VITAE/RESUME
Contact Information
Janis P Stucky
Home: 620-459-6944
24506 South Lakeside Avenue
Work: 316-973-0262
Pretty Prairie, KS 67570
Cell: 316-833-2503
USA
JStucky@usd259.net or jpstucky@wsu.edu
RESUME
Objective:
Educational administration with a focus in special education
and the psychological as well as assessment issues involving
students in a public school setting. Currently working full time as a
school psychologist and part-time adjunct at Wichita State.
Recently completed endorsements in English Second Language
(ESOL) and District Leadership (Superintendent) May 2008.
Interested in completing course work and activity to pursue an
Doctorate in educational leadership or administration.
Experience:
January 1990- Present
USD 259- Wichita Kansas (Public)
Department: Psychological Services
School Psychologist
Administer formal and informal evaluations, observations,
interventions, consultations to assist in and determine the
student’s educational, behavioral and social needs.
Write education plans, behavioral plans, and conduct functional
behavioral assessments. Member of the school and district
crisis team. Small group and individual counseling of students
Pre-K to young adult. Member of school behavior team. Conduct
Threat and Suicide Assessment. Consult with mental health and
Law enforcement agencies. Mentoring of School Psychology
interns and Practicum students. Mentoring of boys kindergarten to
young adult. Interview parents concerning the development of
their child including educational, social and emotional issues.
Building leader of the school multidisciplinary or Child Study
Team
August 2007- Present
Wichita Sate University
Department: Counseling Education and School Psychology
Adjunct teaching graduate level courses (CESP 808) and CESP
853)
Other Specialties/ Activities:
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Trained in Sign language and Braille
Taught guitar during the summer to children
Summer tutoring of children and adults in reading
Boy Scout Leader
Member of community Heartland Share Volunteer Services
Studied 3 years of Spanish and 2 years of French
Assist testing companies in norming new and revised
assessment instruments
Church Involvement
Sponsor Gifted students during math contests in Ft. Hays, KS
Representative of minorities on Kansas State Alternative
Assessment Board- Topeka, KS.
In charge of fundraising with businesses to provide door prizes
when Wichita sponsors the Kansas school psychologist
convention.
August 1980-January 1990
Reno County Special Education
Cooperative- Hutchinson Kansas
Department: Special Education
Special Education Teacher (Learning Disabilities and Behavioral
Disorders K-12)
Taught and planned individualized instruction of identified special
education students in reading, math, writing, and content area
subjects in rural schools. This involved traveling between various
small towns and covering students in grades K-12 with diagnosed
Learning Disabilities, emotional disturbances, and health issues.
Additional Activities:
- Volleyball coach for high school girls
- Senior class sponsor
- Ticket seller and concession stand worker at athletic events
- Tutoring of students before and after school
- Summer babysitting
- Participated in screening clinics for Pre-K students
Speaking Experiences:
April 2008- Taught an undergraduate class of aspiring
Social Workers about the psychosocial Theory of Erickson
May 2008- Led and did in-service presentations to teachers at St.
Marks United Methodist Church in , Wichita KS on Behavior
Management and Attention Deficit Disorders. (Paid)
October 2008- Speaker at in-service for teachers in Goddard
Inter-local on multicultural issues in assessment. (Paid)
Education:
Masters of School Leadership- Friends University, Wichita KS.
Completed February 2006.
Kansas State English Second Language ESOL endorsement
Wichita Sate University Wichita, KS. Completed December 2007.
Kansas State Endorsement in District Leadership (Superintendent)
Friends University, Wichita, KS. Completed July 2008
Education Specialist (Post Masters Degree)
Ed. S in School Psychology. Completed December 1990
Wichita State University- Wichita, Kansas,
Kansas State Endorsement in Early Childhood Assessment (July
1994)
Kansas University Medical School and Wichita State University
Masters Degree
Educational Psychology/ Special Education (Masters)
Wichita State University- Wichita, Kansas (1987)
Bachelor of Science Degree
BS Educational Psychology/Special Education K to Adult (1980)
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Carbondale, Illinois
Affiliations:
Skills:
1990 – Present
The Kansas Association of School Psychologists (KASP)
The Wichita Association of School Psychologists (WAESP)
The Golden Key Honor Society (Academic)
Member of the Counseling Education and School Psychology
(CESP) Advisory Board- Wichita State University, Wichita KS
Skill Name
CPR
Assessments
Sign Language
Braille
Spanish
French
Behavior Consult
Guitarist
Skill Level
Expert
Expert
Adequate
Adequate
Beginning
Beginning
Expert
Intermediate
Last Used/Experience
3 years
Currently
5 years
21/2 years
5 years
10 years
Currently
1 year
References:
Karen Whittle
Principal- Colvin Elementary
316-973-7600
Carolyn Kindrick
Assistant Principal-Retired
316-684-1658
Dr. Nancy McKellar (CESP)
Professor- Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
316-978-3326
Dr. Brenda Cain (Ed Leadership)
Professor -Friends University, Wichita KS
316-295-5682
Dr. John Morton- Newton Superintendent
Professor-Friends University- Wichita, KS
316-295-5682
Dr. Marie Schommer-Aikens (ED. Psyc.)
Professor- Wichita State University, Wichita KS
316-978-3326
Dr. Clarence Horn- Retired Principal
Professor Friends University and Wichita USD 259
Wichita KS
316-973-4412
Neal Guthrie- Special Education Director
USD 259, Wichita KS
316-973-4425
Karen Wallace- Coordinator of Psychological Services
USD 259 Wichita, KS
316-973-4472