Honoring the Memory of John Hoyle

Professor John Hoyle of Texas A&M University - College Station died Tuesday evening, March 12, from complications of leukemia. He was 78. John was a long time advocate for quality leadership and provided exceptional leadership for our field.

During his 34 year teaching career at A&M John received two Distinguished Teaching Awards, was selected as Professor of the Year by the American Association of School Administrators in 1982, was named one of the top four Exceptional Living Scholars in educational administration/leadership, received the first Living Legend Award in 1999 from the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration, Received the 2008 Living Legend award from the Texas Professors of Educational Administration and received the coveted Golden Deeds Award for distinguished service to Texas Education. In 2007 The Texas A&M University Administrative Leadership Institute created the Hoyle Leadership Award in his honor. The award is given each year to a Texas school leader who makes a positive difference in the lives of students for the betterment of society. Perhaps his greatest contribution was the many young school principals, superintendents, and beginning professors that he encouraged and mentored.

The funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 16 at First Christian Church in Bryan. Interment will be private. Visitation for family and friends will be Friday March 15 from 5:00 – 7:00 at Memorial Funeral Chapel in College Station.

The family requests that memorials be made to First Christian Church, 900 South Ennis in Bryan, or to Hospice Brazos Valley.

Eight UCEA Institutions Included in US News Top Ten Ed Admin Programs

Eight UCEA institutions, including UCEA's headquarters institution (UVA), were identified by the US News and World Reports among the top ten schools for programs in Educational Administration and Supervision for 2014. The institutions include:

1. Vanderbilt
2. Wisconsin-Madison
3. Stanford
4. Harvard
5. Teacher College – Columbia
6. Penn State
7. Univ. of Texas-Austin
8. Ohio State U.
9. Michigan State U.
10. UVA and U. Washington

Additionally, five of the top ten have served as UCEA headquarters host institutions (TC-Columbia, Penn State, Ohio State, UT-Austin, UVA). For more information on the rankings and metrics used, please visit the US News and World Reports site. 

Saying Thank You and Good Bye to Our Good Colleague, Richard Hatley

On March 7^th, UCEA lost a dear friend, scholar and former Executive Director when Richard V. Hately passed away at the age of 76. Rich served the field for many years and in many capacities, none as critical to UCEA as the period that he served as Interim Executive Director. Rich took on this critical role after officially retiring from the University of Missouri and ensured a smooth transition for the organization’s leadership and programs. 

Taking on roles and responsibility critical to organizational effectiveness and stability was something Rich did quite often and he was good at it. He served as the Department Chair of Educational Administration from 1976-1986, at which time he said he "stepped up to being a full time teaching professor!" As a colleague wrote, “we knew Rich as a committed leader and teacher.  Many today don’t realize that Rich, almost singularly through his leadership, turned the MU Ed. Admin. Dept. around in the late seventies.  When he retired, the department was a well-balanced, energetic, and nationally recognized program, whose professors and graduates impacted education across Missouri and the Nation.”

During his years as a professor and dissertation advisor, he was proud to hood 99 students as new Doctors of Education.   He created the Research Design class in 1987, whose initial purpose was to encourage and guide a member of ABD ("all but dissertation") students toward completion of the doctoral degree. Those ABD's who successfully completed the Ed.D. or Ph.D. (including his wife, Pat) are especially grateful for his understanding of their need for that extra bit of professional encouragement to help them reach their goals.

But Rich was not merely a good leader, scholar and teacher.  He had other talents as well. Colleagues at the University of Missouri recall his legendary Karaoke skills, which he shared at various college and department events, including his retirement party where he belted out “I did it my way.”

Rich’s family has asked that any gifts honoring him be donated to to the Richard V. Hatley Scholarship Fund (checks may be sent to the University of Missouri, 114 Hill Hall, UMC, Columbia, MO 65211. please note Hatley fund in the memo), or to the American Heart Association. The Richard V. Hatley Scholarship Fund was established to honor Dr. Hatley when he retired from the University and provides awards to graduate students in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in the College of Education.

In addition to his wife Pat, Rich is survived by his daughters, Christy Hatley Johnson and her husband Blair of Columbia, MO, and Angie Hatley Garms and her husband Matt of Overland Park, KS;  his stepsons, Tim Wilde of  Raytown, MO and Kent Wilde and wife Sandra of Raytown;  and grandchildren Ashtyn and Alaina Garms,  Michaela, Sophia, Isaac, and Esther Wilde,  and Kaid Alan Wilde.  He was preceded in death by his parents.  

Visitation for Rich will be 1:00-3:00 p.m., Sunday, March 10, 2013, at Meyers Funeral Chapel, 1600 W. Main St., Blue Springs, MO (816-229-3276). The funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m., Monday, March 11, 2013, at First United Methodist Church of Blue Springs, 301 SW Woods Chapel Road, Blue Springs.  Interment to follow at Blue Springs Cemetery.

Ethical Leadership Across Borders

UCEA is pleased to share information on the UCEA Center for the Study of Values and Ethics in Educational Leadership's 18th Annual Values and Leadership conference.  The theme of the 2013 conference is Ethical Leadership across Borders: Multiple Realities and Building Collective Capacity.  The meeting will be hosted by the University of Oklahoma at the Skirvin Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City September 29-October 1, 2013. 

This conference highlights research concerned with the ethical dimensions of leadership within the context of multiple stakeholder perspectives and contributions for building collective capacity in and across educational contexts, institutions and organizations.  Building from the core concepts presented at the 2012 conference in Brisbane (i.e., building capacity for moments of challenging choices), this conference focuses on the ways in which multiple perspectives across geographic, professional, cultural, and philosophical borders contribute to building collective capacity during challenging moments influencing decision-making and action planning. Details concerning the call for papers can be found on the conference website. 

The Impact of Sequestration on Children

Given that Congress was unable to reach a deal averting sequestration last week, President Obama signed an order authorizing the government to begin canceling $85 billion from federal accounts for this fiscal year.  These cuts will have a large and negative impact on children and the programs that serve them.  In education alone, the following cuts were authorized:

• $633 million cut from the Department of Education’s Special Education programs
• $184 million cut from Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research 
• $71 million cut from administration at the Office of Federal Student Aid 
• $116 million cut from Higher Education 
• $86 million cut from Student Financial Assistance

Cuts were also authorized in healthcare, immigration, housing, disaster and emergency programs, and security. The impact of these cuts will be felt across families, communities and the economy at large, though children and families living at or under the poverty level will be hit the hardest.