Standards-Based Leadership

Sandra Harris has been an educator for more than forty years in public and private schools in Maryland, Kansas, and Texas. During that time she has been a teacher, principal, superintendent and university professor. She is currently Doctoral Dissertation Coordinator at the Center for Doctoral Studies in Educational Leadership at Lamar University. She has authored or co-authored twenty-two books and is a frequent presenter at educational leadership meetings, conferences, and in schools. She has published widely in educational journals.

Dr. Julia Ballenger has been a public educator and administrator for more than forty years in the Central, Northeast, and East Texas regions serving as teacher, consultant, principal and central office administrator. In addition, she has taught at the university level and worked as a regional director of school accreditation and accountability at the state level. Currently, Dr. Ballenger is the Coordinator of the Master’s Degree and Principal Certification Program and teaches in both masters and doctoral programs at Texas A&M University-Commerce in Commerce, TX. She has co-authored six books, authored or co-authored over forty peer reviewed articles and book chapters. She presents frequently at state, national and international levels both within and outside of the United States.

Cynthia Cummings has served as a PK-20 public school educator for more than twenty years as a teacher, administrator and professor. She is currently the director of the online master’s program in the department of Educational Leadership at Lamar University. In addition, Dr. Cummings serves as a consultant for the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Overseas Schools. She has co-authored chapters in several book and articles in educational journals and presented as local, state, national, and international conferences.