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State College, Pa, Us

State College, Pa, Us

University Park, Pa

Direct all academic advising and serve as the Pennsylvania Department of Education certifying officer for teacher certification programs in the College of Education, as well as other colleges offering certification programs at Penn State.

University Park, Pa

Teach a first-year seminar course each fall semester in the College of Education. Past course titles have been:- "Election 2012: The Issue of Education in American Politics"​ (2012 - Following the Election Cycle)- "Finding the Extraordinary Among the Ordinary at Penn State"​ (2013 - Ethics, Social Justice)- "Making the Most of Penn State"​ (2014 - Using Richard Light's volume on college adjustment)- "From Penn State to Peru to Portugal: Systems of Education Around the Globe"… Show more Teach a first-year seminar course each fall semester in the College of Education. Past course titles have been:- "Election 2012: The Issue of Education in American Politics"​ (2012 - Following the Election Cycle)- "Finding the Extraordinary Among the Ordinary at Penn State"​ (2013 - Ethics, Social Justice)- "Making the Most of Penn State"​ (2014 - Using Richard Light's volume on college adjustment)- "From Penn State to Peru to Portugal: Systems of Education Around the Globe" (2015 - Focus on differences/similarities in K-12 systems in a variety of countries/nations)- "Citizens of the World: Higher Education Around the Globe" (2016 - Comparative analysis of universities in other countries/nations)- Designed and led embedded study abroad course in Sweden (EDUC 297) for College of Education students at Penn State. Show less

University Park, Pa

In addition to my advising responsibilities, I coordinated the College of Education's involvement with New Student and Transfer Student Orientations.

University Park, Pa

Served as Acting Director while the Director was out on an extended leave of absence for medical reasons. During this time, I managed our departmental budget and all staffing issues, in addition to overseeing the day-to-day College of Education academic advising and teacher certification operations. Regularly communicated and met with the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies during this time.

University Park, Pa

Advised a caseload of approximately 250 College of Education undergraduate students. Also served as the College's liaison to Undergraduate Admissions during this time period.

Msed, Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

Conducted a qualitative, independent study of Haitian university student perceptions of Haiti's capacity to rebuild its higher education.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Secondary Education And Teaching

Holder of Pennsylvania Instructional I Teaching Certificate for grades 7-12, Social Studies.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Leisure Studies

Masters' thesis utilized mixed methods data collection (focus groups and survey instrument) to better understand how intensive.