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BENJAMIN W. INGRAM

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North Judson, IN 46366

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Experienced Professional Educator and former Non Commissioned Officer of the U.S. Army seeks

challenging position.

EDUCATION

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

B.S. in Construction Engineering and Management Technology

100 credit hours completed of 125

Currently Enrolled in Night Classes

Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

Masters of Education in Administration, Supervision and Curriculum

Date of Graduation (12/05)

Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

B.S., Secondary Education- Social Studies (Grades 5-12)

Date of Graduation (05/01)

Athletics

Member, Varsity Football Team

Linebacker

Railroad Management Experience

Canadian National Trainmaster

• Only worked 68 days, position was very difficult for my family in addition

having to relocate and being unable to sell my current home.

• USOR Qualified, and HazMat

• Gained knowledge of scheduling trains and switching operations.

RailWorks Track Services / Regional Safety Director

• Organize and implement annual training for 150 employees

• Implement and track Corporation Safety Goals and Chicago Territory Goals

• Train employees on Road Way Worker Protection and Class 1 and FRA rules and

Standards

• Develop and implemented Emergency Action Plans for all RailWorks

Construction Projects

• Evaluate and recommend employees for promotion to foreman

• Conduct safety audits and health and welfare audits of all projects in the Chicago

Territory

• Read and examine contracts for safety costs and requirements prior to bidding of

a project.

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• Implement and Supervise drug testing program.

• Conduct accident investigations on RailWorks Chicago projects

• Provided Safety Supervision for largest projects at Chicago Transit Authority, CN

Kirk Yard, and Michigan DOT

• Provide track construction supervision on jobs that only have a foreman

• Develop and implement Fall Protection Plans for jobs requiring such

• Worked with US Steel to develop safety plan that fit the needs of both the

customer and Railworks.

• Completed David Lynn’s Root Cause Analysis and Investigation Course

• Completed John Zuspen’s Project Management Course and Track 101 and 108

Courses.

• Awarded 2013 Gold Level National Rail Road Construction Safety Award

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

New Prairie United School Corporation

New Prairie High School Principal

• Lead all aspect of school management and building

• Evaluated teachers under the new RISE evaluation model

• Managed custodial and Maintenance staff to make more effect use of personnel

• Built and Implemented a Freshman Academy

• Lead school with my team to an Indiana A+ school

• Posted a best in school history and State 99.7% graduation rate

• Added 12 new Dual Credit Courses with Purdue North Central University in one year.

• Our School Awarded College board AP National Honor Roll. Only 530+ school awarded

this distinction.

Tri Creek School Corporation Lowell Indiana (07/11-11/11)

Lowell High School Interim Principal

• Assisted in the implementation of Teacher mentoring Program Corporation wide.

• Serving as committee member of District Technology Plan.

• Assisted in developing corporation strategic plan and articulation

• Leading the High School's movement toward becoming the nation's largest New Tech High

School.

United States Department of Education

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Small Learning Communities Grant

Project Manager

• Conducted all project management activities necessary for the school to successfully implement the

selected strategies and achieve the performance and success described in this grant proposal. Activities

included preparing and progressing project schedules, managing the project budget and resource

expenditures.

• Monitoring implementation of professional development activities, deployment of learning and teaching

strategies, and working with each SLC and PLC team leaders and/or teams to reach high levels of

performance.

• Provided reports of progress to the school principal, district superintendent, and the Project Director.

Reports included progress against the schedule, implementation issues or barriers, and recommended

action to remove barriers or resolve issues.

• Acted on the school principal's behalf in approving expenditures associated with this grant, making

decisions required to resolve implementation issues, and represent the best interests of the students

involved in this project.

• Established and implemented a school wide and district communication plan to ensure all students,

teachers, and stakeholders are aware of the goals, strategies and progress of the project.

• Coordinated attendance of teachers and administrators at the designated professional development or

training activities, coordinate logistics for off-site training, and maintain a tracking system to ensure all

teachers are properly trained or coached in the teaching and learning strategies of the project.

• Met with the administrators of the school on a regular, periodic basis to ensure integration of the project

into the overall planning and management of the school.

• Created a collaborative team of faculty members that implemented an all Inclusive Freshman Academy

for the 2009-2010 school year.

• Created a faculty committee dedicated to implementing the International Center for Leadership in

Education's Quadrant D learning and Rigor Relevance and Relationship to our faculty,

• Planned and implemented a Sophomore Academy that helps students who struggle while providing

career exploration opportunities, and an emphasis on 21" century learning skills.

• Developed a Bridges Program to motivate and provide valuable study skills to our most at risk 8 th

graders. The program is mandatory to progress from the 8 th grade to the 9th and takes place the summer

between the 8th and 9th grade.

• Created and lead the development of Jr/Sr Houses that will focus on raising rigor in the classroom,

making sure that all students are on pace to graduate, and an emphasis on total integration of seven 21"

century learning criteria that culminates in a Senior Capstone project.

• Implementation of the USDOE Smaller learning Community grant under my leadership earned

Lowell High School Indiana 4 star school distinction, the first in Tri Creek School Corporation

history in 2009-2010. We also have been selected as Indiana Chamber of Commerce best buy in

Education for several years running.

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Tri Creek School Corporation, Lowell, Indiana (2004-2008)

Lowell High School Assistant Principal

Building. Grounds and Operations

• Served as construction liaison between Skillman Company and Lowell High School

• Designed, lead and implemented Maintenance and Cleaning process for newly completed High

School.

• Lead inventory and ordering of new furniture and materials for high school.

• Chaired the committee designing the core lock numbering systems of the high school.

• Lead and organized the use of building and grounds by school groups and outside organizations

including a fee schedule which led to new revenues for Lowell High School.

• Responsible for the direction and use of the school security and camera system.

• Lead logistic implementation of revised building plan through Construction project.

• Revised and implemented new Crisis Plan for High School.

• Lead reorganization of Attendance Secretarial Staff making personnel more effective.

Curriculum

• Headed School improvement committee and chaired the NCA accreditation team.

• Designed, developed and implemented a system of data analysis for ISTEP remediation.

• Responsible for the discipline, attendance and data collecting for 600 students.

• Organized and implemented training for PDK walk through evaluation method for corporation

administrators.

• Responsible for 504 plans and implementation.

• Created and lead the implementation of Professional Learning Communities at Lowell High

School

• Created and implemented a Student Resource Time for student who needed tutorial time.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Madison-Grant Middle School, Fairmount, Indiana (8/03-5/04)

Special Education Learning Disabled/Mildly Mentally Handicapped

Knox Community School Corporation High School and Middle School, Knox, Indiana (8/01-5/03)

Social Studies Teacher

Awarded Teacher of the Year

COACHING EXPERIENCE

Lowell High School, Lowell, Indiana (2004-2009)

Assistant Varsity Football Coach (Linebackers, Offensive Line, Kickers)

Won 4A State Championship In 2005

Runner Up State Champions in 2007 & 2009

Semi-State Runners up in 2008

4 regional Championships

9 straight Sectional Championships

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MILITARY EXPERIENCE

United States Army

United States Infantryman

Awarded Expert and Combat Infantryman's Badge

Airborne Qualified/Air Assault Qualified

Combat Lifesaver

United States Army Primary Leadership and Development Course

United States Army Drill Sergeant School

Graduate of United States Army Basic Non Commissioned Officer School

Selected by U.S. Army to serve as a Drill Sergeant- Ft. Benning, Georgia

Only 10% of soldiers selected to this duty.

Veteran of Operations Just Cause and Enduring Freedom

Honorably Discharged

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

6 Training Sessions with ICLE Training Quadrant D and Rigor and Relevance and Relationships

One year of ICLE Training with Personalized Coach coming on site

PDK Walk Through

USDOE Smaller Learning Communities

2010 ICLE Leadership Academy

Moodle Training

Google Docs Training

Teacher Insight

Ruby Payne Poverty Training

Chorus Hallmarks of Excellence

Indiana RISE Evaluation System

Graduate of PowerSchool University

AFFILIATIONS

Sigma Phi Epsilon (Social Fraternity)

Pi Lambda Theta (Honor Society and Professional Association in Education)

American Legion Post 92

Knights of Columbus

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