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Bringing teacher development opportunities to Wisconsin school districts big and small. Working with area school districts to bring teacher training opportunities to their employees through contracted services. Partnerships include:Milwaukee Public Schools, over 600 graduates from various programs including special education, regular education, principal/leadership, reading, and associate to bachelor degree completion. Primarily serving African American educators and community.St.… Show more Bringing teacher development opportunities to Wisconsin school districts big and small. Working with area school districts to bring teacher training opportunities to their employees through contracted services. Partnerships include:Milwaukee Public Schools, over 600 graduates from various programs including special education, regular education, principal/leadership, reading, and associate to bachelor degree completion. Primarily serving African American educators and community.St. Anthony’s School District, created and implemented a program for Hispanic juniors in high school to earn an associate’s degree in education alongside employees laying the groundwork to becoming licensed teachers. A second cohort will start in August 2023.Working with several schools to implement special education and elementary teacher post-bac training for the 2023/2024 school year. Projecting 80 to 100 new students.Contract ended June 2023 Show less

• Oversight and management of training solutions for up to 9000 staff including course development, advertising, supervising training staff, delivery, and continuous improvement of offerings.• Develops impactful learning solutions for MPS including designing, developing, deploying, maintaining, and evaluating the outcomes using adult learning theory/instructional models such as ADDIE, andragogy, transformative, and experiential. • Founder of the Milwaukee Public Schools University… Show more • Oversight and management of training solutions for up to 9000 staff including course development, advertising, supervising training staff, delivery, and continuous improvement of offerings.• Develops impactful learning solutions for MPS including designing, developing, deploying, maintaining, and evaluating the outcomes using adult learning theory/instructional models such as ADDIE, andragogy, transformative, and experiential. • Founder of the Milwaukee Public Schools University (MPSU) program in 2016 bringing credit level, DPI approved licenses and certifications to MPS employees at a reduced cost though partnerships with area universities via negotiated memorandums of understanding. Programs include Principal, School Business Administrator, Reading, Special Education, Alternative Education, ESL/Bi-Lingual, and Math licensures. • Implementation and management of the online learning platform and Infor Learning Management System.• Opening and management of the Lee Learning Center, a training facility.• Created leadership programing for certified and non-certified staff working with human resources to develop solid talent pipelines from within the organization. Collaborate with departments and offices to explore training and organizational development needs.• Created an online orientation for new employees.• Currently teaching courses on leadership, time management, goal setting, successful performance evaluations, creating asynchronous trainings, leveraging technology (SKYPE, WebEx) for meetings and trainings, professionalism, understanding bullying and micro-aggressions, and event planning. • Host one-on-one career sessions, Career Lab, with staff who are being developed for leadership positions to work on interviewing skills and strategies. Show less

• Management of the Department of Career Development servicing over 2500 graduates per year including strategic planning, budgeting, and training for 11 campuses. Oversight and leadership of the College’s Alumni Association at the 11 campuses. • Employment counseling to students including job-interviewing skills, resume preparation, interview preparation, overcoming employment barriers, and job searching skills. • Responsible for the oversight of adjunct instructors teaching… Show more • Management of the Department of Career Development servicing over 2500 graduates per year including strategic planning, budgeting, and training for 11 campuses. Oversight and leadership of the College’s Alumni Association at the 11 campuses. • Employment counseling to students including job-interviewing skills, resume preparation, interview preparation, overcoming employment barriers, and job searching skills. • Responsible for the oversight of adjunct instructors teaching coursework specific to professional development and internships; author of the professional development courses in the online classroom. • Analysis of job markets by program and creation of feasibility studies for programmatic development and reports for accrediting bodies.• Creating employer and internship partner relationships and programming specific to training needs and curriculum requirements. • Social media programing for the alumni community including Facebook. LinkedIn, and Twitter. • Tracking of alumni employment data and graduate satisfaction rates for campuses.• Oversight of the career development compliance office reviewing graduate placement records, employment data and clinical placements for accuracy and adherence to accreditation and DOE regs. Show less

• Management of the Department of Career Services, servicing over 350 graduates and 300 healthcare and business internships per in 2009, 950 projected grads for 2010; seven total career services staff• 2006 and 2007 available graduate employment rate of 96%, 2008 rate of 97%, 2009 rate of 96%• Employment counseling to students including job-interviewing skills, resume preparation, interview preparation employment barriers, and job searching skills• Responsible for the oversight of… Show more • Management of the Department of Career Services, servicing over 350 graduates and 300 healthcare and business internships per in 2009, 950 projected grads for 2010; seven total career services staff• 2006 and 2007 available graduate employment rate of 96%, 2008 rate of 97%, 2009 rate of 96%• Employment counseling to students including job-interviewing skills, resume preparation, interview preparation employment barriers, and job searching skills• Responsible for the oversight of adjunct instructors and teaching coursework specific to career development and internships; author of Career Development course • Instruction of personal development and career planning coursework in person and via the web using Blackboard• Implementation and management of national certification testing into healthcare curriculums• Providing oversight and management of graduate, alumni and employer programs• Responsible for the marketing, web development and strategic planning of the Career Services Department and the services to Alumni• Oversight and leadership of the College’s Alumni Association• Responsible for the creation and implementation of nationwide public and private relations programs to increase visibility and enrollment• Employer and internship site relationship building, communication and networking• Created the “Bridge Program” for Wisconsin Technical College graduates to transfer to Herzing College to pursue a Bachelor degree, responsible for all the marketing, business development, recruitment and creation of articulation agreements pertaining to the Bridge Program activities• Use of Campus Vue for student and records management, lead trainer for Campus Vue training in the area of Career Services and general support at campuses across the US and Canada, developed all in house training material for career services training Show less

• Created the 501(c)3 foundation from the ground up and managed it as the sole employee raising money for scholarships for both university students and members of the Boys & Girls Clubs. • $1.06m in contributions between 2011 and 2014 in total support including $183k in contributions between 2012 and 2014 to provide scholarships to the Boys & Girls Clubs, • Responsible for the foundation’s fund raising, bookkeeping, website management, marketing, scholarship administration, event… Show more • Created the 501(c)3 foundation from the ground up and managed it as the sole employee raising money for scholarships for both university students and members of the Boys & Girls Clubs. • $1.06m in contributions between 2011 and 2014 in total support including $183k in contributions between 2012 and 2014 to provide scholarships to the Boys & Girls Clubs, • Responsible for the foundation’s fund raising, bookkeeping, website management, marketing, scholarship administration, event planning, and day to day operations.• On January 1, 2015 the foundation purchased a university merging the two entities under a new name and transferring the leadership over to a newly formed board of directors and the president of the university eliminating the need for an executive director. Show less

Achievements:• Over .5 million dollars in contracted training and business development for the 03/04 school year• Managed the first ever award winning, R-NEW house project (2002)• Successfully created an “on-site” classroom and computer lab in response to a dislocation of over 200 employees from the Evenflo Company in Suring, WI. Using Trade Act dollars, we successfully trained students in everything from the LPN program to the Landscape Tech program to helping students obtain… Show more Achievements:• Over .5 million dollars in contracted training and business development for the 03/04 school year• Managed the first ever award winning, R-NEW house project (2002)• Successfully created an “on-site” classroom and computer lab in response to a dislocation of over 200 employees from the Evenflo Company in Suring, WI. Using Trade Act dollars, we successfully trained students in everything from the LPN program to the Landscape Tech program to helping students obtain their GED• Created a certificate program for Job Corps Responsibilities: • Management of a Regional Center in Oconto Falls, Wisconsin and a Community Learning Center in Townsend, Wisconsin.• Duties include managing the center budget and overseeing the processing of tuition and book fees. Hiring, orientating and overseeing an adjunct instructional staff of over fifty and an office staff of four.• Responsible for the offering and managing of over 1000 classes per year; including credit-level program specific, general education classes, computer classes at the credit and non-credit level, and certification courses for professionals in the healthcare and food service industries. Creation and implementation of courses, competencies and curriculum based on industry and community needs.• Oversight of the on-site Adult Basic Education, alternative high school, and ESL programs.• Advertising and marketing of courses and services via verbal and written means.• Responsible for organizing and managing events geared towards learning and education such as open houses, seminars and community involvement in county fairs, parades, chamber events, job fairs and charity events.• Responsible for networking and partnering with county/state agencies and governments, other colleges, the senior citizen center, community entities and area businesses to promote the college• Use of Peoplesoft for student, records and data management, Show less

• Sales of motorcycles, accessories, clothing and collectables• Lead purchaser of clothing and accessories from 1994 to 1996• Responsible for the editing and publishing of their monthly newspaper and newsletter from 1994 to 1998, also contributed many stories about local events and happenings of interest• Warranty manager: executed, processed and investigated warranty claims on parts and accessories from 1994 to 2000• Payroll • Processing of AH/CL insurance payoffs for… Show more • Sales of motorcycles, accessories, clothing and collectables• Lead purchaser of clothing and accessories from 1994 to 1996• Responsible for the editing and publishing of their monthly newspaper and newsletter from 1994 to 1998, also contributed many stories about local events and happenings of interest• Warranty manager: executed, processed and investigated warranty claims on parts and accessories from 1994 to 2000• Payroll • Processing of AH/CL insurance payoffs for finance department• Planned, organized and marketed the annual Optimist’s Fathers Day Run, MDA run and other promotional dealership activities• Oversaw and managed a portfolio of residential properties, including lease negotiations, rent/deposit collection, collection actions, vendor and contractor service management Show less