Helping school districts navigate the ever-changing landscape between student needs and district mandates regarding digital equity in the 21st century. Learning.com offers curriculum in computer science, data literacy, digital citizenship, coding, etc.!!

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Responsible for business development in local gov’t sector and utility providers for HTS’s audio-visual, cybersecurity, law enforcement technologies, and POS payment solutions.

XYZprinting offers the most affordable and simple-to-use 3D printing solutions available for K12 schools and public libraries today.

Prologic Technology Systems is the company that created the Total Education Administrative Management Solution (TEAMS), a powerful, single-database solution that is flexible, scalable, and easy to use.Prologic is committed to improving the quality of education across the United States by providing the K-12 industry with its own industry-intelligent administrative system that is designed to:*Increase parent/guardian involvement in the district, as well as communication between parents/guardians and district staff,*Maintain 100 percent real-time information across the district,*Enhance administrative staff efficiency by streamlining workflows, automating processes, and improving communications,*Reduce the risk of data entry errors and duplicate data,*Eliminate the need for multiple third-party products,*Transition toward a paperless workplace,*Easily meet the demands of State and Federal reporting requirements,*Prepare for growth, and*Reduce costs.As Prologic's North/Central Texas K12 education consultant, I developed new opportunities and managed existing K12 public school accounts throughout North and Central Texas for the creators of the most extensive administrative software solution ever offered to the K12 industry. Responsibilities included: expanding Prologic’s brand recognition among school district leadership in assigned territory, developing a pipeline of new business opportunities in Texas and the surrounding states, leveraging existing relationships throughout Texas’ regional education service centers, creating a long-term business development plan that includes expansion into the South Central United States, and advancing partnerships with other organizations for mutual gain.

Responsibilities include forming strategic partnerships with regional service centers; advising local education agencies on cloud-based technology options for district performance, student achievement, and educator effectiveness, and; creating sales/consulting collateral. Areas of focus include instructional and back-office technologies for public/private campuses and districts, and managed cloud services.

Consulted K12 school district accounts ( as well as NFP enterprises) on VCIO/VCTO advantages, as well as SaaS and hardware options for instructional and back-office use.

PASCO Scientific has offered 21st-century solutions for STEM teachers that allow more inquiry-based, hands-on learning in the K-12 classroom for over a half-century.I was the South Central US K12 Digital Learning Consultant for the world’s leading provider of hands-on learning technologies and professional development for science/STEM educators. My range of responsibility encompassed prospecting for and qualifying leads, attending conferences, interfacing with key decision-makers at district and campus level, conducting workshops, completing travel arrangements, negotiating purchases, and maintaining accurate records. Identified key accounts and targets, and planned marketing campaigns targeting those organizations. Exceeded sales quota of $1.7 million, achieving actual sales of $2.4 million in 2013 by applying first-hand knowledge of products and excellent customer service. Developed positive relationship with Turkish-run charter school system, leading to over $750,000 in sales of physics products in 2013. After taking over territory in May 2012 (when territory was performing at 50%), brought territory up to 90% of 2012 quote of $1.8 million. Credited with turning around negative opinion from previous rep, increasing customer satisfaction, and attracting former customers to return to PASCO. Consistently reduced business expenses and remained under budget. Effectively managed existing accounts while growing new business throughout sales territory, and maintaining strong relationships with personal visits and timely communications. Automated all written communications by integrating PASCO's CRM On-Demand platform with Microsoft Outlook; also pioneered use of MailMerge in sending out mass email communications to leads. Ensured accuracy and strong customer relations by establishing a procedure that entailed personal review of all quotes; remains point-of-contact on all quotes and large purchases exceeding $5,000.

I taught juniors and seniors at this K12 charter school of 1,100 students. Scope of responsibility included creating lesson plans, grading papers, taking roll, holding parent-teacher conferences, fundraising, and attending weekly meetings. Served as 11th-grade team leader, and on committee that identified best social sciences teaching materials. Served on school-improvement and advisory committees, led professional development trainings and offered web-based communications to parents and other stakeholders. Researched and implemented innovative teaching methods for diverse group of students, locating technology-rich resources and giving web-based assignments. Instrumental in planning "Wildcat Rules!" road trip and organizing fundraising activities, including for the 11th-grade class activity fund (“Rock Around the Clock!”, etc.) and for the varity golf teams; planned men's golf practices, matches and tournaments and served on District Golf Tournament Rules Committee.

 Set up appointments with clients and made sales calls to local real estate professionals. Originated residential mortgage loans for owner-occupied and investment properties. Trained new loan officers on processes for taking complete loan applications, researching loan programs and current rates, and preparing loan files for submission to underwriting.  Disseminated information to other loan officers on ever-evolving federal and state regulations in order to meet compliance standards. Conducted informational seminars and trainings for new loan programs to local real estate professionals. Provided a high-quality customer service experience for all parties involved in mortgage loans, including borrowers, real estate agents, title agents, and lenders.

 Implemented and interpreted the Polk County School Board’s Student Code of Conduct for discipline incidents that occur on school grounds. Coordinated with the school’s administrative staff and the school resource officer on student supervision in all areas of school. Observed instructional practices of staff members, and provided feedback regarding effective and non-effective practices.

Organized and delivered multiple trainings for elementary and secondary teachers throughout territory.Built relationships within territory through various training opportunities and inservices.Developed and taught workshops for teachers seeking state certification in Social Sciences.Researched and created social studies curriculum for local elementary and secondary schools, including classroom reading supplements and over sixty-five lesson plans on a Florida History education website (www.polk-fl.net/staff/teachers/tah/tahfloridaflavor.htm ).Directed the implementation of grant-provided American history education materials.Led seminars displaying current pedagogy and best practices in social science education for senior interns at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida.Worked as a team member in seeing projects to completion (i.e., with former U.S. Representative Adam Putnam’s office and the Library of Congress on the Library of Congress’ World War II Veterans’ Oral History Project).