Knowledge/ Skills/Experience

Leading

·         Led two large educational organizations to successful accreditation

·         Administered two large libraries (included supervision of staff)

·         Wrote/administered multiple grants

·         Served as interim principal when administrators were away from school

·         Have two leadership degrees (MILS, Ph.D.)

Teaching/Coaching

·         Prepared and conducted professional development sessions in the areas of technology, pedagogy, strategic planning and curriculum implementation for two large school districts over 10 years

·         Worked one-on-one with educators in the development and implementation of specific learning curricula (e.g. Service Learning, Cooperative Learning Techniques, Technology Leadership, etc.)

·         Prepared and presented daily curriculum for courses taught at secondary level (English, Humanities, Technology Leadership, video production, etc.)

·         Completed two degrees in curriculum development and pedagogy (BS, CIED)

Learning

·         Successfully completed four college degrees (BS, MLIS, CIED, Ph.D.)

·         Advocate and implement lifelong learning practices

Organizing

·         Led and served on multiple community-wide functions (volunteer)

·         Led in implementation of multiple school/district projects (e.g. technology implementation/training)

Communicating & Connecting

·         Networked with all information specialists throughout Europe & Pacific theaters regarding administration and advocacy issues

·         Utilized multiple methods to communicate both horizontally and vertically throughout a world-wide organization (DoDEA)

Analyzing/Evaluating

·         Served as assessor on multiple accreditation visitation committees

·         Annually conducted assessment/evaluation of library programs & services

·         Created & conducted assessments/evaluations as well as reflection on all curricula implemented

Leveraging Technology

·         Served as Educational Technologist, training and teaming with educators in the area of educational technology implementation (through online, in-person, synchronous and asynchronous processes)

·         Served as Technology Leadership Training sponsor (training students in pedagogy and technology to become trainers within schools)

·         Served as chair of multiple technology implementation committees

·         Administered networks within multiple schools (Novell)

·         Designed websites (Dreamweaver, FrontPage), graphics (Photoshop) and publications (Publisher)

·         Go-to person regarding MS Office, Photoshop, Discussion software questions

Creating/Innovating

·         Introduced Service Learning concept to DoDEA and assisted in creating and implementing program

·         Consistently manipulate existing software to meet project needs

Thinking Strategically

·         Led two large schools through new strategic planning processes for 8 years

·         Led committees in two large schools in planning and implementing 5-year technology strategic plans

Attitudes/Attributes

Leading

·         Perceived by peers as natural liaison with multiple leadership levels

·         Believe that leadership requires acknowledging and setting aside personal agendas in order to achieve organizational success

Teaching/Coaching

·         Able to effectively teach technology to resistant adults due to being self-taught (and not always easily)

·         Able to relate to all types of learning styles and adapt instruction to those

Learning

·         Personally and professionally a lifelong learner

·         Learning is not always intuitive or easy for me, thus making me a better teacher

Organizing

·         Strong organizational skills

·         Able to envision “large picture” while working on detailed elements

Organizational Acumen

·         Believe in working within the system but pushing the system to new methods…To do this, it is necessary to know the organizational structure, culture and climate

Communicating & Connecting

·         Able to adjust language to listener (recipient) level in order to make communication more clear

·         Believe being able to connect people to other people and knowledge is a skill and talent which I have

Thinking Strategically

·         Goal oriented

·         Personally and professionally envision future

Work Ethic

·         Extremely strong work ethic which demands a “Get the job done and done well” attitude

·         Strive to work “smart” rather than “hard” but am more than willing to do both

·         Believe in being both efficient and effective

·         Extremely service-oriented