Drop by Beekey and you’ll find Dr. John McCarthy hard at work as
KU’s new associate dean for the College of Education.
McCarthy took over for Dr. Fred McCoy in late May.
In his role as associate dean, Dr. McCarthy
is responsible for providing leadership around the processes of
continuing accreditation for the College of Education with state and
national organizations such as the Pennsylvania Department of
Education (PDE) and the National Council for Accreditation of
Teacher Education (NCATE). Further, Dr. McCarthy will oversee
assessment planning for the College of Education, supervision of the
Clinical Experience and Outreach Office, as well as supervision of
graduate assistants in the College of Education, and responding to
student issues. He will assist the Dean with overall planning,
coordinating and evaluating academic programs, curricula and
services for the university.
Prior to joining KU, McCarthy served as
assistant dean for accreditation and assessment at the State
University of New York at Oswego, where he coordinated preparations
for National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education
(NCATE) and was a key participant in the university’s Middle States
accreditation preparations.
Before SUNY-Oswego, McCarthy served as the
director for the Office of Program Evaluation and Assessment at the
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of the New York Institute
of Technology, where he was lead author and developer of an
institutional (medical college) Longitudinal Student Learning
Outcome Assessment Plan.
“Dr. McCarthy brings a wealth of experience
in accreditation and compliance, assessment, curriculum development,
strategic planning. We’re very pleased he could join us,” said Dr.
Darrell Garber, dean of the College of Education.
McCarthy holds a doctorate in Leadership in
Higher Education with certification in Program Evaluation from the
University of Rochester’s Margaret Warner Graduate School for
Education. He earned his Master of Science degree in Special
Education and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Mansfield
University. He lives in Reading, Pa.
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