Richard Sagor

Educational Leadership Program Director and Professor

department: Education
program: Educational Leadership
office: 313 Rogers Hall
phone: 503-768-6081
fax: 503-768-6085
e-mail: sagor@lclark.edu

Professional Biography

Dick re- joined the Lewis & Clark faculty in June 2005 as the Director of the Educational Leadership Program. He considers this a homecoming as he served as an adjunct Professor of Educational Leadership when the program began in the Fall of 1980 and continued to teach a variety of courses in the Lewis and Clark certification program for 6 years.

In 1989 Dick was hired by Washington State University to organize and coordinate the Educational Administration Programs at the WSU-Vancouver campus. During his 10 years at WSU Dick engaged in program development, taught classes, supervised Doctoral students and provided professional development for school administrators throughout the Pacific Northwest.

While at WSU Dick founded Project LEARN (the League of Educational Action Researchers in the Northwest). Project LEARN provided training and support for schools seeking to build their internal capacity for data-based school improvement. In September of 1997, Dick started ISIE (pronounced “I see”), the Institute for the Study of Inquiry in Education to continue and expand the work begun by Project LEARN. In the Fall of 2000 the demands of ISIE became so great that Dick left his position at WSU to devote his full attention to providing service to schools, districts and professional organizations.

Dick has 14 years of Public School administrative experience including service as an Assistant Superintendent, High School Principal, Instruction Vice Principal, Disciplinary Vice-Principal, and Alternative School Head Teacher. He has taught the entire range of students, from the gifted to the learning disabled, in the areas of social studies, reading, and written composition.

Beyond his work as a teacher and administrator, Dick has extensive international consulting experience. He worked as a site visitor for the United States Department of Education's Blue Ribbon Schools Program, he has consulted with international schools throughout Asia and Africa, numerous State Departments of Education, and with over 200 independent school districts across North America. His work with school faculties focuses primarily on leadership development, data and standard-based school improvement, collaborative action research, teacher motivation, and teaching at-risk youth.

Publications

Books

The Action Research Guidebook, A Four-Step Process for Educators and School Teams, Corwin Press. (2004)

At Risk Students: Reaching and Teaching Them, 2nd Edition, with Jonas Cox, Eye on Education, Larchmont, NY. (2004)

Motivating Students and Teachers in an Era of Standards, ASCD, Alexandria, VA. (2003)

Guiding School Improvement Through Action Research, ASCD, Alexandria, VA. (2000)

Local Control and Accountability: Getting it, Keeping It, and Improving School Performance, Corwin Press. (1996)

The TQE Principal: A Transformed Instructional Leader, with Bruce Barnett, Corwin Press. (1994)

How to Conduct Collaborative Action Research, ASCD, Alexandria, VA. (1993)

Articles

Dick’s articles on school reform, and action research have received awards from the National Association of Secondary School Principals and the Educational Press Association of America.

Academic Credentials

Ph.D. 1974, M.A. 1973, M.A. 1972 University of Oregon
B.A. 1971 New York University