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Denver, Co, Us

Denver, Colorado, United States

Denver, Colorado, United States

Greater Denver Area

• Led all aspects of academic center with roughly 1700 FTE focused on general education courses for short-term certificate and 2-year programs leading to associate's degrees and transfer to 4-year baccalaureate programs, including; oversaw Federal and State grants for STEM programs including Department of Education and National Science Foundation; facilitated center-wide strategic planning to develop five-year plan focused on student on-boarding, retention, and completion, especially for first generation students.• Supervised, evaluated, and mentored faculty department chairs, administrative staff, and grant managers for an entire team consisting of 15 full-time, hourly, and work study staff, 38 full-time faculty, and 100+ part-time adjunct instructors.• Managed and prioritized center budget and grant budgets, including appropriate expenditures relating to high-cost course fees, program fees, and other restricted funds; oversaw and approved all monthly purchase card statements; developed budget, FTE projections, and enrollment growth plans.• Collaborated with other 2-year and 4-year institutions on articulation agreements for students transferring to baccalaureate programs at Metro State University of Denver, University of Colorado – Denver, University of Colorado – Boulder, and Colorado School of Mines.• Developed pre-engineering program for students transferring to baccalaureate programs throughout the state with specific emphasis on experiential, project-based freshman classes to help students with specific program selection engineering field.• Managed EAB Navigate platform for faculty and instructional use, including oversight, training, and evaluation of faculty advising and early alert programs.

Greater Denver Area

• Led all aspects of academic center with roughly 1700 FTE focused on 2-year STEM programs transferring to 4-year baccalaureate programs, including service courses for programs throughout the college; oversaw Federal and State grants for STEM programs including Department of Education and National Science Foundation; facilitated center-wide strategic planning to develop five-year plan focused on student retention and completion.• Supervised, evaluated, and mentored faculty department chairs, administrative staff, and grant managers for an entire team consisting of 15-20 full-time, hourly, and work study staff, 35-40 full-time faculty, and 100+ part-time adjunct instructors.• Managed and prioritized center budget and grant budgets, including appropriate expenditures relating to high-cost course fees, program fees, and other restricted funds; oversaw and approved all monthly purchase card statements; developed budget and FTE projections.• Collaborated with other 2-year and 4-year institutions on articulation agreements for students transferring to baccalaureate programs at Metro State University of Denver, University of Colorado – Denver, University of Colorado – Boulder, and Colorado School of Mines.• Led a tri-institutional innovation grant to use the Mathematics Association of America’s WeBWorK platform as a replacement for traditional publisher-provided homework platforms in math classes; exceeded transition expectations and accelerated implementation for three entire courses within 18 months to provide 100% Open Education Resourced math classes for students.

Greater Denver Area

• Led all aspects of department tasked with developing and facilitating professional development for a community college with 400+ full and part-time faculty; maintaining and supporting the Learning Management System used by entire college for all face-to-face, hybrid, and online courses; and coordinated the development and implementation of online degree programs across entire college.• Managed and prioritized department budget, including hourly payroll for all professional development activities throughout the college, prioritization and procurement of instructional technology, staffing costs associated implementation of new technology• Coordinated and collaborated with Deans, Provost, Vice Presidents, and President on strategic initiatives and priorities for the college.• Coordinated and collaborated with IT Director and Colorado Community College System IT department on strategic implementation of learning technology solutions.• Served on college-wide prioritization committee tasked with evaluating and prioritizing all departments and programs across entire college to allocate and re-allocated resources in a strategic manner aligning college goals with Colorado Community College System goals and 21st century higher education funding and student enrollment trends.• Managed a multi-institutional pilot of WeBWorK, and Open Educational Resource (OER) math homework platform and OER textbook • Collaborated with the Course-based, Competency-based Education grant team to implement pilot CBE programs in health sciences and architectural engineering, providing leadership on instructional design and educational technology support.• Collaborated with state-wide system leaders of online learning and learning technology to evaluate and implement enterprise-level solutions to advance online, hybrid, and face-to-face learning.

Greater Denver Area

• Managed all aspects of Desire2Learn platform (LMS) utilized by 500+ faculty for 9000+ students, ensuring stability and continuity of service for 18,000+ individual course shells per semester.• Developed training materials for faculty and student users, from initial onboarding guidance to advanced tool usage for online and hybrid courses.• Evaluated and trained faculty across entire institution on online instructional design elements, increasing knowledge and use of best practices for online learning.• Collaborated with department team on development and implementation of policy and procedures to enhance delivery of online instruction.• Ensured and advised on compliance related to distance learning for the Higher Learning Commission and the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement.

• Served as principal subject matter expert on a multi-state team collaborating on the development of an open and highly innovative online accelerated developmental English course contextualizing reading and writing instruction (scheduled to release in 2015).• Oversaw all content development, including multimedia presentations, instructional resources, instructor guides, and assessment tools.• Aligned table of contents, curriculum, and assessments to meet multiple competency standards, including Common Core and emerging redesigned developmental courses in Colorado, Virginia, and Texas.• Developed content to meet multiple student experiences, from self-guided pre-college students to traditional classroom students using course as supplemental material to face-to-face instruction.• Edited, revised, and wrote materials including scripts, “textbook” lessons, assessment questions, and promotional literature.• Collaborated with the editorial director and producer to build a team of subject matter experts to complete specialized areas of project and to meet rigorous production schedule.

Denver, Co

• Helped manage a 9-institution consortium’s redesign of 187 advanced manufacturing courses into blended and hybrid formats following the guidelines of a Department of Labor grant.• Trained faculty, subject matter experts, and project administrators on principles of hybrid and blended course design as well on the use and development of open educational resources and creative commons licensing.• Researched, evaluated, remixed, developed, and licensed Open Education Resources (OER) for use in new and redesigned courses.• Evaluated redesigned courses for quality and compliance with regard to Department of Labor TAACCCT grant guidelines• Developed and facilitated Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on a free and open platform for unique participants targeting a cross-section of industry and academic competencies common in the workplace and higher education.• Presented various aspects of course development and delivery, as well as overall grant goals and achievement, at national and regional conferences.

Greater Denver Area

• Managed all aspects of the Community College Denver’s portion of a Colorado Community College System grant, including budget projections and planning, quarterly reporting to grant evaluator, and all federal audit requirements.• Collaborated with partner institutions across the state to successfully implement a complete overhaul of developmental education curricula, specializing in developmental reading and English curriculum, taking a statewide initiative from conception to development to full implementation in three years.• Coordinated curriculum planning and development to successfully apply statewide task force recommendations to the specific needs of a diverse urban student population.• Oversaw professional development activities for multiple departments to combine innovative lesson plans and learner-centered pedagogy with redesigned curricula.• Developed quantitative course assessment measuring longitudinal success and retention, utilizing a collaboration of CCD’s institutional research department and external evaluation researchers. • Managed grant-funded Career Coach position focusing on proven intrusive advising techniques to increase retention and completion.

• Taught developmental English courses to diverse urban population in various innovative formats, including team-taught learning communities, accelerated hybrid courses, and contextualized formats following the creation of College Composition and Reading (CCR) courses.• Contextualize developmental English content with five different disciplines while team-teaching with four different instructors: developmental math (MAT 060 & 090), political science (POS 110), criminal justice (CRJ 110), sociology (SOC 101), anthropology (ANT 101).• Collaborated with instructors in team-teaching environment, learning various pedagogies consistent with specific disciplines and college centers (Liberal Arts & Behavioral Sciences, Math & Science, and Technical Education).• Taught diverse population of adult learners employing learner-centered strategies addressing both cognitive and affective domains to prepare students for college success.

• Assumed newly created leadership role of nationally recognized tutoring center encompassing the GED program and four discipline specific labs (English, reading, math, and ESL).• Managed all aspects of budget, from employee payroll and weekly supplies to year-to-year projections based on FTE and staffing ratios based on student usage.• Reviewed and aligned tutoring pedagogy with national standards and specific discipline needs and assisted faculty coordinators with trainings and implementation.• Supervised, hired, and trained staff of work-study employees, part-time employees, and professional tutors, meeting all state and federal requirements including work-study limitations and international student visa restrictions.• Developed and implemented Accuplacer Test Prep Lab to prepare potential students for mandatory placement test, overseeing curriculum, materials, staffing, and eventual institutionalization, including hiring full-time coordinator and securing dedicated physical lab space.• Assisted with the hiring, training, and transition of leadership to a new Director and Assistant Director to assure continuation of established goals and mission.

Master Of Fine Arts (Mfa), Creative Writing - Fiction

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Criminology