Mary Kropiewnicki

Dr. Mary Kropiewnicki’s formal training is in teacher development and educational leadership where she has served in various roles for her 30+ year career. Dr. Kropiewnicki served as a teacher, reading specialist, and elementary and middle school principal in K-12 public and private schools in Pennsylvania and South Carolina. She then served as a department chair, assistant dean, and dean in private and state institutions of higher education in Pennsylvania and Georgia. In these roles, Dr. Kropiewnicki taught courses related to undergraduate and graduate teacher preparation and professional development and educational leadership at the masters and doctoral levels. Dr. Kropiewnicki developed numerous programs and courses including serving as the founding chair of a doctoral program in educational leadership. She previously served as a member of the institutional strategic planning steering committee, as a chair and member of university curriculum and assessment committees; as IRB chair and member; and as university liaison for regional and program reaccreditation. Dr. Kropiewnicki completed a fellowship on educational policy with the Education Policy and Leadership Center in Pennsylvania. At Walden University, her primary role is to mentor doctoral students as a dissertation chair and committee member and to teach courses to prepare students for research in both EdD and PhD programs. She is involved in course development for the redesign of the EdD program at Walden and served on the CAP committee for the College of Education and Human Services at Walden.

Dr. Kropiewnicki’s research and teaching interests are primarily in educational leadership with a focus on ethics and policy; curriculum, instruction, and assessment; and issues of access and equity in education. She has presented at numerous conferences including the American Educational Research Association and the Consortium for the Study of Leadership and Ethics in Education. She received over 4.9 million dollars in post-secondary grant awards from the Pennsylvania Department of Education for the development of programs leading to the development of highly qualified teachers.

Courses Taught

EDDD 8114 - Demystifying Doctoral Writing

EDDD 8032 - Strategic Planning and Program Evaluation in Higher Education

EDDD 8910 - Completing the Prospectus

EDDD 8990 - Completing the Doctoral Capstone

Education

BS, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

MS, University of Scranton

EdD, Temple University

Public Service

Palmetto Animal League, Participant - Bluffton and Beaufort

Awards / Honors

Contributions to STEM Education , Women’s Leadership Conference/Savannah State University , 2018

David L. Clark Scholar Award , University Council of Education Administration (UCEA) , 1989

Faculty Excellence Award, National Society of Leadership and Success, 2007

Fellowship , Pennsylvania Educational Policy & Leadership Center (EPLC), 2006

George E. Walk Award , Phi Delta Kappa/Temple University, 2000

Innovative & Effective Teaching Award, Wilkes University, 2001

Publications

Kropiewnicki, M. I. (2006). Comprehending comprehension: Training preservice teachers in comprehension strategy instruction. The Reading Professor

Kropiewnicki, M. I. (2004). Developing pre-service teachers’ competence with academic standards. Pennsylvania Teacher Educator

Kropiewnicki, M. I. (2001). Female leadership and the ethic of care: Three case studies. . ERIC Document

Kropiewnicki, M. I. (2006). The effectiveness of training preservice teachers in comprehension strategy instruction. ERIC Document

Presentations

Kropiewnicki, M. I. (2009). A developmental discussion rubric to guide inquiry in an online ethics course. American Educational Research Association

Kropiewnicki, M. I. (2003). A framework for connecting the college classroom to the PA standards. Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators

Kropiewnicki, M. I. (2000). Female leadership and the ethic of care in the new millennium. University Council for Educational Administration

Kropiewnicki, M. I. (2015). Ethics for School Business Leaders. Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials

Kropiewnicki, M. I. (2000). Female leadership and the ethic of care in the new millennium. University Council for Educational Administration

Kropiewnicki, M. I. (2015). Guiding the advancement of ethical reasoning in educational leadership using a developmental case-based approach. Consortium for the Study of Leadership and Ethics in Education (CSLEE)

Kropiewnicki, M. I. (2004). The effectiveness of comprehension strategy instruction training in preservice teacher education. Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators

Kropiewnicki, M. I. (2006). The effectiveness of training preservice teachers in comprehension strategy instruction. American Educational Research Association

Kropiewnicki, M. I. (2009). Using a developmental discussion rubric to guide inquiry in an online ethics course in educational leadership. Hawaii International Conference on Education