Title
Associate Professor
Department:
EdLF
Contact Information
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Office: 306B McKay Building
Phone: 801--156--422--9617---4706-5039
Email: spencer_weilerSpencer@gmail.com@byu.eduphoria
Upon graduating from Brigham Young University in 1992, I taught history at Orem High School for seven years. In 2000, I left the classroom and became an assistant principal at American Fork Junior High School. In 2003, I pursued a Ph.D. at Virginia Tech and continued in administration in Blacksburg. After finishing the doctorate in 2007, I accepted a position at the University of Northern Colorado, where I remained until coming to BYU in 2019. I advanced to the rank of full professor at the University of Northern Colorado and, upon leaving, was granted emeritus status.
I strive to inspire and empower aspiring educational leaders to be outstanding administrators who rely on the teachings of Christ and work tirelessly to support the learning of all students.
I subscribe to a pedagogical approach that actively engages learners in the learning process. Specifically, I rely on sustained group work and learning activities that afford students the opportunity to develop a degree of expertise related to the curriculum being studied. In addition, I lead discussions that encourage students to wrestle with applying various theoretical concepts to the reality of being a school leader in the 21st Century.
Currently, I am collaborating with colleagues across the nation on an array of research topics, including: the impact of school finance litigation on funding for public education, P-20 administrators' responses to outlier situations (specifically, pandemics and do not resuscitate orders), the practice of arming educators to increase school safety, and school facilities.
Can't Get No Satisfaction: An Examination of School Finance Litigation and State Aid for Public Education Over 65 Years in States with High and Low Teacher Satisfaction
- Authors: Kopanke, Jason; Kiracofe, Christine ; Weiler, Spencer
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
The Leaders' Dilemma: P-20 Response to the Threat of a Pandemic
- Authors: Birnbaum, Matthew ; Weiler, Spencer; Westbrook, Philip
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Abstract: click to view
Colorado
- Authors: Weiler, Spencer
- Publication Type: Book, Chapter/ Section in Scholarly Book
- Publisher: Information Age Publishing
- City: Jacksonville, Florida
- Country: United States
- ISBN: 978-1-64113-676-1
- Abstract: click to view
Aligning Educational Objectives with Educational Activities: Examination of Student Perceptions on Two Asynchronous Learning Activities
- Authors: Skousen, Jacob; Weiler, Spencer C
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Journal of Law, Business & Ethics
- Volume: 25
- Issue: Winter
- Abstract: click to view
Taking Aim at Preventing School Shootings: A Comparative Analysis of School Board Policy Related to the Practice of Arming Educators
- Authors: Weiler, Spencer ; Skousen, Jacob; Kopanke, Jason; Cornelius, Luke
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal