Faculty: Spencer Weiler
Title
Associate Professor
Department:
EdLF
Contact Information
Office: 306B McKay Building
Phone: 801-422-5039
Email: nope@spencer_weiler@byu.edumsn.com
Brief Biography
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.
Teaching Interests
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.
Research Interests
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.
Selected Publications
The Leaders' Dilemma: P-20 Response to the Threat of a Pandemic
- Authors:
- Publication Date: 2020
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Abstract: click to view
Aligning Educational Objectives with Educational Activities: Examination of Student Perceptions on Two Asynchronous Learning Activities
- Authors:
- Publication Date: 2019
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Journal of Law, Business & Ethics
- Volume: 25
- Issue: Winter
- Abstract: click to view
Colorado
- Authors:
- Publication Date: 2019
- 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
Not allowing a good crisis to go to waste: Tapping into transformational power to increase utilization in public education as a result of the Coronavirus
- Authors:
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Abstract: click to view