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Training or Organizational Development Resume
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| Desired Industry: Education/Teaching/Training |
SpiderID: 11372 |
| Desired Job Location: Las Vegas, Nevada |
Date Posted: 2/21/2007 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
Availability Date: 4/01/07 |
| Desired Wage: 50000 |
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U.S. Work Authorization: Yes |
| Job Level: Management (Manager, Director) |
Willing to Travel: Yes, 25-50% |
| Highest Degree Attained: Doctoral |
Willing to Relocate: Yes |
Objective:
To serve as either a manager with or consultant to an organization in which my background in instructional leadership, planning, training, research, and technology will contribute to long-term growth and development.
Experience:
An accomplished National and International CONSULTANT with demonstrated expertise in the field of technology. A proven record of managing large projects, teaching and training, publications and grants awarded, and planning in a variety of venues. Fluent in Spanish.
QUALIFICATIONS
• Leadership/Technology Training • Diverse Cultural Awareness • Online learning
• Developing Training Material • Social Research Programs • Efficient Data Analysis
• International Associations • Orientation Programs • Research and Presentations
SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS
CREATED the first Farmers' Home Administration financed housing development in an urban area. Recognized the presence of farm workers in a community, researched their work patterns, organized a non-profit, found land, found funding, hired architects and contracts, provided construction oversight, and hired a property management team. Results: 18 new units of safe, affordable housing were made available for farm workers and their families.
OBTAINED $1.2M in federal grants to design and conduct adult learning workshops to prepare and enhance teacher-learning skills to effectively use technology in their classrooms and developing lesson plans. Results: Over 60 teachers attended the training. Post workshop evaluations measured an 82% increase in teacher use of technology in the classrooms.
PIONEERED the use of the Internet as a vehicle for online survey research nationally and internationally. Surveyed 24 individuals and analyzed the data to identify the impact of Internet use in teaching and learning. Results: Teachers who teach with technology are more student-centered than those who do not.
ORGANIZED a planning effort that led to the creation of a technology plan for an international school. Organized the study team, interviewed the key individuals, analyzed the needs, developed consensus among those effected, wrote a draft plan, sought agreement, presented the final plan to the funding entity. Results: The commitment of significant financial resources to fund the recommendations of the plan.
TAUGHT with technology including teaching university courses at a distance using WebCT, developing technology-based self-assessments using Authorware, designing newspapers with high school students, and introducing teachers to the use of computers in field-based settings: Results: More than twelve years experience working with technology in learning environments and strengths in instructional design.
Training Manager
Dow Industries, N. Las Vegas, Nevada 2006 - 2007
Education Center Manager
Office Depot, Henderson, Nevada 2001 – 2006
Managing Partner 2001 - 2007
Hefhiro Partnership, Henderson, Nevada
Assistant Professor, Educational Computing and Technology 1997 - 2001
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
Teaching and Research Assistant 1994 - 1997
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Teacher and Technology Coordinator
Fundacion Colegio Americano de Quito, Quito Ecuador 1989 - 1994
Housing Development Coordinator
The Housing Allowance Project, Inc., Springfield, MA 1978 - 1989
Education:
Ph.D., Instructional Leadership, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, May, 1997
Masters, Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, September, 1976
B.S. Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, May, 1971
Affiliations:
International Society for Technology in Education 1997 to Present
American Society for Training and Development 2001 to Present
Skills:
Adapt with all forms of computer technology and many software programs including but not limited to the following:
Operating Systems
MS Windows
DOS
MAC OS
Unix
Software
MS Office XP
MS Project 2002
Adobe Photoshop 7
Adobe InDesign
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
Marcomedia Flash MX
Macromedia Fireworks MX
Macromedia Authorware
Macromedia Director
SPSS
AtlasTI for Windows
Programming Languages
Fortran
Pascal
Java
HTML
Protocols
TCP/IP
FTP
HTTP
I am also skilled in instructional design and adult learning methodologies.
Reference:
Dr. Randy Boone: 702-895-3233
Mr. Alan Taggard: 702-525-0108
Mr. Ken Smithers: 779-209-5828
Dr. Barbara Berman: 925-934-2867
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