Al Badger Email & Phone Number

605 Washington St., P.O. Box 1857, Fayette, Iowa 52142

• Taught Critical thinking course so that by the end of the course students demonstrated the ability to: o Define problems and distinguish between fact and opinion.o Propose and evaluate solutions and defend a conclusion rationally. o Recognize, identify, and analyze arguments.o Evaluate arguments for correctness and completeness.o Recognize defective arguments via identifying and avoiding fallacies in reasoning.

Phoenix, Az

• Presented methods of writing lucid letters, memorandum, formal reports, and proposals while evaluating students' business writings and communication process. • Presented techniques for effective speech development, delivery, and audience targeting while providing student practice and evaluation of oral presentation skills. • Introduced students to a systematic study of various theories and approaches to motivation and job performance. • Introduced the arts through their expression in dominant themes of Western culture. • Focused on the ethical issues confronted by individuals in carrying out their managerial and professional responsibilities. (Graduate Level).• Taught Critical thinking skills related to inductive and deductive reason, fallacies, and drawing good conclusion.

• Collaborated with Academic Affairs, Financial Aid Department, and Student Development administrators to improve upon and assure the quality of services to students.• Generated and managed two-million dollar budget for the entire Student Services Department. • Mediated for students with customer-service issues related to the quality of education and service they receive. • Established integrated workflows between the Online Campus in San Francisco, CA, and the Online satellite campus in Phoenix, AZ. • Served as America Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance officer.Academic Affairs Manager, Online Campus • Recruited, supervised, directed, and trained faculty trainers of the Online Faculty Training program. • Enforced and implemented compliance plans to maintain instructional quality within the Online program.• Monitored Online classes to assess the instructional quality and compliance to University policy. • Reviewed Student-End-Of-Course Surveys and handled issues or questions presented in the student comments. • Resolved interdepartmental conflicts via communications and team building techniques. • Provided guidance and training to instructors who experience technical or educational difficulties within the Online class. Online Faculty Recruiter/Trainer, Online Campus • Identified teaching needs for the University of Phoenix and recruited instructors based on these requirements. • Interviewed, hired, and trained Online instructors for the Online campus. • Developed the Online faculty-training program and wrote the training modules presently used to orient and assess faculty candidates. • Organized all faculty training and retraining classes and trained faculty candidates or supervise trainers of faculty candidates. • Beta tested and evaluated new conferencing software to be used in Online classes. • Developed and maintain a database using Access version to track and report recruitment efforts.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Guided students in an analysis of communication theories and practices as related to the development, application, and improvement of the students' written and oral skills.• Presented methods of writing lucid letters, memorandum, formal reports, and proposals besides evaluating students' business writing with the managerial communication process. • Presented techniques for effective speech development, delivery, and audience targeting while providing student practice and evaluation of oral presentation skills.

Flint, Mi

• Taught developmental reading courses to improve critical reading skills and comprehension necessary for college level reading.• Taught developmental writing courses to improve academic writing skills so students can created a five-paragraph, college-level academic report that is supported by references and that is compliant with APA formatting.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Oversaw the work of the Apollo Federal Lobbyist team while developing and implementing Apollo’s grass roots efforts.• Served as a liaison between the Executives in Apollo Group, the University, and Federal Lobbyists, regarding company and University political and government affairs priorities, objectives, and procedures.• Organized advocacy communications while tracking and monitoring grassroots mobilization activities.• Identified and coordinated data needs• Prepared and delivered presentations to various groups, providing oversight and direction to the Federal Lobbying team and the legislative agenda that pertains to the business objectives of Apollo Group and the University.• Performed all duties (in addition to the above) related to the “Associate Director of Alumni Association.” • Presided as Board President of Alumni Network (a nonprofit 501(c)3) and oversaw and directed the strategic managing scholarship funds and their distribution.• Identified, developed, and oversaw all services provided to approximately 410,000 University alumni, including the developing and analyzing reports of service use to ensure programs and services meet established goals and expectations.• Coordinated with the Apollo Public Relations Office to assess strengths and weaknesses of department decisions and incorporate direction of alumni services into other organizational initiatives. • Manages communications and interaction with alumni through social networks, such as Face-book, and Linkedin.com.

Sacramento, California Area

Director of Education• Developed campus-based curricula and converted education programs to meet the needs of the college’s distance-education delivery format and technology.• Collaborated with departments and Colleges within US Education Corporation (USEC) to develop joint proposals for delivery of distance education programs for Silicon Valley College, Western Career College, and Apollo College. • Managed annual budgets, marketing, data compilation, and new program analysests, marketing, data compilation, and new program analyses.Corporate Dean of Instruction/ Executive Director of Cyber Campus • Planned, developed, and set up innovative programs to provide a rich and supportive student-learning environment while administering the curriculum development, approval, and review processes. • Developed policies and procedures related to academic faculty, programs, and student retention.• Lead the educational planning processes and maintained the Educational Master Plan. • Developed and maintained partnerships with business, government agencies, high schools, other community colleges, and universities in the planning and delivery of educational programs. • Coordinated and supervised all aspects of the instructional program of the College in compliance with applicable Federal, State, local and District regulations; and ensures compilation and submission of reports as required as the College Accreditation Liaison Officer.• Provided leadership in college long-range planning for student affairs programs and services and facilitated, and coordinated financial planning with planning activities to meet profitability, enrollment, and retention goals.• Developed alliances with local businesses and industry leaders to identify future employment needs of the area.

Concord, Ca

• Taught computer hardware concepts, computer operating systems and application software packages; such as Lotus & Excel, WordPerfect Database Management, Microsoft Word, and many applications run under Windows. • Provided students with comprehensive instruction in the correct use of English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and number style skills. • Helped students improve their ability to communicate effectively in a business environment by focusing on business writing skills, oral presentations, and job interviewing techniques. • Reviewed simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, and decimals; then progressed to basic accounting problems and principles. • Trained students to use basic Microsoft Word and spreadsheet functions to produce complicated projects using desktop publishing techniques.• Taught students how to organize, create, and maintain database tables, reports, and queries using database application software.

San Jose, Ca

• Instructed 70 students in the Chinese exercise and meditation of T'ai Chi Ch'uan. • Presented philosophical and religious implications involved with the T'ai Chi form. • Demonstrated and taught the martial arts inherent to the discipline.• Performed administrative duties involving enrollment; collected fees. • Lectured before Governing Board of Directors on the topic of Taoism's relation to mental health.

San Jose, Ca

• Designed curriculum and taught adults in survival English as a second language. • Grouped learners according to their levels and provided instruction adequate to each level. • Acted as an effective link between non-English speaking parents and the school district.• Solved cultural and language-related problems that arose between parents and school system.• Conducted monthly evaluations of students' progress to report on each student's improvement to the school district.

Berkeley, Ca

• Taught undergraduate and graduate ESL students sophisticated English grammar and the skills entailed in the writing of a college-level research paper. Taught undergraduate and graduate ESL students English grammar involving simple to complex sentence as well as how to write a five-paragraph academic paper using a computer and its writing tools. • Instructed advanced ESL students in the skills of inference, knowing vocabulary from context, and reading lengthy passages to improve the students' reading speed and comprehension. Taught intermediate ESL students the skills of inference, understanding vocabulary from stems, prefixes, and suffixes so they can read three paragraph essays with 75 percent comprehension. • Designed and taught this graduate course that dealt with intercultural communication, psychological types of physician-psychologist C. G. Jung, and how understanding people's differences can help resolve conflict in the global business setting. • Taught international students the skills needed to write a variety of business letters, memoranda, formal reports, and proposals. • Taught Asian History and comparative civilization courses.

Masters Of Arts, Education

B.A., Chinese

Exchange Student Of Chinese