Curriculum Vitae

Barbara C Jentleson

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Education

• Ed.D., George Washington University, 1991
• MA, George Washington University, 1979
• BA, University of Georgia, 1974

Areas of Research

• Afterschool programs, at-risk children,

Awards and Fellowships

• Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award, Duke University, Office of Institutional Equity, August, 2007
  The award was given to the staff of Project HOPE and Partners for Success in recognition of their work support Duke student service-learning tutoring activities in Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership schools and after-school programs.
• Tara C. Reilly Scholarship, National Adolescent Conference, 1990
  "School as Sanctuary: School-Based Programs for Children of Alcoholics", Miami, FL 1990
• Merit Teacher Award, Davis Joint Unified School District, Davis, California, 1987
• Awardeeship, George Washington University, 1978- 1979

Professional Service

  Service to Program in Education

• Holton Prize Committee, 2003- present
  Holton prize is sponsored by the Program in Education. PIE Faculty members evaluate submitted student papers and award a yearly prize for the best undergraduate research paper on an education topic.

  Administrative Responsibilities

• Project H.O.P.E. (Holistic Opportunities Plan for Enrichment), Director, 2002
  Project H.O.P.E. works with six after-school programs located in the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership. Duke student tutors provide academic and social support to at-risk students who attend the community-based after-school programs. Duke University resources from staff, faculty and multiple department are also provided to the community centers and coordinated by the Project H.O.P.E. staff.
• Project CHILD, Faculty sponsor, January, 2007-December, 2007
  Project CHILD is a freshman orientation tutoring program that is designed to introduce Duke freshman to the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership. Duke freshman provide tutoring and mentoring services to DDNP schools and after-school programs.
• 21st Century Learning Center Administrator, 2003-present
  In collaboration with Historically Minority Colleges and Universities Consortium, funding was received to develop an after-school program at Northside Baptist Church in the Walltown neighborhood. As administrator of this program, its focus is to primarily serve Durham students who have not passed their End of Grade tests.

  Service to University

• Project CHILD faculty sponsor, 2002-present
  Freshman orientation program which places Duke freshmen as tutors in Durham public schools and community centers.
• Girl's Club Faculty Sponsor, 2003-present
  The Girl's Club is a mentoring club matching Duke undergraduate women with African-American middle school girls for a year-long mentoring experience.

  Cross-Institutional Collaboration

• North Carolina Central University, 2006 - present
  Project H.O.P.E. staff works closely with NCCU staff collaborating on the administration of the 21st Century Learning Center afterschool program at Northside Baptist Church. We also work to refer Neighborhood Partnership children to NCCU's Saturday Academy program each year.
• Project H.O.P.E. & Project C.A.R.E. Collaboration with North Carolina Central University, Sept., 2002-present
  The W.K.Kellogg Foundation provided funding to Duke University and North Carolina Central University to support collaborative community- based activities in Durham. Duke University focused on the work of developing after-school programs through Project H.O.P.E.; NCCU focused on its Saturday Academy program and Parent Resource Centers. Project H.O.P.E. and Project C.A.R.E. staff have collaborated on the development of these two projects.

  Service to Profession

• Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders, 1990 - present
• Maryland Association of Non-Public Special Education Facilities (MANSEF), 1990 - 2002
• Council for Exceptional Children, 1979 - present
• Maryland Association of Non-Public Special Education Facilities (MANSEF), Conference Chairperson, 2001
• Maryland Association of Non-Public Special Education Facilities (MANSEF), Conference Co-Chair, 1999 - 2000
• Maryland Association of Non-Public Special Education Facilities (MANSEF), Committee Member, 1997 - 2000

  Service to the Community

• Results-Based Accountability Subcommittee on Afterschool Programs, 2006
• Preventions Subcommittee, Durham Family Initiative, 2005
  The Durham Family Initiative is a project of the Center for Child and Family Polity which seeks to reduce the rate of child abuse in Durham. The Preventions Subcommittee is providing educational activities and services toyoung single mothers in the McDougal Terrace housing project. The Subcommittee has also spent 2005-06 developing a resource database of family services for Durham County residents.
• School Health Advisory Committee
  This commmitee is a collaboration between Duke University, Durham Public Schools and community agencies. It works on promoting health activities within Durham Public Schools.
• School Health Advisory Council, Sept., 2002-present
• Hispanic Education Initiative/Emily K Foundation, 2004-present

Lectures

  Conference papers:

• "Effective Service Learning in Community-Based Afterschool Programs, Greensboro, NC, September 21-22, 2006
• Building a Culture of Evaluation in Community-Based Settings, Chapel Hill, NC, October, 2007
• Effective Service-Learning in Community-Based Afterschool Programs, September 21-22, 2006
• Building a Culture of Evaluation in Community-Based Settings, Greensboro, NC, March 27-29, 2006
• Improving Academic Outcomes for At-Risk Students Through Community-Based Afterschool Programs, NC CAP Conference, Greeensboro, NC, 2005
• Community-Based After-School Programs and the Duke-Durham Partnership, Youth At-Risk Conference, Savannah, GA, 2005
• Service-Learning in Community-Based Settings, International Child & Adolscent Conference, Minneapolis, MN, October 16, 2004
• Designing Community-Based Afterschool Programs that Promtoe At-Risk Student Achievement, Closing the Achievement Gap Conference, Greensboro, NC, March 31, 2004
• Community-Based After-School Programs, Closing the Achievement Gap Conference, Greensboro, NC, March, 2004
• "The Pathways Schools Transition Program", International Adolescent Conference X, Portland, OR, November 1-4, 2000
• The Pathways Schools Alternative Programs for Emotionally Disturbed Youth, International Adolescent Conference IX, Bethesda, MD, September, 1998
• Progress Through Partnerships, Second International Conference on Behavioral Disorders, Dallas, TX, October, 1997
• Putting the Pieces Together: The George Washington University-Pathways Professional Development School Model, University of Massachusetts-Boston Field Training Center Conference, Worcester, MA, April, 1997
• Poster Presentation on the GWU-Pathways Professional Development School, The Holmes Partnership, The Gateway Conference, St. Louis, MD, January, 1997
• Comparing Integrated Service Delivery Models to SED Students in Two Different School Settings, International Adolescent Conference VIII, Aspen, CO, October, 1996
• School-Based Collaboration with SED Students and Their Families, American Orthopsychiatric Association, 72nd Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April, 1995
• Integrated Service Delivery to SED Students and Their Families, Commonwealth Institute for Child and Family Studies, Children and Adolescents with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders, Virginia Beach, VA, October, 1994
• Transition from Within: A Case Study Examining the Integration Process of SED Adolescents into a Public High School Setting, Commonwealth Institute for Child and Family Studies, Children and Adolescents with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders, Virginia Beach, VA, October, 1993
• Project Re-Entry: Returning Adolescents with Behavior Disorders to Public Schools: A Program Model and Research Results, The National Adolescent Conference VI, Reno, Nevada, September, 1992
• Transitioning the SED Adolescent, Maryland Association of Non-Public Special Education Facilities (MANSEF), Baltimore, MD, October, 1991
• Project Re-Entry: An Alternative Program for SED Adolescents Returning to the Mainstream,, National Adolescent Conference, Miami, FL, October, 1990

Publications

   Non-peer reviewed articles & scholarly writing

1. B.C. Jentleson, H. Westmoreland. "Project HOPE: Working Across Multiple Contexts to Support At-Risk Students." The Evaluation Exchange XI.1 (Spring, 2005): 2.

   Book chapters in preparation

1. B.C. Jentleson. "After-school Programs as Communities of Learning."  May, 2008

   Articles in Journals

1. B.C. Jentleson. "Designing Schools for Diversity and Differences: The Pathways Schools." Reaching Today's Youth: The Community Circle of Caring Journal 1.2 (February, 1997).

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