PROFILE
- Proven ability to identify and resolve problems and direct projects
- Strong communication and motivational skills
- Creative and lively organizer
- Effective manager
- Intuitive ability to understand and adapt to business and social cultures
- Dynamic trainer
- Designer of efficient web sites
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Rockman Et Al / Bloomington, Indiana (2000 to Present (part-time))
Research Associate
Assist in evaluating educational technology programs for public and private schools and educational organizations. Assist in technology and office management.
- Create web site surveys.
- Analyze survey data.
- Write survey reports.
- Create and maintain client relationships throughout evaluation process.
- Observe client interactions and report on client program progress.
INDIANA UNIVERSITY & PURDUE UNIVERSITY AT INDIANAPOLIS / Indianapolis, Indiana (2000 - Present (part-time))
N241 WEB DESIGN
Instructor
Teach and organize N241 Web Design. Administer distance learning class.
- Create lesson plans.
- Facilitate student learning.
- Evaluate student work.
- Assist students during class lab time.
- Answer student questions during class via email.
- Manage class web site.
- Create and administer tests.
- Create lesson and job aids for student use.
INDIANA UNIVERSITY & PURDUE UNIVERSITY AT INDIANAPOLIS / Indianapolis, Indiana (Summer 2000 (part-time))
N241 WEB DESIGN
Lab Assistant
Assist instructor in the operation of N241 Web Design
- Assist instructor in grading.
- Assist students during lab.
- Answer student questions via email.
INDIANA UNIVERSITY / Bloomington, Indiana 1994 to present
GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION FOR A DRUG-FREE INDIANA
Associate Director/Community Consultant (1996 to 2000)
Organized and gave technical assistance to volunteer community groups in seven counties across southern
Indiana. Designed regional trainings and instructional materials. Facilitated community
meetings and recruited youth and adult volunteers to regional and state wide conferences. Led in implementation new uses of technology.
- Improved efficiency with a 300% increase in attendance by developing audioconferencing
for regional meetings.
- Revived dormant countywide groups.
- Selected by state to work on Commission web site design team.
- Formed partnership between Commission and PBS for special project.
- Created web site for regional office.
- Managed staff and clients in work projects.
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, RADIO/TV SERVICES
Educational Television Services Coordinator (1994 to 1996)
Managed television channel (WTIU School Zone) and educational programs (including Sesame Street
Preschool Educational Program). Selected, scheduled, and coordinated educational programming for WTIU
School Zone. Promoted use of public television resources within schools, libraries, and social service
agencies. Represented MATHLINE to middle school teachers and IU School of Education. Wrote grants,
controlled program budgets, and developed and coordinated teleconferencing.
- Won national award for outreach program.
- Tripled number of Sesame Street Preschool Educational Program participants.
- Arranged for MATHLINE to be offered for college credit.
- Offered position of MATHLINE State Coordinator.
- Aided in establishment of HoosierNet, a non-profit Internet company.
- Managed several databases of client information.
- Managed several employees working for both School Zone and the office.
RESEARCH FOR BETTER SCHOOLS / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1990 to 1993
Research and Dissemination Assistant
Supervised information dissemination efforts to rural schools. Co-wrote grant
proposals for study of distance learning and rural education. Created and managed
the Rural Information Exchange.
- Led workshops at two international conferences on distance learning.
- Consulted with New Jersey Department of Education about technology
implementation in schools.
- Authored ERIC document on distance learning.
- Designed and coordinated regional distance learning conference.
- Co-authored ERIC-CRESS document on Native American education.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN & CO. / Saint Charles, Illinois Summer of 1989
Summer Intern
Evaluated and rewrote consultants' training program. Proposed strategies for
corporate-wide, computer-based training.
- Successfully introduced changes for training booklet.
PI LAMBDA THETA / Bloomington, Indiana 1988 to 1989
Publications Assistant
Entered and edited articles for educational magazine and prepared final
copy for print. Solicited advertising. Managed subscirption database of
12,000.
- Wrote organization's promotional screenplay.
EDUCATION
- M.S., Instructional Systems Technology / Indiana University
- B.A., Theatre and Drama / Indiana University
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Served on the Planning and Marketing Committees of HoosierNet, a non-profit Internet
service
provider for Monroe County
- Served on the Monroe County Community School Corporation Technology Planning Committee
- Completed the Web Developer Series Certification / University Information Technology Services
- Received Honors Thespian Award
- Served as an Indiana University FASE Mentor
- Graduate of Bob Pike's Creative Training Techniques Seminar
- Produced, directed, and wrote plays for children's theater troupe the "Mini-Mummers"
- Received Professional Training in Compulsive Gambling Issues
- Received Grantsmanship Training Center Certification for grant writing workshop
- Received 1996 Award from Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library for promoting
reading
- Asked to give workshop on web sites at vocational educators conference in Fall of 2001.
SPECIAL SKILLS
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PHOTOGRAPHER:
Photograph published in Cultural Anthropology, 8th Edition, Conrad Phillip Kottak, McGraw Hill Publishers, 2000, p. 27.
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