The Department of Teaching and Learning
Lee Alvoid, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer
Lee Avoid was an educator in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch I.S.D. for thirty-two years prior to her retirement in 2001. She held positions as a middle school teacher, curriculum consultant, middle and high school assistant principal, and middle and high school principal. Public school career highlights include election to the presidency of the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals as the first female officer. During her year as president of the association in 1995, she assisted legislators with the total rewriting of the Texas Education Code. As principal of Newman Smith High School, she led a school reform movement that resulted in three awards from the United States Department of Education in 1998. Those awards included: The Blue Ribbon School of Excellence designation, an award for Special Emphasis in the Arts, and designation as a New American High School. As a New American High School, Newman Smith served as a demonstration school for the U.S.D.E., assisting high schools interested in student-centered reform.
Dr. Alvoid began teaching in the Center for Teacher Education at Southern Methodist University as an adjunct in spring 2001. She was appointed to a Lecturer position for the Fall Semester 2003 and appointed as a Senior Lecturer in AY 2005-06. She teaches classes for Early Childhood - Grade 4 certification and Grades 5-12 certification as well as graduate classes for the Gifted and Talented Endorsement.
Dr. Alvoid’s research interests are in the design of quality assessment instruments to measure both student achievement and secondary literacy development. She currently serves as a consultant to related projects at Creekview High School in Carrollton-Farmers Branch I.S.D., West High School in West, Texas, and Highland Park Middle School in Highland Park I.S.D. She also serves as a consultant to the Lovejoy I.S.D. on the district project to design the curriculum and facility for their first high school.
Dr. Alvoid’s degrees include a B.A. in History and English from U.T. Austin (1969), an M.Ed. from Southern Methodist University in Secondary Education (1973), and a Ph.D. from Texas Women’s University in Reading and Educational Leadership (1983).
Consulting Work
Since 2000: External evaluator and consultant to the Creekview High School (CFBISD) Comprehensive School Reform Grant that focuses on the design of quality assessment tools. Will collect final data in spring 2005 and author a research monograph and practitioner text concerning the findings of the grant.
Since 2001: Assists Lovejoy Independent School District with the development of the middle school and high school curriculums and with the architectural design of the new high school and middle school.
Fall 2004: Develops a presentation for Highland Park High School on teacher-made assessments for a staff-development program in January 2005.
Fall 2004: Develops a pilot section of the EC-4 Conventional Literacy class to be taught at Rosemont Elementary in Oak Cliff in the spring of 2005.