Ian M. Mette (he/him/his)

Dr. Ian Mette's scholarship focuses on three main areas of expertise, namely 1) technical components of instructional supervision, 2) culturally responsive instructional supervision, and 3) rural educational leadership. With regards to technical components of instruction supervision, Dr. Mette is interested in critiquing the policies of teacher supervision and evaluation models that reinforce accountability standards and deficit-oriented business management practices. Dr. Mette's second area of my scholarship focuses on the development of a framework for culturally responsive instructional supervision. His scholarship serves as the foundation for a more critical perspective on instructional supervision, something that has historically been missing from the supervision field. Dr. Mette's third area of scholarship examines rural educational leadership, increasingly the development of equity-oriented educational leadership in predominantly white rural spaces.

• Ph.D., University of Missouri, PK-12 Educational Administration (2012)
• Ed.S., University of Missouri, Educational Administration (2008)
• B.S., University of New Hampshire, Resource Economics (2003)

• College of Education and Human Development Faculty Service Award; University of Maine; 2022-04-15;
• Graduation Marshall; University of Missouri; 2008-12-13;

• Mette, I. M., Cormier, D. R., & Oliveras-Ortiz, Y. (2023). Making a difference: Instructional leadership that drives self-reflection and values the expertise of teachers. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN-13: 978-1475872255.

• Cormier, D. R., Mette, I. M., & Oliveras, Y. (2024). Culturally responsive instructional supervision: Leadership for equitable and emancipatory outcomes. Teachers College Press. ISBN: 9780807769485

• Mette, I. M. (2022). (De)Centering whiteness at Summit High: Reflections of a racialized rural United States. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership. https://doi.org/10.1177/15554589221101350.
• Mette, I. M. (2022). Developing equitable school leaders in a predominantly White rural educational leadership program in the US. International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation.

• Mette, I. M., Cormier, D. R., & Oliveras-Ortiz, Y. (2023). Culturally responsive instructional supervision: (Re)Envisioning feedback for equitable change. In A. Lavigne & M. L. Derrington (Eds.), Actionable feedback for PK-12 teachers. Rowman & Littlefield.

• Mette, I. M., Buchanan, R., & Hakkola, L. (November 2023). Homegrown equity audits for responsible educational leadership. Paper accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the University Council of Educational Administration, Minneapolis, MN.;
• Mette, I. M., Cormier, D. R., & Oliveras-Ortiz, Y. (November 2023). Culturally responsive instructional supervision: An instructional leadership framework for equitable and emancipatory outcomes. Paper accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the University Council of Educational Administration, Minneapolis, MN.;
• Mette, I. M., Cormier, D. R., & Oliveras-Ortiz, Y., (April 2023). Culturally responsive instructional supervision as an emancipatory framework. Roundtable presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.;

• Co-founder of JCEL Jabber Podcast (UCEA production)
  09/30/2022-05/31/2024
• Council of Professors of Instructional Supervision (COPIS) Past-President
  09/02/2019-08/31/2020

• Editor; Journal of Educational Supervision
  09/04/2018-06/05/2026