Doty scholarship recipient, to present research at annual COPIS conference

Jon Doty, who earned an Ed.D. in educational leadership from the University of Maine in May 2018, was given the annual Arthur Blumberg/Edward Pajak Award by the Council of Professors of Instructional Supervision (COPIS). The scholarship provides funds for doctoral students to travel and present at COPIS events. Doty will present his research titled “Teacher Performance Evaluation and Professional Growth in the Era of ‘Educator Effectiveness’ in Maine” at the 2018 COPIS fall conference, to be held at UMaine Oct. 12–14. Doty’s dissertation chair was Ian Mette, an assistant professor of educational leadership at UMaine.