
Academic Area:
principals’ and teachers’ data literacy
Research Interests:
- principals’ and teachers’ data literacy
- how principals’ and teachers’ data literacy influences leadership, instruction, and change in k-12 schools
Bio:
Educational Background:
- Ph.D., Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Alabama (2016)
- B.Ed., Secondary Education, University of Alberta (1989)
Research Projects:
- Committee Member National Educational Science Research Project on the Standardization Construction of Compulsory Education Schools (2016).
Journal Articles:
- Przybylski, R. (2016). The challenges encountered by accomplished principals in Canada and the United States. Educational Management of Jiangsu Education. (5), 58-59.
- Sun, J.- P., Przybylski, R., & Johnson, B. (2016). A review of research on teachers’ use of student data: from the perspective of school leadership. Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 28(1), 5-33.
- Sun, J.- P., Johnson, B. & Przybylski, R. (2016). Leading with data: an increasingly important feature of school leadership. International Studies in Educational
- Administration, 43(3), 1-36.
Conference Papers:
- Sun, J.- P., Zhang, S. - J., & Przybylski, R. M. (Accepted). Conceptualizing the critical path linked by collective teacher efficacy. Paper to be presented to the annual meeting of AERA, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
- Sun, J.- P., Johnson, B., Przybylski, R. M., & Levey, J. (2015). Leading with data. Paper presented at the annual meeting of AERA, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Sun, J.- P., Przybylski, R. M., & Johnson, B. (2014). How to promote teachers’ use of student data. Paper presented at the annual meeting of AERA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Honors and Awards:
- Research Fellow David L. Clark National Graduate Student (2014)
Academic Title:
- Assistant Editor
- The Journal of Learning (Inaugural Stage)
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Acting liaison between Nanjing Normal University and the University of Alabama Departments of Educational Administration
Contact:
email:rmprzybylski@crimson.ua.edu