Martha Sheffield

Email: abqft0@r.postjobfree.com

Address: **** *. *** *******

City: Scottsdale

State: AZ

Zip: 85258

Country: USA

Phone: 480-***-****

Skill Level: Director

Salary Range: $80,000

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Martha L. Sheffield, Ed. D.

8637 E. San Lorenzo Dr.

Scottsdale AZ 85258

480-***-**** (cell)

abqft0@r.postjobfree.com

Education

Doctor of Education, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ

Master of Science in Educational Leadership, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ

Master of Science in Leadership and Management, Regis University, Denver, CO

Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology & Spanish, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN

Professional Work Experience

Arizona State University

On Line Course Facilitator and Instructor, 2012

As ASU instructor in educational leadership master degree program, facilitated on-line discussion groups, providing leadership, feedback, professional development, lively on-line discussions and grades for graduate students in administrator preparation courses.

Phoenix Union High School District, Scottsdale Unified School District.

Eight years of experience as bi-lingual instructional leader skilled in communication with all stakeholders in both English and Spanish. Experience includes educational leadership in Maryvale, Coronado, Metro Tech, and North High Schools in Scottsdale and Phoenix, Arizona.

Assistant Principal and Dean of Students 2005 - Present

Designed, coordinated and conducted professional development programs in large Title One high schools including workshops and classes for teachers and administrators which increased student achievement and teacher effectiveness.

Created a professional learning community climate of continuous improvement and customer relationships through implementation and support of school wide PLC's.

Hired, mentored, counseled, and evaluated teachers and support staff. Translated, interpreted, and facilitated bi-lingual (Spanish/English) communications at all levels throughout the organization.

Qualified evaluator; provided instructional leadership with all high school courses; administered evaluation system for entire school including new teacher coaching, best practices and individualized problem solving / instructional improvement.

Created college-going programs which resulted in a 667% increase in college scholarships for high school seniors in 2010 - 2012 from $300K - over $2M.

Developed programs which coordinated student registration and counseling services, recruiting, credit recovery and dropout prevention programs resulting in increased enrollments; increased graduation rate from 82.5% to 99.5%.

Increased AP and Honors classes in high risk, urban high school by 75%.

Directed error-free school-wide NCLB testing, student data audit-readiness, student services; initiated diversity programs for employees and students.

Recruited in-coming students in open enrollment magnet high schools through innovative marketing programs and parent presentations.

Spanish Teacher 1999-2005

Taught all levels of Spanish language acquisition and cultural understanding utilizing best practices teaching strategies; led student travel experiences in Latin America; translator for medical mission teams in Mexico. Achieved outstanding ratings and bonuses in district career ladder programs.

Selected as district Mentor Teacher for world language teachers new to the district; provided leadership to other secondary language teachers.

Professional Development and Additional Skills

Bi-lingual, Spanish/English

Thinking Maps Training 2007 and 2012

PLC Summit, Phoenix, 2012 and 2013

AVID training, San Diego, 2008

Strong knowledge and application of teaching and learning best practices.

Excellent communication skills/written and verbal.

Gifted presenter and public speaker.

Diversity trainer.

Early Career: IBM Corporation, Phoenix, Boulder, Milwaukee, Minneapolis 1981-1999

Recruiting Manager

Recruited, interviewed and selected candidates for cutting-edge executive consulting positions while achieving cross cultural representation in hiring.

Regional Business Controls / National Audit Consultant

Ensured audit program were developed and implemented for corporate compliance. Provided leadership to field sales and services organizations to ensure audit readiness. Consulted with field offices to identify and resolve audit exposures in national information technology delivery processes.

Re-engineered International and North American cross-functional processes to reduce cost and increase efficiencies which increased audit effectiveness and process stability.

Global Manager - Import / Export Distribution Center

Export manager, responsible for data and logistics of over $6 billion annually in US exports of I/T products to Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.

Travelled extensively in Europe and Asia and developed international cross-cultural relationships with in-country import managers.

Developed employee and management development programs for a 400-person import/export organization resulting in a morale increase of 15%. Created nationwide recruiting programs, diversity training and executive resources programs.

Developed and facilitated organization-wide leadership training programs, which included Myers-Briggs Personality Type training and testing, Transformational Leadership, Market Driven Quality Management and others.

Financial Analyst

Analyzed international exports accounting and US marketing commissions accounting with particular emphasis on executive presentation, reporting efficiencies, defect analysis, defect reduction and process re-engineering.

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