2025 TCPEA Midwinter Conference Within A Conference
January 27, 2025
Austin Mariott Downtown/Conference Center
Austin, TX
Austin Mariott Downtown/Conference Center
Austin, TX
Congratulations to the 2025 Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award Winner
Dr. Caroline Daniel
Texas A&M University
Chair: Dr. Beverly Irby
Get to Know the Class of 2024 Executive Board Members
Congratulations to the newest TCPEA board members who were elected at our fall meeting!
Dr. Jesus "Chuey" Abrego earned an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from The University of Texas-Pan American. He is a Professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and previously worked at The University of Texas-Brownsville as an Associate Professor. He has over 30 years of experience in education. For the past 2 decades, he has focused on school reform, change and restructuring in several roles as a program coordinator for the state department of education, campus principal, consultant, researcher and author. At the state department of education, he worked closely with school districts and universities to facilitate professional development in the areas of math and science. Furthermore, he worked to provide professional development and support to a state-wide network of mentor middle schools and worked closely to provide support and services to migrant students and their families. He has also served as an assistant principal for a recognized National Blue Ribbon urban inner-city high school and as a suburban middle school principal. Dr. Abrego is a former middle school science teacher.
His research and teaching interests focus on teacher leadership, leadership preparation specifically for schools & districts and higher education; and professional learning communities. Dr. Abrego and co-author Dr. Anita M. Pankake published Lead with Me: A Principal’s Guide To Teacher Leadership (2nd Edition). The book was released the summer of 2017. In addition, Dr. Abrego and his co-authors and editors, Dr. Anita M. Pankake and Dr. Michelle H. Abrego published The Administration & Supervision of Special Programs in Education 5th Edition by Kendall Hunt publishing company. The book was released Summer 2022. In fall 2022, Dr. Abrego and co-authors Dr. Michelle H. Abrego and Dr. Anita Pankake published, Administrative Leadership of Operational Systems That Support Special Instructional Programs (1st edition). This August 2024, Dr. Abrego and co-authors Drs. Michelle Abrego, Velma Menchaca, Hilda Silva and Marie Simonsson published, Sustaining Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Access, Opportunities, and Success (1st edition by Kendall Hunt Publishing company).
His research and teaching interests focus on teacher leadership, leadership preparation specifically for schools & districts and higher education; and professional learning communities. Dr. Abrego and co-author Dr. Anita M. Pankake published Lead with Me: A Principal’s Guide To Teacher Leadership (2nd Edition). The book was released the summer of 2017. In addition, Dr. Abrego and his co-authors and editors, Dr. Anita M. Pankake and Dr. Michelle H. Abrego published The Administration & Supervision of Special Programs in Education 5th Edition by Kendall Hunt publishing company. The book was released Summer 2022. In fall 2022, Dr. Abrego and co-authors Dr. Michelle H. Abrego and Dr. Anita Pankake published, Administrative Leadership of Operational Systems That Support Special Instructional Programs (1st edition). This August 2024, Dr. Abrego and co-authors Drs. Michelle Abrego, Velma Menchaca, Hilda Silva and Marie Simonsson published, Sustaining Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Access, Opportunities, and Success (1st edition by Kendall Hunt Publishing company).
Dr. Jane McIntosh Cooper is an Assistant Professor of qualitative research in Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. With over twenty years in K-12, Teacher Education and Development, and Research within Texas urban public schools, she currently guides educational leaders developing dissertation research. Her current educational research agenda includes inquiries into teacher pedagogical experiences within educational contexts; democratic and responsive mentorship and leadership practices; and extra-institutional professional “invisible colleges” as continuous self-improvement models. Focused on prioritizing lived experiences and voices of educators, her research agenda focuses on those voices often unheard and unsolicited in educational research and school contexts.
Her service currently focuses on developing rigorous practices of research through the development and mentorship of doctoral students and novice faculty by leveraging longstanding communities of practice. The past two years she has focused on developing and implementing a two-day doctoral seminar for International doctoral students for AERA’s narrative SIG; co-chairing the Invisible College international conference; chairing a national novice faculty research group, The Faculty Academy; and supporting TCPEA’s development of the Summer 2024 Writing Workshop. In all these endeavors her goal is to bolster individual professional growth and development by supporting the needed organizational efforts to plan and execute events and meetings, and leveraging expert research networks to bring the appropriate expertise to support.
These service priorities all focus on promoting, developing, and managing research and mentorship opportunities for novice faculty and doctoral students. This wide-reaching experience in research and service will be an asset to TCPEA’s executive board, as they aim to continue support for current members while simultaneously expanding their reach to doctoral students, building capacity throughout and beyond current membership.
Her service currently focuses on developing rigorous practices of research through the development and mentorship of doctoral students and novice faculty by leveraging longstanding communities of practice. The past two years she has focused on developing and implementing a two-day doctoral seminar for International doctoral students for AERA’s narrative SIG; co-chairing the Invisible College international conference; chairing a national novice faculty research group, The Faculty Academy; and supporting TCPEA’s development of the Summer 2024 Writing Workshop. In all these endeavors her goal is to bolster individual professional growth and development by supporting the needed organizational efforts to plan and execute events and meetings, and leveraging expert research networks to bring the appropriate expertise to support.
These service priorities all focus on promoting, developing, and managing research and mentorship opportunities for novice faculty and doctoral students. This wide-reaching experience in research and service will be an asset to TCPEA’s executive board, as they aim to continue support for current members while simultaneously expanding their reach to doctoral students, building capacity throughout and beyond current membership.
Dr. Sharon Ross is an Assistant Professor in the Educational Leadership department at Texas A&M University Commerce. Sharon contributes 26 successful years in public education. Her experiences included elementary teaching, administration as an elementary and middle school campus principal, central office leadership as an assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction, and a chief executive's office as superintendent of schools in two districts. Dr. Ross learned within Title-1 schools in small, rural and mid-sized school districts east and central Texas. While serving as a campus and district leader she found a passion in building the capacity
in others who desired to become leaders.
Dr. Ross enjoys teaching in the Principal, Superintendent, and Doctoral Programs. She coordinates the Dallas Impact Leaders Institute (DILI) principal program, a partnership with Dallas ISD. The DILI program has a focus on Social Justice and meets face to face at the TAMUC DALLAS campus. Transforming leaders and helping them see greater pathway for Texas Public schools drives the work she is committed to doing each day.
Her research focus has been centered around issues of women in leadership and particularly women superintendents through the lens of satisfaction on the job during critical times and self-care. Dr. Ross has written in the area of mentoring and continues to seek ways to research rural school issues. In the TAMUC Educational
Leadership department, she is currently working with colleagues to redesigned the doctoral program using the CPED model and will be presenting with team members at the annual conference in Hawaii, October 2024. During the 2023 -2024 school year she collaborated with TCPEA members in the development of the Summer 2024 Writing Workshop. Dr. Ross, passionate about the work of school superintendents, leads at the international level in AERA as the Awards Chair in the SUPERINTENDENTS SIG
in others who desired to become leaders.
Dr. Ross enjoys teaching in the Principal, Superintendent, and Doctoral Programs. She coordinates the Dallas Impact Leaders Institute (DILI) principal program, a partnership with Dallas ISD. The DILI program has a focus on Social Justice and meets face to face at the TAMUC DALLAS campus. Transforming leaders and helping them see greater pathway for Texas Public schools drives the work she is committed to doing each day.
Her research focus has been centered around issues of women in leadership and particularly women superintendents through the lens of satisfaction on the job during critical times and self-care. Dr. Ross has written in the area of mentoring and continues to seek ways to research rural school issues. In the TAMUC Educational
Leadership department, she is currently working with colleagues to redesigned the doctoral program using the CPED model and will be presenting with team members at the annual conference in Hawaii, October 2024. During the 2023 -2024 school year she collaborated with TCPEA members in the development of the Summer 2024 Writing Workshop. Dr. Ross, passionate about the work of school superintendents, leads at the international level in AERA as the Awards Chair in the SUPERINTENDENTS SIG
Affiliations
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TCPEA is an affiliate of the International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership (formerly the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration), which is committed to the practice and study of educational administration. Established in 1947 (as NCPEA), ICPEL continues its commitment to serve the interests and needs of professors of educational administration and practicing school leaders.
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TCPEA is a partner organization with the Texas Association of School Administrators, whose mission is to promote, provide and develop leaders who create and sustain student-centered schools and develop future-ready students.
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