Professional Resume

Dynamic and creative educational professional providing strategic and operational leadership to maximize student success through effective use and development of innovative curriculum, assessment methods, instructional techniques, and technologies in all classroom environments: traditional or adult learners in campus, hybrid or distance learning spaces.  Innovatively apply creative, analytical problem-solving skills to achieve short- and long-term institutional goals while being a strong, effective advocate for faculty, staff and student interests.  Effective leader, team builder and change agent with a social collaborative management philosophy.  Excellent communication, interpersonal, technical and strategic planning skills with the ability to share vision and inspiration with others as an innovative influence.  Particular areas of experience:

• Educational Assessment & Program Evaluation
• Strategic Planning & Institutional Effectiveness
• Instructional Innovation
• Distance Learning
• Technology Mediated Instruction
• Emerging Instructional Technologies
• Pedagogy & Adult Learning Theory
• Professional Development Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Director, Curriculum Development, Innovation & Assessment
a comprehensive Community College, October 2010 to Current
Support direction of college efforts to develop, maintain, evaluate and continuously improve college curriculum through assessment of general education and technical programs in accordance with state and local policies and guidelines.  Advise faculty and instructional leadership in efforts to use data to assess and improve student achievement of learning outcomes at the institutional, program and course levels through pedagogical, curricular and program revision.  Direct and manage projects to research, evaluate and implement innovations to enhance teaching and learning.  Current projects include:

• Redesigning program evaluation criteria, documentation, and data exports; researched and developed sections focused on comparability of distance and accelerated learning to traditional programs, on impact and contributions of instructiona and department to P-16 alignment efforts, and on issues of particular interest to accreditation process.  Also collaborating with IT services to design and develop a web-based application to support program review process.
• Ongoing support for research regarding computer literacy of community college learners and implementation subsequent, appropriate curricular changes.  Collaborating with campus instructional leaders and faculty to implement redefinition of computer literacy and to align technical and academic curriculum and student learning outcomes regarding computer literacy.
• Assisting institutional research and strategic planning office regarding collection and reporting of survey data to suppor the assessment of the institutional QEP project.
• Working within the Committee on Articulation Agreements, managing re-development of information and marketing of articulation agreements with higher education institutions.

Adjunct Instructor
another comprehensive Community College, August 2006 to Current
Professionally trained instructional designer with technology (ITSC) and educational (EDUC) expertise and qualifications.  Currently assigned to teach COSC 1401 Microcomputer Applicatations: on campus and distance learning.  Engage learners through flexible, active learning environment that allows them to individually and socially construct meaning as they incorporate new information into their existing knowledge base and apply their skills to authentic learning experiences.  Encourage learners to engage one another, the instructor and other peers in a meaningful learning dialogue through personal learning environments, to apply new knowledge to past life and professional experiences, and to envision future relevance of newly obtained information and knowledge.  Possess extensive Blackboard experience including local college’s Distance Learning Certification for Blackboard Vista and Angel.

Director, Training and Professional Development
a comprehensive Community College, September 2006 to September 2010
Direct the daily and strategic operations of the Training and Professional Development group supporting faculty integration of appropriate emerging technologies into College learning environments and facilitating general technology training for 1300+ full time employees. Supervise four training professionals to design, develop and deliver training topics focused on MS Office, Enterprise Management System (Banner), classroom applications of technology, and new technologies. Projects include:

• Implementing and managing a Microsoft Application Specialist certification program.
• Configuring and implementing a professional development management system to track and manage employee professional development history and individual professional development plans.
• Evaluating and implementing learning technologies: digital whiteboard solutions, audience response systems, multi-user virtual environment (Second Life), social/collaborative internet applications, pod/screen/lecture-casting and educational games.

Faculty/Director, Educational Technology Support Services
a comprehensive Community College, August 2002 to September 2006
Direct the strategic and daily operations of the Interactive Learning Center, a 65,000 square foot facility with 21 technology mediated classrooms, and a department of 9 full time and 14 part time staff members.  Administer ~$420,000 annual departmental budget to: direct instructional design services supporting face-to-face, blended and distance learning technologies; provide training for administrative and instructional technologies; offer audio-visual equipment and multimedia design services campus wide; and supervise all computer labs and technology mediated classrooms on campus.

• Developed quantitatively and qualitatively research-based strategic plan for cost-effective transition of technology supported instruction to the Interactive Learning Center including realignment of departmental budget; compared to other campuses, managed 33% administrative cost savings and 20% operational cost savings.
• Negotiated with faculty the implementation of research-based guidelines to ensure quality of instruction via alternative delivery methods.

Instructional Designer
a comprehensive Community College, March 2002 to August 2002

Instructional & Web Design
Consultant, August 2001 to Current

Training Specialist Intern
Compaq Corporation, June 2001 to August 2001

Secondary Teacher
Barbers Hill I.S.D., August 1994 to August 2001

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Educational Psychology
Texas A&M University, May 2011
Research focused on computer literacy skills of community college learners; directed administration of pre/posttest computer literacy skills assessment to over 350 learners in 31 classes across three campuses. Additional research interests include institutional integration of technology into learning environments, distance learning course and program evaluation, assessment of learner discourse in online learning environments, computer-mediated communication in learning environments, and multi-user virtual environments.

M.S. Instructional Technology
University of Houston Clear Lake , August 2001

B.A. English
Baylor University, May 1994