Highly credentialed Education Specialist eager to offer 21+ years of progressive

Curriculum / Assessment Development, Project Management, Sales / Marketing Support,

Product Training, and Regulatory Compliance experience toward maximizing an employer s success.

 

 

Curriculum Development Strategic Analysis / Planning Project / Program Management Team Building / Training Processes

Assessment Development Sales / Marketing Strategies Textbook / eLearning Writing Research / Development Processes

Budget Control Product Education Product Presentations Regulatory Compliance

 

         Integral leader who offers proven experience in K C 12 curriculum and assessment development and management, including conceptualizing and implementing innovative constructivist learning- / inquiry learning-based products.

         Ambitious self-starter who coordinates internal / external staff workflow to meet and / or exceed production goals, along with expertly aligning curriculum content with state standards for rigorous state testing and student assessments.

         Excellent communicator who seamlessly liaises among writers, teachers, administrators, and coordinators to research, design, and develop forward-thinking content for print / online textbook products, assessment tools, and teacher guides.

         Member of the Association of Supervision & Curriculum Development and National Science Teachers Association.

 

 

 

Educational Curriculum Developer / Project Manager Content / Assessment Development

Core K C 12 Education / The Princeton Review

         Utilized broad scope of industry knowledge and dynamic business acumen toward leading the development of a series of customized assessment tests for the New Orleans School District in all major content areas and grade levels, including managing alignment of state / district standards for creation of exam map blueprints for grades 3 C 8 and high school.

         Drove organizational growth by recruiting, training, and managing top-performing outside assessment writers, along with facilitating required Beta testing of state-of-the-art new software systems designed to create online assessment tools.

         Carefully reviewed, edited, and approved exams for publishing to ensure seamless development processes.

 

Key Accomplishments

  Led the development flow of exams from inception to completion in all phases of production, along with correlating in-house items to core standard objectives per grade level and creating new test items.

  Completed supplemental projects encompassing standard correlations and database development for test item banks while continually complying with new state standards to in-house test banks.

 

CPO Science

         Contributed expertise toward serving as Curriculum Consultant and Lead Writer / Editor for the development a middle school science textbook series created specifically for California, as well as a second modified edition for national use.

         Designed and implemented an inquiry-based learning system for middle school educators that included innovative learning strategies, Bloom s Taxonomy, assessment components, and other forward-thinking teacher resources.

         Co-authored three inquiry-based Science Teachers Guides that included content areas of Earth Science, Life Science, and Physical Science, and authored chapter content passages for student textbooks per grade-appropriate readability levels.

 

Key Accomplishments

  Proactively participated in state adoption deliberations and state meetings, and conducted state advisory team meetings while providing professional development support to California educators and sales teams.

  Played a vital role in additional consulting projects with other companies encompassing the creation of web-based eLearning assessment products and online lesson plan development, along with leading educational focus groups, facilitating educational correlations and standard alignment, and writing grants.

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Project Manager / Curriculum Specialist

         Applied solid leadership talents toward managing internal / external groups to develop and write curriculum for inquiry-based science learning programs, including collaborating with writers, editors, designers, and printers to achieve goals.

         Developed targeted scope and sequence and learning objectives for each unit, along with creating and implementing marketing and promotional initiatives for direct mail and Web content and overseeing tradeshow presence for all products.

         Established and managed strong customer relationships by delivering cost-effective quotes and order discounts, troubleshooting and / or resolving issues, organizing and conducting workshops, and providing hands-on training.

         Demonstrated sharp analytical abilities toward managing project budgets and timelines for internal / external resources.

 

Key Accomplishments

  Served as lead author and developer of a Premier Science Mini-Unit product line for middle school science, including conceptualizing and writing two curriculum books containing teacher and student sections.

  Conducted training at nationwide workshops (e.g. National Science Teachers Association Conferences).

  Delivered presentations to decision-makers within the K C 12 market, as well as sales / marketing teams.

 

 

Educational Content Specialist (1999 C 2002)

         Developed curricular objectives, content, and materials, including reviewing content alignment with educational scope and sequence criteria and assigning projects to external writers to focus on K C 12 science and NCS instructional product suite.

         Reviewed content materials for appropriateness to educational scope and sequences in all content areas, along with developing and writing content and lesson plans in compliance with strict state-based content standards.

         Maximized efficiency by planning and prioritizing external writers workflow across all grade levels.

 

Key Accomplishments

  Wrote, reviewed, and aligned assessment items across all grades with state testing and textbook publisher.

 

Curriculum Manager Educational Structures (1998 C 1999)

         Coordinated all curriculum development functions for an eLearning product, including overseeing lesson plans and content in alignment with state standards, as well as orchestrating development of materials to meet specific client goals.

         Developed web-based elementary components with support of K C 12 coordinators, teachers, and district administrators.

 

Key Accomplishments

  Sourced, recruited, trained, and managed 50+ external writers nationwide to create a multicultural product.

 

 

Program Manager / Curriculum Specialist

         Directed coordination functions for Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Aerospace Academy (SEMAA) for grades 5 C 12, including implementing and managing a science / math curriculum for SEMAA and NASA / CCC Mobile Aeronautics Education Laboratory (MAEL) and recruiting, training, and supervising results-focused staff and faculty.

 

Key Accomplishments

  Wrote valuable grant funding requests and reports, and effectively liaised among various local school districts as the Curriculum Specialist for multiple NASA educational publications.

 

~ Additional Educator Roles Held Prior to 1990 ~

 

 

Master of Education in School Administration / Curriculum                                     Baldwin-Wallace College

Bachelor of Arts in Comprehensive Science Education                                                      University of Akron

Associate of Applied Science in Agriculture Science                                                 The Ohio State University

 

Supervisor Administration                                                                  State of Ohio Department of Education

Comprehensive Sciences (Grades 7 C 12, Current)                                State of Ohio Department of Education