She assists
institutions in preparing
for accreditation visits,
trains national and state
Board of Examiners (BOE)
teams to conduct on-site
reviews, manages the 430
volunteers who are the national
BOE members, oversees the
review of programs by 18
national associations, implements
partnerships with 46 states
and the District of Columbia,
and writes articles and
handbooks on the accreditation
process. She has held this
position since 1990. In
the past, Dr. Gollnick served
as NCATE's Interim executive
director and deputy executive
director.
She has been writing about
multicultural education
for 25 years. She is the
co-author with Philip Chinn
of the textbook, Multicultural
Education in
a Pluralistic
Society (Merrill),
released in the 6th edition
in 2001. She was a contributor
to the 1995 Handbook
on Research in Multicultural
Education. As a member
of the writing team for
Introduction
to the Foundations
of American
Education (Allyn
& Bacon, 12 th edition),
she is the author of the
sociology chapters on diversity.
She has also contributed
chapters and articles on
cultural diversity and teacher
education to numerous publications.
She is immediate past president
of the National Association
for Multicultural Education
(NAME). In 1996, The School
of Family and Consumer Sciences
at Purdue University presented
her its Distinguished Alumni
Award for her leadership
in multicultural education.
AACTE honored her as an
“Advocate for Justice” in
1998.
One of her major contributions
to multicultural education
has been working with education
professionals across the
United States to ensure
that national accreditation
standards include requirements
for teachers and other school
personnel to be prepared
to help all
students learn. Diversity
is currently one of six
NCATE standards that must
be met by colleges and universities
to be nationally accredited.
Dr. Gollnick has worked
in Washington, D.C., for
over 25 years, the first
11 at the American Association
of Colleges for Teacher
Education (AACTE) where
her last position was director
of Professional Development,
which included coordinating
AACTE's diversity work and
annual conference. Between
1966 and 1975 she taught
in secondary schools in
Carmel and South Bend, Indiana.
She received her first
two degrees in home economics
education from Purdue University.
Her doctorate in intercultural
education is from the University
of Southern California.
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