Personal Profile

am a highly effective professional educator with nineteen vears of experience teaching social sciencecontent, writing, and standardized test preparation to students

in high school and college.am seeking a new opportunity in the areas of teaching, educator mentoring and developmentcurriculum design or educational assessment.

Education

Florida Institute of Technology

BS Psychology, Magna cum Laude, 1985

University of Central Florida

MA Applied Learning and Instruction, 20123.93 grade point average. Completion of the program included a graduate research component investigatingteacher strategies.

classroom environ ments, and assessment technicues that foster masterv over performancegoal orientations in secondary school students.

Teaching and Curriculum Design Experience

Independent Contractor, On-Line Tutoring, 2016-Present

.Five-Star client Rating providing social sciences learning support, writing, and test preparation formiddle and high school students and undergraduate and graduate

university students working throughmultiple platforms including Varsity Tutoring and Wyzant.

Volusia County Schools, New myrna Beach High School, 2005-2020, DeLand High School, 2003-2005

.Consistently evaluated as Distinguished/Highly Effective, the highest category in the Florida system.

.Site team leader for the Blended Classroom model using Canvas adopted by the district to ensure thatall students meet virtual learning course requirements for graduation, 2017-2020.

.Resource teacher for educator support of fully virtual instruction through Canvas course building

.Curriculum Development Team, Teaching and Coaching Academy, 2007-2009. Built Career andTechnical Education integrated unit sequence for students planning teaching careers.

.Curriculum Developer, Teaching and Coaching Academy lntroductory Course, Introduction to Teaching.

.Smaller Learning Community Lead Teacher focused on teacher collaboration to ensure optimal studentachievement through increasing academic rigor, creating relevance in the curriculum, and buildingrelationships between teachers and learners.

.Lead Teacher, Public Service Academy, 2006-2008: facilitated team implementation of integratedcurriculum units, built student support and intervention plans, and reported outcomes to districtpersonnel.

.Coordinator, Center for Reteaching and Relearning/Peer Tutoring Center, 2008-2013. Recruited.trained, and managed peer and community volunteer tutors to support student learning, providingoutcome assessments to school and district stakeholders.

.Courses taught include American History, World History, U.s. Government, Economics, Introduction toSocial Sciences, Teaching and Coaching, A.P. Psychology, A.P. US Government and Politics and GlobalStudies.

.Sponsor, Model United Nations and Speech and Debate teams, 2006-2019.

Other Professional Experience  Central Florida Assessment Collaborative, 2013-2015

Test Blueprint Developer, ltem Writer, ltem Reviewer

.Provided educator input on developing assessments to meet legislative requirement for district tests.

.Analvzed benchmarks within course descriptions, deconstructed benchmarks to analvze content limitsand determine how students can best demonstrate mastery of each benchmark.

.Wrote sample items for each bench mark to guide item writing.

.Determined optimal balance of difficulty and cognitive complexity level for each benchmark.

.Wrote assessment items following blueprint criteria and item-writing conventions

.Reviewed items submitted by writers to determine compliance and alignment with test item specifications.

Linda Glover & Associates, Deland, Florida, 2000-2003

University Enrollment Management Consultant

.Conducted training programs to client university staff in customer service, relationship building anopersonal selling, effective presentation strategies, and database utilization.

.Developed institutional strategic marketing plans based on market positioning auditsmplemented publication review and restructuring using core messaging.

.Assisted clients in selection and implementation of prospect tracking software.

.Advised clients on day-to-day office management for improved efficiency and customer service.

University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, 1998-2000Interim Director of Undergraduate Admissions

.Exceeded enrollment goals by six percent while increasing student guality profile by fourteen SAT pointsthrough effective leadership of twelve professional and twenty-one support staff members.

.Managed a recruitment budget of more than $2,000,000.

.Supervised implementation of the admissions marketing plan to ensure appropriate communicationflow and timely completion of marketing and recruitment activities.Evaluated applicant trends to proiect future enrollment and modify recruitment messages and strategies.

.Directed staff in effectively communicating admissions policies to students, parents and high school andcommunity college personnel in an environment of rapidly increasing selectivity.

.Worked effectively as part of a university-wide team to meet timeline goals in a major informationsystem conversion.

University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, 1995-1998Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions

.Supervised eight professional staff members in all recruitment activities.

.Developed territory management approach to recruitment.

.Trained staff in presentation techniques.

.Assisted in publications design and development.

Stetson University, DeLand, Florida, 1988-1995 Assistant, Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions

.Supervised staff in all recruitment activities and managed tele-counseling, on-campus visitationprograms and staff territory management.

.Evaluated applicant transcripts and essavs and conducted interviews to assess fit with institutionastandards and programs