Areas of Expertise
•Teaching skills in Elementary, Middle and High schools as well face-to-face and online teaching skills in Graduate and Undergraduate educational programs.
•Administrative skills in Elementary and High schools.
•Educational Administration and Leadership, FSU (Supervision and Instructional Leadership, Introduction to Educational Leadership, Educational Change, Curriculum Design, School and Community Relationships, Ethics in Education, Organizational Development in Education and HRD)
•Certificate in Human Resource Development(FSU)
•Policy Development and Educational Program Evaluation (FSU)
•Quantitative Research Methods and Designs.
•Qualitative Research Methods and Designs
•Data Collection and Instrument Development Procedures
•Inferential Statistics (Pearson Product-Moment Correlation, Regression, T-test, ANOVA, MANOVA)
Education
•Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship
•PhD. in Educational Administration and Leadership (Florida State University)
•M.A. in Instructional Supervision in Education (Central Michigan University)
•Bachelor in Education (UNAM)
•Teaching Diploma in Elementary Education
•Teaching Diploma in Secondary Education
•CITI certificate in the Protection of Human Research Subjects
•Florida Educator’s Certificate in Educational Leadership
Biography
Currently an adjunct professor in the Educational leadership program at UNF and a Dissertation Chair for doctoral dissertation students at the University of Phoenix Online. Previously, he was an assistant professor of Educational Leadership at Augusta State University in Georgia, an adjunct professor for undergraduate students in the Human Resource Development program at Barry University, and a Science Instructor at Florida A&M University Developmental Research School. He served on various university committees and was appointed as the chair of the Scholarship Committee in the College of Education
Taught at several Elementary, Middle and High schools, and was employed as a Program Specialist IV for Title I in the Bureau of Student Assistance in Florida Department of Education.
Published several research articles in professional blind reviewed journals and presented papers at AERA, the International Conference held by the American Institute of Higher Education, International Comparative Education and the North East Florida Conference on Educational Assessment.
He is a member of the American Educational Research Association and Florida Educational Research Association.
Awarded US aid funding ($200,000) for the training of math and science teachers facilitated by Florida A&M University.
Volunteer at the Big Bend Habitat for Humanity and is a Boardmember of the Lutheran Social Services of North Florida.
Awards
Awarded a Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of services provided in 2005-2006 as an F school Volunteer for Florida’s Assistance Plus (school improvement) Schools by the Commissioner of Florida Department of Education (2006).
Awarded a Certification of Appreciation by the Florida A&M University Developmental Research School Student Advisory Council (2004).
Awarded US aid funding ($ 200, 000) through the Florida A & M University. The African –American Institute (AAI) program which promotes enlightened engagement between Africa and America through education, training and dialogue. Under the rubric of AFTECH (African technology for Education and Workforce Development Initiative), the AAI partnered with Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and the Ministry of Basic Education in Namibia to bring 13 Namibian math and science teachers and school administrators to the U.S. to meet with their counterparts in various cities under a U.S. State Department–funded exchange program to improve curricula and teaching methods utilized in Namibian primary and secondary schools (2004).
Received an FSU Dissertation Award. (2003).
Awarded the Frick Scholarship in the College of Education, FSU. (2002).
Awarded the Fulbright Scholarship to study for a Ph.D. at FSU. (2000).
Grants and Contracts Awarded
Awarded US aid funding ($ 200, 000) through the Florida A & M University. The African –American Institute (AAI) program which promotes enlightened engagement between Africa and America through education, training and dialogue. Under the rubric of AFTECH (African technology for Education and Workforce Development Initiative), the AAI partnered with Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and the Ministry of Basic Education in Namibia to bring 13 Namibian math and science teachers and school administrators to the U.S. to meet with their counterparts in various cities under a U.S. State Department–funded exchange program to improve curricula and teaching methods utilized in Namibian primary and secondary schools (2004).
Publications & Presentations
Isaacs, A.J. (2013) Leadership Practices of School Principals as Perceived by their Assistant Principals. The Journal of Teaching, Learning, and Research of Educational Leadership, Vol. 3(1), Retrieved from www.gelfajournal.org.
Isaacs, A.J. (2012). Resiliency and Individual Demographics of School Leaders: Making a Difference in the Quality of Educational Leadership. Journal of Research in Education,
Vol. 22, No. 1, Spring 2012. http://www.eeraonline.org/journal/
Isaacs, A.J. (2012). Leadership Practices of Principals in Rural and Urban Schools. Journal of Leadership Studies, JLS-11-0045, Fall 2012.
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jls-wiley
Isaacs, A.J. (2012). Leadership Practices and Resilience of School Principals to Improve their Leadership Performance. International Journal of Leadership in Education (Theory & Practice). http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tedl20/current
Isaacs, A.J. & W.E.Hudson (2012). Resilience and Academic Performance of College Students. Journal of Educational Research. http://www.eeraonline.org/journal/
Isaacs, A.J. (2011). Strategies for Instructional Leadership that Lead to Success in Schools. Journal of US-China Education Review, Vol 1, No 7, December 2011.
Isaacs, A.J. (2011). Improve Employee Performance by using the Dick and Reiser Instructional Design Model. Journal of US-China Education Review, Vol, 1, No. 6, November 2011.
Isaacs, A.J., Hardy, S. & Harris. P. (2011). School Principals as Professional Leaders. American Journal of Educational Studies. Journal of US-China Education Review, Vol, 1, No. 5, November 2011.
MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER
(Blind Peer-reviewed Journals)
Reviewed the paper entitled "Analyzing the Effectiveness of Multi-Source Feedback as a Leadership Development Tool For College Students" Journal of Leadership Studies
(JLS-11-0045, Fall 2012). http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jls-wiley
Reviewed the paper entitled “Towards transformative leadership in education.” International Journal of Leadership in Education, Theory and Practice. TEDL-2012-0059, Fall 2012.
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tedl
