Queinnise Miller, Invited Guest Editor for the National FORUM of Applied Educational Research Journal, Volume 23 1&2, 2009-2010. Ms. Miller is a PhD Student in Educational Leadership at Prairie View A&M University/Member of the Texas A&M University System. Dr. William Allan Kritsonis, Professor & Faculty Mentor, PVAMU/Member of the Texas A&M University System.
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Foreword by Queinnise Miller, NF AERJ
1. NATIONAL FORUM OF APPLIED EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL
Volume 23, Numbers 1&2, 2009-2010
FOREWORD
STRATEGIC PLANNING USING THE WAYS OF KNOWING
THROUGH THE REALMS OF MEANING
By
Queinnise Miller
PhD Student in Educational Leadership, Cohort 5 - PVAMU
About the Issue
The year 2004 marked the inception of the Educational Leadership Doctoral Program in
the Whitlowe R. Green College of Education at Prairie View A&M University. Since then over
32 educational professionals have graduated and joined the academy of Doctors of Philosophy in
Educational Leadership. As the program grows each year new cohorts of educational
professionals are established, and the future of research becomes brighter. This special issue
contains the thoughts and theories based on research of Cohort 5, as it relates to strategic
planning as a theoretical framework by utilizing the Ways of Knowing Through the Realms of
Meaning (2007) by Dr. William Allan Kritsonis. These articles were a partial requirement for a
course in the doctoral program taught by Professor Kritsonis.
In the first article, Queinnise Miller explores professional learning communities while
taking a look at how they impact school improvement and their place in strategic planning in
education. In the second article, Rosnisha Stevenson discusses ways school districts can meet
one of their goals on their campus improvement plan and increase their standardized test scores
by using the six realms of meaning in the classrooms. In the third article, Carmelita Thompson
discusses ways in which strategic planning implemented by utilizing the Ways of Knowing
Through the Realms of Meaning (Kritsonis, 2007) creates a high performing educational
organization. In the fourth article, Barbara Thompson discusses significant aspects of the six
realms of meaning as it relates to strategic planning in instructional leadership. In the fifth
article, Kashan Ishaq discusses how school leaders’ understanding of the six realms of meaning
can be strategically integrated in solving the educational problems of today and improving the
schools of tomorrow. The sixth article, Christine Lewis discusses ways our educational leaders
in public schools can incorporate the Ways of Knowing Through the Realms of Meaning
(Kritsonis 2007) to take strategic planning from the modernism age to postmodernism age to
improve our nation’s educational system. In the seventh article, Tyrus Doctor discusses
strategies used within our current school environment, while implementing postmodern thinking.
In the eight article, David Palmer shows the linkage between the realms of meaning and
strategic planning and to show how symbolics, empirics, esthetics, synnoetics, ethics and
synoptics has an under pinning value to the planning that is required for successful schools. In
the ninth article, Sheri Miller-Williams introduces the concept of systems thinking and suggest
two frameworks that could work to support comprehensive school reform. In the tenth article,
Simone Gardiner discusses how postmodernism and the realms of meaning can be implemented
in students’ learning with the use of strategic planning. In the eleventh and final article,
Demetria Diggs apprises educators of how incorporating the six realms from the Ways of
Knowing Tthrough the Realms of Meaning (Kritsonis, 2007), into school improvement and
strategic plans to yield avant-garde results for all educational stakeholders.
2. Cohort 5 at PVAMU sincerely appreciates the opportunity to publish in the National
FORUM of Applied Educational Research Journal. We thank the National Policy Board
representing all National FORUM Journals for their confidence in our work. To be published
as doctoral students in a national refereed journal is professionally rewarding. We thank our
professor Dr. William Allan Kritsonis for providing outstanding mentorship in guiding us in our
writing pursuits.
Queinnise Miller
PhD Student in Educational Leadership – Cohort 5
Prairie View A&M University
Teacher
Alief Independent School District
National FORUM of Applied Educational Research Journal
Volume 23, Numbers 1&2 2009-2010
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