Alisa Bates

Alisa Bates serves as Professor and Interim Dean of the College of Education at Concordia University - Portland, demonstrating extensive leadership in teacher preparation programs. Her work focuses on strengthening university-school partnerships through Professional Development Schools (PDS) and innovative co-located educational models.

Her research centers on teacher preparation coherence, university supervision practices, and critically reflective teaching methodologies. Key contributions examine how field experiences, accreditation processes, and action research frameworks enhance teacher candidate development in diverse urban settings. She particularly investigates the intellectual complexity of teaching through supervision-as-leadership models.

Bates' publication trends reveal sustained focus on supervisory agency (2016-2019), program accreditation as improvement tool (2014-2016), and diversity-responsive teaching (2009-2010). Her work consistently bridges theoretical frameworks with practical implementation in K-12 contexts, emphasizing stakeholder collaboration and program coherence.

As Interim Dean, she oversees faculty development and program accreditation while maintaining active scholarship. Her leadership extends to designing constructivist online environments and service-learning integration in teacher preparation.