Curriculum Vitae.

• Cross-sector leadership: Builds durable relationships among universities, school systems, state and national organizations, community partners, and workforce stakeholders.
• State and system perspective: Designed and facilitated a PASSHE-wide summit on Pennsylvania’s teacher workforce and served on teacher apprenticeship initiatives in Pennsylvania and Florida.
• Policy and standards: Contributes national research guidance, professional standards, and continuous-improvement frameworks that translate evidence into action.
• Access, enrollment, and workforce pathways: Leads dual enrollment, early college, educator pipeline, and district-university strategies designed to reduce barriers and meet workforce needs.
• Executive communication: Nearly 100 publications, five books, more than 200 presentations, national leadership roles, keynote addresses, and invited international presentations.
• Resource development and stewardship: Led three selected federal and state awards totaling more than $8.7 million as principal investigator, supporting educator pipelines and dual credit.

• 2023–2026: Chair, Policy, Advocacy, and External Relations Committee — National Association for School-University Partnerships.
• 2020–2023: President-Elect, President, and Past-President — National Association for Professional Development Schools.
• 2017–Present: Co-Chair, Task Force on Clinical Experience Standards — Association of Teacher Educators.
• 2021–2026: Task Force on Teacher Educator Standards — Association of Teacher Educators.
• 2019–Present: Nine Essentials Revision Committee — National Association for Professional Development Schools.
• 2017–2026: Leadership Liaison, National Coalition of Educators — Represented partnership-focused organizations in national cross-association collaboration.
• 2017–2018: President — Council of Professors of Instructional Supervision.
• 2013–2016: Chair, Professional Development School Research Special Interest Group — American Educational Research Association.

• A National Research Agenda for Professional Development Schools and Similar School-University Partnerships — American Educational Research Association policy statement, 2023.
• Association of Teacher Educators Clinical Experience Standards, 3rd edition, 2023.
• Progress Continuum for the Clinical Experience Standards: A Tool for Program Reflection, Self-Assessment, and Continuous Improvement, 2024.
• What It Means to Be a Professional Development School, 2nd edition: The Nine Essentials, 2021.
• Current service contributing to national standards for school-university partnerships and standards for teacher educators.

• 2021–2023: Advisory Board, University of Central Florida Center for Community Schools — Contributed to work connecting schools, universities, families, and community partners.
• 2021–2023: Cabinet Member, Ed White Community Partnership School — Supported executive-level community partnership school collaboration.
• 2020–2021: Chair, Mort Elementary Community Partnership School Cabinet — Led cabinet work in a long-term university-school-community partnership.
• 2019–2021: Executive Leadership Team, Mort Elementary Community Partnership School — Helped shape partnership strategy and integrated teacher leadership, professional learning, research, and community engagement.
• 2016–2021: Academic Liaison, Mort Elementary Community Partnership School — Connected university expertise, school priorities, community needs, and educator development.
• 2025–Present: Career Success Advisory Council, Northern Lehigh School District — Advises on career success and education-to-workforce connections.

• Nearly 100 publications, including five books, and more than 200 presentations in local, state, national, and international settings.
• National keynote addresses for the Association of Teacher Educators and National Association for Professional Development Schools; state and regional keynotes in Pennsylvania, Florida, Maryland, Texas, and North Carolina.
• Invited international presentations in Canada and The Bahamas.
• Experienced translator of research, evidence, and complex policy issues for practitioners, institutional leaders, policymakers, communities, and national organizations.
• Book-series editor, editorial-board member, section editor, and former associate editor for national scholarly publications.

Selected citations as listed in the October 2026 executive CV.

• Burns, R. W. (2024). Enhancing democracy through P-20 school-university partnerships in teacher education: Implications for educational leaders. Democracy and Education, 32(2), 1–11.
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• Rutten, L., Wolkenhauer, R., Tekavec, K., Burns, R. W., & Gallon, L. M. (2025). Understanding Professional Development Schools as P-20 partnerships: A systematic review. Review of Educational Research.
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• Burns, R. W., McIntyre, D. J., & Byrd, D. (2025). The importance of standards for clinical experiences: Promoting excellence in teacher preparation. Action in Teacher Education, 47(1), 3–19.
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• Burns, R. W., Curcio, R., Yendol-Hoppey, D., et al. (2023). Bridging the gaps in the system: Project PREP’s transformative approach to educator development. SRATE Journal, 32(2), 1–12.
• Jacobs, J., & Burns, R. W. (2021). (Re)Designing Programs: A Vision for Equity-Centered, Clinically Based Teacher Preparation. Information Age Publishing.
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• Glickman, C., & Burns, R. W. (2020). Leadership for Learning: How to Bring Out the Best in Every Teacher, 2nd edition. ASCD.
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• Book Series Editor, Cases in Clinically Based Teacher Education (2021–Present).
• Editorial Board, Journal of Teacher Education (2020–2026).
• Editorial Board and Section Editor, Handbook of Research on Teacher Education, 4th edition (2023–2026).
• Associate Editor, Journal of Practitioner Research (2015–2023).
• National Science Foundation grant reviewer (2019) and invited expert reviewer for the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Commission on Clinical Practice report (2017).
• Chair and member of university, college, department, and program committees involving executive searches, promotion and tenure, curriculum, community engagement, and faculty governance.