Randy Speck, Ed.D. Email & Phone Number

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

• Collaborated with NIET staff to submit and receive approval for NIET"s Teacher Leadership Series from the Michigan Department of Education as a recognized Teacher Leader provider in the State of Michigan.• Contributed to the development of learning sessions to facilitate NIET's national planning and considerations guide for schools to re-open in the Fall of 2020 • Participated in the Governor's Return to School Council Sub-committee on Policy and Budget recommendations• Provide feedback, direction, and assistance in content development for existing projects and in the development of new work for the organization.• Business development initiatives with a focus on the Midwest region, including Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and New Jersey• Identify and develop relationships with, and establish statements of work with schools, districts, local education agencies, higher education institutions. • Identify appropriate grant opportunities to grow teacher leadership development programs• Represent and present content information on behalf of NIET at conferences and meetings

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• Led a workforce of 250 employees including four separate labor associations• Decreased employee turnover rate by 40% over a three year period from 2015-2018• Increased revenue by $8 million dollars between 2012-2013 and 2018-2019 from a $12 milliondollar budget to $20 million.• Increased enrollment by 35% between the 2012-2013 school year and 2017-2018 school year through a 85%retention rate.• Pursued and secured $750,000 competitive grant to transition schools into researched based balanced school calendarwith the Michigan Economic Development Council• Established a annual Children Savings Account for every child to be used post high school graduation• Established the Madison Advanced Manufacturing Collaboration(MAMC) to train students and adults in advanced manufacturing and computer science. • Led efforts to expand cultural and diversity training for students and employees dealing with a wide range of studentbackgrounds• Led efforts to increase reading and math proficiency and grade level achievement• Created a school based trauma healing program using creative arts and transformational experiences• Established robotics programming certification with FANUC Robotics providing students with new 21st century opportunities for high paying jobs• Initiated partnership with the Michigan Film and Digital Office to establishing the Google CS First learning opportunity for students in Grades 4-8• Led the improvement of academic achievement district wide by intentional targeting areas of weakness and usingresearch based methods for interventions.• Grew ESL program by 10% while also intentionally establishing a Charter school to specifically meet the needs of theChaldean/Arabic community • Increased STEM learning through a partnership with the National Center for Earth and Space Science resulting inhands on experiments conducted on the International Space Station

• Led implementation and alignment of Positive Behavior Support Initiative encouraging continued respect betweenstudents and staff• Established school-wide openness to the display of formative assessments using public data walls• Oversaw atmosphere of promoting student growth by creating private data walls for use in grade level and childstudy team meetings• Used dashboards, strategy maps and scorecards to measure progress with school and district improvement plans• Led integration of iPad usage within classrooms to promote an increase in literacy, writing and student assessment• Conducted Readers Workshop professional development to determine the areas to be worked on• Encouraged implementation of math centers and math workshop to improve student achievement• Conducted teacher evaluations providing instructional and professional feedback• Used Response to Intervention to successfully monitor school-wide goals of 100% student progress• Planned monthly professional development linking general education to resource room and special education• Successfully increased book collections in the media center, book room and classroom libraries• Invited teachers to participate in regular "check-ins" to actively monitor the progress of students needing instructionalassistance

Auburn Hills, Mi, Us

- Led financial turn-around process to turn a $400k deficit into a $150k surplus within the first year of office- Prepared and submitted annual operational budget to the Board for approval- Managed and monitored all operations under approved budgets ranging from $2.5 ­ 5 million- Oversaw the hiring process and performance of 100 school employees, prescribing their duties, compensation andterm of office- Created strategic maps for the Board based on three to five year vision plans- Supervised all academic and administrative operations of the campus- Developed and implemented school branding, marketing and communications strategies- Served as the spokesman for school and handled all media relations, including press interviews, etc.- Worked with financial professionals to establish a gift planning program- Launched an additional offsite elementary campus for long-term growth- Created a new Early Education Program providing student enrichment and additional school growth- Established balanced scorecards to track and measure annual objectives- Oversaw 40% rise in student enrollment since 2004- Established an environment with a 96% customer retention rate- Organization surveys reveal that 95% of school families would recommend our school- Established online education presence by creating the Oakland Christian Virtual School- School named as one of Corp! Magazine’s Bright Spots of 2010 for the State of Michigan- Named as an “Entrepreneur of Distinction” by Corp! Magazine for 2010- Established the “Oakland Christian School University” to teach and train employees to link the school’s mission and vision to everyday behavior- Initiated a student-centered learning environment focused on multiple-intelligences- Designed a differentiated instruction approach to facilitate individualized learning- Hosted a weekly radio program focused solely on education issues

Auburn Hills, Mi, Us

§ Served as lead fundraiser for institution-advancing activities to enhance gift support, communications, and image development § Designed and implemented a development program to raise resources and awareness of Oakland Christian School § Established planning mechanisms for future funding opportunities of the school § Served as lead writer for grant applications § Planned annual fund-raising dinners with nationally recognized speakers (Michael Reagan, J.C. Watts, Oliver North, Art Linkletter, David Dravecky) § Established a committee to annually plan a spring auction to fund specific programs § Built key partnerships to continue improvement of awareness for the school (; WWJ News Radio and WPON 1460 AM) § Designed the school's social media presence through website, Facebook, Twitter, Blogging and YouTube § Initiated the development of a mechanism for parent access to online viewing of report cards § Created a strong communication program with alumni by special mailings and events

Doctor Of Education - Edd, Education

Ed.S., Educational Administration

M.Ed., Educational Leadership

B.S., Biology

A.S., Science