Sam Dennison Email & Phone Number

San Francisco--Tenderloin District

San Francisco Bay Area

Faithful Fools is a live/work community dedicated to social justice through building community, deep personal change, and calling civic leaders to value those most at risk and with least voice.

San Francisco--Tenderloin District

Faithful Fools is a multidimensional, fully engaged, live-in community that serves the Tenderloin District of San Francisco through presence, relationship building, the arts, and education. Sure, I work with the budget and planning because that is my background. I also do a lot with our learning partners (including Unv of San Francisco) as a community partner for service learning and community engaged learning.

San Francisco, California, United States

Santa Fe, New Mexico Area

I am engaged with the processes of planning and assessment, both for the institution as a whole and specifically with assessing student learning. Current projects are related to strategic planning, developing new programs, seeking HLC approval for new Master's level programs, and creating the academic assessment program

Academic Assessment: Skilled in development and implementation of effective, meaningful, and manageable academic assessment programs. Extensive experience in working with art/design, medical, business, and general education programs.Strategic Planning: 10 years experience in strategic planning processes, emphasis on growth, financial stability, and academic excellence.Budgeting/planning: Strong skills in aligning planning/budgeting processes with mission, strategic plan, and outcome measures.

Mentor for campus growth--focused on assessment and inst effectiveness. Provided mission development, strategic planning, budgeting, and retention programs to campuses ranging from 200 to 2000 students.Responsible for the development and implementation of assessment and institutional effectiveness programs for 100 campus (130,000 students), 4 system group of privately owned colleges covering art/design, psychology, business, and medical including diploma, certificate, associates, bachelors, and graduate degree programs. Accomplishments: Created and implemented vision for data collection for academic metrics Created vision for academic dashboard with retention, academic success, and graduate employment data Implemented Academic Metrics Data Warehouse for Brown-Mackie College system Developed academic assessment software package Developed Strategic Planning processes to support campus growth and financial stability Developed institutional measures for success as defined in strategic plans Development and implementation of retention programs (moving some campuses from 65% to 77% annualized retention rates)

GRADUATE January 1996 to 2007 Master of Liberal Studies Program; LS 8100 Advanced Interdisciplinary Inquiry Advanced research and writing course for graduate students preparing to write Masters thesis. LS 5950 Knowledge Work: What it Means to You A survey of knowledge work as it applies to personal and professional strategic planning.LS 5950 New Knowledge Production (Future of Liberal Studies) An examination of the future of Liberal Studies in the context of the expanding innovation economy. LS5100 Performing Gender: Drag on stage and off An examination of gender performances as constructed for performance in public and private. Team taught with Teresa Kupin. LS 5100 Designing Professional Futures Innovation Studies course employing futurist tools and innovative concepts to form professional strategies for successful career development in the knowledge and innovation economy. LS 5100 Resonant Notes and Ideas: Art, Music, Politics, and Economics An Interdisciplinary course focusing on the development of western concepts of the individual and human nature from the Renaissance through the 19th Century. Team taught with Dr. DonnaMae Gustafson. LS 5100 Testing Our Inheritance An interdisciplinary course tracing 20th Century cultural reflections of the ideas of Darwin, Nietzsche, Freud, and Marx. Team taught with Dr. DonnaMae Gustafson. LS 5000 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies The introductory seminar for MLS students covering research and writing; interdisciplinary methodology; and the work of interdisciplinary thinkers.

Minneapolis, Mn

Responsible for the academic integrity for a communication/visual arts oriented college (1,300 students) including providing vision, standards of excellence, and a collegial environment for instructional staff. Areas of Responsibility:• Strategic planning and Academic budgeting • Oversight of registrar’s office• Reporting of performance metrics • Compliance with state, federal, and accrediting agency standards• Development of collegial atmosphere• Promote interdepartmental partnerships• Implementation of retention programs• Curriculum development and review• Community relations• Evaluation and supervision of faculty and academic staff• Publication of catalog, student handbook, instructor manual and other publications • Oversight of library/learning resource centers

Responsible for the academic administration of a four-campus, two-year private college (2,200 students) including the quality and integrity of the academic enterprise and the development of an atmosphere supportive of increasing diversity. Accomplishments: Lead system through achieving HLC/NCA accreditation Developed/implemented Academic Assessment program for entire system Created and lead academic strategic planning process Implemented diversity program Areas of Responsibility: Manage academic/assessment budget Teambuilding among deans, specialized Curriculum development and review program coordinators, and faculty Implementation of academic programs Administration of faculty committees and assessment programs Oversight of library/learning resource Review of student and faculty grievance centers Publication of catalog, student Evaluation and supervision of faculty handbook, instructor manual and other and academic staff publications

Read and assessed student (4th through 12th grade) responses to performance assessment tasks in reading, writing, and social studies. Accurately applied state defined performance criteria. English/Composition Holistic Scoring

(18 Years Graduate & Undergraduate)

Master Of Arts, English Composition

Juris Doctorate

Bachelor Of Arts, Sociology