Laura Bilbro-Berry, EdD

734 West Main Street

Washington, N. C. 27889

252-714-9470

tlberry@suddenlink.net

Education

East Carolina University, Doctorate in Educational Leadership, Higher Education Administration

Concentration, May 2013

East Carolina University, Master’s Degree in Adult Education, June 2000

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education, May 1992,

North Carolina Teaching Fellow

Employment History

November 2010 –Present – Assistant Director of Enrollment Management and Teacher Recruitment

– Office of Educator Preparation, East Carolina University

Manage the oversight of the campus wide recruitment plan to include coordination of

marketing projects, planning meetings, budget management, and reporting for the state.

Administer the State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) Partnership East degree

completion program to include data collection and analysis, reporting, budgeting,

employee supervision, course planning, and collaboration with community college and

school system partners.

Oversee criminal background check process for students and counsel students on related

licensure issues.

Gather and analyze pipeline and graduation data to inform departments and for the

purpose of state and federal reporting.

Assist the Director of Educator Preparation with curriculum and program related issues.

April 2013 – September 2014 – Interim Director – College of Education Academic Success Center,

East Carolina University

Directed the academic advising activities and support services for 1100 teacher education

students to include the supervision of four advisors, one administrative assistant and a

graduate assistant.

Collaborated with faculty and other offices across campus to ensure course offerings and

appropriate services to students.

Utilized multiple points of data for planning and monitoring purposes as well as

marketing programs to potential students.

Coordinated recruitment and orientation activities as well as facilitated special events

related to retention of current students.

Authored, revised, and monitored policies related to advising, recruitment and retention

and continually refined processes to maximize service to varied stakeholders.

Engaged in short term and long term planning utilizing survey data, academic data and

enrollment trends.

July 2009- November 2010– Lead Coordinator – State Employees’ Credit Union (formerly Wells

Fargo/Wachovia) Partnership East & Teacher Recruitment, East Carolina University

Managed operations of five community college hub sites to include monitoring

operational budgets, cohort selection, course planning, and additional administrative

duties for SECU Partnership East.

Facilitated the implementation of the Teacher Recruitment Plan to include coordination

of marketing projects, planning meetings, budget management, and reporting for the

state.

July 2009-March 2010 – Interim Lead Coordinator - Office of Professional Development and

Student Outreach, East Carolina University

Managed operations and activities of the Office of Professional Development and Student

Outreach to include administrative duties, coordination of professional development

activities, and student outreach events.

June 2006-July 2009 – Coordinator and Operations Manager - SECU Partnership East,

East Carolina University & Beaufort County Community College

Coordinated teacher recruitment and advisement.

Facilitated hub site activities at the Beaufort County Community College campus.

Served as a liaison between northeast region public school systems and the university.

Managed operations for five hub sites to include monitoring of budgets, cohort selection,

course planning and additional administrative operations.

August 2006-December 2009 – Adjunct Instructor - Beaufort County Community College

Provided on-line instruction for community college students enrolled in early childhood

education programs.

January 2010-May 2010 – Adjunct Instructor – Pitt Community College

Provided on-line instruction for community college students enrolled in elementary pre-

major programs.

July 2004 – June 2006 – Director of Federal Programs – Beaufort County Schools

Managed and directed programs that received federal funding under Title I, II, III, V and

the No Child Left Behind legislation.

Authored and evaluated federal grant applications, supervised program-related personnel,

managed a $6+ million budget, and worked with school administrators on federally

funded services.

Constructed system level reports and audit evaluations to meet compliance requirements

for federal funding agencies.

Directed Title I and state level pre-kindergarten programs to include compliance with

state level sanitation, safety and DHHS standards.

January 2002 –July 2004 – Curriculum/Staff Development Coordinator – Beaufort County Schools

Central Services, Washington, NC

Coordinated and conducted professional development for elementary teachers, facilitated

activities for school improvement, presented model lessons, and provided up-to-date

curricular information to elementary, science, social studies, and art educators.

2000-2001 – Educational Ambassador – North Carolina Teacher of the Year – Department of Public

Instruction, Raleigh NC

Designed and implemented professional development seminars, presented motivational

speeches, organized meetings and symposia, and served as a teacher advisor to numerous

education related boards including the North Carolina State Board of Education.

1995-2000 – Program Leader and Teacher – Tayloe Elementary, Washington, NC

1993-1994 – Second Grade Teacher – Tayloe Elementary, Washington, NC

1992-1993 – Fifth Grade Teacher – H.B. Sugg Elementary, Farmville, NC

University Service Activities

2011- 2013 – Staff Senator and By-Laws Committee Member, East Carolina University

2012- 2013 – By-Laws Committee Chairperson, ECU Staff Senate

2012-2014 – Chairperson, ECU Teaching Fellows Advisory Board

2009-Present – Chairperson, SECU Partnership East Advisory Board

2009-Present – Chairperson, SECU Partnership East Leadership Team

2009-Present – Chairperson, ECU Enrollment Management Advisory Board, College of Education

2009-Present – Chairperson, ECU Enrollment Management Planning Team, College of Education

2011, 2012, 2013, 2014- Chairperson, Search Committee, Academic Advising Center

Coordinator/Advisors/SPA, College of Education

2010, 2013, 2014 – Chairperson, Search Committee, SECU Partnership East Coordinators, College

of Education

2015 – Member, Search Committee, Instructional Technology Consultant, College of Education

2015, 2016 – Member, Search Committee, SECU Partnership East Coordinators, College of

Education

2012 – Member, Search Committee, Project STEPP Coordinator, College of Education

2009, 2015 – Member, Search Committee, Office of Professional Development and Student

Outreach Coordinator, College of Education

2006- Present – Member, Latham Clinical Schools Network, East Carolina University

Publications

Bilbro-Berry, L. & Bradley, K. (2016). Support and Retention in a 2+2 Online University Center

Teacher Education Program. 2016 AACTE Conference.

Bilbro-Berry, L. (2015). An Analysis of Persistence Factors of 2+2 University Center Teacher

Education Students. 2015 AACTE Conference.

Lys, D., Cuthrell, K., & Bilbro-Berry, L. C. (2013). Assessing the Continued Efficacy of a

University Center Teacher Preparation Model. 2013 AACTE Conference.

Bilbro-Berry, L. C. (2012). Qualitative Analysis of Student Experiences within a Virtual Delivery

2+2 Elementary Education Cohort. AACTE National Conference.

Bilbro-Berry, L. (2011). Qualitative Analysis of Student Experiences within a Virtual Delivery 2+2

Elementary Education Cohort. 2011 NC- ACTE Conference.

Lys, D. B., Bilbro-Berry, L. C., Covington, V. M., & Locklear, C. D. (2011). Four Years Later:

Reexamining the University Center Teacher Preparation Model. AACTE National Conference

Presentations of Refereed Papers

Bilbro-Berry, L. & Bradley, K. (201, February). Support and Retention in a 2+2 Online University

Center Teacher Education Program. 2016 AACTE Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Bilbro-Berry, L. (2015, February). An Analysis of Persistence Factors of 2+2 University Center

Teacher Education Students. 2015 AACTE Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

Lys, D., Cuthrell, K., & Bilbro-Berry, L. C. (2013, February). Assessing the Continued Efficacy of a

University Center Teacher Preparation Model. 2013 AACTE Conference, Orlando, Florida.

Bilbro-Berry, L. C. (2012, February). Qualitative Analysis of Student Experiences within a Virtual

Delivery 2+2 Elementary Education Cohort. 2012 AACTE National Conference, Chicago, Illinois.

Lys, D. B., Bilbro-Berry, L. C., Covington, V. M., & Locklear, C. D. (2011, February). Four Years

Later: Reexamining the University Center Teacher Preparation Model. AACTE National

Conference, San Diego, California.

Bilbro-Berry, L. (2011, September). Qualitative Analysis of Student Experiences within a Virtual

Delivery 2+2 Elementary Education Cohort. 2011 NC- ACTE Conference, Raleigh, North

Carolina.

Bilbro-Berry, L. C., Lys, D. B., Covington, V. M., & Locklear, C. D. (2010, September). Four Years

Later: Reexamining the University Center Teacher Preparation Model. NC- Association for

Colleges of Teacher Education (NCACTE), Raleigh, North Carolina.

Awards/Recognition

2012 – Scholarship Recipient, Linville Doctoral Fellowship, College of Education, ECU

2012 – Inductee, Kappa Delta Pi, Education Honor Society

2010; 2013; 2015 – Treasured Pirate, College of Education, January; December; August

2001 – Committee Appointee – Governor’s Teacher Advisory Committee

2000, 2001 – Order of the Long Leaf Pine Recipient presented by Governor Jim Hunt and Governor

Mike Easley

2000 – North Carolina Teacher of the Year, Northeast Region Teacher of the Year

2000 – Jay Robinson Leadership Award presented by the Public School Forum

2000 – Outstanding Young Alumna – UNC-CH School of Education

2000 – Educator Hall of Fame Inductee – East Carolina School of Education

2000 – Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Inductee – East Carolina University

1999 – Beaufort County Teacher of the Year, Tayloe Elementary Teacher of the Year

1999, 1997, 1995 - Bright Ideas of Tideland Electric Cooperative Grant Recipient

1999, 1998, 1997, 1996 – Partners in Education Grant Recipient

1999 – North Carolina Council for the Teachers of Mathematics Grant Recipient

1999 – Beaufort County Chamber of Commerce Grant Recipient

1998 – Beaufort County Outstanding Elementary Math Educator

Professional Organization Memberships

2015-Present – UNC GA Teach Now: North Carolina Committee Member

2007-Present – ECU Teacher Recruitment Initiative Team Member

2007- Present – UNC Teacher Recruiter Committee member

2004-2007 – N.C. Association of School Administrators Member

2003-2011 – UNC-CH School of Education Alumni Council Member

2003-2007 – Facilitative Leadership® Certified Trainer

2002-2004 – National Staff Development Council Member

2000-2004 – SERVE Southeast Region Teacher of the Year Advisory Committee Member

2000-2002 – Governor’s Teacher Advisory Council Member - Policy Issues Committee Chair

2000-2002 – North Carolina State Board of Education Member – Teacher Advisor

2000-2001 – North Carolina School Improvement Panel Member

2000-2001 – North Carolina Public School Forum Board Member – Teacher Advisor

2000-2001 – North Carolina Parents and Teachers Association Board Member – Teacher consultant

2000-2001 – SERVE NC Teacher Leadership Dialogue Forum Committee Member

2000-2001 – North Carolina Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Board

Member

2000-2001 – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education Alumni Association

Awards Committee Member

1998-2005 - International Reading Association Member

1996-1997 - Tayloe Elementary PTA Board – Teacher Representative

1996-2005 - North Carolina Council for the Teachers of Mathematics Member

1992-1993, 2000-2002 - NCAE/NEA Member

1991-1992 - NAEYC Member

Related Professional Development

2015, 2013, 2012, 2010,2008 – EPA Search Committee Training

2012 – Teacher Performance Assessment Certified Scorer Training

2012 – JMP Statistical Software Beginner and Intermediate Training

2011-2012 – TaskStream Electronic Portfolio Training

2012 – Starfish Early Warning System Training

2014, 2013, 2012- DegreeWorks Training

2011 – ePirate, UMIRB Training

2010 – TracDat Training

2010 – NVivo Qualitative Software Training

2010 – SPSS Statistical Software Training

2013, 2010 – University and Medical Institutional Review Board Training

2007 – Preventing Sexual Harassment Training

2007 - Preventing Employment Discrimination Training

2007 – ECU Banner Training

2007 – Sedona Training