Personal Statement

“The Education Department at Lewis & Clark College provides an opportunity for individuals committed to an interactive, dynamic, intellectual approach to learning to work with other talented educators and perspective educators to examine how schools can become transformative institutions whose work enhances social justice, equity, and responsible stewardship of our environment and human resources.”

Professional Biography

Vern Jones has been a junior high school teacher of students with emotional and behavior problems, a junior high school vice principal, and a district resource coordinator for students with emotional and behavior disorders. He is currently Chair of the Teacher Education Department. From 1986 to 1989, Vern was co-chair of the American Educational Research Association’s special interest group on classroom management. He has served as a scholar in residence in the department of education at Western Michigan State University, visited California State University at Riverside as a Distinguished Scholar, given the centennial address for the University of Idaho School of Education, and served as a distinguished lecture series presenter at Hastings College in Nebraska. In 1990, he won the Burlington Northern Award as Graduate School Teacher of the Year at Lewis & Clark College. He has given keynote addresses at state conferences in over ten states and consulted with school districts and staff in over 25 states

Current Projects

• Effective classroom management
• Programs for students with emotional and behavioral disorders

Publications

Books

Jones, Vern. (2011).  Practical classroom management. Boston: Pearson.

 

 

 

Jones, Vern with Louise Jones. (2010). Comprehensive classroom management: Creating positive learning environments and solving problems. (9th ed.). Boston: Pearson.

This book has been translated into Chinese, Korean and Taiwanese. 

  

Jones, Vern, Dohrn, B., & Dunn, C. (2004). Effective programs for students experiencing emotional and behavioral disorders. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Jones, Vern with Louise Jones (1981). Responsible classroom discipline: Creating positive learning environments and solving problems. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Jones, Vern. (1980). Adolescents with behavior problems: Strategies for teaching, counseling, and parent involvement. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Chapters

Jones, Vern. (2005). How do teachers learn to be effective classroom managers? In C. Evertson & C. Weinstein (Eds.), Handbook of classroom management: Research, practice and contemporary issues.

Jones, Vern. (1996). Classroom management. In J. Sikula (Ed.), Handbook of research on teacher education: Second Edition. New York: Macmillan.

Jones, Vern. (1987). Major components in a comprehensive program for seriously emotionally disturbed children. In R. Rutherford (Ed.), Severe behavior disorders of children and youth. College Hills Press.

Jones, Vern. (1986). Classroom management in the United States: Trends and critical issues. In D. Tatum (Ed.), Disruptive pupil behavior in schools. New York: Wiley.

Jones, Vern. (1982). Training teachers to be effective classroom managers. In D. Duke (Ed.), Helping teachers manage classrooms. 1982 Yearbook of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Reston, Virginia: ASCD.

ARTICLES 

Vern Jones has published over 20 articles in various journals in education and special education.

Academic Credentials

Ph.D. 1971 University of Texas at Austin
B.A. 1968 Lewis & Clark College