Carlton J. Fitzgerald

Carlton Fitzgerald graduated from Bates College in 1971 with a BA in sociology. After graduation, he was offered a job in his old junior high school to work with a team of teachers for 90 “drop back in” students (i.e., go back to school or go to jail). He also began taking coursework toward teacher certification. He worked in Maine for 10 years as a teacher mainly for students who struggled with school. In 1983, he moved to NH and became an assistant principal for a middle school and an elementary school. For the next 24 years, he worked in that district as an elementary principal, middle school principal, and a high school principal. In all of those years, his work centered around the idea that every student should have an equal chance for a great education. In 2007, he began full-time work at New England College, where he served as an Associate Professor and as an Associate Dean of Education. In 2013, he married his wife, who is a Romanian, and he changed his job at the college to become an Associate Visiting Professor of Education. He now travels back and forth between America and Romania each month. That move has given him the opportunity to work and learn online with undergraduate and graduate students.

Publications

The New Normal: Adult Online Learners
The New Normal: Adult Online Learners
Simona Laurian-Fitzgerald, Carlton J. Fitzgerald, Carmen Alina Popa, Laura Bochis. © 2021. 33 pages.
Adult learners are different from younger learners. Many have taken Knowles' ideas to work with adult learners as if they all are the same. Knowles described adult learners...
Handbook of Research on Student-Centered Strategies in Online Adult Learning Environments
Handbook of Research on Student-Centered Strategies in Online Adult Learning Environments
Carlton J. Fitzgerald, Simona Laurian-Fitzgerald, Carmen Popa. © 2018. 554 pages.
As traditional classroom settings are transitioning to online environments, teachers now face the challenge of using this medium to promote effective learning strategies...
The New Normal: Adult Online Learners
The New Normal: Adult Online Learners
Simona Laurian-Fitzgerald, Carlton J. Fitzgerald, Carmen Alina Popa, Laura Bochis. © 2018. 32 pages.
Adult learners are different from younger learners. Many have taken Knowles' ideas to work with adult learners as if they all are the same. Knowles described adult learners...
Cooperative Learning and Student Mentors in a Hybrid Teacher Preparation Program
Cooperative Learning and Student Mentors in a Hybrid Teacher Preparation Program
Carmen Alina Popa, Laura Nicoleta Bochis, Simona Laurian-Fitzgerald, Carlton J. Fitzgerald. © 2018. 20 pages.
In this chapter, professors employed cooperative learning techniques that included assigned student mentors to assist students in their learning, assignments, and final project....
Case Study of a Hybrid Undergraduate Elementary Certification Program
Case Study of a Hybrid Undergraduate Elementary Certification Program
Carmen Popa, Simona Laurian, Laura Bochis, Carlton J. Fitzgerald, Delia Birle, Elena Bonchis. © 2015. 21 pages.
The goal of this study was to assist instructors and leadership of a hybrid weekend pre-service teacher education program at the University of Oradea to improve their...
Case Study of a Hybrid Undergraduate Elementary Certification Program
Case Study of a Hybrid Undergraduate Elementary Certification Program
Carmen Popa, Simona Laurian, Laura Bochis, Carlton J. Fitzgerald, Delia Birle, Elena Bonchis. © 2015. 20 pages.
The goal of this study was to assist instructors and leadership of a hybrid weekend pre-service teacher education program at the University of Oradea to improve their...