Joseph Tadlock

Accomplished Division Director offering 11 years of experience in education research and operations. Personable and decisive with excellent communication skills and commitment to building partnerships. Adept at driving success through developing and implementing programs and initiatives. Talented team leader and motivator.

Tadlock, J. A. (2022). How a network of Jefferson County Schools partnered to accelerate sustainable change. Southern Regional Education Board.

Tadlock, J. (2022). The data debacle: Practical tips for using data visualization techniques. Presented at the Southern Regional Education Board Annual Conference, Dallas, TX.

Tadlock, J., Wester-Neal, K. (2022). Making schools work surveys: Interpreting and using your 2022 survey reports. Presented at the Southern Regional Education Board Annual Conference, Dallas, TX.

Tadlock, J. (2022). Promoting reflective teaching with innovation configuration maps. Presented at the Southern Regional Education Board Annual Conference, Dallas, TX.

Rock, D., Frank, J., Simpson, S., Luper, C., & Tadlock, J. (2022). Not another thing! Build buy-in for change with teacher driven learning cycles. Presented at the Southern Regional Education Board Annual Conference, Dallas, TX.

Tadlock, J. A.(2020). The relationship between college students’ writing attitudes, writing help-seeking tendencies, and writing grades. College Student Journal.

Tadlock, J., Fuga, C., & Purser, R. (2020). A mixed-methods evaluation of Advanced Careers: Rigorous pathways in high school that blend high-quality career and technical education courses with a college-ready academic core. Poster presented at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference.

Tadlock, J. (2020). Framing program evaluation: How school systems can use improvement science techniques to formulate theory-based evaluations. Presented at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference.

Tadlock, J., Fuga, C., & Purser, R. (2019). Telling a story with data. Data visualization techniques for educators. Presented at the Southern Regional Education Board Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD.

Tadlock, J. (2019). How do you know? Moving beyond state assessments. Presented at the Southern Regional Education Board Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD.

Bottoms, G., & Tadlock, J. A. (2018). Engaging students in deeper learning through powerful literacy and mathematics practices. Southern Regional Education Board.

Tadlock, J.,Merritt, A., Mollette, D., & Bottoms, G. (2018). Making math matter: high-quality assignments that deepen students’ problem solving, conceptual understanding and ownership of learning.

Tadlock, J., Johnson, L., & Mollette. D. (2018). Making math matter: Powerful math practices deepen students’ understanding. Presented at the Southern Regional Education Board Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.

Tadlock, J., Johnson, L., Rock, D., & Mollette, D. (2018). Data-driven practice: Improving literacy and content achievement. Presented at the Southern Regional Education Board Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.

Tadlock, J., Mollette, D., Johnson, L., Rock, D., & Merritt, A. (2017). Survey, interview, and achievement data reflect on LDC/MDC implementation. Presented at the Southern Regional Education Board Annual Conference, Nashville, TN.

Rock, D., & Tadlock, J. A. (2017). Success: when preparation meets execution. Presented at the Southern Regional Education Board Annual Conference, Nashville, TN.

Conklin, S., Tadlock, J. A., Turner, A.B., & Carlson, H.A. (2013). Grade level differences in writing motivation. Posterpresented at the Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium, Richmond, VA.

McMillan, J.H., Dawson, H., Tadlock, J. A., & Turner, A. (2013). Student perceptions of assessment. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Tadlock, J. A., & Zumbrunn, S. K. (2013). Writing attitudes and help-seeking in the college classroom. Paper presented at the Eastern Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Sarasota, Florida.

Zumbrunn, S., Tadlock, J., Carter, Y., Herlich, L., & Hooks, S. (2012, April). Writing feedback perceptions, self-efficacy beliefs, and self-regulation aptitudes in the college classroom. Paper to be presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Cauley, K., &Tadlock, J. A. (2012). The relationship between pre-service teachers’ beliefs about intelligence and instruction. Poster presented at the Eastern Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Hilton Head, South Carolina.

Tadlock, J. A., & Zumbrunn, S. K. (2012). How writing feedback perceptions relate to pre-service teachers’ achievement goals and self-regulation behaviors. Paper presented at the Eastern Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Hilton Head, SC.

Zumbrunn, S. Tadlock, J. A., & Roberts, E.D. (2011). Self-regulation and motivation: A review of the literature. Invited paper for the Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium, Richmond, VA.

Carr, S., Conroy, M.A., Tadlock, J. A., Eads, M., & Ogston, P. (2011, May). Promoting Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Competence in Young High-Risk Children: A Preventive Classroom-Based Early Intervention Model. Paper presented at the Association for Behavioral Analysis International Annual Conference, Denver, CO.

Tadlock, J. A., & Zumbrunn, S. (2011, November). How writing feedback and writing feedback perceptions relate to pre-service teachers’ writing motivation and achievement. Roundtable presented at the Association for Literacy Educators and Researchers, Richmond, VA.

Institute of Education Sciences, “Southern Regional Education Board Career and Technical Education Leadership Academy Study,” February 2021 – August 2025.

William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, “Elevating the Teaching Profession in the South,” January 2023 – January 2025.

Evaluation of the Realizing Educational Achievement Can Happen (REACH) Georgia Scholarship Program. Contracted by the Georgia Student Finance Authority (GSFA). Atlanta, Georgia, December 2021 – June 2022

Evaluation of the Florida Early Childhood Professional Development Program. Contracted by the Florida Department of Education. Tallahassee, Florida, June 2021 – December 2021.

Evaluation of the Making Schools Work program at the Southern Regional Education Board. Investigated by the Division of Research and Accountability at the Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA, August 2019 – August 2021.

Evaluation of the Advanced Careers program at the Southern Regional Education Board. Investigated by the Division of Research and Accountability at the Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA, August 2018 – August 2019.

Evaluation of the Literacy Design Collaborative and Math Design Collaborative. Investigated by the Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA, January 2017 – May 2018. Project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA.

Evaluation of the South Carolina Department of Education Educator Evaluation Pilot Project. Investigated by the Office of Program Evaluation at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, August 2013 - December 2015.

Evaluation of the R.E.B. Teaching Award Program. Contracted by The Community Foundation, Richmond, VA, May 2011 - January 2012.

Evaluation of the Engaged Learning Experiences in History and Social Sciences (ELEHSS) program by a Teacher Quality Grant through the State Council of Higher Education, Richmond, VA, April 2012 - July 2013.

Evaluation of the VASTEM CONNECT project through a multiagency collaborative partnership that includes George Mason University, James Madison University, The Institute for Teaching through Technology and Innovative Practices (ITTIP) at Longwood University, Frank Batten College of Engineering of Old Dominion University, The College of William and Mary, Virginia Tech,University of Virginia, Math Science Innovation Center, Virginia SpaceGrant Consortium, Virginia Mathematics and Science Coalition,Virginia Association of Science Teachers, Southside Virginia Regional Technology Consortium, and approximately 50K-12 school divisions across Virginia, Richmond, VA, May2012 - August 2013.

Evaluation of Inquiry and Design Learning Experiences for Adults and Teens as new Learners through Longwood University Institute for Teaching through Technology & Innovative Practices (ITTIP), Richmond, VA, May 2012 - August 2013.

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