Dr. W. “Bumper” White, Associate Professor of Teacher Education, Coordinator CLASS PDS Program

Lake Forest College, B.A. Lesley College Graduate School of Education, M.Ed. University of Massachusetts at Amherst Graduate School of Education, Ed.D

Professor White is a tenured faculty member at the University of Southern Maine: Lewiston Auburn, and is the Program Coordinator of the Collaborative Learning And School Success (CLASS) teacher education program. The CLASS program is a collaborative college-school partnership and a professional development school (PDS) model committed to the concept of the simultaneous renewal of the Auburn and Lewiston school districts and of teacher education at USM/LA.

In addition to his administrative responsibilities, he also works with pre-service students and in service teachers out in the schools, and teaches many different courses and seminars in education. Dr. White has completed research and presented workshops in public schools on a variety of topics which include: effective teaching-learning, increasing the capacity of students to improve their skills in math, science and technology, Service Learning, and issues related to educational reform. In addition, he has written several articles and presented in both national and international venues on pre-service teacher education for non-traditional students, school-college PDS partnerships and science education.

Before accepting university appointments to work in undergraduate and graduate teacher education, he was an early childhood/elementary classroom educator and building principal with specializations in Science Education and pre-K-16 educational reform.

Recently, Dr. White has received a “Sentiment of Appreciation” from the Maine State Legislature, the University Faculty Award for Service from the USM Faculty Senate, as well as the Donald Harward Faculty Award for Service Learning Excellence from the Maine Campus Compact. This latter award recognized, “accomplishments in utilizing service-learning to achieve student learning outcomes, meet community needs and contribute to the advancement of service learning on your campus and beyond.” The award was sponsored by the Maine Campus Compact, a statewide coalition of 19 college and university presidents established to encourage and enhance campus engagement in the community.

Dr. White lives in Durham with his wife Ann Marie Bartoo and daughter Emily.

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