Dale Carpenter
Professor Western Carolina University
- Cullowhee NC
Dale Carpenter's research interests include special education, assessment, diversity, program accountability and teacher education.
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Biography
Carpenter's research interests include special education, assessment, diversity, program accountability, teacher education and dispositions.
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Accomplishments
Paul A. Reid Distinguished Service Award
2010
Western Carolina University
Indirect Service Award
North Carolina Council for Children with Behavior Disorders
Legislative Teaching Award
Western Carolina University College of Education and Allied Professions
Education
Auburn University
Ed.D.
Special Education, Learning Disabilities
1979
Valdosta State College
M.Ed.
Special Education, Behavior Disorders
1976
Albany State College
B.S.Ed.
Elementary Education
1974
Languages
- English
Media Appearances
Longtime faculty member creates new endowment to reward service in CEAP
WCU Stories online
2022-01-11
Teaching, research and service comprise the iconic three-legged stool of expectations for faculty members in higher education, but the service leg is typically out of balance compared to the overall focus on teaching and research, said Dale Carpenter, professor of special education in the School of Teaching and Learning.
Chancellor appoints interim provost Richard Starnes to permanent position
WCU Stories online
2020-10-15
The selection of Starnes concludes a national search conducted by a 13-member campus committee chaired by Dale Carpenter, professor of special education and former dean of the College of Education and Allied Professions, and assisted by the Parker Executive Search firm. The committee and members of the campus community who met the candidates were both “comforted by and impressed with” Starnes’ experience at WCU and within the University of North Carolina System, Carpenter said.
Carpenter dean for Education, Allied Professions at WCU
Citizen-Times online
2014-04-10
Dale Carpenter, who has been serving in an interim leadership role in Western Carolina University’s College of Education and Allied Professions since July 2012, has been named permanent dean of the college.
Articles
A temperament for teaching? Associations between personality traits and beginning teacher performance and retention
AERA Open2017
The “greening” (i.e., inexperience) of the U.S. teacher workforce puts a premium on districts and schools hiring effective and persistent beginning teachers. Given the limitations of characteristics currently available at the time of hiring (e.g., academic ability, preparation type), we built off previous research in economics and psychology to investigate associations between personality traits and first-year teachers’ performance and retention in North Carolina public schools.
Personality and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from a Sample of Street-Level Bureaucrats
International Journal of Public Administration2014
Job satisfaction is an important component of bureaucratic success. In this article, we build on the emerging literature on the five-factor model of personality and argue that basic personality characteristics can help us understand why certain employees are more satisfied with their jobs than others.
The Capacity of Teacher Education Institutions in North Carolina to Meet Program Approval and Accreditation Demands for Data
International Journal of ePortfolio2013
A statewide survey of the infrastructure of teacher education program assessment systems in North Carolina, which include electronic portfolios as a component in the assessment system, measured their ability to meet current and anticipated future data demands for state approval and national accreditation. Almost two-thirds of the 46 teacher education programs in the state responded to questions about the personnel, hardware, and software resources needed to meet current and future demands for data collection, management, analysis, and reporting.
A Procedure for Socially Valid Goal Setting
Intervention in School and Clinic2005
Goal setting poses a significant challenge for service providers in both clinical and educational settings. With today's call for services that contribute to meaningful changes in children, there is an increased need for goal-setting procedures that are socially valid. This article presents such a procedure and illustrates its use through a case study. Suggestions for socially valid goal setting are provided.
