Books
McWeeney, D.M. (in progress). Being a man in a woman's world: Male oppression in early childhood education.
McWeeney, D.M. (in progress). Curriculum for, culture of, and change in education for the 22nd century.
McWeeney, D.M. (in progress). Carnaged children: How to destroy the American education system.
Publications
McWeeney, D.M. (forthcoming 2025). Why? A tribute to David Darling. (CD). Denver, CO: Curve Blue Records.
McWeeney, D.M., Gallo, D., & Walker, G. (forthcoming 2024). The post-COVID session. Orlando, FL: TruSound Studios.
McWeeney, D.M. (2023). Ramen noodle week. (CD). Poughkeepsie, NY: Rogue Planet Records.
McWeeney, D.M., & Brown, A. (2021). Dancing in the street. (CD). Martha's Vineyard, MA: SoundSpace Records.
Alfano, M., Ayalon, A., Cavender, M., Grant, K., Horton, M., McWeeney, D.M., Moise, K., & Todd, C. (2020). Issues relating to the implementation of the edTPA pre-service teacher assessment as adopted by the CSDE. Unpublished manuscript.
Darling, D., & McWeeney, D.M. (2019). Homage to kindness (CD). New York, NY: Hearts and Space Records.
McWeeney, D.M. (2018). Reflections. [Commissioned by Drexel University wind band]. Philadelphia, PA: MAD Dragon Records.
Presentations
McWeeney, D.M. (2024). A new way to streamline supervision of your aquatic personnel. Session presented at the 63rd Annual Connecticut Recreation and Parks Association convention. Uncasville, CT: Mohegan Sun Casino.
McWeeney, D.M. (2023). Classroom management strategies for behavioral students in the early childhood and elementary music classroom. Session presented for the 76th Annual Connecticut Music Educators Association In-Service Conference. Hartford, CT: Connecticut Convention Center.
McWeeney, D.M. (2022). Diving into better aquatic evaluations. Session presented at the 62nd Annual Connecticut Recreation and Parks Association convention. Uncasville, CT: Mohegan Sun Casino.
McWeeney, D.M. (2022). Newspapers and the classroom: Male PK-12 public school teachers in four urban school districts and their coverage and portrayal in four local newspapers. Session presented for the New England Political Science Association. Newport, RI: Newport Marriott.
McWeeney, D.M. (2021). Reasons for the lack of male primary grade teachers in a rural, urban and suburban school district. Session presented for the New England American Educational Research Association. Portsmouth, NH: Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel.
Alfano, M., Ayalon, A., Cavender, M., Grant, K., Horton, M., McWeeney, D.M., Moise, K., & Todd, C. (2020). Working paper final report: Issues relating to the implementation of the edTPA pre-service teacher assessment as adopted by the Connecticut State Board of Education. Session presented to the Education Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly. Hartford, CT: Connecticut State Capitol.
McWeeney, D. M., Werblow, J., & Villani, C. (2019). How to increase state revenue to help the state education budget. Session presented at 4th Annual Conference on Shared Governance and Student Success. New Haven, CT: Michael J. Adanti Student Center at Southern Connecticut State University.
Current Courses
EDF 215: Education in a Multicultural Society. Spring, 2024.
EDTE 314: Applied Learning Theories for PK-12 Teachers. Spring, 2024.
EDUC-547: Elementary Education Student Teaching. Spring, 2024.
MED 410P: Music Education Student Teaching. Spring, 2024
EDUC-548: DSAP Student Teaching. Spring, 2024.
Past Courses
EDY 431: Planning, Instruction, Assessment, and Observation in Pre-K and Kindergarten. Fall, 2023.
EDY 645: Kindergarten-Grade 3 Integrated Curriculum. Fall, 2023.
In this pilot episode of a new series that I created that stemmed from the COVID-19 "pandemic," I explain how to teach "blogging." My educational series teaches students how to communicate effectively on the web, and teaches teachers how to foster those skills through the use of digital literacy skills.
Alongside my colleagues Gail Lavielle, Themis Klarides and many other prominent state political figures, we led the statewide reform movement against school regionalization. Before the anticipated hearing at the state capitol in March 2019, the Senate and House Republicans gave a press conference that was broadcasted on all the major cable television channels. I spoke at the press conference. The reform movement picked up quickly, and was covered by all state news outlets and newspapers. It was the hottest topic of the year in state politics.
I was able to land quotes and features in WFBS Eyewitness News, Good Morning Wilton, Yankee Institute, The News-Times, Republican American, and the Hartford Courant. My op-ed piece on this effort was also published in the Connecticut Mirror. I was proud to be one of the key leaders in this fight that led to the bill dying inside the Capitol. I am proud of the friendships that I made along the process.