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INTERESTS Project Management Information Systems Management Special Education |
Strayer University, Knoxville Campus |
SUMMARY
In administrative and information systems management since 1982, including resource and project management and personnel supervision. Executive administrator for 200- to 1,300-person organizations. Extensive writing and technical editing skills. Desktop computing hardware/software expertise since 1986, including creating/maintaining World Wide Web home pages, IBM-based, and Macintosh work. Formal training and hands-on experience with database searching and maintenance, budgeting, office automation, records disposition, and policy creation, quality improvement, and community relations. Certified Project Management Professional. Experience with project life cycle management, training development, and delivery. Pre-K through 12 general and special education teaching experience. Several hundred hours using each of the following: DIALOG, Dreamweaver, Eudora, FirstSearch, Frontpage, GroupWise, HTML Assistant, LEXIS, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, PageMaker, Paintshop, PeopleSoft's Human Resource Training Module, PhotoShop, Quicken Suite, and WordPerfect.
WORK HISTORY
Associate Campus Dean, Strayer University, Knoxville, Oct 08 - present
Special Education Teacher and Project Coordinator, Sevier County School System, Sevierville, Aug 00 - Jul 08
Training and Development Project Manager, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)/Performance Systems Programs, May 97 - Feb 00
Nuclear Safety Program Analyst, ORISE/Environmental and Health Sciences Division (EHSD), Oct 94 - May 97
Training Research Associate, ORISE/Training and Management Systems Division (TMSD), Apr 94 - Sep 94
Training Materials Production Coordinator, ORISE/TMSD, Jun 93 - Mar 94
Administration/Information Management Officer, U.S. Air Force, Jul 85 - Sep 92
High School English Teacher, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 82 - Jul 84
Librarian, Beaver College Library, Glenside, PA, Feb 82 - Jan 83
FUNCTIONAL EXPERIENCE
Supervision and Personnel Management
Supervised assignments of 150 paraprofessional teaching staff
Coordinated county-wide participation in Tennessee's state-wide alternative assessment (TCAP Alt) of more than 140 special education students each year
Planned year-to-year activities of school system special education lead teachers
Supervised the activities of four paraeducators in a comprehensive developmental classroom
Managed automated training registration and records handling for 1,300 federal employees' training records
Supervised three training registration technicians and three training complex support staff
Supervised six nonexempt computer operators on myriad desktop publishing tasks
Operated five orderly rooms, managing all unit administrative functions
Tasks included leave/annual control, unit budgeting, performance report editing, and awards tracking for units of 200 to 1,300 personnel
Chaired first recognition program for Performance Systems employees and drafted the charter
Supervised and trained student librarians; ran circulation for a 110,000-book college library
Administrative and Information Management
Finalized and defended doctoral dissertation on implementing a special education parent advisory committee in 2006
Presented doctoral dissertation results at the Northeast Tennessee Special Education Conference in 2007
Presented doctoral dissertation in progress at the University Council for Educational Administration's (UCEA's) Clark Seminar and the annual UCEA conference
Presented doctoral dissertation in progress at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, First Annual Graduate Student Colloquium
Copresenter for session on using graphical organizers to support qualitative research at the annual MidSouth Educational Research Association Conference
Delivered presentation on teaching those with autism at a Sevier County Schools in-service session
Twice presented a similar talk to undergraduates in an Introduction to Special Education course
Organized world-wide research articles on the causes implicated for an internationally occurring developmental disability from its inception in the 1940s through the 1990s
Analyzed trends after grouping information by year, publication, country, and journal
Presented finding at a statewide autism conference
Introduced formality of operations to training functions at the Department of Energy (DOE) Albuquerque Operations Office
Reorganized the DOE Richland training office that supports over 10,000 employees
Streamlined document control and improved records management
Coordinated documentation of county's special education compliance monitoring for state continuous improvement monitoring process inspectors
Managed production of 500-page annual training plan, coordinating inputs by ten writers
Seven years as Executive Officer and Section Commander in the Air Force
Exercised first-line command/disciplinary authority over 400 enlisted members
During a base closure, served as focal point for 59 award write ups and 110 personnel reports, all due in less than two months
Nuclear Personnel Reliability Program Manager for a 330-person aircraft maintenance unit
Recorder for quality council of 1,300-person Air Force unit
Project and Resource Management
TCAP Alt project lead for the Sevier County School System since 2000-2001 academic year
Elected Vice President of Finance for two local Project Management Institute (PMI) chapters
Served as Vice President of Professional Development for a local chapter and Marketing Chair of an international PMI Specific Interest Group
Worked as editor and primary writer for the Communications Project Management Chapter of the Government Extension to PMI's Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge
Computer experience since 1986, working with MS-DOS, Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX operating systems
Project Management software expertise on three multiyear projects, five 1-year projects, a 6-month project, and several shorter duration efforts
Used Dreamweaver, Hyper Text Markup Language Pro, and Frontpage to create and maintain several World Wide Web home pages
Taught adult evening courses in Using Microsoft PowerPoint and Using the World Wide Web for Research
Experienced with five different word processors, including WordPerfect and Word for Windows
Created spreadsheet to track report due dates (maintained it four years in the USAF; fine tuned it for use while Production Coordinator)
Designed database to match VIP airlift requirements to available aircraft
Designed and maintained database of church library holdings and sign out process
Several hundred hours of experience in addition to formal training in four online information services
Designed and wrote project management plans for multi-month DOE projects
Developed transition instructions for DOE's training records and advised the five sites using this archive method
Since 2002, compiled reports to State of Tennessee Special Education on system budgeting and spending
Tracked and reported on $12 million of annual federal, state, and local special education spending in five separate accounts
Managed $560,000 annual budget for ORISE's geographically most-distant training support function
Controlled $515,000 yearly budget for an overseas group and $58,000 budget of an aircraft maintenance unit
As Production Coordinator, monitored progress of 10-20 jobs daily
Tracked and reported on $20,000 a month desktop publishing budget
Coordinated with author, production team, and program managers to keep projects on schedule, resulting in materials being delivered on time to support more than a dozen course deliveries and conferences a year
On a ten-person team, wrote an administrative training guide for a 12,000-employee base
Planned first-ever quality conference for Andrews Air Force Base’s (AFB’s) special missions customers, including U.S. Representatives, Senators, and the Vice President
Continuous Improvement Monitoring Process coordinator for the Sevier County school system since 2001
Writing and Technical Editing
Wrote TAASE's position on the proposed Special Education regulations for Tennessee
Compiled the work of six teachers to create a Tennessee School Improvement Plan for the Early Childhood Center
Planned writing timetable for 33 procedures, job aids, and task descriptions
Reviewed over 80 DOE- and 25 operations office orders, directives, and rules
Wrote safety analysis and review checklists for DOE Defense Programs at Pantex Plant, making the regulatory requirements easier to follow
Compiled weekly and monthly work reporting and developed procedures for DOE training division clients
Wrote a local regulation governing student awards for a 5,000-person training base
Editor and "ghost writer" for much of the policy established by senior officers and managers
Editor of monthly EHSD newsletter, with an electronic circulation of over 200 copies
Published one masters thesis, one fiction short story, two journal articles, two poems, and a doctoral dissertation
Community Relations and Teaching Activities
Certified and highly qualified in Tennessee to teach Secondary (6-12) English (since 2000), Elementary Education (K-6) since 2006, and K through 12 Special Education (modified since 2000; comprehensive since 2001)
In 2006, earned a Tennessee Beginning Administor License, to work in educational administration and supervision
Presented the results at an international conference in Bulgaria
Action Officer for a Congressional delegation’s visit to the closing of an overseas air base
Included two sections of students with reading-related learning disabilities
Two years as Volunteers in Public Schools (VIPS) tutor
One year as liaison between VIPS and school district
EDUCATION and TRAINING
University of Tennessee (2002-2006), Ed.D. program in Educational Administration (92 credits, 3.93 grade point average)
Included research, supervision, curriculum, and policy analysis courses
UTK, Ed.S. in Special Education, (2002, 4.0 GPA)
Included assessment courses, teaching moderately and severely disabled students, teaching elementary mathematics, diagnosing reading problems, behavioral interventions, and child/family policy
First UTK graduate to complete the Educational Specialist Special Education course concentration
Therapeutic Crisis Intervention training (21 hours)
UTK, M.S. in Information Sciences (1998, 3.92 GPA)
Included thirteen courses in information access, records management, and hardware/software technologies
Boston University (1990), 12 Counseling credits and a 4.0 GPA
Beaver College (now Arcadia University) (1983-1984), 15 Creative Writing credits and a 3.46 GPA
Pennsylvania State University, B.S. in Secondary Education (1982), with Distinction (3.51 GPA)
Minor in English, including five courses in journalism, communications, and community work
USAF Officer Training School (1985) and Squadron Officer School (1988 by correspondence and 1991 in residence)
Leadership Development Process, Project Management, and Matrix Management training at ORISE
Project Management Professional Certification Training (32 hours)
Three-day course in designing instruction for Web-based training
Over 30 hours of Total Quality Management training from the U.S. Air Force
AWARDS and RECOGNITION
REFERENCES
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Vincent Anfara, Ph.D. University of Tennessee A321 Bailey Education Complex Knoxville, TN 37996-3430 (865) 974-4985 vanfara@utk.edu Educational Administration Instructor Dissertation Advisor |
Nicole Cabrere, Ed.D. Strayer University, Knoxville Campus 10118 Parkside Dr., Ste. 200 Knoxville, TN 37922 (865) 288-6010 nicole.cabrere@strayer.edu Supervisor, Campus Dean |
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Michael Hannum, Ed.D.
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Perry A. (Tony) Lester |
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