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• Built consultancy, oversaw customer relations, hired subcontractors, designed internal policies and maintained financial records
• Published two textbooks - one online which was accepted for the 2010 textbook adoption
• Provided professional development, coaching, and technical assistance in ESL, diversity, and instruction
• Project Manager and Presenter successfully completed over 2.5 million dollars in contracted work
• Collaborate with university professors, education service center specialists, district leaders and teachers to develop and publish seven professional development TOTs for the Texas Education Agency
• Deliver training of trainer sessions for all projects produced for the Texas Education Agency Successfully trained over 850 trainers and administrators in the state of Texas

• Experience designing and delivering training programs to geographically dispersed work groups to meet performance goals
• Created performance and ROI measures to evaluate employee performance
• Mentor other training professionals in presentation skills, instructional design, and consulting

• Served as training liaison for enterprise wide applications (SAP)
• Used Accelerated Learning methods to deliver training
• Arranged and planned for learning events to close performance gaps with in house experts and training vendors
• Performed needs analysis to identify performance needs
• Managed a staff of subject matter experts in developing and delivering training programs
• Extensive background in HR generalist affairs, including experience in employee recruitment and retention, staff development, mediation, conflict resolution, benefits and compensation, HR records management, HR.

• Social Studies, Science, and Technology Integration with special emphasis on inclusion and co teaching of special education and ESL students.
• Chairperson for District Personnel Services Committee for three years
• Member of the District Performance Improvement Committee
• ROPES Facilitator
• Created training and lessons for Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) pilot
• Piloted distance learning programs

M.Ed., Instructional Technology

Masters Degree

Bachelor Of Science, Education

Education record

Studied Culture and Language; Culturally Responsive Instruction in the Content Areas, 2006 Texas Association of Bilingual Education.