Hire, supervise, train and evaluate Writing Center Consultants and the SI Coordinator and Leaders to include performance reviews and work assignments. Set program and staff performance goals.Analyze, evaluate, solve, and makes decisions regarding problematic situations.Conduct monthly staff meetings to review activities and inform staff of new procedures and issues.Develop and monitor budgets prioritizing services and purchases based on needs and budgetary limitations.Evaluate program effectiveness including data collection, needs assessments, and analysis and compilation. Assist in developing systems and strategies to promote effective delivery of services, in collaboration with academic leadership of the University. Solicit grant opportunities funding to further goals and objectives of essential programs. Upon grant approval, serves as the fiscal agent and provides leadership to ensure that grants are fully functional and fiscally prudent.Create and maintain effective websites for the Writing Center, PASS, and Absent Professor Programs.

Oversee the operation of the Writing Center to maintain a professional writing environment.Select, train, schedule, and supervise student tutors and student clerical staff.Plan and implement training and professional development opportunities for student staff. Seek input from users of Writing Center services and evaluates Center effectiveness.Promote and inform the campus community about the writing support available at the Center.Maintain effective communication with academic administrators and faculty about Writing Center programs.Review and select tutoring materials and accepts committee assignments.Assure the most effective use of Writing Center resources by preparing, utilizing, and monitoring the Center’s budget.Develop and maintain accessible online Writing Center support.Remain competent and current through self-directed professional reading, developing professional contacts with colleagues, attending professional development courses, and attending training and/or courses required by the Dean of the College. Teach up to 6 hours over the course of the academic year.

Supervise the use of Turnitin software on campus.Negotiate the university’s contract with Turnitin’s corporate office.Conduct training workshops for faculty, staff, and students regarding the responsible use of the software.Train faculty, staff, and students to recognize academic integrity.

Hire, supervise, train and evaluate Writing Fellows and conduct performance reviews.Set program and staff performance goals.Analyze, evaluate, solve, and makes decisions regarding problematic situations.Meet with cooperating faculty to ensure departmental goals.Develop and monitor budgets prioritizing services and purchases based on needs and budgetary limitations.Evaluate program effectiveness including data collection, needs assessments, and analysis and compilation. Assist in developing systems and strategies to promote effective delivery of services, in collaboration with the Provost Fellow for Writing.

Select, train, schedule, and supervise student Absent Professor Prefects.Plan and implement training and professional development opportunities for student staff. Develop workshops centered on study skills development for students.Seek input from users of the Absent Professor Program’s services and evaluate workshop effectiveness.Promote and inform the campus community about the support available at the Center.Maintain effective communication with academic administrators, faculty, and student organizations regarding the availability of the program’s services.Review and select presentation handouts and other material.Create and maintain an effective website.

Cast, script, direct, perform, and tour a children’s theatre troupe with a cast of six to eight theatre students.Produce 40 to 60 performances a year.Issue scholarships to select company members.Market performances to area elementary schools and libraries.Perform at the Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri Conference.

Develop and implement a range of supplemental instruction programs and services.Develop appropriate working relationships with academic departments.Design intake, training, and evaluation processes for PASS program implementation and expansion.Work closely with Student Services offices to ensure that PASS program is advertised and promoted to students.Recruit, supervise, and evaluate student PASS leaders. Develops appropriate recordkeeping and evaluation systems for use with student leaders.Conduct orientation, weekly meetings, and on-going training for PASS leaders.Monitor expenditures related to PASS program.Coordinate collection of data and produces reports on PASS program.Develop and implement appropriate evaluation mechanisms to assess the benefits of PASS program.

Faculty Rank of Lecturer, a 9-month non-tenure track position.Teach IDS 117: Efficient College Reading and Study Skills, IDS 118: Study Skills for College and for Life, IDS 110: Introduction to University Life, and GEP 397 Public Affairs for the 21st Century, for a total of approximately 24 credit hours yearly.Market the Collegiate Reading and Learning department by conducting outreach presentations on campus and abroad.Develop and conduct the College-Base Workshop Seminar in conjunction with the Education Department.Present at national and international conferences.Assist in maintaining the departmental website as well as my class website.

As an official publication of the National College Learning Center Association (NCLCA), The Learning Assistance Review (TLAR) seeks to foster communication among higher education learning center professionals. Its audience includes learning center administrators, teaching staff, and professional or student worker tutors, consultants, mentors, and faculty members and administrators who are interested in improving the learning skills of postsecondary students. TLAR is available free of charge to all NCLCA members. NCLCA defines a learning center at institutions of higher education as interactive, academic spaces which exist to reinforce and extend student learning in physical and/or virtual environments. A variety of comprehensive support services and programs are offered in these environments to enhance student academic success, retention, and completion rates by apply best practices, student learning theories, and addressing student-learning needs from multiple pedagogical perspectives. Staffed by professionals, paraprofessionals, faculty, and/or trained student educators, learning centers are designed to reinforce the holistic academic growth of students by fostering critical thinking, metacognitive development, and academic personal success. TLAR aims to publish scholarly articles and reviews that address issues of interest to a broad range of academic professionals. Primary consideration will be given to articles about program design and evaluation, classroom-based research, the application of theory and research to practice, innovative teaching strategies, student assessment, and other topics that bridge the gaps within our diverse and growing profession.

Bluewater Productions brings a diverse library of titles and talent to the table. With stories that range from classic myths, science fiction and superheroes to Hollywood legends such as William Shatner, Roger Corman, Adam West, Julie Newmar, Ray Harryhausen and Vincent Price, Also reimagining classic titles like "Logan's Run", " SE Hinton's Puppy Sister", "Lionsgate's Leprechaun" and more. Bluewater is a fresh voice in comic publishing. We have now broken into biography comics with our titles FAME, FEMALE FORCE, 15 MINUTES and POLITICAL POWER.

Write parody scripts of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Star Trek: The Original Series for theatrical, live performance.Perform as necessary.