Robert Hodges Email and Phone Number

• Manage the creation and implementation of high school academic programs in professional level artistic and athletic training institutions• Provide top-level support for post-implementation programs• Assist parents in choosing online schools for their student based on various proprietary criteria • Help parents create a positive learning environment for their students to thrive

• Oversaw and administered middle school and high school educational programs for a diverse and global student population • Managed ESL program ensuring students proficiency in English, so they may obtain positions in English speaking ballet companies• Developed and coordinated strategic plans for the Academic program, including for building and maintaining student motivation and engagement• Managed all Academics employees and tutors ensuring the student populations’ optimal academic needs were met• Directed and facilitated student recruitment and enrollment management of Rock Academics resulting in an increase in Rock Academic student enrollment by 53% between 2014 and 2023• Developed and oversaw yearly departmental budget including increasing Rock Academic Programs from $322,500 to $575,000 and from $8,700 per student to $11,000 per student between 2014 and 2023• Conducted interviews with potential student parents, presenting the value and benefits of the program• Developed, oversaw, and executed the Rock Academic annual student orientation program • Produced and taught various on-site courses and seminars• Negotiated and managed contracts with our curriculum providers and with our managed services provider• Oversaw technology needs for students and staff• Named a United States Presidential Scholar Distinguished Teacher in 2017• Supervised the Residence program and the Café (1/19-7/22)

• Interim position during COVID pandemic and transition to new school leadership• Oversaw the daily operations of Academics, Customer Service, Admissions, Residence, Registration, the Café, and the Finance Department while simultaneously overseeing the Rock Academic program• Created and facilitated regular meeting cadence with Development, Finance, Registration, Artistic, and Admissions departments resulting in enhanced interdepartmental communication and student/parent experience• Coordinated school technology needs and liaised with the managed services provider • Oversaw the hiring of new Residence Managers, a Summer Residence Director, and 15 Summer RA’s• Located and contracted with venues for end of year and end of summer performances• Coordinated communication between the various departments and both the outgoing and incoming School Directors• Collaborated with the School Director and Finance Department in creating a yearly budget• Tracked audition and enrollment numbers for school year and summer• Organized the COVID-19 response as the point person (9/20-12/21) and as part of a COVID Task Force (12/21-Current)• Initiated policies towards effective and timely communication with parents and students• Guided the school and the staff through a leadership transition

Dissertation: “Education Guides to Virtue”: Education, Morality, and National Identity in New England, 1780-1820 [NOT COMPLETED]

• Advised approximately 500 students, including 125 new transfer students, in course selection and academic planning using individual meetings and group advising workshops• Collaborated with faculty on student advising• Oversaw the technology needs for the Advising Center including the website• Implemented a new and user-friendly online system for scheduling advising meetings

• Provided first level technical support to students in the computer cluster• Trained all new employees during the final two years• Supervised 12 student employees during 2012-2013

Taught a course on Early American history with 25 students.

Taught a course on Early American history with 90 students, and managed three teaching assistants who helped with the grading and the recitation sections.

Provided through the Canadian-American Center

Graded student exams and research papers. Answered student questions.