Quality Assurance Administrative Assistant

HEATHER A MARTINDILL

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SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

. Customized training and development

. Strong presentation skills

. Excel at written and verbal communication

. Business to business facilitation

. Experienced teleconference and webinar facilitator

. Advanced use of Microsoft Office Suite

EXPERIENCE

Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL)

Denver, CO

Lead Consultant

2008- 2010

. Simultaneously managed all aspects of multiple intricate projects

including staffing, evaluation, and budgets.

. Served as a company liaison to two state departments of education as part

of a 26 million dollar United States Department of Education grant.

. Planned and delivered technical assistance and professional development

to regional service providers, teachers, administrators, and afterschool

practioners for the improvement of education at local, state, regional,

and national levels.

. Developed proposals and customizes materials and services according to

the need of individual clients.

. Facilitated conversations among school district personnel and community

partners to develop a national collaboration model to increase student

achievement.

. Delivered professional development through face-to-face teleconferencing

and webinars.

. Represented McREL in a variety of settings, including national and local

level advisory boards and project groups.

Senior Consultant

2005- 2007

. Contributed to the conception and development of products and services.

. Collaborated with staff at all levels within the organization.

. Contributed to internal research projects.

. Participated in organization-wide planning.

. Contributed to organizational visibility through conference presentations

and publications.

. Developed content for online learning toolkit for afterschool

practitioners.

. Provided quality assurance for multiple projects and services within the

organization based on multiple criteria.

. Managed contract budgets of varying complexity and amount.

. Developed training products such as McREL's Mathematics Leadership

Institute and Power of Data, for use by multiple audiences.

Adams County School District 14

Commerce City, CO

Instructional Coach

2004 - 2005

. Coached 8 classroom teachers in instructional improvement using the

Lipton/ Wellman model. Modeled effective teaching methods incorporating

the Colorado Content Standards.

. Utilized data to facilitate the professional growth of grade level teams.

. Conducted presentations on reading improvement strategies to district

employees. Facilitated professional development opportunities for the

school staff.

. Trained paraprofessionals on administering standardized reading

assessments.

Concord Partners

Denver, CO

Administrative Assistant

2003 - 2004

. Met with town leaders to distribute and gather information relating to

development projects.

. Conducted phone inquiries with realtors and builders to assist with

project sales and marketing.

. Created and maintained record keeping system for multiple ongoing and

evolving projects.

. Established QuickBooks systems to perform bookkeeping tasks for company

and its individual projects

Academy of Charter Schools

Denver, CO

Fourth/Fifth Grade Teacher

1998 - 2001

. Planned, researched and developed lessons in accordance with curriculum.

. Created a structured and open learning environment through organizing

resources, creating communication systems and assessing needs.

. Worked as a member of a team to brainstorm and implement grade level

activities.

. Elected Teacher Representative to the Parent Teacher Organization,

overseeing 2 improvement committees within the organization.

. Represented Academy of Charter Schools at a National Conference in Los

Angeles, California. Selected as one of 23 presenters to speak about

differentiated learning at a regional conference.

EDUCATION

University of Denver

Denver, CO Daniels College of

Business

Master of Science in Management, November 2002

Organizational Training and Development Concentration

Drake University

Des Moines, IA

Bachelor of Science in Education, May 1998

Mathematics Concentration

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

List available upon request.

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