Martha Ovando

Terminal Degree

B.A., New Mexico, 1975
M.A., 1976
Ph.D., Utah, 1981

Representative Publications

Ovando, M.N. 91994) Effects of Site-Based Management on the Instructional Program. Journal of School Leadership, 4(3), 311-329

Ovando, M.N. (1993). La retrolimentacion constructiva: Un factor que contribuye al desarrollo de la doencia. Innova, No 3, Mexico. (Invited and Competitively Selected).

Ovando, M.N., & Elsberry, J. (1993). Year round education: Does it make a difference? Louisiana Education Research Journal (In Press).

Ovando, M.N., & Harris, B.M. (1993) Teacher's perceptions of the post-observation conference: Implications for formative evaluation. Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 7(3).

Ovando, M.N. (1993). Individualized learning modules: An approach to differentiated inservice education. International of Educational Management, 7(3).

Ovando, M.N. (1993). The post-observation conference from a teacher's perspective: A collaborative process. Wing Span: The Pedamorphosis Communique, 9(1), 8-14. University of South Florida.

Antelo, A., & Ovando, M.N. (1993). Levels of environmental uncertainty of a site-based management school within a minority/majority context. Journal of School Leadership 3(2), 136-151.

Ovando, M.N. (1993). Teachers: The missing voice in education. Urban Education, 28(4), January, 1994. (Book Review)

Current Research Projects and Grants

Names of PI/Co-PIs: M.N. Ovando
Project Title: Feedback Needs of Faculty Members: A Research and Development Project Agency. Universidad Autonoma de Fresnillo
Period of Time: February 1993
Brief Description: This study was conducted for the Universidad Autonoma de Fresnilli, Mexico. It summarized the instructional feedback needs of faculty.

Names of PI/Co-PIs: M.N. Ovando
Project Title: The Post-Observation Conference: a Teacher's Vision
Agency: University Research Institute, The University of Texas at Austin
Period of Time: March 1993
Brief Description: A study of teachers' perceptions associated with the post-observation process and factors affecting its effectiveness.

Names of PI/Co-PIs: M.N. Ovando
Project Title: The Post-Observation Conference within a Peer Supervision Context
Agency: University Research Institute, The University of Texas at Austin
Period of Time: March 1992
Brief Description: A study of high school teachers' views of the post-observation conference within a peer assistance context.

Names of PI/Co-PIs: M.N. Ovando
Project Title: Training Grant
Agency: Universidad Autonoma de la Laguna, Torreion, Coahuila, Mexico
Period of Time: March and June 1994
Brief Description: A professional development program to provide educational administrators an opportunity to acquire the necessary competencies related to higher order thinking skills for the professional development of this university's graduates.

Current Courses

EDA 381K Systems for Observing/Analyzing Instruction
EDA 385 Seminar in Instructional Supervision
EDA 382T Administration of Individual Schools
EDA 384G Practicum in Instructional Supervision
EDA 384L Design of In-Service Education Programs
EDA 393K Evaluation of Instructional Programs
EDA 396R Advanced Research Seminar
EDA 685 Instructional Leadership Block

Research Interests and Expertise

Scholarly work has concentrated on understanding the processes related to the supervision of instruction and school personnel; (1) explore the instructional needs of teachers and their professional development within higher education; in such work to analyze approaches to inservice education as well as faculty needs; (2) processes of instructional supervision, including instructional modules, feedback, instructional assessment and the evaluation of teachers; explore the post-observation processes utilized to improve instruction.