Judy Wilfong

Judy Wilfong earned a B.A. in Education from Bridgewater College, a M.Ed in Reading from James Madison University, and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from Nova Southeastern in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Her dissertation work focused on discipline in the elementary school and included development of a school wide discipline plan. Judy retired from Rockingham County Public Schools after 31 years in education. She taught all grade levels 1-6, served as a Reading Specialist, and was an administrator in both elementary and middle school. Most recently she served as principal of Fulks Run Elementary which was cited as a Distinguished Title I School of Virginia for each of her last three years of service to that school.

Ed.D.,Educational Leadership, Nova Southeastern, 2004
M.Ed., Reading Education, James Madison University, 1978
B.A., Elementary Education, Bridgewater College, 1976

Wilfong, J.H. (2004). Personal records of individual discipline in elementary education. (Doctoral dissertation, NOVA Southeastern University).
Family Genealogy Compilations:
The Paul and Katie Rhodes Family, January, 2006
Paul and Katie Rhodes’ Grandchildren: The Next Generation, January, 2007
A Pictorial Biography of Ronald Earl Wilfong, February, 2006
A Pictorial Biography of Helen Elizabeth Myers Wilfong, March, 2006

Presented DATA IN A DAY to faculty and guests at BHS, 2007
Presented SERVANT LEADERSHIP during servant institute held at MLC and again to council members, 2007 and 2008

CHURCH
Member of Muhlenberg Lutheran Church (MLC) 1976-2008
Vice President for the MLC Council, 2008
Personnel Liaison for all paid staff at MLC, 2007-2008
Facilitator of an adult class on Sunday mornings 1996-2008
Coordinator for Women’s Retreats, 2000-2008
Member of Celebration Singers 2004-2008
Representative to the Lutheran Synod, 2005 and 2007
Served two years as secretary for the MLC Council, 2006-2007
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Second Home
Special Olympics
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Served on DATA IN A DAY Team at Broadway High School, 2007-2008
Mentor for new teachers through Rockingham County Public Schools New Teacher Mentoring Program, 2007-2008
Mentor for a teacher in the Virginia Career Switcher Program

Obtained grants from Valley Council for the Arts to bring the Virginia Opera’s The Pied Piper (2005) and the production of The Wizard of Oz (2006) to Fulks Run Elementary (FRES)
Rockingham Education Foundation Innovative Idea Award

Certification in Supervision and Administration, James Madison University, 1992

Association of American College Teacher Educators (Institutional Member)
Association of Independent Liberal Arts college Teacher Educators (Institutional Member)
Association of Curriculum Development (Institutional Member)
Phi Delta Kappa
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Shenandoah Valley Reading Association

Student Education Association (SEA) co-sponsor, 2007-2008
Teacher Education Admissions Committee (TEAC), 2007-2008
Council on Teacher Education (COTE) 2007-2008
Elementary Education Coordinator, 2007-2008
Field Placement Coordinator, 2007-2008
Coordinator for ACEI Report, 2007-2008