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Valerie Storey, PhD, M.ED

Adjunct Faculty and Doctoral Faculty Advisor

valerie.storey@franklin.edu

Profile

For more than 48 years, Dr. Valerie A. Storey has worked in the field of education reform both in England and the United States. She is a researcher, coach, teacher, writer, and speaker with expertise in leadership development, values-based decision-making, and graduate program design. Dr. Storey has keynoted major conferences in the US and UK. Most recently, she is the lead editor of Improving Higher Education Models Through International Comparative Analysis (2023) and Preparing Physicians to Lead in the 21st Century (2018). Further, she has authored over 55 publications in leadership, education reform, AI, values-based decision-making, and graduate program design. She has had research publications appear in national and international peer-reviewed journals, including Educational Administration Quarterly, National Council for Professors of Educational Administration Publications, The School Administrator, Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, National Society for the Study of Education, 2009 Yearbook, International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning, Values and Ethics in Educational Administration, and International Journal of Behavioral and Healthcare Research. Her research has been referenced internationally and has contributed to developing Dissertations in Practice design for professional practice doctorates. In addition to her work in the U.S., Dr. Storey regularly conducts research with members of the U.K. Graduate Council. She is a past President of the Florida Association of Professors of Educational Leadership (FAPEL), Chair of the American Educational Research Association, Division A, Educational Leadership Dissertation Award Committee, and Chair of the Faculty Council in the College of Education and Human Performance, UCF. In public schools, Dr. Storey has served as an administrator at the school and district levels. Her plethora of experience influences the practical application of school leadership in theory and practice and adds to the clinical constructs infused into university programs. She has led and developed PhD, EdD, and MEd programs in higher education. She has chaired PhD and EdD dissertation committees, been an Institutional Review Board (IRB) institutional official (IO), and twice received the Teacher of the Year Award. Dr. Storey is co-editor of Contemporary Approaches to Dissertation Development and Research Methods, which takes up perhaps the most central problem in graduate education in departments of school leadership today, i.e., the connection between research and practice domains of the profession—and by extension, the linkages between the research and development and the policy domains of the profession. Dr. Storey received her undergraduate degree from Leeds University (UK), her master's from Manchester University (UK), graduate diplomas from Manchester Metropolitan University (UK), and her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, Policy, and Organizations from Peabody College, Vanderbilt University (USA).

Education

2005
Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee)
Doctor of Philosophy, Leadership & Policy Studies
1993
The University of Manchester (United Kingdom)
Master of Education, Education
1975
University of Leeds
Bachelor of Education, Education

Certifications

2000
National Professional Qualification for Headship, Department for Education and Employment

Work Experience

2019 - Present
Franklin University, Adjunct Faculty & Doctoral Faculty Advisor
2015 - 2018
University of Central Florida, Program Coordinator, Elementary Education, LifeLong Learning Track, Orlando, Florida
2012 - 2015
University of Central Florida, Director, Education Program & Executive EdD. Educational Leadership Track Professional Practice Doctorate, Orlando, Florida
2006 - 2012
Lynn University, Director, Education Program & Executive EdD. Educational Leadership, Boca Raton, Florida
2005 - 2005
Vanderbilt University, Consultant for Policy Research, Nashvillee, Tennessee
2004 - 2005
Vanderbilt University, Graduate Research Assistant, Nashville, Tennessee

Publications & Presentations

Storey, V., & Beeman, T. (2023). Improving higher education models through international comparative analysis. IGI Global. IGI Global.
Storey, V., & Beeman, T. (2023). Balancing the scales: Leveraging the silent voice of adjunct faculty. IGI Global. IGI Global.
Storey, V., & Fowler, D. (2022). An international perspective on principal preparation programs: Unique components in England and the United States. . Information Age Publishing.
Storey, V. (2022). School leadership preparation and development in an era of privatization: England and the United States. Equity and access: an analysis of educational leadership preparation, policy, and practice. Information Age Publishing.
Storey, V. (2022). Developing the interdisciplinary leader: A wholistic leadership approach. On leadership: An interdisciplinary approach. Information Age Publishing.
Storey, V. (2021, Aug. 06). Theoretical analysis of school leadership development in an era of privatization: United States and England. International Council of Educational Leadership (ICPEL), Virtual Conference.
Storey, V., & Fowler, D. (2021, Aug. 06). Leading EdD programs: learnings, and reflections. International Council of Educational Leadership (ICPEL).
Storey, V. (2021, Aug. 05). Theoretical analysis of school leadership development in an era of privatization: United States and England. International Council of Educational Leadership (ICPEL).
Storey, V., & Fletcher, R. (2021, Aug. 04). Developing scholar activists: the impact of a professional practice doctorate on doctoral graduate candidates and their practice. International Council of Educational Leadership (ICPEL).
Storey, V. (2019). School type diversification in England and the United States of America: Implications for school leader preparation programs. Information Age Publishing. http://Storey, V. A. (Ed.). (2019). School type diversification in England and the United States of America: Implications for school leader preparation programs. Information Age Publishing
Storey, V. (2019). The impact of context: A comparative analysis of school leader preparation in England and the USA. School type diversification in England and the United States of America: Implications for school leader preparation programs. Information Age Publishing. http://Storey, V. A. (2019). The impact of context: A comparative analysis of school leader preparation in England and the USA. In V. A. Storey (Ed.), School type diversification in England and the United States of America: Implications for school leader preparation programs. Information Age Publishing
Storey, V. (2019). Examining the Tension Between Localized Bespoke Partnership Educator Administrator Preparation Programs and Centralized Administrator Credentialing. Who Controls the Preparation of Education Administrators?. Information Age Publishing. http://Storey, V. A. (2019). Examining the tension between localized bespoke partnership educator administrator preparation programs and centralized administrator credentialing. In A. Danzig & W. Black (Eds.), Who controls the preparation of education administrators? in the series Research & Theory in Educational Administration. Information Age Publishing
Storey, V. (2018). Preparing physicians to lead in the 21st century. IGI Global.
Storey, V. (2018). Alternative dissertation models: The development of modern capstone design. Methodologies for practice research: Approaches for professional doctorates (pp. 280). Sage. http://Storey, V. A. (2019). Alternative dissertation models: The development of modern capstone design. In C. Costley & J. Fulton (Eds.), Methodologies for practice research: Approaches for professional doctorates. Sage
Storey, V., & Fowler, D. (2017, Dec. 31). From the ground up: Creating an ICPEL state affiliate and journal. International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership in San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Storey, V. (2017). Exploring the impact of the dissertation in practice. Information Age Publishing.
Storey, V. (2016). Contemporary approaches to dissertation development and research methods. IGI Global.

Professional Service

2018
Committee Member
Division A - Administration/Division A - Section 1: Leadership (AERA)
End Date: 2019
2016
Officer, President/Elect/Past
Florida Association of Professors of Educational Leadership
(127) End Date: 2020

Memberships

2010
CPED
Adding on, Valerie was also involved in the Dissertation, Publication Committee in CPED.
1992
The College of Preceptors
1978
The College of Preceptors