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Responsible for mathematics curriculum specific to teacher preparation programs.• Develop and assess mathematics curriculum related to Baker College teacher preparation programs.• Select resources used in mathematics courses.• Develop mathematics courses for online delivery.• Coordinate curriculum work completed by Baker College faculty.• Teach upper level online mathematics courses.• Supported the School of Education achievement of national accreditation by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP).• Supported the School of Education program approval by the State of Michigan.• Served on Strategic Planning Committee (2014) – Baker College Online Campus• Facilitated conference sessions supporting students preparing for the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification Exam.

Responsible for oversight of 63 graduate and undergraduate programs offered online. Course sections accounted for approximately 45% of the credit hours offered university-wide.• Ensured delivery of high quality online courses and consistent application of University policies and procedures.• Supervised and supported 14 Department Coordinators, 3 fulltime faculty members, 5 fulltime staff members, and approximately 600 adjunct faculty, including remote employees, in online pedagogical matters.• Provided input to university leaders in the development of university initiatives, programs and policies as a participating member of the President’s Cabinet and Provost’s Leadership Team.• Served as a member of the university Retention Committee.• Served as a member of the Developmental Studies Task Force.• Served as a member of the Academic Restructure Committee for campuses and online.• Collaborated with the Provost in the development of online goals and strategies to support Vision 2015.• Served as a member of the College of Business Dean Search Committee.• Served as a member of the Academic Promotion Board.• Served as a member of the pricing strategy task force.• Served as a member of the Provost Search Committee.• Wrote sections of the Davenport University Environmental Scan focused on trends in distance learning.• Supported the implementation of an e-book pilot in online courses.• Served as a member of the Scheduling Committee.• Served as a member of the Program Management Team.• Supported the development of, as well as wrote portions of, the script for the e-learning based adjunct orientation materials launched Fall 2010.• Provided input to university academic leaders in the development of university initiatives, programs and policies as a participating member of the Strategic Planning Committee and Goals and Budget Prioritization Committee.• Handled student complaints related to online courses.

Responsible for the development of all online Mathematics, Statistics and Economics courses as well as oversight of approximately 30 online departmental faculty.• Hired and mentored new faculty for online courses.• Developed the rotation and schedule of course sections for the academic year.• Assigned faculty to course sections.• Evaluated performance of mathematics and economics faculty members in online courses.• Managed student’s concerns and grade appeals within the areas of Math, Statistics and Economics.• Designed and facilitated Statistics, Contemporary Applied Math, and College Mathematics for online delivery.• Initiated, in conjunction with the Executive Director of General Education, a process to engage all fulltime mathematics faculty in the development of course materials used in online pre-designed courses.

• Designed and facilitated Statistics, Contemporary Applied Math, and College Mathematics for online delivery.• Co-facilitated training courses for new online faculty members.• Mentored new online math faculty members.• Led team of faculty in the development of the initial syllabus format used to convey individual course content and best practices to online faculty for each online course.• Designed tutorial support sites for computer programs used by learners in online math courses.• Served as a member of the team of faculty selected to design the original platform used by all Davenport University online courses. • Facilitated algebra and statistics courses in the AACE program (Adult Accelerated Career Education).• Served as one of four Faculty Coordinators for the AACE program (Adult Accelerated Career Education) with the specific responsibility of designing and implementing the module format used for all courses in the program.• Trained and mentored new math faculty members in the AACE program (Adult Accelerated Career Education).• Facilitated developmental level math courses and provided tutoring support for learners in the math lab.

• Facilitated beginning algebra courses for online delivery using MyMathLab from Pearson Education.