Dr. Jon S. Turner
Department
School-Spec Ed Ledrshp Prof Studies
Role: Faculty
Campus: Springfield
Postal mail
Missouri State University
School-Spec Ed Ledrshp Prof Studies
901 S. National Ave.
Springfield,
MO
65897
Details
Education
- EdD, 2006, University of Missouri
- MS, Education, 1997, Missouri State University
- BS, Education, 1988, Missouri Southern State University
Teaching
- EAD 787 Administration of Special Programs
- EAD 858 School Personnel
- EAD 862 Superintendency
- EAD 882 Internship for Superintendency
- EAD 850 Politics of Education
- EAD 867 School Plant Planning & Maintenance
- SEC 302 General Methods of Instruction in Middle and Secondary Schools
Professional experience
Selected publications
- Turner, J., & Uribe-Zarain, X. (2024). The Impact of a 4-Day School Week on Teacher Recruitment: A Case Study of a Large Urban School District. PRiME Center. St. Louis University. https://www.primecenter.org/education-reports-database/4dsw-case-study
- Three Midwest Rural School Districts’ First Year Transition to the Four Day School Week: Parents’ Perspectives, The Rural Educator (The Journal of the National Rural Education Association), February, 2019, p. 1-15. https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/ruraleducator/vol40/iss1/1/
- The Economics of the Four-Day School Week: Community and Business Leaders’ Perspectives, Journal of Applied Economics and Finance, March, 2018, p. 168-174. https://redfame.com/journal/index.php/aef/article/view/2947
- Four-day-a-week Districts Continue to Grow in Missouri, School and Community, Winter, 2018, p. 10-13. http://www.ourdigitalmags.com/publication/?m=&l=1&i=465974&p=11&ver=html5
- Staff Perspectives of the Four-Day School Week: A New Analysis of Compressed School Schedules, Journal of Education and Training Studies, January, 2018, p. 52-62. https://redfame.com/journal/index.php/jets/article/view/2769
- Research Website-Four-Day School Week Resource Center https://sites.google.com/view/four-day-school-week-resources/home
Research and professional interests
- The four-day school week
- School and school board leadership
- Rural school leadership
- Pathways for para-educators into teaching