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MASTER TEACHER (M.A.T.) - experienced accelerating academic success and achievement with all types of students, all learning styles, all intelligences: reading, writing, listening, speaking, information organization, study skills and math. Experienced fundraiser.
SUMMARYCORE TEACHING AND TRAINING COMPETENCIES
- Direct Instruction, Accelerated Learning, Core Knowledge, Positive Discipline, Outward Bound, Brainsarefun
- School director
- Curriculum developer and trainer for businesses and schools
- Five thousand classes taught (grades K through adult)
- Student/parent counseling; family unity
- State certified
- Writer and public speaker
- Fundraiser
- Reading writing, listening, speaking, information organization, study skills, math
- Starting on time, staying on task, completing assignments
- Positive Discipline
- Accountability
- Accelerated Learning/Direct Instruction/Outward Bound/Brainsarefun
- A Literature of Hope
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
- Businessman
- Senior manager
- Fundraiser
- Curriculum developer
- Assessment and Accountability
- Marketing
- Project manager
- Sales and marketing
- Data development
- Computer training
- Writing, publishing, communication
- Fundraising
- Planning
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
CURRENT: Director of Development, 9Health Fair, Denver, Colorado. Student improvement and accelerated learning, Brainsarefun, academic achievement for all.
2007: Foundation endowment planner.
2006: Project Director, Outward Bound International Global Leaders for a Better Tomorrow. Recruit and provide services to team members on the first expedition, July 19 - 30, 2006 to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.
2005 - Faculty, Middlesex Community College.
2000 - 2005: Development Director, Xavier High School, Middletown, Connecticut. Achieved income records while staying below expense budgets five consecutive years. Responsible for all aspects of fund raising, accountability and reporting. Raised $1.8 million in endowments, gifts and grants.
1998 - 2000: School Director and senior manager for a Direct Instruction charter school in Littleton, Colorado. Implemented teacher training and supervision, student supervision, Positive Discipline, Direct Instruction, Core Knowledge, Proximity Management, business management and operations, governing board relations, community relations, accountability. Exceeded national norms on all standardized tests.
1996 - 1998: School Director and Accelerated Reading/Writing/Study Skills teacher and teacher trainer, Accelerated Schools, Denver, Colorado. Responsible for hundreds of students averaging a 1.2 year-gain in reading ability during a 25 hour developmental program.1990 - 1996: Director of Marketing, Senior Manager, Colorado Outward Bound School, Denver, Colorado. Increased participation and revenue on all courses aimed at developing leadership and outdoor skills. Responsible for all aspects of customer-service and training.
1978 - 1989: Businessman and entrepreneur involved in all aspects of business development, sales, sales training and management:
1975 -1978: Writer, editor, program director, The National Jogging Association, Washington, DC. Author of the best-selling book, Guidelines for Successful Jogging, 50,000 copies sold.
1966 -1974: Developmental Reading and Study Skills teacher; English and Social Studies teacher; Outdoor Leadership instructor.
EDUCATION - Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.)
1996 - 2000: Training in Direct Instruction, Positive Discipline, Accelerated Learning/Study Skills, Accountability.1971, 1973, 1991, 1993: Outward Bound leadership and wilderness training.
1971: Master of Arts in Teaching degree (M.A.T), Antioch University, Yellow Springs, Ohio. Certified to teach high school English and Social Studies. Emphasis on Experiential Education and the Psychology of Learning.
1966: Remedial reading and study skills training, Baldridge Reading and Study Skills, Greenwich, Connecticut. Trained to increase reading speed and comprehension 100% during a five week accelerated program taught at colleges and high schools including Antioch University, Lewis and Clark College and Tulane University.
1966: Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.), The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Majored in English and Education. Certified to teach high school English.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Brainsarefun success and achievement
- Donaldson Exercise, health and fitness with a good sense of humor
- An Incomplete History of Personal Computing
- 100 Reasons to Kill Your Television and Video Games