Raymond A. Lauk, Ph.D., Mba Email & Phone Number

Richmond, KY, US

Richmond, Kentucky, United States

Greater Chicago Area

Chicago

“Dr. Lauk knocked it out of the park! The audience loved him! Dr. Lauk delivered great energy with poise and confidence in his presentation, tons of take home and inspiration. I am looking forward to reading Dr. Lauk's book along with his delicious toffee!” -Kia Gunter, American Society of Military Comptrollers Land of Lincoln Chapter PresidentDr. Ray Lauk.

La Grange, IL

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River Forest, IL

I teach school finance and resource management to teachers who are working towards their Illinois Administrative License.

Manage the business operations of a 5,000 student school district in the Chicago suburbs with a $55M budget. Oversee all aspects of the finances, including budget, accounts payable, payroll, employee benefits, federal child nutrition programs, state and federal grants, and transportation.

Bangkok, Thailand

Each summer I teach educational finance and leadership to teachers and principals in the overseas schools seeking to improve international education.

Chicago, IL

• Expertise in budget and finance, Human Resources, employee performance and management, change management, strategic resource allocation and management, leadership development, team building, and site-based management.
• Recognized expert in adult learning principles and receive consistently high performance ratings from students.
• Expert in use of technology-based adult instructional methodologies.

Blue Island, IL

• Large, diverse suburban Chicago school district of 4,000 Preschool – 8th grade students; 13 schools, 600 employees. District demographics include 78.2% low income; 58.4% Hispanic, 23.8% Black, 15.7% White; 23.5%.
• Designed, created, and deployed comprehensive organizational health and climate program that focused the culture on achieving innovation, trusting relationships, and solving business challenges. Increased student.
• Chief negotiator for Board of Education in collective negotiations with all four bargaining units representing IEA units and SEIU. Created collaborative and respectful employee relations.
• Designed, created, and deployed leadership development program to identify and nurture high-potential / high–performing future leadership talent. Created system-wide leadership succession plans. Developed relationships.
• Identified and integrated key performance assessment metrics employed in program and performance evaluations. Oversaw redesign of 360 degree employee performance evaluation and management system.
• Designed, created, and implemented the strategic planning process to develop the District’s mission, vision, and core values, and to create long-term sustainable change processes resulting in unprecedented growth and.

• Superintendent employed at GE to partner with K-12 school districts to improve student achievement by creating innovative service chain solutions.
• Reduced student days lost to suspensions at Marshall Middle School (Lynn, MA) by 78% through an innovative, comprehensive security program.
• Designed and sponsored the American Association of School Administrators School Security Conference, the first national school security conference for educational leaders. Developed the relationship with four national.
• Sold and conducted school security assessments at:o Lynn Public Schools (MA)o Scottsdale Unified School District (AZ)o Manatee County Public Schools (FL)o Victor Valley Unified High School District (CA)o New Haven.
• Developed and executed Solution Selling service chain for K-12 education market that resulted in over $6 million in incremental revenue.

• Diverse suburban Chicago school district of 2,200 students, six schools, 12 building and central office administrators, and 425 employees. Budget: $21,300,000.
• State test scores increased 16% in these three years -- more than at any other time in the district’s history by creating and implementing School Design Process.
• Provided strategic and political leadership for 2004 educational tax rate referendum to raise property taxes by 50%. Won with a 60% margin.

• Financially troubled downstate Illinois school district.
• Provided the Board and the community with sound legal, administrative, political, financial and educational recommendations to reach the decision to voluntarily dissolve the school district effective June 30, 2003..

International corporate learning consultants for major American and Brazilian clients (in English and Portuguese). Specialties included: Strategic Planning, Team Building Training, Leadership Development, Instructional and Curriculum Design, Program Assessment and Evaluation, Business English for Executives, Educational Consulting, and Marketing.

• Overseas American school serving the diplomatic community and Brazilian students, preschool – 12th grades. Budget: $6 million; 700 students, 150 employees.
• Successfully overhauled and legalized the entire business and accounting functions in accordance with Brazilian and international law—ending 14 years of illegal/unethical business practices including money laundering.
• Created and led the Literacy Task Force to create a model second language acquisition program.

• K-12 Unit school district in downstate Illinois. Budget: $3 million.
• Led the creation of the Curriculum Development and Evaluation Process, a research based process that impacted curriculum development, assessment, staff development, and standards alignment.
• Oversaw the entire business operation, including Human Resources, food service, transportation, finance, investments, operations and maintenance.

Ph.D., Educational Adminstration

Dissertation Title: An Explication of Agency Theory with Theoretical and Practical Considerations for School-Based Management.

Mba, Marketing And Sales

Non-Degree, Painting

Certificate, Beginning Improv

Stand Up 101 - August 2009

Certificate, Stand Up Comedy

Study Abroad, Education

Activities and Societies: Brasilian Education, Portuguese, Visited Rio's "favela" public schools.

Ed.M., Elementary Education/Reading

Bs, Elementary Education

Transfered To University Of Colorado, Education

Diploma, General

Bachelor'S Degree, Elementary Education And Teaching