Simeon Slovacek
Applied & Advanced Studies in EducationOffice: Office: King Hall D2080 | PERC: KHA2040
Phone: Office: (323) 343-4379 | PERC: (323) 343-5622
Fax: (323) 343-4345
E-mail: sslovac@calstatela.edu
INTRODUCTION
Simeon P. Slovacek, Ph.D., joined CSULA in 1981 as Director of Institutional Research and sometime later joined the Charter College of Education as a full-time faculty member teaching in the Division of Applied & Advanced Studies (formerly known as Educational Foundations & Interdivisional Studies). His current duties include teaching, research, scholarship, advisement, research and evaluation project grants and contracts administration, and charter schools governance work. Prior to joining CSULA, he served as Director of Analytical Studies at Cornell University where he earned his Master’s and Doctorate degrees in the field of educational research and evaluation methodology. Dr. Slovacek currently serves as Principal Investigator on an R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health. As Principal Evaluator of the Program Evaluation & Research Collaborative (PERC) office at Cal State LA, Dr. Slovacek has conducted numerous evaluations and research grants/contracts over the years. He has evaluated evaluation projects with the California Arts Council, the Long Beach Unified School District Healthy Start program (Prop 10), the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the Gates Foundation, the Los Angeles Music Center Education Division, Maxine Waters Saturday Academy program (a NASA funded project), National Institutes of Health funded projects such as the Minority Opportunities in Research (MORE) programs at Cal State LA, the MBRS RISE and MARC U*STAR programs at Cal State Dominguez Hills, the Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program at Charles Drew University, the Cancer Collaborative program at Cal State LA and City of Hope among others. He served as Site Director for two years on the International Social Studies University/K-12 Exploration Series (ISSUES) program funded by out of Stanford University through the states California Subject Matter Project (CSMP). Dr. Slovacek was also on the California Department of Education’s list of approved evaluators for the State’s Immediate Interventions for Under-performing Schools program. Since 1994, he has served as a founding board of trustee member for nineteen start-up charter schools (serving over 6,000 children) launched by 3 non-profits. Two are in the Los Angeles Unified School District: The Accelerated Schools and The Inner City Education Foundations (for the View Park Preparatory Accelerated Charter Schools) and one is in Pomona: The School of Arts and Enterprise. He has served in various board officer capacities. He currently serves as Secretary for all 3 non-profits, Treasurer for The School of Arts and Enterprise and is former Vice President for The Accelerated School. Their annual operating budgets exceed $70,000,000/year. Dr. Slovacek also co-authored the charter petition and helped to obtain district authorization for the newly constructed Marc and Eva Stern Math and Science (MASS) charter school on the Cal State LA campus.
TEACHING INTERESTS
Dr. Slovacek has taught courses in several masters programs (Educational Foundations, Computer Education, Research & Evaluation and Ed. Administration). His areas of expertise include school reform with an emphasis on charter schools, research and evaluation methodology, assessment and testing, statistics, and technology in Education. Most recently he helped to start the successful Masters program in Research and Evaluation.
RESEARCH
Dr. Slovacek has authored and co-authored twenty-eight refereed journal publications, five books and book chapters, and written ninety-six reports (primarily from funded evaluation projects). He has given 119 presentations and 28 invited talks at professional conferences and workshops. He currently serves as Principal Investigator on an R01 grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) investigating the efficacy of the MORE (Minority Opportunities in Research) Programs at three universities (Cal State LA, San Francisco State University and New Mexico State University). Currently, he is Principal Evaluator on close to a dozen evaluation projects.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
| Title | Date |
|---|---|
| Oh, D. & Slovacek, S. “Issues, challenges of a new masters program in evaluation in the current economy: A three year evaluation.” Poster presentation given at the Annual American Evaluation Association (AEA) conference in Orlando, FL. November 2009. (PRESENTATION) | November 2009 |
| Slovacek, S. “Research on interventions that work with underrepresented minorities.” Presentation given at Charles Drew University. Los Angeles, CA. October 9, 2009. (Invited Speaker). (PRESENTATION) | October 9, 2009 |
| Slovacek, S. & Whittinghill, J. “Minority opportunities in research – research and evaluation of students using long term studies.” Presentation given at the Annual Interventions Progress Report meeting. San Francisco, CA. August 2009. (PRESENTATION) | August 2009 |
| Slovacek, S. & Whittinghill, J. “Improving the validity of academic performance accountability measures of schools by adjusting for student population shifts.” Presentation given at the American Evaluation Association (AEA) conference. Denver, CO. November 2008. (PRESENTATION) | November 2008 |
| Slovacek, S. “An empirical validation of a comprehensive multiple interventions model.” Presentation given at the Understanding Interventions Conference. Atlanta, GA. May 2008. (PRESENTATION) | May 2008 |
| Slovacek, S. & Meza, J. “Value added academic performance measure adjustments in growing and high mobility schools: Issues and solutions.” Presentation given at the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) Conference. Sacramento, CA. March 2008. (PRESENTATION) | March 2008 |
| Slovacek, S.P., Tucker, S. & Whittinghill, J. (2008). Modeling Minority Opportunity Programs: Key Interventions and Success Indicators. Journal of Education and Human Development, Vol. 2, 2. (PUBLICATION) | 2008 |
| Slovacek, S., Burton, J. & Meza, J. “The Evolving Role of Universities and Charter Schools.” Presentation given at the California Charter Schools Conference. San Diego, California. March 2007. (PRESENTATION) | March 2007 |
| Slovacek, S., & Tucker, S. “Modeling Minority Opportunity Programs: Key Interventions and Success Indicators.” Presentation given at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Conference. San Francisco, CA. January 2007. (PRESENTATION) | January 2007 |
| Hafner. A.L. & Slovacek, S. “Reading Institute for Academic Preparation (RIAP) Evaluation Report. The California State University website: http://www.calstate.edu/. May 2006. (PUBLICATION) | May 2006 |
| Oh, D.M. & Slovacek, S. (2005). The effect of a writing center for students’ in the sciences. GYAN: The Journal of Education, Vol. 1, No. 2, 21-28. (PUBLICATION) | 2005 |
| Sved, K., Alvarez, D., Meza Jr., J., Slovacek, S., Tsudi, J. and Washor, E. “The Role of Higher Education in the School Reform Movement and Charter Schools.” Panel presentation made at the 12th Annual California Charter Schools Conference (CCSA). Pasadena, CA. January 2005. (PRESENTATION) | January 2005 |
| Oh, D.M., Kim, J.K., Pantoja, L., Slovacek, S. & Lee, S. (2005). “Improvement in the quality of child care facilities through in-service training” International Journal of Early Childhood Education, Vol. 11, 2005. (PUBLICATION) | 2005 |
| Slovacek, S.P. & Meza Jr., J. (2005) “Universities as partners with charter schools in creating learning organizations.” Proceedings of International Conference of Learning Organization in a Learning World (ICLORD) 2005, 837-844. (Outstanding paper award) (PUBLICATION) | 2005 |
| Slovacek, S.P. & Oh, D.M. “Urban Minority Students in Science Education” Presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference. San Diego, California. April 2004. (PRESENTATION) | April 2004 |
| Slovacek, S.P. “Evaluating Teachers Beyond Observations” Presentation made to the Supervisory Skills Network (Ministry of Education Lead Trainers of Supervisors. December 2002. Cairo, Egypt. (Invited Speaker). (PRESENTATION) | December 2002 |
| Slovacek, S.P. “English Language Testing: Using Predictive and Concurrent Validity to Inform Teaching Practice” Presentation made to EgypTESOL Members in Egypt. December 2002. Cairo, Egypt. (Invited Speaker). (PRESENTATION) | December 2002 |
| Slovacek, S.P. “Evaluating Schools Through the Use of Standardized Testing: Two Case Studies” Presentation at the Regional Returned Participant Workshop. December 2002. Cairo, Egypt. (Invited Speaker). (PRESENTATION) | December 2002 |
| Hafner, A.L., Oh, D.M. & Slovacek, S.P. “Evaluation of Assessment Outcomes in Pre-Service Teachers”. Presented at the International Conference on Assessing Quality in Higher Education and published in the British Journal of Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. July 2002. (PRESENTATION) | July 2002 |
| Slovacek, S.P., Kunnan, A.J. and Kim, H. “Do Charter Schools Make The Best Accelerated Schools?” 83rd Annual American Educational Research Association Conference. April 2002. New Orleans, LA. (PRESENTATION) | April 2002 |
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Visiting Scholar Charter Schools & University Partnerships 2003
- University of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
Visiting Scholar National Center for the Accelerated Schools Project 1995
- Stanford University
Palo Alto, California
Ph.D. Educational Research & Evaluation Methodology 1976
- Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
M.S. Educational Research & Evaluation Methodology 1974
- Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
B.A. Physics 1971
- Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York