Program Leadership
Carolyn M. Evertson, Ph.D. , Professor of Education Emerita, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University and Director of COMP, is one of the world's leading experts on classroom management. She and her colleagues conducted the original studies on how teachers manage classrooms from the first day of school.
These and subsequent studies led to over 120 articles, chapters and books on classroom management and supporting students' social and academic learning, including two textbooks, Classroom Management for Elementary Teachers and Classroom Management for Middle and High School Teachers (both with Edmund Emmer) published in their 9th editions. Along with Carol S. Weinstein, she edited the Handbook of Classroom Management: Research, Practice and Contemporary Issues (2006) Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Dr. Evertson received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and baccalaureate degree in Elementary Education from the University of Texas, Austin. While at Peabody College, Vanderbilt, she directed several federally funded projects on classroom teaching and teacher education. Carolyn developed COMP: Creating Conditions for Learning, to assist teachers in effective classroom management and instruction. COMP is validated by the National Diffusion Network and is included in the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Models, administered by Northwest Regional Laboratory for the Department of Education.
PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Jennifer Kinseyjennifer.m.kinsey@vanderbilt.edu
(615) 322-0603
Nashville, TN
NATIONAL TRAINERS
Dr Kim Gulbrandsonother9983@yahoo.com
(414) 303-5441
Milwaukee, WI
Dr Barbara A Mullins
barbaramullins@hotmail.com
(434) 200-0197
Forest, VA
Dr Inge Poole
inge.r.poole@earthlink.net
(731) 225-5053
Pinson, TN
It is with deepest sympathy that we acknowledge, as this edition is preparing for print, the loss of one of COMP's fiercest champions, Dr. Elaine Jones. Elaine was one of the original contributing educators who helped roll out COMP's first edition in 1989, and every edition after that. Across 35 years, Elaine shared her expertise and experience both through the printed page and in facilitating COMP Workshops across the country. In that time, COMP reached the teaching lives of over 2 million educators and Elaine was a vital part of that. She brought with her a global perspective and a small-town welcome. She embodied the idea of a warm demander. And she will be greatly missed. This tenth edition is dedicated in Elaine's memory to all of the educators who will continue to benefit from her legacy.
Dr. Elaine Jones (left) presenting at COMP's Vanderbilt Training of Trainers, 2019.