Dr. Michael Hickey
Department of Reading, Special Education
and Instructional Technology
Office: HH 408-D
Office Telephone: 410-704-5038
E-Mail: mehickey@towson.edu
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    Courses Taught
Director Center for Leadership in Education
ELED 665/SCED 741 Theory and Practice of Curriculum Development
ELED 716/SCED 643 Administration of theSchools
ELED 781/SCED 797 Seminar in Supervision and Professional Development


    Vitae

        EDUCATION
 

Ph.D.    1969 University of Washington (Seattle) Major:  Educational Administration
M.A.     1968 University of Washington

Major:  Educational Administration

Minor:  Management and Organization

B.A.      1964 University of Washington

Major:  English

Minor:  Political Science

        PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 

1999-present Towson University Naomi Price Hentz Distinguished Professor
1984-2000 Howard County (MD) Public School System Superintendent
1976-1984 St. Louis Park (MN) Public Schools Superintendent
1969-1976 Seattle (WA) Public Schools Deputy Superintendent
1966-1969 University of Washington Graduate Student
1964-1966 Northshore (WA) Public Schools English teacher


        SELECTED SCHOLARLY AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES
 

Leadership and Service Roles:
Keynote presentation, "New Rules, New Roles," MD Negotiation Service Annual Meeting, May 4, 2001
Opening keynote, "The Future That Has Already Happened," Leadership Howard County Education Day, March 13, 2001
Keynote presentation, "Where Have All The Leaders Gone?", MD Association of Elementary School Principals AP Conf.,
February 7, 2001
Keynote presentation, "Leadership in Standards-based Reform," MD/DC Assn. of School Business Officials Fall Conference, December 7, 2000 Keynote presentation, "Standards-driven Reform: Who Will Lead?", Maryland Assessment Group, Annual Conference, November 17, 2000
Presentation, "The New Leadership Paradigm," MD. Assn. of Secondary School Principals AP Conference, November 2, 2000
Presentation, "Leadership 2000: Board and Superintendent Collaboration," MD Assn of Boards of Education Annual Conference,
October 4, 2000 Major presenter, PDS Leadership Institute, Maryland State Department of Education, August, 2000
 Institute Director, Assistant Principals’ Institute 2000, Center for Leadership in Education, July, 2000
Co-chair, Maryland Principals Task Force, Maryland State Department of Education, 1999-2000
Co-chair, Deans and Superintendents Committee, Maryland K-16 Partnership, MSDE, MHEC, USM, 1999-2000
Co-chair, Professional Development Design Team, Maryland K-16 Partnership, 1995-1997
Superintendents Work Conference, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1997, 1982
Delegate, U.S.-Australia Educational Policy Institute, University of Woolongong, New South Wales, Australia, 1991
Re-design of Teacher Education Task Force, Maryland State Department of Education, 1994-1995
Professional development
Programs in Facilitative Leadership (1998), Conflict Management (1997), Performance Assessment (2000, 1996), Strategic Planning (1994)


Professional Association Memberships:
Chair, Leadership Subgroup, State of MD, Visionary Panel for Better Schools, MD State Department of Education, June - Dec, 2001 American Association of School Administrators, 1975-present
Suburban School Superintendents, 1980-present
Public School Superintendents Association of Maryland, 1984-2000
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Phi Delta Kappa


Honors:
Outstanding Career Educator, Howard County Chamber of Commerce, 2000
Outstanding Educator Award, Maryland Association of Elementary School Principals, 1998
Outstanding Individual in Government, Howard County (MD) Equal Business Opportunity Board, 1996
Tree of Life Award for Distinguished Service to Education, Jewish National Fund, 1993
Maryland Superintendent of the Year, 1992
Top 100 School Administrators in North America, 1987, 1984, 1983, 1980
Advocate for Women in Education Award, Administrative Women in Education (MN), 1983
Bush Leadership Fellow (MN), 1980-1981