A. Dennis Email & Phone Number

Greater Atlanta Area

Provide workforce development training in communications, management, and leadership for public and private sectorsCenters for Disease Control (Communications)SkillPath Certified Trainer (Human Resources)Colleges and universities (Writing and Management)

United States

Established partnership agreements with federal, tribal, state, local governments, local businesses, and community groups to enhance understanding of the agency's programs and to develop specific strategies focused on eliminating enumeration barriers in specific regions in support of the Decennial Census.Designated Partnership Specialist to Union City, Fairburn, Chattahoochee Hills, Palmetto, and South Fulton, all historically undercounted cities. Met with mayors, and other elected officials, their staff, and Complete Count Committees to assist in their efforts to ensure a complete count for their respective city. Spoke at town hall meetings, homeowner association meetings, community meetings, colleges and universities, attended various community and partner events to engage and educate the general public about the importance of the Decennial Census.

United States

Educated the general public about the agency's policies and procedures for disbursement of disaster assistance funds, managed a portfolio of secured and unsecured loans to include home, business, and economic injury loans for a variety of ownership entities, reviewed legal documents for compliance with federal, state, local statutes and agency policies and practices prior to disbursement.

Greater Atlanta Area

Trained and provided educational and professional development opportunities to State Office of Vital Records' internal and external staff, local county registrars and probate judges across the state. Worked closely with executive leadership to update program policies, procedures, and forms after legalization of same sex marriage, drafted prose for operating procedures manuals and met with deputy directors and designated team members to edit content relevant to their respective department, drafted and edited content for program's monthly newsletter, crafted content for brochures, internal and external communiques, and governance provided to local registrars in all 159 Georgia counties.

Greater Atlanta Area

Supported one associate and two partner attorneys, analyzed statutes, regulations, policies, and procedures, drafted discovery for individual and collective action suits, summarized depositions, and interviewed clients

Greater Atlanta Area

2014 National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA) Secondary for the Georgia Association of Paralegals (GAP). Represented GAP nationally and attended various conferences to include the annual NFPA policy meeting to learn of changes taking place in the profession across the country and to vote on behalf of GAP and its membership.

Greater Atlanta Area

Supported two associate attorneys and the chief trial attorney. Managed cases from inception to settlement or trial, interviewed clients and witnesses, prepared 26(f) Conference notebooks and attended conferences, assisted with clients' deposition preparations and attended depositions, assisted with mediation preparations and attended mediations, drafted complaints, discovery requests and responses, filed complaints, various motions, briefs, exhibits, collective actions, arbitration demands, and managed case information using various case management systems (i.e. Case Map, Text Map, Needles, Worldox, Adobe Acrobat, Summation, and ShareFile).

Greater Atlanta Area

2011 PACE Scholarship recipient and PACE Ambassador for GAP. Attended regional conferences, participated in roundtable discussions, facilitated study groups at Emory University for paralegals who chose to become certified by taking the Paralegal Advanced Competency Examination (PACE), a nationally recognized certification, and accepted speaking engagements during which I shared my experiences and knowledge as a paralegal and educator.

Greater Atlanta Area

Instructed and facilitated learning for 15 to 20 adult learners in a face-to-face environment with an online component using the iCollege learning management system, engaged participants using a variety of instructional strategies to include experiential and cooperative, designed learning assessment tools suitable for face-to-face and online learning that were aligned with course outcomes, and evaluated participants’ performance using department’s rubric

Greater Atlanta Area

Instructed and facilitated learning for 10 to 15 professional adult learners in a face-to-face environment with an online component using the Blackboard learning management system, engaged participants using a variety of instructional strategies to include experiential and cooperative, designed learning assessment tools suitable for face-to-face and online learning that were aligned with course outcomes, and evaluated participants’ performance using department’s rubric

Greater Denver Area

Instructed and facilitated learning for 30 to 35 adult learners in a purely online learning environment using PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat, engaged participants using a variety of instructional strategies to include experiential and cooperative, designed learning assessment tools suitable for online learning that were aligned with course outcomes, and evaluated participants’ performance using department’s rubric

Greater Atlanta Area

Instructed and facilitated learning for 20 to 30 adult learners in a face-to-face environment with an online component using the iCollege/eCollege learning management system, engaged participants using a variety of instructional strategies to include experiential and cooperative, designed learning assessment tools suitable for face-to-face and online learning that were aligned with course outcomes, and evaluated participants’ performance using department’s rubric

Greater Atlanta Area

Lead Faculty:Liaison for General Education and the Instructional Faculty Committee Consortium (IFCC), a forum for faculty members to consider and address program concerns and developments, assisted with a rewrite of General Core English course descriptions adopted statewide by TCSG. Department Chairperson: Managed initiatives for one of the largest programs on campus. Coordinated department's preparations for SACS accreditation review and addressed interviewing team's inquiries, executed administration of department wide standardized testing, met frequently with faculty regarding students' academic achievement, cross departmental efforts led to a learning support lab staffed with tutors and learning support specialists, reviewed and adopted community partners' recommendations to ensure programs aligned with current industry practices, managed program course schedule, ensured an online offering for every general core course, met with book vendors to review textbooks and engaged faculty in the evaluation and selection process to ensure suitability of textbooks for student population and curriculum objectives. Managed a professional staff of eight full-time and fifteen to twenty adjunct faculty. Trained faculty on functionality of Banner and various learning management systems (i.e. Angel and Blackboard), evaluated team's performance and facilitated individual performance review meetings, and approved professional development opportunities.

Master'S Degree, Management And Public Administration

Bachelor'S Degree, English

Associate'S Degree, Paralegal Studies

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