My Brag Sheet
by Leo R. Sandy
Profile Information
- First name: Leo
- Last name: Sandy
- Personal website address: http://oz.plymouth.edu/~lsandy/
- Business phone: 603-535-2287
- Email address: lsandy@plymouth.edu
Introduction
Greetings. My name is Leo Sandy. Renowned Brazilian educator, Paulo Freire, once wrote,"The teacher presents the material to the students for their considerations, and reconsiders her earlier considerations as the students express their own." It is in this spirit that I approach the courses I teach.
I have been at PSU since 1996 and am currently the coordinator of the School Psychology and Parenting Education Certification programs. Before coming to PSU, I was a professor of education at Rivier College, a small Catholic liberal college in Nashua, NH, where I taught 12 years full-time and 13 years part-time. Prior to coming to Rivier College, I was a school psychologist for the Lowell, Mass school district where I served for ten years. Since 1984, I have been a consulting school psychologist for the Inter-lakes School District covering the towns of Meredith, Sandwich and Ashland, NH. I also write a bimonthly column for the Laconia NH Daily Sun, and I'm a volunteer parent educator for the NH Department of Corrections. My main interest is in the role of pedagogy to promote the highest level of human potential which, in turn, will advance the cause of a peaceful and just world. Peace and justice, as well as human and animal rights themes, run through my courses, writing and my life.
I received my B.A. in psychology at U of Mass at Boston in 1970, my masters of counselor education and school psychology in 1971 at Boston University, and my doctorate in human development and education in 1983,also from Boston University. I served in the U.S. Navy from 1961 to 1965 on the U.S.S. Enterprise CVA(N) 65 and the U.S.S.Wasp CVS-15. On the Enterprise I participated in the Cuban Missile blockade. I have been married to the same person since 1965. We have two adult children - a daughter born in 1968 and a son born in 1971. Our daughter has a Ph.D. and is an English professor, and our son has a Pharm D. and is a pharmacist. Our granddaughter, Betty Rose. was born on 1-5-10, and she is my daughter's daughter. We also have a one-eyed cat named Lucy, a mixed breed dog named Jack, who was rescued from Anguilla, and a Sato named Lily, rescued from the streets of Puerto Rico.
I enjoy visiting with my granddaughter and children, watching British classics like Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice and Charles Dickens' Little Dorritt, snowshoeing, sailing, walking my dogs, motorcycle riding, driving my antique 1983 Mercedes Benz 380 SL, traveling abroad, dining out, playing Yahtzee, debating with conservatives and watching good movies.
2009 Co-Presented on Educating for Global Citizenship at the Ninth Annual Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations in Riga, Latvia
2007 Presented on Developing Family-School-Community Partnerships at the 4th International Conference on Positive Behavior Support in Boston, MA
2006 Co-presented Promoting a Culture of Peace in Higher Education at the Peace and Justice Studies Association Annual Conference on “Who Speaks for the Common Good?” at Manhattan College in New York City
2004 Co-presented Beyond Patriotism in the New Millennium: Creating a New Vision or Education at the 11th International Annual Literacy & Education Research Network Conference on Learning at the Cojimar Pedagogical Convention Center in Havana, Cuba
2003 Co-presented Beyond Patriotism in the New Millennium: Creating a New Vision for Education at the 10th Annual Literacy & Education Conference on Learning at the Institute of Learning of the University of London
2002 Co-presented Beyond Patriotism in the New Millennium: Creating a New Vision of Education at the 42nd Annual Conference of the Association of General and Liberal Studies in Louisville, Kentucky
2002 Co-presented Promoting Peaceful Classrooms and Schools at The Fourth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences (AABSS) in Las Vegas, Nevada.
2001 Co-presented Engaging Students in Communities: Models of Service Learning at The 41st Annual Conference of the Association for General and Liberal Studies in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania the theme of which was The Changing Face of Liberal Education for a Democratic Society
2001 Co-presented Staying Focused: Improving College Teaching Through Reflective Practice at the International Alliance of Teacher Scholars, Inc. 7th Annual Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching - New England in Boston
2000 Presented The Permeable Classroom at the International Alliance of Teacher Scholars, Inc. 6th Annual Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching - New England in Boston
2000 Co-presented a workshop on Techniques of Promoting Peace Through Children at the National Association of Social Workers Sixth NASW Social Work Symposium in Boston.
2000 Co-presented a paper on Faculty Perceptions Regarding Faculty Development in Pedagogy at The Third Annual Meeting of the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences (AABSS) in Las Vegas,Nevada.
1999 Presented The Permeable Classroom at the International Alliance of Teacher Scholars, Inc. 5th Annual Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching - New England in Boston
1999 Presented a performance/dialogue on The Application of Theater of the Oppressed to Teacher Training in Parent-Teacher Conferencing at the Fifth Annual International Conference of Popular Education and Social Change in New York City.
1999 Served on a panel discussion on Personal Disarmament at the Hague Appeal for Peace Conference in the Netherlands
1999 Co-presented a workshop on Promoting Peace Through Our Children at the International School Social Work Conference in Chicago
1997 Co-presented a dialogue session on Freire Across the Curriculum with Ira Shor and Susanne Bounds at the Working Class Conference at Youngstown University in Ohio.
1997 Co-facilitated a dialogue session on Freire Across the Curriculum with Patti Swartz and Susanne Bounds of Morehouse College at the Pedagogy of the Oppressed Conference at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
1996 Presented a workshop on Service Learning: The Quiet Revolution at the Pedagogy of the Oppressed Conference at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
2011 Named 2011-2012 Distinguished Graduate Teacher of the Year
2009 Nominated for Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award
2005 Selected to Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
2005 Nominated for Distinguished Graduate Teacher of the Year at Plymouth State University
2005 Nominated for Distinguished Teacher of the Year at Plymouth State University
2003 Nominated for the Graduate Distinguished Teacher of the Year at Plymouth State College
2003 Nominated for Distinguished Teacher of the Year at Plymouth State College
2001 Recipient of Service Learning Professor of the Year at Plymouth State College
2001 Nominated (and finalist) for Distinguished Graduate Teacher of the Year at Plymouth State College
2001 Nominated for Distinguished Teacher of the Year at Plymouth State College
2000 Nominated for Distinguished Graduate Teacher of the Year at Plymouth State College
1997 Inducted into Phi Delta Kappa
1996 Nominated for NHCUC New Hampshire Excellence in Education Award for Higher Education
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Courses
IS 3560 S...P 12.doc
CO 5050 Sum 11.doc
CO 5260 Sum 11.doc
CO 5300 W 10.doc
CO 5650 Fall 10.doc
SY 6010 F...abus.doc
PYDI 1050 F 10.doc
CO 5430 SP 11.doc
- peace and justice education http://www.esrnational.org/home.htm
- world federalism http://www.wfm.org/index.html
- conflict resolution/violence prevention http://www3.uakron.edu/education/safeschools/coop/coop.html
- human and animal rights http://www.hrw.org/ and http://www.animalconcerns.org/
- service learning http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/slc/
- parenting education http://www.responsiveeducation.org/
- faculty development http://www.cstudies.ubc.ca/facdev/hotlists/hotlists.html
- college pedagogy http://trc.virginia.edu/Links/Centers.htm
- human development http://oz.plymouth.edu/%7Elsandy/dev.outline.html
- cultural diversity http://falcon.jmu.edu/%7Eramseyil/multipub.htm
- counselor education http://www.ericfacility.net/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed347485.html


