Center website and coordinates CTE job placement and recruitment. gloriah@temple.edu
Joseph DeFranco, B.S., M.Ed.
Field Resource Associate
Mr. DeFranco serves in the field-based VITAL/Mastery CTE certification program as well as Cooperative Education. He is Parliamentarian of both the Pennsylvania Association of Career & Technical Educators and the Pennsylvania Cooperative Education Association. defranco@temple.edu
Nancy G. Johnston, B.S.
Coordinator of Teacher Certification Advising & Admissions
Ms. Johnston advises and assists students as they advance through CTE certification and degree programs. She continues to streamline the CTE certification advising process.
Nancy.Johnston@temple.edu
D. James Gilmour, Ph.D.
Dr. Gilmour is OCA Coordinator, the advisor for Business, Computer, and Information Technology and Marketing Education. He is also an Adjunct Professor. jgilmour@temple.edu
Michael Erwin, Ph.D
Dr. Michael Erwin coordinates the Center’s Leadership Program and conducts Pennsylvania Inspired Leadership activities offered by the Center. He has an interest in using data for program improvement and improving student performance. mgerwin@temple.edu
Vivyaine Poinsette
Department Coordinator
Ms. Poinsette Joined the Center as a secretary and steadily moved through the ranks. One of her most significant accomplishments at the Center is spearheading the implementation of a web-based certification-advising database. vpalmer@temple.edu
Julianne Morton, A.B.A.
FB/CBTE Program Assistant
Ms. Morton’s primary responsibility at the Center is to coordinate the overall function of the Vocational Supervisor, Vocational Director, VITAL, and Mastery Programs. mortonj@temple.edu
Joyce Howard
In-Service Program Assistant
Ms. Howard assists with Professional Development Workshops and Seminars, the Cooperative Education Certification Program, and the Business and Computers and Information Technology Program.
Joyce has earned a Certificate of Recognition of Achievement for Interpersonal Relations and Communications from Temple University Department of Human Resources. jhoward@temple.edu
Joane Majors
OCA and Certification Assistant
Ms. Majors coordinates the scheduling of OCA testing. She also assists in the CTE certification process. joni@temple.edu
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