Associate Professor
Pursuing a career in aircraft maintenance, everything changed for Richard the day a school counselor came to visit the hangar. Looking for volunteers to spend their lunch hour mentoring students at the nearby elementary school, the school counselor invited Richard to spend just one lunch a week at the school. Richard was hooked.
After completing his Masters in School Counseling, Richard joined the Everett Public Schools District as a full-time school counselor and became involved with planning and coordinating district-wide initiatives, leading school counselor in-service trainings, and serving with the district’s crisis response team. In 2008 Richard was awarded the Washington School Counselor Association’s (WSCA) School Counselor of the Year Award. In 2009 Richard was elected President-Elect of WSCA.
In 2010, Richard left the public school arena serving as an adjunct instructor in the School of Education at Seattle Pacific University while pursuing his doctoral degree. During 2011 and 2012, Richard served as Interim Accreditation & Assessment Assistant facilitating state/national accreditations and the School of Education’s overarching assessment system. In December of 2013 Richard successfully defended his dissertation, “Psychometric Reanalysis of Happiness, Temperament, and Spirituality Scales with Children in Faith-Based Elementary Schools.”
Richard currently serves with the faculty at Georgia Southern University as Assistant Professor and School Counseling Program Coordinator for the MEd & EdS Counselor Education programs in the Department of Leadership, Technology & Human Development, College of Education.
Richard’s presentations have included school counselor in-service trainings in various districts, workshop sessions at state, national and international levels, invited speaker for King5 Television’s series Thrive by Five: Learning for Life, radio interview on KUOW’s The Conversation, and keynote speeches at educational events. Richard had the honor of addressing school counselors from around the country in Boston, Massachusetts at the American School Counselor Association’s 2010 National Conference, introducing Dr. Norm Gysbers – legendary pioneer in the field of school counseling.
Richard has written for various publications including Counselors’ for Social Justice The Activist, The Journal of Research on Christian Education, Counseling and Spirituality, American School Counselor Association School Counselor, as well as Washington School Counselor Association Insights.
Richard’s professional interests include school counseling/technology infusion; assessment, accreditation and standards-alignment; data-driven comprehensive school counseling; professional school counselors as leaders; student spirituality; group counseling dynamics; and working with students with emotional behavioral disorders.
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About Richard E. Cleveland
Pursuing a career in aircraft maintenance, everything changed for Richard the day a school counselor came to visit the hangar. Looking for volunteers to spend their lunch hour mentoring students at the nearby elementary school, the school counselor invited Richard to spend just one lunch a week at the school. Richard was hooked.
After completing his Masters in School Counseling, Richard joined the Everett Public Schools District as a full-time school counselor and became involved with planning and coordinating district-wide initiatives, leading school counselor in-service trainings, and serving with the district’s crisis response team. In 2008 Richard was awarded the Washington School Counselor Association’s (WSCA) School Counselor of the Year Award. In 2009 Richard was elected President-Elect of WSCA.
In 2010, Richard left the public school arena serving as an adjunct instructor in the School of Education at Seattle Pacific University while pursuing his doctoral degree. During 2011 and 2012, Richard served as Interim Accreditation & Assessment Assistant facilitating state/national accreditations and the School of Education’s overarching assessment system. In December of 2013 Richard successfully defended his dissertation, “Psychometric Reanalysis of Happiness, Temperament, and Spirituality Scales with Children in Faith-Based Elementary Schools.”
Richard currently serves with the faculty at Georgia Southern University as Assistant Professor and School Counseling Program Coordinator for the MEd & EdS Counselor Education programs in the Department of Leadership, Technology & Human Development, College of Education.
Richard’s presentations have included school counselor in-service trainings in various districts, workshop sessions at state, national and international levels, invited speaker for King5 Television’s series Thrive by Five: Learning for Life, radio interview on KUOW’s The Conversation, and keynote speeches at educational events. Richard had the honor of addressing school counselors from around the country in Boston, Massachusetts at the American School Counselor Association’s 2010 National Conference, introducing Dr. Norm Gysbers – legendary pioneer in the field of school counseling.
Richard has written for various publications including Counselors’ for Social Justice The Activist, The Journal of Research on Christian Education, Counseling and Spirituality, American School Counselor Association School Counselor, as well as Washington School Counselor Association Insights.
Richard’s professional interests include school counseling/technology infusion; assessment, accreditation and standards-alignment; data-driven comprehensive school counseling; professional school counselors as leaders; student spirituality; group counseling dynamics; and working with students with emotional behavioral disorders.
| Present | Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Leadership, Technology, and Human Development | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2019 | 2018-2019 Spring Travel Award Competition |
| Faculty Development Committee, Center for Teaching and Technology, Georgia Southern University | |
| $3,200 | |
| 2019 | Mindfulness & Solitude |
| Research Committee, College of Education, Georgia Southern University | |
| 2019 Seed Grant Award | |
| $1,938 | |
| 2017 | 2016-2017 Spring Travel Award Competition |
| Faculty Development Committee, Center for Teaching and Technology, Georgia Southern University | |
| $1,500 | |
| 2017 | Mindfulness-Based Tactical Instruction (MBTI) |
| Research Committee, College of Education, Georgia Southern University | |
| 2017 Seed Grant Award | |
| $3,770 | |
| 2015 | Reflection2.0: Student Mini-Blogging to Enhance Reflection |
| SoTL, Centers for Teaching & Technology, Georgia Southern University | |
| $3,000 | |
| 2015 | Savannah-Chatham County Public School System School Counselor Professional Development Project |
| College of Education Partnership Council, Georgia Southern University | |
| $1,530 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2020 - Present | Co-Chair, College of Education Accreditation & Assessment Committee, GSU | 2018 - Present | Editorial Board Member, International Journal for Scholarship of Teaching & Learning | 2016 - Present | Mentor, Georgia Southern University SoTL Fellows Program | 2016 - Present | Member, Georgia Southern University SoTL Leadership Team | 2016 - Present | Manuscript Reviewer, Professional School Counselor, American School Counselor Association | 2014 - Present | Member, College of Education Accreditation & Assessment Committee, GSU | 2014 - Present | Member, Georgia School Counselor Association | 2014 - Present | Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of School Counseling | 2014 - Present | Program Coordinator, School Counseling Concentration | 2005 - Present | Member, American School Counselor Association | 2019 - 2020 | Chair, Counselor Education Faculty Search Committee | 2018 - 2019 | Co-Chair, Counselor Education Faculty Search Committee | 2016 - 2019 | Alternate, Georgia Southern University Faculty Senate | 2016 | Session Chair/Moderator, Panel discussion at 2016 SoTL Commons Conference, Savannah, Georgia | 2015 | Reviewer, 2015 Savannah Chatham County Public School System Counselor of the Year | 2014 - 2015 | Member, Counselor Education Faculty Search Committee | 2014 - 2015 | Report Preparation, SACS, School Counseling Concentration | 2014 | Proposal Reviewer, 26th Annual National At-Risk Youth Conference |
Honors and Awards
- Recipient, Elementary School Counselor of the Year, Washington School Counselor Association (2008)
- Recipient, Outstanding Educator Award, Woodside Elementary PTA (2009)
- Recipient, Outstanding Past President Award, Washington School Counselor Association (2012)
- SoTL Research Fellow, Centers for Teaching and Technology, Georgia Southern University (2015)
- Recipient, Award of Excellence for Academic Assessment Program Report, Georgia Southern University (2016)
- Nominee, Jack Miller Service Award, Georgia Southern University (2018)
- Nominee, Jack Miller Service Award, Georgia Southern University (2020)
Courses
- History of American Education & Applications of Educational Psychology (EDU 2200)
- School Counseling Internship & Intern Supervision (EDCO 6940)
- Individual Counseling Practicum I (EDCO 6930)
- Individual Counseling Practicum II (EDCO 6931)
- Introduction to School Counseling (EDCO 6670)
- Introduction to Systems Theory (EDCO 6600)
- Human Development & Principles of Learning School Counseling Focus (EDU 6655)
- Designing & Implementing Data-Based Interventions in Schools EdS Level (COUN 8590)
- Collaboration in Schools & Communities (COUN 8590)
- Counseling Skills (COUN 7333)
- Family Counseling (COUN 7233)
- Group Dynamics (COUN 7334)
- Career Counseling (COUN 7336)
- Lifespan Development (COUN 7338)
- School Counseling Program Coordination & Curriculum (COUN 7437)
- Ethics & Foundations of School Counseling (COUN 7445)
- Leadership, Consultation & Intervention in the School (COUN 7448)
- Family/School/Community Collaboration (COUN 7449)
- Counseling Practicum (COUN 7737)
- Advocacy & Systemic Change in Diverse Societies (COUN 8536)
| 2013 | Ph.D. in Counselor Education, Seattle Pacific University | |
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| 2005 | M.Ed. in School Counseling, Seattle Pacific University | |
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| 1999 | B.A. in Mathematics, Seattle Pacific University | |
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Contact Information
P.O. Box 8131
Statesboro, GA 30460
Phone: (912) 478-8022
Office: COE - Room 2115
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