Lara Willox

Experience

• 

  Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools

  Aug 1994 - Jun 2005

  Teacher

  Taught K-2 multi-age for 7 years in an open environment and taught 5th grade for 5 years in an urban school.

• 

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2010

  Student / Research Assistant
• 

  Education Policy Fellowship Program

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  Fellow
• 

  University of West Georgia

  Aug 2013 - Jul 2022

  Preparing our graduates and their students to anticipate, meet, and solve existing and emerging challenges. The Educational Psychology and Foundations faculty prepare educators to think deeply about learning and cognition - and how technologies can be used most effectively to support different ways of learning. The Instructional Design and Technology faculty are leaders in exploring alternative ways of delivering education and using technology to support learning and problem solving. A major challenge faced by educators is information overload, and our School Library Media faculty prepare educators to quickly and efficiently retrieve and evaluate information that provides insight into a problem. Our mission is to work together to prepare educators to create proven, pedagogically grounded, innovative strategies to change education to meet the needs of contemporary learners. Show less The online Ed.D. program in School Improvement offers a unique opportunity for educators looking for an interdisciplinary, inquiry-based doctoral program that prepares graduates to become the next generation of change agents. Our mission is to develop educators who initiate sustainable and systemic improvements in P-12 education. Graduates will strategically and collaboratively plan, design, implement, and document the impact of educational improvements that promote and increase the academic achievement and social development of all students.Two things make the Ed.D. in School Improvement unique (1) the program provides for students to develop a specialized "Area of Concentration" and (2) students work on their dissertations simultaneously with their coursework. Students can complete their dissertation by the end of their coursework. Show less

  • Interim Associate Dean

    Jul 2021 - Jul 2022

  • Department Chair

    Jul 2016 - Jul 2022

  • Associate Professor

    Aug 2010 - Jul 2022

  • Director of EDD in School Improvement

    Aug 2013 - Jul 2016
• 

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  Jul 2022 - now

  Dean