Project Manager High School

W. Michael Kelley

*** *******’s Way

Prince Frederick, MD 20678

410-***-**** (home phone)

443-***-**** (mobile phone)

*.*******.******@*****.***

Objective To find a position that will fully utilize my skill set and align with my professional

passion: To help people reach their educational goals through relevant, engaging,

and accessible training.

Experienc April 2010–present Federal Contractor Washington, DC

e Project Manager for a Nationwide Federal Government Training Facility

Supervised a contract staff of 12–15 people at a federal training center that conducts

classes for approximately 15,000 students annually.

Managed instructional and logistical staff responsible for all aspects of instruction and

delivery, from the initial content analysis of potential new courses to the shipping of

course materials and the identification of instructors.

Introduced policies for leave, travel, employee evaluation, tracking, and quality control;

introduced standard operating procedures with accompanying job aids to streamline

processes and improve efficiency.

Designed systems to bring the facility into compliance with Freedom of Information Act

(FOIA), including the reorganization and digital archival of decades of paper records;

implemented procedures to ensure Americans with Disabilities Act compliance,

including the introduction and development of closed captioning systems for hearing

impaired students.

Introduced stability and order to a contract on the verge of non renewal as the seventh

different Project Manager hired in the first six months of the contract; was informed by

the Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative that my actions, alone, as Project

Manager saved my company from losing its contract.

Established an environment of support, accountability, collegiality, open

communication, and trust with the Federal client and the contract staff despite

challenging circumstances, transforming what employees described as a “hostile work

environment” into a productive workplace.

2003–April 2010 ABCTE Washington, DC

Director of Candidate Preparation for Online Learning Company

Designed and produced entire catalog of online curricular content for non profit

alternative teacher certification company, including extensive coursework in the

following subjects: English language arts, mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics,

special education, history, elementary education, and reading acquisition.

Constructed comprehensive mentoring program for new teachers, whether certified by

ABCTE or via traditional means, that will be adopted by no less than five states by the

end of 2010.

Wrote, directed, filmed, and edited online teacher pedagogy course entitled Prepare to

Teach that established ABCTE as a legitimate, content based route of alternative

teacher certification; the course also led to adoption of ABCTE teacher certification in

Oklahoma, Missouri, and Mississippi.

Produced learning and training materials that increased sales by $600,000 in four

years.

Hosted and produced free, bimonthly audio podcast entitled The New Teacher Hotline

(www.newteacherhotline.com), which provided dependable and time tested advice to

new teachers, answering their phone calls and emails.

Maintained high productivity and high morale among employees as a supervisor.

Conducted compelling live events to train and prepare teaching candidates.

2000–present

Freelance Author and Editor

Wrote books for the Complete Idiot’s Guide, Cliffs Quick Review, and For Dummies

series.

Proposed new book series entitled The Humongous Books to Alpha Books, a division

of Penguin Publishing. They approved the series, which has grown to four titles and

consistently constitutes at least two of the top five sell through titles for Alpha Books

each month.

Accumulated sales of more than 311,000 books since the year 2000.

Developed substantial skills editing, refining, and laying out text; can produce

professional print ready files given only basic text files with which to start.

Full list of my publications:

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Algebra

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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Calculus

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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Precalculus

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Rookie Teaching for Dummies

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The Humongous Book of Algebra Problems

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The Humongous Book of Calculus Problems

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The Humongous Book of Geometry Problems

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The Humongous Book of Statistics Problems

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Peterson’s: Master the AP Calculus AB/BC Tests

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Cliffs Quick Review: Precalculus

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2001–2003 University of Maryland College Park, MD

Academic Technology Coordinator for the College of Education

Trained faculty to incorporate instructional technologies into their classes, including:

Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Office, and PDAs.

Designed and wrote my own training manuals and support materials for all training

sessions.

Acted as Office of Information Technology (OIT) liaison, supporting OIT goals and

directives, including training for (and migration of) faculty and staff to new email

system.

Modeled appropriate use of technology by establishing instructional/tutorial website

www.calculus help.com via methods I outlined in my faculty web design course.

Despite no new content in the nearly seven years since I completed my job at the

College of Education, the site still records nearly 1,000 unique visitors each day.

1994 2000 Calvert County Schools Prince Frederick, MD

Mathematics Teacher and Technology Trainer

Trained all district mathematics teachers in new technology, including graphing

calculators and electronic grade book software.

Promoted to department chair at age 28, despite the fact that I was the youngest

member of the department.

Taught calculus, geometry, trigonometry, and algebra to an academically diverse

population of high school and community college students.

Received numerous teaching awards from local organizations, including Outstanding

High School Mathematics Teacher from the Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative

and Outstanding High School Teacher from the Maryland Council of Teachers of

Mathematics.

Education 1990–1994 St. Mary’s College of MD St. Mary’s City, MD

Earned a B.A. in Mathematics with an Education concentration

Graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Honors Program with a 3.84 GPA.

Computer I can learn any software package for the Windows or Macintosh environment very quickly

Skills and can produce training materials to teach others. This is just a brief list of my

proficiencies:

Software: Adobe Creative Suite (Captivate, Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator, and

InDesign), Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash, Microsoft Office, Adobe

Premiere (and other video editing software suites)

Learning Management Systems: Blackboard, WebCT, BrainHoney, Drupal.

Reference David Saba, former President of ABCTE: **********@*****.***; 214-***-****

s Albert Chen, ABCTE supervisor: ******.*.****@*****.***; 917-***-****

Jessica Morris, ABCTE employee: ******@*****.***; 267-***-****

Ellen Yu Borkowski, former University of Maryland supervisor: ***@***.***; 301

405 2922

Gloria Friedgen, colleague from University of Maryland: ***@***.***; 301-***-****

Additional references available upon request

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