Dr. June Canty
Professor and Director, College of Education programs, WSUV
Departments:
Phone: (360) 546-9108
Fax: (360) 546-9040
Located in Undergraduate (VUB) 310
Office Hours: Arranged by appointment
Support Staff: Debra Barnett
June Canty directs the College of Education programs at WSU Vancouver and teaches in the preservice and inservice teacher education programs.
Research
Dr. Canty's areas of research include general and special education in rural education, teacher preparation/induction, and legal ramifications of admissions and dismissal decisions from professional programs. Her current project is a studying the supports that beginning teachers receive and making policy recommendations related to induction practices.
Accomplishments include:
- Board of Directors Member, American Council on Rural Special Education
- Chair, Special Study Group on Admissions and Retention in Teacher Education, AACTE
- Editorial Board Member, Rural Special Education Quarterly
- Evaluator, Northwest Commission on Colleges
- Gubernatorial appointee to the Washington State Professional Educators Standards Board; elected vice chair and member of the Executive Committee
- Manuscript reviewer, Teachers College Record
- rural education
- beginning teacher induction and retention
- laws pertaining to professional preparation programs
Education
- Ed. D. University of Washington, Higher Education, 1983
- M. Ed. Wayne State University, History and Philosophy of Education and Elementary Education, 1978
- B.S. M. Ed. Oakland University, Music Educatoin and Social Sciences, 1975
- Certified teacher: Elementary K-8, History/social studies 7-12, Music K-12, Special Education K-12