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Position/Title
  • President's Chief of Staff; Vice President for Institutional Assessment
Faculty Appointment
Contact Information
  • Office Hours:

    Tuesday/Thursday 10–12

    and by appointment
School/Department

Timothy Briles, Ed.D.

Education

  • St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA
    • Ed.D. Educational Leadership, 2008
  • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • MS.Ed. Higher Education Administration, 2000
  • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • BA, Mathematics, 1998

Professional Experience

Georgian Court University: (2007–Present)

  • Assistant/Associate Professor, School of Education, 2007–present
  • Undergraduate and Post-Bac Teacher Preparation programs
  • MA, Education: Administration and Leadership Program

Roles Held at Georgian Court University in Addition to Teaching:

  • Fall 2021 – Present, Chair, Advanced Programs, School of Education
  • Fall 2020 – Present, Director, Administration and Leadership Program
  • Fall 2016 – Present, Special Assistant to President
  • Fall 2010 – Present, Faculty Athletics Representative to the NCAA
    • 2014–2016, Vice Chair, CACC FAR
    • 2016–2022, Chair, CACC FAR
    • Fall 2019 – Present, NCAA Division II Academic Requirements Committee
    • Fall 2020 – Present, NCAA High School Requirements Committee
  • Spring 2015 – Summer 2016, Assistant Dean, School of Education
  • Spring 2013 – Winter 2015, Co-Chair, Administration and Leadership Program
  • Fall 2012 – Fall 2015, Director, Lakewood Together
  • Fall 2012 – Spring 2015, Co-Director, NASA Education Resource Center
  • Fall 2008 – Fall 2012, Coordinator, Teacher Preparation Program at Communiversity

Courses Taught at Georgian Court University:

  • ED 3201 – Assessment and Special Needs in Inclusive Education
  • ED 3215 – Secondary Teacher Instruction
  • ED 3220 – Instructional Numeracy for Inclusive Education
  • ED 4202 – Instructional Design for Inclusive Elementary Education
  • EDC 5002 – Diversity in Education
  • EDC 5010 – Curriculum Leadership for the Inclusive School
  • EDC 5011 – Curriculum Leadership for the Inclusive Secondary School
  • EDC 5013 – Curriculum Leadership and Management for Diverse Schools
  • EDC 5225 – Math and Science Instruction in Inclusive Schools
  • EDC 5230 – Secondary Teacher Instruction
  • EDC 5235 – Instructional Design for Elementary Education
  • EDC 6090 – Internship in Educational Leadership I
  • EDC 6091 – Internship in Educational Leadership 2
  • EDC 6101 – Organizational Leadership Theory in Inclusive Education
  • MA 301 – Modern Math Topics
  • MA 304 – Topics in Math
  • SD 118 – Basic Skills in Mathematics III

Brick Township Public Schools:

  • 2011–2012, Academic Coach, Middle School Mathematics

Gloucester Catholic High School:

  • 1999–2007, Teacher of Mathematics and Science
  • 2002–2007, Dean of Students/Assistant Principal

Research / Creativity Interest Area

  • Math and Science Pedagogy
  • Tabor-Morris, A., Froriep, K., Briles, T., & McGuire, C.M. (2009). City of Physics: Analogies to Increase Cognitive Coherence in Physics Learning. Physics Education 44, 195-198.
  • Briles, T. & Pitt, J. (2009, April 24). World of FREE Mathematics Software Workshop. Georgian Court University, Lakewood, NJ.
  • Briles, T. (2010, July 1st). Using Games to Teach Mathematics. Presentation at the New Jersey Conference for Inclusive Education. Georgian Court University, Lakewood, NJ.
  • Tabor-Morris, A., Briles, T., & Froriep, K. (2012). Discovery Garden – Physics and Architecture Meets Outside. The Physics Teacher, 50, 95-97.
  • Briles, T. (2011, June 29th). Interactive Whiteboards – Going Beyond the PowerPoint. Conference for Inclusive Education, Georgian Court University, Lakewood, NJ.
  • Briles, T. & Tabor-Morris, A. (2012, July 30th). Students’ Views of Learning Physics From a Tourism Perspective. American Association of Physics Teachers, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Briles, T. & Tabor-Morris, A. (2013, March 18th). Sensory Illusions: Common Mistakes in Physics Regarding Sound, Light, Infrared and Radio Waves. American Physics Society, Baltimore, MD.
  • Briles, T. (2015, March 5th). PARCC: A Primer for What Teachers Need to Know and Do. Presentation for the Educational Information Resource Center, Voorhees, NJ.
  • Briles, T. (2015, November 4th). The Important Changes in PARCC’s Math and What We Need to Do to Prepare for Them. Presentation for the Educational Information Resource Center, Haddonfield, NJ.
  • Tabor-Morris, A.E., Briles, T., Schiele, B.S. (2017). Radio Wave Errors: Students Mistaking Radio Transverse Electromagnetic Waves as Longitudinal Sound Waves. International Journal of Learning, Teaching, and Educational Research, Vol. 16, No. 8, pp. 37-50.

Additional Information

Holy Spirit High School, Absecon, NJ

  • 2010–Present, Board of Trustees
  • 2016–Present, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

Undergraduate Programs Taught

Graduate Programs Taught

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