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| Jenny Tripses |
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309-677-3593 Email: jtripses@bradley.edu Jenny Tripses teaches educational leadership courses, preparing students for master’s degrees in educational administration and Type 75 administrative endorsements. She teaches courses including Supervision and Evaluation of Instruction, Principles and Problems of Curriculum Planning, Leadership Perspectives, The Principalship, The Administrative Field Experience, and Legal and Social Change. In addition, she alternates two courses during the winter interim entitled Spirituality, Leadership and Justice and Women in Leadership. All of Dr. Tripses’ courses involve a team or group project. During their time in the program, students learn effective teamwork from both a leader’s and follower’s perspective. Writing is also a strong focus in all of Dr. Tripses’ classes. Dr. Tripses’ current research interests include women in leadership, classroom assessments, and the connections among spirituality, leadership, and justice. Her research on leadership focuses on the nature of values in the decision-making processes used by leaders. In collaboration with Bob Farquhar from the Center for Leadership, Dr. Tripses has developed a two-day leadership-development workshop for principals. The training includes a 360-degree instrument based on the Illinois standards for school principals. Background Prior to teaching at Bradley University, Dr. Tripses was an elementary principal for a total of nine years, three years in a small rural school district, and six in a large suburban district. Her public school teaching career included 17 years in Peoria Heights in grades kindergarten through three. She has also taught GED courses to adult learners at Illinois Central College. Degrees & Certification Dr. Tripses received her PhD in educational administration from Illinois State University in 1998. She has a master’s degree in reading (1981) from Illinois State University and a bachelor’s in elementary education (1973) from Bradley University. |
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