Background
Oden, Jean Phifer was born on May 2, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Dillard James and Lena (Conner) Phifer.
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Jean Phifer Oden, American Special education educator. unites states department Education grantee, 1986; recipient Citizenship award Chicago mayor, 1984, Certified merit National Association for the Advancement of Colored People South Side Branch, 1978; named state advisor United States Congressional Advisory Board, 1985; speaker education seminar 19th Congress on Arts and Communicatiion, Cambridge, England.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering, Chicago Teachers College, 1958; Master of Education in Learning Disabilities, Chicago State University, 1973; postgraduate, National College Education, Evanston, Illinois, since 1986; certified advance studies, National College Education, Evanston, Illinois, 1987; Doctor of Education, National-Saint Louis University, 1995.
Career
Teacher elementary schools, Chicago, 1958-1973;
teacher learning disabilities elementary schools, Chicago, 1973-1981;
consultant special education, independent education program facilitator, Chicago, 1981;
learning disability specialist, Phillips High School, Chicago, since 1982;
learning disability specialist, Englewood High School, Chicago, 1987-1994. Member Illinois Guidelines for Learning Disabilities Development Committee, Springfield, Illinois, since 1981, Committee to Development State Test for Learning Disabilities Teachers, Springfield, since 1986. Speaker Who's Who Congress, Cambridge, England, 1992.
Member delegate to Vietnam, 1993, China, 1994, University of Oxford, 1997.
Achievements
Membership
Speaker National Urban League New York City conference, 1980. Member Congressional Victory Fund, Chicago, 1985, Southern Christian Leadership Conference Metropolitan Chicago, 1979-1981, Mayoral Summit Parent-Community Council on Ednl. Reform, since 1987, Chicago Mayor's Education Summit on School Reform, 1988.
Charter member Republican Presidential Advisory Task Force, 1989, Republican Inner Circle, 1991. Member Coalition Black Trade Unionists, since 1991, cons.pool National Juvenile Justice Resource Center, since 1991, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. State chair African American Economics Development Task Force, Illinois Legislation Black Caucus, since 1992.
Member ASCD, League of Women Voters, Minority Mainstream, United Neighborhoods Intertwinedfor Total Equality (founder, executive director, researcher), Association for Citizenswith Learning Disabilities, Council for Exceptional Children (liaison to state board Illinois Division for Citizens with Learning Disabilities 1980), Special Education Teachers Association (1st president, founder), Black Parents United for Edition and Related Superior vena cava syndrome (founder), Kappa Delta Pi, Lehigh (Florida) Country Club, Thousand Trails Club (Ottawa, Illinois).
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Married James Edward Oden, Apr.26, 1959. 1 child, Eric James.
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Unites states department Education grantee, 1986. Recipient Citizenship award Chicago mayor, 1984, Certified merit National Association for the Advancement of Colored People South Side Branch, 1978. Named state advisor United States Congressional Advisory Board, 1985. Speaker education seminar 19th Congress on Arts and Communicatiion, Cambridge, England.Unites states department Education grantee, 1986. Recipient Citizenship award Chicago mayor, 1984, Certified merit National Association for the Advancement of Colored People South Side Branch, 1978. Named state advisor United States Congressional Advisory Board, 1985.
Speaker education seminar 19th Congress on Arts and Communicatiion, Cambridge, England.