career objective                              

seasoned educator and training program coordinator exploring opportunity to contribute extensive knowledge of and experience in implementing training methodologies toward supporting operations of a progressive organization seeking a driven and productive team member

profile                                                

ø  offer numerous years of education and teacher development experience with expertise in coordinating public school and university level programs

ø  facilitate training-focused environment vital to maximizing teacher and team development

ø  work in collaborative and independent environments to create innovative, effective educational strategies; recipient of multiple awards for superior service

ø  dynamic communication, presentation, negotiation, and relationship management skills

professional experience                

xxxxxx independent school district, xxxxxx, xxxxxx                                                                          1998 c present

coordinator, new teacher support and mentoring department

• in recognition of outstanding performance, steadily progressed within organization to attain position entrusted with organizing operations of new teacher support teams, including selecting and training chairpersons and mentors, developing and implementing teacher development strategies, and providing ongoing support for teachers and team members
• perform extensive research and utilize best practices to design highly effective programs, services, and orientations for first-year teachers; contribute to beginning teacher institute programming; collaborate with executive director of the new teacher academy and work closely with mentors to establish an integrated approach to training
• actively supervise student teachers and oversee quality of on-site services; update and produce procedural manuals including mentor handbook and student teacher handbook; design and conduct student teacher orientation and closing debriefs held each semester

 

eastern michigan university, ypsilanti, mi                                                                                   1992 c 1996

lecturer, history and philosophy departments

• created and instructed highly successful curricula for senior-level teaching methods for social studies majors, american history, and world history courses; achieved excellent professional reputation for training future teachers
• served as executive board member on the michigan council of social studies

 

east xxxxxx baptist university, marshall, xxxxxx                                                                                 1982 c 1990

assistant professor, history and education departments

        in addition to duties as an active university instructor, directed student teaching efforts in secondary schools, and performed executive and educational functions in the american enterprise institute for public school teachers at the graduate level

director of the center for american studies

        proficiently managed all operational aspects of the center for american studies, including budget planning and adherence, program offerings, public school and college level project sponsorships, research journal publication, teacher development, international study trips, and grant writing

 

 ~ prior background ~

history and english teacher, longview area public schools, longview, xxxxxx                                 1971 c 1981

 

 

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education                                           

university of xxxxxx at arlington, arlington, xxxxxx                                                                                         1992

interdisciplinary ph.d. in humanities; major, history; minor, teaching methodologies

        dissertation: challenging patriarchy and domesticity:  women educators in xxxxxx, 1840-1940.

 

stephen f. austin state university, nacogdoches, xxxxxx

mid-management certification in education                                                                                         1980

m.a. in history                                                                                                                                     1975

 

letourneau university, longview, xxxxxx                                                                                                        1971

b.a. in english and history, magna cum laude

 

~ professional development ~

national staff development instructional coaches institute                                                                      2008

technology specialist institute year one, region x                                                                      2006 c 2007

new teacher center induction institute, university of california, santa cruz                                              2004

new teacher academy program facilitator development, teachers college/columbia university              2002

the scholarship of teaching and learning inn higher education seminar, eastern michigan university    1993

 

~ affiliations ~

member, association for supervision and curriculum development

past treasurer, longview teachers association

past president, east xxxxxx council of social studies

executive board member and state conference banquets committee chair, michigan council of social studies

past member and state conference program chair, michigan women's studies association

 

 

 ~ publications ~

editor, curriculum courier, newsletter for teachers and administrators of xxxxxx public schools. 1998-2000.

 

  reinventing the wheel: historical insights on education reform .  michigan academician xxviii, 4, august 1996, p. 463-479.

 

throw aside the veil of helplessness: a southern feminist at the 1893 world s fair .  southwestern historical quarterly c, #1, july 1996, p. 48-62.

 

to wed or to teach: the myth of the single teacher chapter in women and xxxxxx history edited by fane downs and nancy baker jones (college station, xxxxxx:  xxxxxx a&m university press, 1993).

 

women educators in xxxxxx, 1840-1920: were they feminists?   east xxxxxx historical journal 27, spring 1989, p. 16-30.

 

editor of touchstone, a journal of undergraduate historical research writing in xxxxxx,1986-1990.

 

~ reviews ~

review of dollars and dreams: the national youth administration in xxxxxx by carol a. weisenberger (new york:  peter lang, 1994) in history of education quarterly 35 winter 1995, p. 476-77.

 

review of schoolwomen of the prairies and plains by mary hurlbut cordier (albuquerque:  university of new mexico press, 1992) in great plains quarterly 15, winter 1995, p. 58.

 

review of pioneer woman educator: the progressive spirit of annie webb blanton by debbie mauldin cottrell (college station:  xxxxxx a&m university press, 1993) in pacific historical review, 1995, p. 308-309.

 

~ presentations ~

"history partnerships:  links between universities and public schools".  colloquium for the history faculty of western michigan university, october 1997.

 

challenging patriarchy and domesticity:  women  educators in xxxxxx, 1840-1940, an interdisciplinary study .  eastern michigan university women s studies lecture series, fall 1994.

 

guest in the methodology class of professor bruce haight at western michigan university and mr. richard cahow at kalamazoo high school.  taught a model lesson entitled songs of the american revolution , november 1994 and 1995, and a model lesson in cooperative learning in september 1996 and october 1997.

 

throw aside the veil of helplessness: a southern feminist at the 1893 world s fair .  michigan academy of science, arts and letters spring conference, 1994.

 

local control: a historical perspective of its effects on teachers and students .  michigan academy of science, arts and letters spring conference 1993.

 

professors and ph.d.s: academic women in xxxxxx, 1890-1940". history of education national conference, 1991.

 

married women teachers in xxxxxx, 1840-1940.   xxxxxx women s history conference, 1990.

 

to wed and to teach:  the myth of the single teacher.   history of education national conference, 1990.

 

women educators in xxxxxx, 1850-1920:  were they feminists?   east xxxxxx historical association, 1988.

 

teaching the american revolution through song   east xxxxxx council of social studies, 1986.

 

teaching history in the public schools   xxxxxx historical association, 1980.