Stuart Ives Carrier
Assistant Professor
Program Coordinator, EDL Florida Program
NLU Florida Regional Campus
(813) 491-6127 (Office Phone & Fax)
scarrier@nl.edu






PROFESSIONAL STATEMENT
    I find a common theme woven through my career as an educator:  the nurturing of small learning communities.   As a high school English teacher, a college composition-and-literature instructor, an administrator at two universities, and an NLU graduate faculty member in Educational Leadership, I sense that my associations with students and colleagues have always been about collectively looking ahead, seeking growth, setting goals, supporting each other, exploring ideas, working through frustrations, and celebrating achievements as courses conclude and elated students jubilantly walk across the Commencement stage.
Peter Senge defines “learning organization” as “a group of people who are continually enhancing their capabilities to create what they want to create”.    As an educator, I’ve felt grateful for an abundance of creative opportunities to facilitate group learning in high school language and media-studies classes; undergraduate English, communications, and film-study courses; resident centers for undergraduate study on American military bases; NLU’s regional campuses; and in graduate cohort groups pursuing advanced degrees.
I envision graduate studies in Educational Leadership as evolving dynamically and profoundly into 21st century forms of community, influenced by social networking technologies, refined professional standards, and synergistic organizational partnerships.   At NLU, I am gratified to live in a professional community where colleagues collaborate with ease across geographic distances and leadership candidates persuasively demonstrate competencies in electronic portfolios with coordinated assistance from teams of university and school district partners.    

EDUCATION

CURRENT COURSES  

PUBLICATION

• Carrier, S. (March 1988).  Microcomputer-programmed remediation of specific skills deficiencies in secondary school students.        Educational Technology, xxvii, n3.

PRESENTATIONS

• Bowe, R.; Carrier, S.; and Cunningham, C. (September 2008).  Trajectories of Technology at NLU.  Presentation at NLU Connection 2008.

• Tafel, L. and Carrier, S.  (November 2006).  Developing leadership and community: the roles of electronic portfolios and web platforms in graduate cohorts.  Presentation at the Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALN)

• Baker, R.J.;  Brock, J.;  Browder, J;  Carrier, S. et. al. (August 2005).  Education outlook 2006.   Panel presentation.    The Chamber of Southwest Florida, Naples, Florida.  

WORK IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY

RESEARCH INTERESTS

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

PERSONAL INTERESTS