Professional Focus
Since beginning his employment at CEW in 1975, John has developed and implemented practices, programs, and policies designed to improve the career aspirations, options, preparation, and success of youths and adults with disabilities or other risk factors that impede their learning. He has conceptualized, designed, implemented, and disseminated research, organizational change strategies, and approaches to implement effective professional development and program development. Over the course of his work at CEW, he has developed and disseminated professional publications and media products; prepared and delivered state and national presentations and workshops; sat on national, state and local advisory, technical assistance, and oversight committees; and served on federal proposal review panels. To implement specific projects, he has carried out on-site program development in both secondary level and technical college settings. In addition, he has delivered multi-session customized professional development on-site, online, and via videoconference technology. Over the past three decades, he has organized state and regional workshops, provided on-site technical assistance, and conducted multi-site field-based research for hundreds of Wisconsin educators in all 16 technical colleges and in several dozen secondary schools. He has volunteered for many years as a member of local, state, and national parent/advocacy organizations, and professional associations.
Mr. Gugerty has also collaborated with CEW staff and professionals from around the country on more than twenty publications, including seven peer-reviewed journal articles and four invited book chapters. From 1997 through 2008, Mr. Gugerty has co-edited the Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education. Prior to 1997, he served on the JVSNE editorial board for five years. Until December, 2005, the Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education was the official publication of the National Association of Vocational Education Special Needs Personnel, affiliated with the Special Needs Division, Association for Career and Technical Education (formerly American Vocational Association). Since December, 2005, JVSNE continued as an independent peer-reviewed professional publication under the leadership of Mr. Gugerty and a core group of volunteers. It is available online at no charge. Relevant URLs are http://www.cew.wisc.edu/jvsne/ and http://www.specialpopulations.org/.
During his years at CEW, John has managed several multi-year federally funded projects and numerous state fund¬ed efforts. He has co-organized and implemented more than 80 national presentations and 60 national dissemination conferences. He also served on the editorial board of Career Development for Exceptional Individuals for two terms.
In 2003, John was selected from nominees representing all 26 campuses of the UW System to receive a UW Board of Regents Annual Award for Excellence.
Experience From 1997 to the Present
CURRENTLY, HE DIRECTS THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS:
External Evaluation of the Advanced Placement Incentive Project Entitled Blended Learning Innovations: Building A Pipeline for Equity and Access, 10/01/08–09/30/11. Funded 100% by the U.S. Department of Education, Advanced Placement Incentive Program, through a grant to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Total Funding for external evaluation: $237,997 @ 8% indirect (Year One funding: $78,705). The overall project, Blended Learning Innovations: Building A Pipeline for Equity and Access, is funded @ $2,400,000 for the period 10/01/08–09/30/11. Its goal is to increase the enrollment, retention, and success of low-income, at-risk, and minority students in AP classes, expand the number of AP offerings in schools with high proportions of low-income students, and schools in need of improvement.
External Evaluation of the Life During Wartime Project, 07/01/08–06/30/11. Funded 100% by the U.S. Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Education’s Teaching American History Program, through a grant to Cooperative Educational Services Agency #5.Total Funding for external evaluation: $60,000, @ 8% indirect. The overall project, Life During Wartime, is funded @ $934,966 for the period 07/01/08–06/30/11. Its goal is to provide professional development to teachers of history that increases their skills in using primary sources to teach American history and subsequently improve the performance of their students on measures of knowledge of American history.
External Evaluation of the Mathematics Excellence in the Middle Grades Project, 03/01/08– 09/30/09. Funded 100% by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction through an award to the Rio (WI) Consortium, located within Cooperative Educational Services Agency # 5. Total funding for external evaluation: $21,000, @ 8% indirect. The overall project, Mathematics Excellence in the Middle Grades is a three-year professional development project funded @ $260,666 for the period 09/06–09/09. Its goal is to raise student achievement by developing deeper mathematical content and pedagogical knowledge in teachers of students in grades 5-8.
OVER THE PAST 12 YEARS, JOHN HAS ALSO DIRECTED OR CO-DIRECTED THE FOLLOWING COMPLETED PROJECTS:
Using VP Arithmetic, VP Algebra,
Virtual Learning Communities, and Individualized Instruction to Open
the Math Gateway for Blind Students, 01/01/06– 09/30/08. Funded
100% by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education
and Rehabilitative Services, Steppingstones of Technology Innovation
for Students with Disabilities, CFDA 84.327A-Phase One. Total funding:
$398,914 @ 35.5% indirect.
http://vp.wisc.edu/index.aspx
Outside Evaluation of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction—National Governors’ Association (NGA) Advanced Placement Expansion Project, 07/01/06– 09/30/07. Funded 100% by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction through its grant from the NGA. Total project funding: $20,000, @ 8% indirect. The entire AP Expansion Grant is a two-year, $500,000 award from the NGA to expand Advanced Placement (AP) participation in Wisconsin’s high schools, with a particular emphasis on disadvantaged and underserved students. This grant’s objectives include expansion of distance learning and online AP courses, helping rural schools offer their first AP courses or increase the number of their existing AP courses, training teachers as needed to teach these courses, and covering AP exam fees for students in need. Wisconsin was one of six states to receive a grant to expand AP participation.
Electronic Accessibility For All--Failure Is Not An Option, 10/01/02 – 9/30/06. Funded 100% by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, Demonstration Projects to Ensure Students with Disabilities Receive a Quality Higher Education Program, CFDA 84.333, P333A020026. Total funding: $1,005,225 @ 8% indirect.
http://www.cew.wisc.edu/accessibility/
Equal Access Means Equal Opportunity for All: Creating a "Real-time" Statewide Advanced Placement Consortium, 9/1/02 -- 8/31/06. Funded in part by the U.S. Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE, Comprehensive Program, CFDA 84.116B, P116B020764. Total federal funding: $559,208 @ 8% indirect; University of Wisconsin System, UW-Madison School of Education, and other support: $400,929.
http://www.apconsortium.wisc.edu/main.asp
Using School Based Enterprises to Help Special Education Students Connect Classroom, Community, and Career Options, 9/30/00 – 9/29/06. Funded 90% by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Model Demonstration Programs, CFDA 84.324M, H324M010046. Total funding: $699,634 @ 35.5% indirect, plus an estimated local match of $92,016.
http://www.cew.wisc.edu/sbe/
An Investigation of factors Associated with Degree Completion and Postschool Success of University Students with Disabilities Served Through Disabled Student Services Offices, 1/1/02 – 9/30/05. Funded 100% by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute for Educational Sciences [formerly Office of Educational Research and Improvement], Field Initiated Studies, CFDA84.305T, R305T010527. Total funding: $873,693 @ 45.5% indirect.
http://www.cew.wisc.edu/followup/
Designing, Delivering, and Evaluating a Distance Education Program That Prepares College Staff to Develop and Implement Summer College Preparation Programs for Individuals with Disabilities Who Have Enrolled But Not Yet Begun College, 10/1/00 – 9/30/04. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Personnel Preparation to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities, Projects of National Significance, CFDA 84.325N. Total funding: $587,423 @ 8% indirect.
http://www.cew.wisc.edu/disted/
Secondary Special Education Students’ Performance in block vs. Traditional Schedules, 7/1/99 – 6/30/02. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Research and Innovation to Improve Services and Results for children with Disabilities, Field Initiated Research Projects, CFDA 84.324C. Total funding: $531,121 @ 44% indirect.
http://www.cew.wisc.edu/block/
Seeking, Screening, Evaluating, Describing, and Disseminating Approaches Used by Two-Year Colleges to Serve Rehabilitation Services Clients with Severe/Multiple Functional Limitations in Highly Effective Ways, 1997 – 2000. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), Total funding: $374,762 @ 44% indirect.
http://www.cew.wisc.edu/nidrr/
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