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Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Responsible for leading and performing technology and data analysis related duties for the School Improvement and Office of Indian Education Units. Provide data and data analysis for timely information to make data-driven decisions, fulfill internal and external stakeholder needs and requests, and identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets to inform decision making for School Improvement and for the Office of Indian Education.

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Guiding data systems to make evidence based recommendations for struggling schools.

I went from SME in Statistics to a Learning Design Specialist in about 45 days. I created original content and ensured that my SMEs both knew what they were writing about and followed a pedagogically appropriate format and design structure.

Peoria, Arizona, United States

Improved learning outcomes for 400 at-risk math students through holistic and circular analysis, design, and revision Developed technology supports to merge data from disparate data systems during remote learning, cutting hours of off colleagues’ time spent managing administrative tasksProduced content-delivery materials—including copy, physical media, and slide decks—for in-person, remote, online, and asynchronous deliveryChampioned equitable and sustainable pay increases across all job classifications through fiscal analysis and stakeholder discussion

Leadership of all Student Affairs functions and programs, including disability services, graduation, enrollment services, registrar, student conduct, Title IX, retention, student life, student records, veterans' services, and TRIO, as well as strategic planning and institutional assessment and excellence. While brief, my tenure as Vice President resulted in measurable improvements to the institution. Prior to my departure due to a sudden family emergency, I... Reorganized the Student Affairs division under other VPs with overlapping needs and interests in order to increase efficiencies and mitigate any potential losses. Launched automated support systems for at-risk students to streamline advising and retention. Implemented digital processes to support collaboration between institutional research, academic advising, and K–12 partners to track and improve benchmarks and improve performance.A family emergency required that I relocate back to Arizona from Oregon and I had to leave this position after a very short tenure. Upon my recommendation, the College

Tucson

As an Advising Specialist for the Colleges of Letters, Arts, and Science, I specialized in collaborating with departments and working with students trying to find the right major (major exploration). Advised for college majors: General Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Global Studies. Orchestrated a data-driven change in campus-wide retention and probation programs, implementing a system that increased student retention by 3-5% over 3 yearsRevamped Global Studies degree to maximize student involvement and student-faculty collaboration, increasing student participationAdvised thousands of students in various disciplines to meet degree and transfer requirements Measured and publicized institutional best practices to local, regional, and national audiencesReimagined successful curriculum for undecided students, resulting in exploration course taught by a dozen instructors to thousands of students

Page layout lead for a digitization project. Learning A-Z focuses on providing curriculum and other learning materials for PreK-8 learners. This project required the uniform digitization of some 800+ print media, and while I started as a simple 'get it on the page' guy, I quickly advanced to work in a more editorial capacity, checking other's work for format and guideline-compliance.

Vail, Ari

I was the department head for Music at Empire High School, the institutional gatekeeper for technological media, and on the founding team for the world's first textbook-free digital learning school. I served at the district level as the district Music and Fine Arts facilitator, on various budget override and planning committees, curriculum and academic committees, and as the district technology facilitator for events and programs. I taught Sociology, Music (Percussion, Band, Orchestra, Guitar, and Choir), World History, Honors History, and Philosophy. I was the director of the district's nationally-ranked WGI Percussion ensemble (Imperial Percussion, ranked 4th at the world championships 2007), and founded the state-recognized Imperial Steel performing ensembles. I acted as percussion director for the Cienega High School Copper Thunder Marching Band from 2003-2006, working with then-director Tom Broccolo.At the district level, I worked across schools and disciplines to improve outcomes.- Directed district-wide team of multidisciplinary educators to promote activities and accomplishments to stakeholders and the general public- Secured and monitored funding to develop nationally-recognized fine arts programs, including initial site design to department budgets and hiring

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Higher Education/Higher Education Administration, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Semi-finalist: Frederic M. Jablin Doctoral Dissertation Award, Jepson School of Leadership Studies Nominated.

Nanodegree, Programming For Data Science With Python

Programming and ETL In SQL (using PostGRESQL), Git, Bash, Python (with NumPy and Pandas), and Data Visualization (Tableau).

Master Certificate, Music Theory, Ear Training, And Harmony

Studied Music Theory, Ear Training, and Harmony. Mostly, improved to master my chops and help my music students get the gist of how it all.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Educational Leadership And Administration, General, 4.0

Thesis: Luther's Reformation of Education in German

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History And Philosophy

Activities and Societies: Marching Band, Steel Band, College of St. Felix, Society for Creative AnachronismStudied Higher Education.

Study Abroad, Medieval History

Activities and Societies: Fencing club, Sub-Aqua club, and lots of medieval Europe tours!Studied Medieval History - lots of Vikings.