Lisa St. Clair, EdD

Lisa St. Clair, EdD
Department of Education and Child Development
Munroe-Meyer Institute
985450 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5450

Phone: (402) 559-3023
E-mail: Lstclair@unmc.edu

Dr. St. Clair is the Statewide Nebraska Parental Information and Resource Center (PIRC) Director, leading a $2.7 million grant project focused on parent involvement. She is also a Program Evaluator at Munroe-Meyer Institute, UNMC, and is a statewide evaluator for such programs as 21st Century Community Learning Centers, the Learning Community of Nebraska, and is a local evaluator for Educare of Omaha. She is also in the midst of a randomized control trial study of the national Educare model. She has served on the Board of Examiners for the National Council on the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) since 2003. She is the president of the Evaluation Network for the Missouri River Basin. Her publications have focused on family engagement, early childhood professional development, and principal supervision of early childhood programs.

Education:

Ed.D, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, 2007
MS, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, 2003

Research Interests and Projects:

• Program evaluation of education projects for children ranging in age from birth through 12th grade and family engagement, local, statewide, and national level program evaluations.
• Building Brighter Futures: Early Childhood Services Evaluation
• Building Brighter Futures: Teen Parent Program Evaluation
• Elementary Learning Centers Evaluation
• Educare Coaching and Mentoring Project
• NASA STEM Planning Grant

Selected Publications: (within the last 5 years)

• St. Clair, L. (2009). Nebraska PIRC Implementation Guide. Nebraska PIRC, www.NebraskaPIRC.org.
• St. Clair, L. (2009). Complementary learning connections with out-of-school time programs in Nebraska. Harvard Family Research Project, FINE Newsletter, August.
• St. Clair, L. & Jackson, B. (2008). Reaching More Parents Through a Complementary Learning Approach, Harvard Family Research Project Evaluation Exchange.
• St. Clair, L. (2008). Solid Foundation: Nebraska PIRC. Schools and Families Newsletter, Spring. Academic Development Lafayette, IL: Academic Development Institute.
• St. Clair, L. & Jackson, B. (2006). Effect of family involvement training on the language skills of young elementary children from migrant families. The School Community Journal, 16(1), 31-41.
• Jackson, B., Larzelere, R., St. Clair, L., Corr, M., Egertson, H., & Fichter, C. (2006). The impact of Heads Up! Reading on early childhood educators’ literacy practices and preschool children’s literacy skills. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 21, 213-226.

Professional Affiliations:

• University of Nebraska Lincoln, Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools (CYFS)
• Board of Examiners for the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher of Education (NCATE)
• Evaluation Network for the Missouri River Basin, a regional American Evaluation Association Affiliate organization
• American Evaluation Association (AEA)
• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development