Dr. Stephen Metcalfe
Professor of Education
Department
Jetter School of Professional Studies
Biography
Professional Experience:
- Special Education Teacher, Quincy Public Schools, Quincy, MA
- Educational Director, Massapoag School, Weymouth, Ma
- Adjunct Faculty, ENC
- Student Development, ENC
- Current- M. Ed. Teacher education faculty
Professional Organizations:
- American Education Research Association (AERA)
- Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
- ICCTE (International Community of Christian Teacher Educators)
Awards and Recognitions:
- 2019 Recipient of the Beulah Apostolic Award of Excellence at the Knox County Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Breakfast
- 2016 Outstanding Faculty Award
- 2012 President’s Award for Teaching Excellence
- 2012 (Spring) Outstanding Faculty Award PEL007PL
- 2011 (Spring) Outstanding Faculty Award PEL006PL
- 2011 (Fall) Outstanding Faculty Award PEL006MV
- 2008 (Spring) Outstanding Faculty Award PEL002GH
Published Works and Presentations:
- “Who Am I Teaching and Am I Aiming True?” presented research on philosophical orientations and ideological tendencies of teacher education candidates; International Christian Community for Teacher Education (ICCTE) Conference, Abilene, TX, May 2018
- May 2016: Co-Presented with Shayna Noonen: Difficult Adult Learners: Lenses and Strategies for Wounded, Problem, and or Belligerent Learners in Adult Education, ICCTE Conference, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL
- “Difficult Adult Learners: Needy Types and Approaches for Addressing These Needs.” Mount Vernon Nazarene University Professional Development for the Social Work Department FT and Adjunct Faculty June 2015
- May 2014: Considering the Poor: Rural Poverty Issues and Realities for Educators,
ICCTE Conference, Redeemer University College, Hamilton, Ontario - Dissertation (2005) Preparing At-Risk Alternative School Students For High-Stakes Testing Success
- 2012 (May) ICCTE Conference Presentation: “Rural Poverty Instruction: Ideas For Teacher Education”
- Chapter: “Constructivism and Faith-Based Education: Children Separated At Birth?” in Lee, H (2010). Faith-Based Education That Constructs. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, Publishers
- “Multicultural Education Integration in Central Ohio Public Schools” in Lee, H.
(2007)Teaching With Compassion, Competence, Commitment: A Journal for Christian Teacher Education. vol1, n2 pp61-79.
Degrees
Education:
- Ph. D. in Curriculum & Instruction, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts
- M. Ed. in Moderate Special Needs, Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, Massachusetts
- M. Ed. in Community Counseling, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- B.A. in Psychology, Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, Massachusetts