Initial Administrator License (IAL) - Faculty

Faculty members for the Initial Administrator License Program are chosen for their leadership experience and academic background. Administrators from participating school districts, administrative mentors, and Portland State University faculty collaborate in the design and delivery of this program to assure that instruction is timely, informed, relevant, and practical given the challenges of contemporary school district administration.

Susan Carlile, MA, is currently serving as the IAL and CAL Program Coordinator. She retired from the Tigard-Tualatin School District as the director of curriculum and instruction. Under her leadership, the school district was awarded a major grant for school change at the high school level. She has been a high school principal, a middle school principal and a coach for administrators in metro area districts. She currently serves as President of the Oregon Professors of Educational Administration (ORPEA) and is actively engaged in the Oregon Leaders Network (OLN). scarlile@comcast.net

Moti Hara, PhD, ELP faculty and associate professor, comes to us from UCLA’s doctoral program in Advanced Quantitative Methods in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. His main areas of research interest include the application of advanced statistical methods particularly in the analysis of longitudinal data, multi-site evaluation studies, and application of Bayesian statistics. In his role at PSU, he teaches ELP 511 Principles of Educational Research Data and research methods for doctoral students. mhara@pdx.edu

Dan Johnson, EdD, is currently serving as program manager and student adviser for off-campus administration certificate programs for the Graduate School of Education at Portland State University. Dr. Johnson retired from Salem-Keizer School District in 1999 where he served as assistant superintendent, director of special projects, director of the Sprague-area operations, and principal at the high school and middle school level. He has also been an administrative assistant for Education Services, an activities adviser, and a middle school teacher. danielnjohnson@comcast.net
 

Wink Miller, MS, co-teaches the Mid Willamette Valley (Salem) Cohort of the IAL Program with Dan Johnson. One of the things that sets his students apart is their enthusiasm and their ability to self start. Each member of the cohort participates fully in group and class discussions. It is lively conversation, supported by creative ideas and strong shows of support and respect for one another. Miller says, “I'm excited to have the privilege of working with this cohort and also watching former interns who now serve as principals and administrators throughout the state working successfully to lead inclusive and high achieving schools.” winkanne@comcast.net

Deborah Peterson, EdD, is a member of the ELP faculty and Portland East Cohort leader. Her research focuses on educational leadership for equity, with particular interest in schools successful with bilingual, bicultural youth; school and community partnerships that support academic achievement; social service support for academic achievement in high poverty communities; and change leadership for equity in school systems. dpeterso@pdx.edu

Amy Petti, EdD, is an associate professor in PSU's Educational Leadership and Policy Department, and the former Coordinator for Elementary Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment at North Clackamas School District. She has been a classroom teacher, reading and media specialist, and elementary principal. She has over 25 years experience in literacy instruction. Want to know what a lab site is? Ask Dr. Petti. She is investigating ways to bring teachers, pre-service teachers, coaches, principals, and faculty together in a shared practice called a 'lab-site' where everyone is learning. Petti not only actively teaches, but researches and publishes articles about education in Oregon. Learn more about lab sites in Petti’s article in JSD, a peer-reviewed journal. petti@pdx.edu