Cynthia Tananis

Cynthia Tananis
School of Education
University of Pittsburgh
4316 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
PHONE: 412-648-7171
EMAIL: tananis@pitt.edu

• Overview
• Publications
• Presentations
• Professional Participation
• Consulting
• Grants and Research
• Awards and Honors
• Projects
• Curriculum Vita

Full Time Faculty - Associate Professor

School Affiliations

• Department: Administrative and Policy Studies - Associate Professor
• Program: School Leadership

Education

• Ed.D., Policy, Planning and Evaluation Studies - Administrative and Policy Studies, University of Pittsburgh - School of Education, 4/1/2000
• B.S., Health, Physical Education and Recreation, University of Pittsburgh - School of Education, 4/1/1979

Recent Course Instruction

Fall 2008 (2091)

• ADMPS 2098 - DIRECTED STUDY
• ADMPS 2099 - GUIDANCE IN THE MASTER'S DEGREE
• ADMPS 2105 - LEADERSHIP FOR CHANGE
• ADMPS 2201 - INF TECHNOLOGIES EDUCTNL LEADERS
• ADMPS 3097 - SUPERVISED RESEARCH
• ADMPS 3098 - DIRECTED STUDY
• ADMPS 3099 - GUIDANCE IN THE DOCTORAL DEGREE

Summer 2008 (2087)

• ADMPS 2098 - DIRECTED STUDY
• ADMPS 2105 - LEADERSHIP FOR CHANGE
• ADMPS 3097 - SUPERVISED RESEARCH
• ADMPS 3098 - DIRECTED STUDY
• ADMPS 3099 - GUIDANCE IN THE DOCTORAL DEGREE

Spring 2008 (2084)

• ADMPS 2098 - DIRECTED STUDY
• ADMPS 2099 - GUIDANCE IN THE MASTER'S DEGREE
• ADMPS 3097 - SUPERVISED RESEARCH
• ADMPS 3098 - DIRECTED STUDY
• ADMPS 3099 - GUIDANCE IN THE DOCTORAL DEGREE
• ADMPS 3106 - EDUCATNL PLANNING & EVALUATION

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Current Professional Participation

• Eastern Evaluation Research Society (EERS)
  • Member and presenter

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Recent Consulting

• Allegheny Intermediate Unit (AIU)
  • Member, Institutional Review Board
• Collaborative for Evaluation and Assesment Capacity (CEAC)
  • Director
• Math Science Collaborative (MSC)
  • Evaluation Director
• Math Science Partnership of Southwest Pennsylvania (MSP)
  • Assessment and Evaluation Team Leader Assessment and Evaluation co-Project Director
• Pennsylvania Governor's School for International Studies (PGSIS)
  • Evaluation Director
• Western Pennsylvania Superintendents Forum
  • Evaluation consultant

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Recent Grants

• Forum of Western Pennsylvania Superintendents. Funded by Heinz Endowments, Pittsburgh and Grable Foundations. Evaluation services. $15,000
• Math Science Partnership Evaluation Grant; National Science Foundation (NSF) and Allegheny Intermediate Unit (AIU3). To supervise and conduct the evaluation of this collaborative effort across 53 school districts in southwest Pennsylvania. $438,000 to Pitt (manage an additional $850,000 to other subcontracts)

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