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Charles Kent Runyan

Charles Kent Runyan (born October 20, 1950) is a university professor at Pittsburg State University and former public school teacher. Through his numerous national presentations and publications, he is noted not only for his innovating teaching but also for his research in teacher career stages, development of teacher alternative certification programs, and the implementation of needs-based developmental teacher mentoring.

Education

Born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to Charles and Jean Runyan, Runyan moved to Huntington, West Virginia in 1954 when his father took a job at Marshall University. His K-12 years were spent attending Marshall College High School, which was an experimental laboratory school housed on the Marshall University campus.

Runyan received his B.S. degree in Language Arts, a Master of Arts degree in school administration from Marshall University, and his Educational Doctorate in Educational Administration from West Virginia University. While in college at Marshall University, he played basketball, was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and served as a student senator. While at Marshall, he lost several friends in the nation’s worst sports tragedy that was made into the 2006 movie “We Are Marshall.” In 2015, he returned to Marshall and played in the Alumni Basketball game for which an article was written on his return. With his father a university professor and his mother an elementary teacher, he had little chance to enter any other field but education.

Early Teaching Career (1973 – 1989)

Before entering higher education, Runyan was Director of the Putnam County Beginning Teacher Induction Program in West Virginia and was an English teacher for sixteen years, coaching basketball and golf for several years at Hurricane High School in Putnam County, West Virginia. He was also an adjunct assistant professor at Marshall University for three years and, while developing and implementing Putnam County’s Induction Program, taught West Virginia’s first graduate course on “The Mentorship” at the West Virginia College of Graduate Studies.

Higher Education Teaching Career (1989 – Present)

As a university professor at Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas, Dr. Runyan teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses in the Department of Teaching and Leadership. Known for developing and teaching such innovative graduate courses as Current Teaching Practices and Trends and Issues, he also supervised student teachers in the public school system. Being an original founder and the co-director of the Kansas Early Career Teacher Academy, he is most proud of his work in developing a multifaceted mentoring program for first through third-year teachers in southeast Kansas. From 2001 to 2016, Dr. Runyan trained all mentors for the academy, worked with helping the Academy’s early career teachers start their careers, and coordinated the monthly academy sessions and banquets. In 2005 and 2006, Dr. Runyan, along with Dr. Tatiana Sildus, also took high school and college students on a tour to various schools in Russia and lectured at Vladimir State University, Vladimir, Russia, on America's educational trends and issues.

Active in the state of Kansas, Dr. Runyan was involved in numerous endeavors that offered him a broad perspective. He served as a North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Outcomes Resource Specialist for eight various school districts and a Kansas State Department of Education’s folio reviewer for nine institutions of higher education. He served as president and a long-time chapter delegate for Phi Delta Kappa and was the recipient of the PDK Service Key Award. Also, participating for over a decade in developing a different vision for teacher training, Dr. Runyan was a founding steering committee member of the Kansas City Teaching Fellows, sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation. Helping to develop the courses, he taught in the program from 2000 to 2010. He presently teaches in the Master of Arts degree program, another innovative alternative certification degree route in teacher training. In 2006, he tried his hand at state politics and ran unsuccessfully for the Kansas State Board of Education. 

Active nationally, Dr. Runyan was invited to present at numerous national and international conferences in America, Canada, and Russia over the past thirty years. As noted below, he appeared before such national groups as the Association of Teacher Educators, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, International Mentoring Association, National Middle School Association, The National Council of States, the Midwest Educational Research Association and the Eastern Educational Research Association. He is also a popular regional presenter with numerous state or local presentations to his credit. Regionally, he appeared before the Kansas Effective Schools Conference, Missouri Principals Association, Kansas United School Administrators , Kansas Association of Teacher Educators , Kansas Association of School Boards , and numerous school districts. In addition, he was selected into 2004 Marquis Who’s Who in America and later in 2006 into Who's Who Among America's Teachers.

Dr. Runyan is also involved with the community. He served as the past-president of Pittsburg’s USD #250 Board of Education, serving from 1995 to 1999, member and chairman of the board for the Kansas Teachers Credit Union from 1999 to 2016, and board president of Crestwood Country Club from 2006 to 2008. As for his family, Dr. Runyan is most proud of his three grown children, Keith, Scott, and Jaime. His wife, Linda, was his college sweetheart and is a retired National Board Certified elementary teacher. She was also West Virginia’s 1989 Elementary Educator of the Year and a 2000 State Teacher of the Year semi-finalist in Kansas.

'''Representative Publications and Presentations '''

Books and Manuscripts:

Runyan, Charles. (2020). The Educator's Book of Secrets: 164 Truths of Masterful Teaching. 5th Ed. eBook Edition. Retrieved from https://theeducatorsbookofsecrets.weebly.com

Runyan, Charles. (2006). Restructuring the American School. Pittsburg, KS: Pittsburg State Printing Services, 2006. Book manuscript presented at Vladimir State Pedagogical University, June 1, 2006, Vladimir, Russia.

Runyan, Charles. (1991). Developmental Induction Programs with the Mentor Concept. Sanders Garretson, SD: Printing.

Runyan, Charles. (1988). The Beginning Teacher's Personality Needs and the Perceived School Climate in West Virginia. (Doctoral Dissertation). West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.

National Articles, Papers, and Presentations:

Runyan, Charles & Fehrenbach, C. & McDougle, K. & Sells, P. & Willard, R. (2014). Determining and Measuring Self-Efficiency During the Student Teaching Semester. The Advocate,

Runyan, Charles & Fehrenbach, C. & McDougle, K. & Sells, P. & Willard, R. (2014). Learning Across A Lifetime of Learning: Stages of Teacher Development. The Adocate, 22(2), 22-32.(

Runyan, Charles. (2013). Mentoring for New-Hire Success in Any Profession. Research in Higher Education Journal19, ERIC EJ1064631. Retrieved from https://eric.ed.gov/?q=charles+Runyan&ft=on&id=EJ1064631,

Runyan, Charles, & Scott, S. & Cegelis, L. & Sparks, R. (2006, February). Building Strong Teacher Education Programs, A presentation at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, February 2, 2006, San Diego, California.

Willard, Ray $ Runyan, K. & Sparks, R. (2009, February). Empowering Pre-Service to Formatively Assess the whole Child. A presentation made at the Association of Teacher Educators Annual Conference, February 17, 2009.

Runyan, Charles, & Sparks, R. & Dishman-Hurst, M. &Dexter, R. (2008, April). International Mentoring Association, Las Vegas, NV, April 24, 2008.

Willard, Ray, & Runyan, C. & Sparks, R. (2008, February). Achieving Differentiated Instruction Through the Teacher Work Sample. A presentation made at the Association of Teacher Educators, New Orleans, Lousiana, February 25, 2008.

Runyan, Charles. (2006, June). Restructuring the American School. A book manuscript presented at Vladimir State Pedagogical University, Vladimir, Russia, June 5, 2006.

Runyan, Charles. (2005, March). Issues in American Education. A presented made at Vladimir State Pedagogical University, Vladimir, Russia, March 24, 2005.

Runyan, Charles. & Sparks, R., & Province, P. & York, Y.& Wendt, M. (2003). Fitting the Pieces of the Mentoring Puzzle Together: Using Both classroom and Retired Teachers as Mentors. A paper presented at the International Mentoring Association's Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, April 10-12, 2003. Published in In Diversity in Mentoring: Full-Text Proceedings. Western Michigan University: Kalamazoo, Michigan. (pp. 279-289).

Runyan, Charles & Sparks, R. & Moore, E. Mentoring Beginning Teachers Through Stages. (2000). A paper presented at the International Mentoring Association's Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 30, 2000. Published in In Diversity in Mentoring: Full-Text Proceedings. Western Michigan University: Kalamazoo, Michigan. (pp. 239-251).

Runyan, Charles & Sparks, R. & Sagehorn, A. (2000). A Journey of Change: Redefining and Assessing a Multifaceted Teacher Training Program. A paper presented to the Association of Teacher Educators, Ottawa, Canada, August 2000. Eric ED446052 Retrieved from https://eric.ed.gov/?q=charles+Runyan&ft=on&id=ED446052

Runyan, Charles & Sparks, R. (1999, October). What Should Caring, Competent, and Committed Teacher Candidates Be Able To Do. A paper presented to the Mid-Western Education Research Association Conference, October 13-16, 1999, Chicago, Il.

Runyan, Charles & Sagehorn, A. (1999, October). Differences in Needs in Different Teaching Situations. A paper presented to the Mid-Western Education Research Association Conference, October 13-16, 1999, Chicago, Il.

Runyan, Charles. (1999). Mentoring Aim and Assess. Midwesterner Educational Researcher. 12(4). pages 14-17.Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED433169.pdf

Runyan, Charles & Sparks, R. (1999). Establishing a Foundation for Powerful Teacher Training. A paper presented at the Summer Conference of the Association of Teacher Educators, San Antonio, TX, August 7-11, 1999. ERIC ED433311.

Runyan, Charles & White, V. & Faribi, J. & Hazel, L. & Hedges, D. (1998, February). A Seamless System of Professional Development from Preservice to Tenured Teaching. A paper presented at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, February 25-28, 1998, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Runyan, Charles & McDougle, K. & Sparks, R. (1998, February). Continuous Teacher Development Through Partnerships. A paper presented at the Association of Teacher Educator's Annual Conference, February 13-17, 1998, Dallas, Texas.

Runyan, Charles & Lipka, R, & Hurford, D. & Sparks, R. (1997, October). Developmental Stages of Development: Moving Through Establishing Structures to the Art of Teaching. A paper presented at the Mid-Western Educational Association' Annual Conference, October 15-18, 1997, Chicago, Il.

Runyan, Charles & McDougle, K. & Jergensen, M. (1997, August) Being A Proactive Professional, A paper presented at the Association of Teacher Educators Summer Conference, August 2-6, 1997, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Runyan, Charles & White, V. & Hazel, L. & Hedges, D. (1997). Kansas Beginning Teacher Development Through Mentoring. A paper presented at the International Mentoring Association's Annual Conference, Tempe, Arizona, April 3-5, 1997. Published in In Diversity in Mentoring: Full-Text Proceedings. Western Michigan University: Kalamazoo, Michigan. (pp. 219-228).

Runyan, Charles. & Sparks, R. & McDougle, K. & Adams, S. (1997, February). Identification of Preservice and Early Career Teacher Development Stages. A paper presented at the Association of Teacher Educators Annual Conference, February 15-19, 1997, Washington, DC.

Runyan, Charles. (1992, November). Making Sense of Reform: Maxims of the 21st Century Schools. A presentation made and recorded on cassette to the National Council of States 17th Annual Conference, November 20-24,1992, San Diego, California.

Runyan, Charles. (1992, Spring). Roles to Focus: Mentoring and the Use of Coaching. Journal of the Kansas Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development. 9(3), pages 26-31.

Runyan, Charles (Ed). (1992). ''Beginning Teacher Induction. Journal of the Kansas Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development''. 9(9), 46 pages.

Runyan, Charles. (1991, November). Empowering Beginning Teachers Through Developmental Induction. A presentation made at the National Council of States 16th Annual Conference, November 22-26, 1991, Houston, Texas.

Runyan, Charles & Allen, B. & Zismer, J. (1991). Grassroots Induction Programs: Fashioning Local Developmental Induction. A paper presented at the International Mentoring Association's Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, 1991. Published in In Diversity in Mentoring: Full-Text Proceedings. Western Michigan University: Kalamazoo, Michigan. (pp. 14-27).

Runyan, Charles. (1990). No More Isolated Cinderellas at the Swimming Hole: A Call for Needs-Based Developmental Induction. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the National Council of States on Inservice Education, 15th, Orlando, FL, November 16-20, 1990, ERIC ED327535. Retrieved from https://eric.ed.gov/?q=charles+Runyan&ft=on&id=ED327535

Runyan, Charles. (1990). Developmental Mentoring: A Growth-Oriented Program That Supports Beginning Teacher Needs. A paper presented at the International Mentoring Association's Annual Conference, Troy, Michigan, May 18-19, 1990. Published in In Diversity in Mentoring: Full-Text Proceedings. Western Michigan University: Kalamazoo, Michigan. (pp. 191-208).

Runyan, Charles. (1990). The Beginning Teacher's Personality Needs and the Perceived School Climate in West Virginia. Paper presented at the Eastern Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Tampa, FL, Feb. 17, 1990. ERIC31755, 36 pages. Retrieved from https://eric.ed.gov/?q=charles+Runyan&ft=on&id=ED317555.