Susan Clark Thayer, Professor

Susan Clark Thayer, Ed.D.
Professor of Education and Human Services
Teacher Preparation Program


Mailing Address:
Education and Human Services Department
8 Ashburton Place
Boston, MA 02108


Office:
STL 723

 

Phone:
617.305.1952

 

Email:
sthayer@suffolk.edu

 

Short Biography:

 

Education:
Ed.D. Boston University
M.Ed. Suffolk University
B.A. Syracuse University

 

Teaching Experience:
Silver Lake Junior High: Developmental Reading

 

Bridgewater State College: Adult Education – Preschool Reading Development

 

Suffolk University: Creative Arts, Reading and Its Teaching, Community Literacy, Integrated Studies

 

Appalachian State University: Visiting faculty – Kellogg Institute for Developmental Education Leaders

 

Publications:
Editor of NADE Self-Evaluation Guides: Models for Learning Assistance/Developmental Education Programs (Clearwater, Florida: H&H Publishers Company. 1995). This publication has been called "the primary standard in the field of developmental education against which to measure program effectiveness."(Casazza, 1999)

 

With Martha Maxwell, Striving for excellence: program evaluation through national standards. In M. Maxwell (Ed.) From Access to Success: What Works Best in College Assistance Programs. Clearwater, Florida: H&H Publishers. 1994.

 

With H.R. Boylan, G. Shaw, G. Maternick, P. Saxon. What we know about developmental educators: Report of a NADE Survey. Research in Developmental Education 16(2). 2000.

 

With H.R. Boylan, G. Shaw, D.P. Saxon, G. Materniak, L. Rodriguez. Topics for training and professional development: Report of a NADE survey, Part II. Research in Developmental Education (16)4. 2001.

 

Best Practice in Developmental Education (Chapter working title). In National Guide for Community College Programs for Under-prepared Students (in progress)

 

Professional Leadership:

  • Founding member, NADE Program Certification Program*
  • Member of Advisory Council Editorial Board. The Learning Assistance Review. *
  • Executive Council/training coordinator, NADE Program Certification Board
  • Director, Council on Advancement of Standards in Higher Education
  • Chair and co-chair, NADE Professional Standards and Evaluation Committe
  • Directorate board, American College Personnel Association, Commission XIV
  • Board of directors, Learning Assistance Association of New England
  • Board of directors, chair Editorial Board, New England Reading Association
  • President, vice president, secretary, Massachusetts Reading Association.

*current

 

Honors:
Sara E. Chase Memorial Scholarship; Sylvia Brown Memorial Scholarship; Durrrell, Cooper, and Crossley Research Award; Delta Kappa Gamma; Pi Lambda Theta; NADE Award for Outstanding Service to Professional Standards, Learning Assistance Association of New England Award for Outstanding Support for Developmental Education by a College Administrator.