For detailed
information about my experience, degrees, publications, presentations click on
my resume. The
area of greatest interest for me is school climate and culture and their effect
on student achievement. Related areas that impact climate and culture are
leadership behavior, teacher caring behaviors, bullying behavior,
character-related behavior, and levels of openness and trust. Surveys (click on "Data Collection Surveys") have been
created to collect data on these student achievement related variables.
Manuscripts that describe research conducted with these data collection
instruments can be found by clicking on "Research Manuscripts".
I have formed a consulting agency called
“The Professional Development and Assessment Center (PDAC)”. The agency provides
training to improve leadership skills in human relations, conflict management,
and group management. Click on the link "Leadership Development Seminars" to read a description of these seminars. Additionally, personnel from the agency serve as
evaluation and research design consultants. School districts that want to develop data
driven school improvement plans that are further designed to improve
the quality of instruction have found the services of the PDAC to be
beneficial.
Dr. Bulach was the evaluation consultant
for the State of Georgia's and West Virginia's Departments of Education for
their character education initiatives. Character data has been collected on over
200 schools at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. On-site visits
were made to every school district in the State of WV. He is in the process of
writing a book on how to create a "Citizenship School" . It is a handbook on how to create a school culture that is high performing.
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