UNC School of Education

Professor of Curriculum and Instruction

Coordinator of Curriculum and Instruction Program

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Professor and coordinator of the Curriculum and Instruction Doctoral Program, Barbara Day teaches doctoral courses in supervision and research in curriculum and instruction. She previously coordinated the programs of Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education and Teaching and Learning and was director of the Teaching Fellows Program from 1989-99. She is a former teacher, principal and assistant superintendent of schools. She has authored numerous textbooks, including Early Childhood Education: Developmental/Experiential Teaching & Learning, 4th ed. and Good Schools for Young Children, 5th ed.

An advocate for women, in July 2006, Day was elected president of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International for Key Women Educators. As 1994-96 president of Eta State, Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, she spearheaded a drive for a new Women’s Executive Leadership Training Program. She also edited the book Education in the 21st Century. Key Issues: Leadership, Literacy, Legislation and Learning in 1985.

Day also founded UNC-Chapel Hill’s chapter of the Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education and currently serves as counselor. She was president of the international Kappa Delta Pi Honor society from 1998-2000, and in 2005 the society created the Dr. Barbara Day Scholarship for Doctoral Students in Curriculum and Instruction in her honor. She also received a National Leadership Award in 2000 from the National Association of International Honor Societies. She edited the book, Teaching and Learning in the New Millennium in 2002.

Day served on two national organizations dedicated to improving education across the United States: She was a member of the Early Childhood Education Task Force of the National Association of State Boards of Education that produced the 1988 influential blueprint, Right From the Start;and she chaired a nationwide consortium of 13 school districts for the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development during her 1985 presidency.

A 1998 graduate of the Harvard Leadership Management Program, Day has won numerous professional awards and recognitions. She frequently serves as a keynote speaker for professional organizations, honor societies and curriculum study institutes in the United States and abroad.

• Ph.D. 1968 - University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
• M.Div. 2002 - Duke University
• M.Ed. 1962 - University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
• B.S. 1959 - East Carolina University

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• 2006, Elected president, Delta Kappa Gamma Society International for Key Women Educators
• 2006, Invited into membership, Laureate Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society
• 2005, Scholarship named in her honor for doctoral students in curriculum and instruction, Kappa Delta Pi
• 1987, Winner, CINE Golden Eagle Award for Media Publication

• National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, $15,000. (2002) "Listening to Teachers: What do they say they want and need to be successful?"

• Early Childhood Consortium, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development; chair, 1987-1992
• Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Honorary Society for Outstanding Women Educators; president of North Carolina Eta State, 1994-1996; international first vice president, 2002-2004; chair of the International Research Committee, 1992-1994; Nominee for International President, 2006-2008; member, 1987-present
• Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education; President, 1998-2000; member, 1993-present
• North Carolina Women’s Forum; Member 1994-present
• Phi Delta Kappa; member, 1996-present
• Professors of Curriculum, Factotum, 1996-1997
• Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development, President 1985-1986

• Founder and Faculty Advisor of the Pi Theta chapter of Kappa Delta Pi

Day, B.D., Dagenhart, D.B., O'Connor, K.A. and Petty, T.M. (2005). Giving Teachers a Voice. The Kappa Delta Pi Record, 41(3), 108-111.

Day, B.D. (Feb. 2006). A Pilgrimage to South Africa: Land of Pain and Hope. Cross Roads, 10-11.

Day, B.D. (May 2005). Gay Tensions, In Light of Scripture, Reason, and Tradition by Gray Temple, 2004, Church Publishing Co., Book Review, Cross Roads, , 4-6.

Day, B.D. (March 2005). The Keynote Address of Madeleine Albright: An Analysis. New York: The National Consortium of Endorsed Parishioners.

Day, B.D., ed. (2002). Teaching and Learning in the New Millennium. Indianapolis, IN: Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society.

Day, B.D., ed. (1985). Education for the 21st Century. Key Issues: Leadership, Literacy, Legislation and Learning. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.

Keynote Speaker and Leadership Development Seminar presenter, "Leadership for a Changing World," European Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2003.

Keynote Speaker, "Research National Board Certified Teachers and Non NBCT Speak Out on Wants and Needs for School Success," Minneapolis Minnesota, 2005; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 2004; Hastings Nebraska, 2004; Decatur, Illinois, 2004.

Keynote Speaker, "Giving Teachers a Voice: They have Determined Their Wants and Needs" San Francisco, California, 2004; Greenville, North Carolina, 2003.

Speaker, "Making Miracles Happen," Detroit, Michigan, 2005; Turku, Finland, 2005.

Keynote Speaker, "Delta Kappa Gamma Values for Success," Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 2003; Coos Bay, Oregon, 2003; Smithfield, North Carolina, 2005.

Keynote Speaker, "Determining the Wants and Needs of Teachers: Steps in Initiating Dialogue with State Decision Makers," Honolulu, Hawaii, 2003; New Bern, North Carolina, 2002; Dayton, Ohio, 2002.

Keynote Speaker, "A Research Agenda: Listening to Teachers, What do They Say They Want and Need to be Successful," Williamsburg, Virginia, 2001; Concord New Hampshire, 2002; Chattanooga, Tennessee, 2001.