• Advise broadcast journalism staff in daily production of a daily morning news show.• Teach students broadcasting journalism knowledge & skills.• Improved pre-production show and other processes to include the use of Google Drive.• Wrote and earned a Harrisonburg Education Foundation Innovative Educator Grant which will enable students to cover school events in real time by posting photos and video online.

• Learned basic knowledge of business law including Contracts, Agency and Employment Law, and Government Regulation.• Studied other topics including Ethics and Constitutional Law, Torts and Crime, and laws related to the business of education and government.• Learned basic knowledge of contract types, terms and legal requirements.• Developed a project schedule for a group project using Microsoft Project 2013.• Learned analytical problem-solving skills through case studies and prepared written reports.• Organized materials for, prepared and presented oral presentations.• Learned and practiced negotiation skills in Negotiations and Conflict Management Class.• Gained basic knowledge of accounting and cost engineering in Managerial Accounting Class.• Worked on a team to research, gather and compile support data to develop a marketing plan in Marketing Management Class.• Learned the process of and created a startup in Entrepreneurship and Venture Creation Class.

• Coordinated with principal and guidance director to generate class schedules each year for a department of 15 teachers.• Prepared agendas for and conducted department meetings.• Conceptualized and coordinated effort in the creation of a department website that helped inform parents, students, and guidance counselors of classes offered within the department.• Collaborated with a team of educators to reinstate an Honor Code and create a uniform school policy to address Honor Code violations.

• Conceptualized the creation of a television broadcasting studio & control room in new high school; obtained support (financial, etc.) and coordinated its implementation.• Developed broadcasting program where students have won over 40 awards in state and regional competitions.• Created a system that enables students to write, produce and edit a morning news show that is broadcast daily to the entire student body.• Developed a paper and video training system for broadcasting equipment and video-editing software, which enables students to learn at their own pace and become proficient.• Maintained studio & control room equipment which cost $90,000.• Produced a promotional video for the school system with a team of students, which is used by the district superintendent for fund-raising.

• Designed, set up, and maintained engineering & manufacturing labs in new high school which cost $150,000 and are used by 175 students.• Managed two budgets totaling more than $10,000 annually, maintained inventory of more than 200 tools and pieces of equipment.• Taught more than 10 different classes including Engineering, Construction Technology, Manufacturing Systems, Communication Systems and Broadcasting & Video Production.• Developed a website for students and parents to use as a resource for class assignments.