John E. Hudson Email & Phone Number

Cave Creek, Arizona, United States

Provide professional development to schools, school districts, government agencies, non profits, and corporations. Focus areas include leadership, initiation and management of change, restorative discipline programs,practices and policy to address school discipline,climate and disproportionality.

Waltham, Massachusetts

Advisor to the Senior Instructional Design Associate for Safe Schools/Healthy Students initiatives. Member of development team and writer for The Positive School Discipline on-line course and co-author of Positive School Discipline Team User Guide.

501 Franklin Ave, Waco, Tx

Assessed district data regarding discipline, attendance & truancy, dropout rate and related district practices. Designed and initiated programs and strategies for a comprehensive district response to improve attendance and district completion rate.Major initiatives included: Community-wide "Drop Back In To School" initiative designed to reclaim commuity residents who had not completed their education."Suspend Kids to School" grant initiative designed to provide prevention, intervention programs and alternatives to student suspension, expulsion and ticketing by district police.""Every Day Ready to Learn" grant initiative that established parent resource centers at three district elementary schools with the poorest atendance.

Through effective planning and program management shifted grant monitoring from narrative reporting to evidence based formative and summative assessment resulting in more fidelity and follow through on the part of grant recipients.

The Texas Turnaround Leadership Academy (TTLA) is designed to build LEA and campus-level capacity through the implementation of policies and practices that establish the environment and support needed to effectively turn around schools that have been underperforming in multiple areas.The goal of the TTLA is to establish aligned leadership and systems of support at the state, regional, LEA, and campus level to build the capacity necessary to turn around low-performing schools in Texas.

Austin, Tx

Lead a shift in focus from extracurricular activities to accountability for quality research based best instructional practice as well as the expansion of support to underserved students and first generation college-bound students; initiated the collaboration, design and launch of a Global Studies Academy signature program

Torrington, Ct

Increased achievement scores in the largest middle school in Connecticut and introduced professional learning communities.

West Hartford, Ct

Increased SAT and state achievement scores to their highest level. Lead research based Instructional Cadre professional development each semester as principal. (35 % of teaching staff participated).

Phoenix, Az

Improved graduation rate from 42% to 66% (from 11th in the district to 2nd ), reduced the dropout rate from a district high 15.9% to a district leading 5.9% in 4 years, improved instructional delivery through the establishment of full time instructional coaches in math and English. Expanded and housed extensive Life Skills Program for multiply handicapped students.

Phoenix, Az

Restructured district alternative education center to raise student achievement, increased support services to students through partnerships with social service agencies, and increased the number of graduates.

Phoenix, Az

As principal, led the expansion of the magnet program from sports medicine to include all other medical careers; established a partnership with Samaritan Health Services; expanded social services and opportunities for minority students, and refocused the instructional staff on best practice by providing instructional coaching to all non tenure teachers.

Reston, Va

Provided training institutes at various locations across the U.S. and Canada on topics including adolescent suicide prevention, intervention and postvention; the school team approach to drug and alcohol abuse prevention.

Phoenix,Az

Provided professional development to school districts in AZ, NM, UT, SD, CO, CA, ID, WA, and business clients including IBM, United Technologies, and Camelback Behavioral Health Services.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Planned and staffed, a new high school from initial construction through opening. Planned curriculum and provided in-service and professional development for instructional staff.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Paradise Valley High School Assistant Principal for Curriculum and Instruction (1982-1985)• Shadow Mountain High School Acting Principal (1981-1982) Assistant Principal for Discipline & Attendance (1979-1981) Science Department Chairman (1977-1979) Teacher of Geology & Earth Science (1974-1979)

Everertt, Massachusetts

Teacher of Honors Biology and Earth Science

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Organizational Leadership

Administrative Certification, Educational Leadership And Administration, General

Educational leadership and supervision coursework required for Arizona administrative certification in shcool leadership

Graduate Studies., Genetics, Vertebrate Paleontology, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy

Master'S Degree, Earth Science Teacher Education

Graduate Studies in Geology, Biology, Climatology, Astronomy

Bachelor'S Degree, Secondary Science Education

Activities and Societies: Sports reporter (hockey) for school newspaperPreparation for secondary science teacher of earth sciences.

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