Dr. Charles W. Hatch
CWH Consulting Co.
1250 Jones Street
Newberry, SC 29108

(803) 276-8887
Fax (803) 405-1400

Vita

Charles W. Hatch
1250 Jones St.
Newberry, S.C. 29108
803-276-8887

EDUCATION

Ph.D. University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 1983. Field: Educational Research
M.A.T. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. 1968
B.A. University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 1966

PRESENT POSITIONS

President, CWH Consulting Co., Newberry, S.C.
Member of the Board of Directors of EDIE ( The Institute for Evidence Based Decision Making in Education) a publisher of specialized educational works, since 2003
Workshop leader in test preparation (NTE, PRAXIS, EEE, SAT, ACT and South Carolina Exit)

PRESENT AND PENDING BIOGRAPHICAL LISTINGS

Who's Who in the South and Southeast
Directory of Distinguished Leadership
Dictionary of International Biography
Community Leaders of America
Personalities of America
Who's Who in American Education 1992-93
Who's Who in South and Southeast
Who's Who in the World

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

Adjunct Instructor, University of South Carolina, since 1991.
Consultant in college retention to several institutions
Consultant in microcomputers and software to several districts
Instructor, Coker College at Ft. Jackson, 1985-87
Consultant-Instructor, Limestone College Management Program,
Evaluator, Language Arts Project, Richland District #2, 1981-1983
Evaluator and Measurement Consultant, Project SIFT, Midlands Technical College, 1983
Evaluator, Hampton District #2, 1983
Evaluator, Project WRITE, School District of Greenville County, 1980-1982.
Statistical Consultant, Institutional Assistance to Midlands Technical College, Co-Investigators: James Campbell and Joan Gallini, 1981-1982.
Project Coordinator, Training Institute for Race Desegregation, University of South Carolina, 1981-1982.
Principal Investigator: Dr. John McFadden. Budget: $366,000.
Graduate Assistantship, Supervision of Educational Statistics Lab, College of Education, University of South Carolina, 1980-1982.
Teacher, Seventh and Eighth grade English, Gallman Junior High School, Newberry, S.C., 1978-1979. Principal: W. Floyd.
Assistant Principal, Denmark-Olar High School, Denmark, S.C. 1976-1978. Principal: W. Tobin.
Head, Language Arts Department, Denmark-Olar High School, Denmark, S.C., 1974-1978. Principal: W. Tobin.
Teacher English IV, Denmark-Olar High School, Denmark, S.C., 1974-1978, Principal: W. Tobin.
Teacher English I, Denmark-Olar Junior High School, Denmark, S.C., 1971-1974. Principal: W. Tobin.
Teacher Adult Education, Math and Social Studies, Denmark-Olar High School, Denmark, S.C. 1972-1975. Supervisor: W. Tobin.
Teacher, Seventh and Eighth grade English, Harlem Public Schools, Harlem, Montana, 1971.
Educational Expert for Episcopal Church on Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, Ft. Yates, North Dakota, 1968-1970
Teacher, Ninth grade World History, P.S. #233, Baltimore, Maryland, 1967-1968.

PUBLICATIONS

Educator's Handbook on Effective testing. Written with M.I. Friedman, J.E. Jacobs, A.C. Lan - Dickinson, A.B. Nickerson and K.C. Schnepel. EDIE, 2003.

"Teacher Demand for Graduate Education: Projections for South Carolina: 1984-1989". Written with G. H. Lackey, M.I. Friedman, C. Reiling and C.R. Statler, USC: February, 1985

"Solution of problems which involve a difference between an individual's behavior and expectations" EDUCATION, Vol.104 #3, Spring

"Computational Handbook for Introductory Statistics", 1982 "Introductory Handbook of Measurement", 1983

"Introductory Handbook for Statistical Package Programming", 1983

"CRP-1 An Instrument for College Retention Prediction", 1983

"CRP-2 An Instrument for College Retention Prediction: Mature Student Form", 1953

REPORTS

Evaluation Report, Hampton District #2, 1983 Co-authored with R.K. Hess

Final Report: Institutional Assistance to the Midlands Technical College Strengthening Developing Institutions Programs. Co-Authored with J. Campbell and J. Gallini, 1982.

Final Report: Training Institute for Race Desegregation, 1982.

Final Report: Project WRITE. Co-authored with Jan Welch, 1982.

HONORS/AWARDS

Outstanding Educator, Denmark, South Carolina, 1975

Faculty Scholarship (University of South Carolina), apx. 1964-1966

Hampton Award in History (University of South Carolina), 1966

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION

Taught English and Social Studies , grades 7-12.

Supervised Statistics Lab. Responsibilities were tutorial assistance in statistics, research design and computer applications.

Taught undergraduate courses in statistics (Limestone College E-D 210) and computers (Coker College CS 150).

Taught graduate courses in research (University of South Carolina EDRM 700), measurement (University of South Carolina EDRM 720), statistics (University of South Carolina EDRM710) and microcomputers (University of South Carolina EDCI 531 and EDUC 634).

Assistant Principal of high school.

Project Coordinator for federal project with budget of $66,000

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Educational Research Association (AERA).

Eastern Educational Research Association (EERA).

School Science and Mathematics Association

International Council for Computers in Education (ICCE)

Phi Delta Kappa

PAPERS PRESENTED

"Development of a Model for Predicting the Retention Probabilities of Individual First Year Students" 1986 International Conference on the First Year Experience, Newcastle upon Tyne, England: July 1986

"Computers in Classrooms - An Innovation at Risk" American Educational Research Association, Division G. Southeastern Region, 1986 Conference February, 1986: Baton Rouge, LA

"An Alternative Approach to Computers in Math Classes" Eighth Annual Conference of South Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics, November 1985

"Mathematical Problem Solving Ability in 13 Year-Olds." Fourth Annual Conference, Educational Issues and Research, University of South Carolina, November, 1982.

"The Prediction of Individual Freshman Persistence and the Remediation of These Drop-Oat Prone." Second National Conference on The Freshman Year Experience, University of South Carolina, February, 1984

GRADUATE COURSES OF SPECIAL NOTE

Two courses with Ralph Tyler in Educational Research and Curriculum Two courses with Lorin Anderson on measurement (both cognitive and affective).

DISSERTATION TITLE

"A Procedure for Predicting Freshman Retention: An Institution-Specific Approach".

SPECIAL INTERESTS

Micro-computers, software, statistics, retention prediction, instrument development, affective variables, computer applications, gardening and antique autos.