UNC School of Education

Clinical Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership

Coordinator of On-Campus Master of School Administration Program and School Administration Licensure Add-on Program

T 919.966.1354
F 919.962.1533
veitch@unc.edu

121A Peabody Hall
CB 3500

Jim Veitch is a clinical assistant professor in the School of Education where he began teaching after receiving his doctorate from the School. Formerly he was a superintendent, principal, assistant principal and teacher in Massachusetts and Maine as well as in Athens, Greece and Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China. Veitch originally intended to return to overseas school administration but was inspired to remain at UNC-Chapel Hill by the possibility of preparing future principals and superintendents for the challenges of educational leadership.

Veitch’s main areas of interest and expertise are clinical supervision, the role of the administrator in promoting and influencing instructional growth, high school administration and site- and district-based politics. Most intriguing to him are the dedication and passion of educational leadership candidates who join a field that continues to experience political pressure and is constantly in the limelight – often negatively.

Veitch’s teaching embraces theoretical frameworks as well as solid emphases on the harsh realities of school administration. His primary goal is to assist in the preparation of a new generation of educational leaders who will succeed in realizing the dream of equity and excellence for all students.

• Ed.D. 2000 - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Educational Leadership
  
• M.Ed. 1984 - Salem State College, School Administration
  
• B.A. 1978 - Boston College, Political Science, Sociology

• Clinical Supervision
• International Education
• High School Reform
• Principalship

• Problems in Supervision
• Problems in Educational Administration II
• MSA Internship Supervision

• Group discussion facilitator for UNC Summer Reading Program, 2003.
• Facilitated discussion with incoming freshmen on Anne Fadiman's The spirit catches you and you fall down, August 2001.
• Near East/South Asia Council (NESA)
• East Asia Regional Council of Schools (EARCOS)
• National Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• National Association of Secondary School Principals
• National Council of Social Studies

Veitch, J. and Tu, P. (2001). Virtual Education: Where Are We? School Business Affairs, 67(12), 20-23.

Veitch, J., and Tu, P., "Technology and global education: The present and the promise." An examination of cultural conventions that can thwart the adoption of technology in overseas schools despite the availability of capital resources. Offers possible suggestions for government and educational leaders faced with such circumstances to overcome these barriers.

Veitch, J., Tu, P., Pendergrass, J., and Franklin, R., "Help Wanted: One Million+ Good Women and Women." An analysis of the current and projected teacher shortage in North Carolina and the US. Focuses on current policy responses and recommends additional strategies.

Noblit, G.; Malloy, C.E.; Malloy, W.W.; Brayboy, B.; Veitch, J.; Hatt, B.; Cozart, S.; & Jennings, M., District context and Comer schools: How school districts manage school reform. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina, 2000. Rockefeller Foundation.