Outreach Newsletter, Fall '08

Outreach Newsletter


Administrative Directory

Jan SimmonsJan Simmons, M.Ed., Ph.D.,
Co-founder, Director, National Conference Logistics Center
Co-founder, Director, Center for the Study of Small Rural Schools

M.Ed., B.S., Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

 

 

Jan Simmons is co-founder and director of the National Conference Logistics Center (1996) and the Center for the Study of Small Rural Schools (1991), both departments within University Outreach at the University of Oklahoma. In the years since their inception, the NCLC and CSSRS programs and professional staff have won various awards for innovation and performance.

Ms. Simmons has directed numerous conferences held in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Education, USAID, state agencies and others. In addition to these national events, she has conducted and participated in training programs for international rural educators. She also developed and conducted eight-week leadership institutes for the top echelons of the Oklahoma Army National Guard.

Ms. Simmons holds a bachelor's degree in secondary math education, a master of education degree in adult and higher education administration with an emphasis in training and development and just recently (2006) completed her doctorate's degree in adult and higher education with emphases in leadership, continuing education and international education.

Her areas of expertise include leadership, adult and professional continuing education, rural education, international continuing education, marketing, negotiations and overall conference management and organization. Simmons has edited and authored several publications in these arenas. She is a member of many educational organizations and holds awards from the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA) and the National Rural Education Association (NREA).

 

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