Summary
Cover Letter
Current?Location US: Smith Lake, NM
Industry
Administration of Education Programs
Compensation
Current:
Desired: 55000
Willing?to?Relocate? Yes
Preferred?Locations,
Travel Availability 20 % travel
My?Perfect Job
Desired?Title
Cover Letter
to top
Harold B. Chris Hansen
P.O. Box 100,
Smith Lake, NM 87365-0100
Email: *********@*******.***
Home: 505-***-****
Cellular: 505-***-****
Business: 505-***-****, Ext. 21420
Instructional Leader/Principal
SUMMARY
Seeking an Instructional Leader/Principal Position and offering five (5) years as an
Elementary School Principal, with seventeen years (17), as a teacher at the secondary and
elementary school levels. I have high work ethics and a strong belief that comprehensive
education is limited only through perceptions. Multiple NM SDE Certifications
significantly contribute toward my conceptual educational approach.
LICENSES
* Licensure Number 096684: Level Three-B K-12 Administrative License, State of New
Mexico, Santa Fe, NM 1988 - 2012
* Licensure Number 096684: Level Three-A Instructional Leader License, State of New
Mexico, Santa Fe, NM 1988 - 2012
* Licensure Number 096684: Level Two Professional K-12 Special Education License, State
of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM 1985 - 2012
* International Special Olympics Coaches Certificate: Track & Field, Joseph P. Kennedy,
Jr. Foundation, Special Olympics, Inc., International Headquarters, 1701 K St. N.W, Suite
203, Washington, DC 200*-****-****. Certificate Number TFC-2112-83
* Licensure Number
096684: Level Two Professional K-8 Elementary License With Endorsement
in TESOL, State of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM 1985 - 2012. The TESOL Endorsement was added
in 1998.
* Licensure Number 096684: Level Two Professional 7-12 Secondary License With
Endorsements in Language Arts and in TESOL, State of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM 1988 - 2012.
The TESOL Endorsement was added in 1998.
* Level Two 7-12 Athletic Coach License, State of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM 1985 - 2012
EDUCATION
1999
The University Of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM
Semester Hours = 3
Project DISCUSS, NM Autism Program: \''Teaching Students With Autism: A Problem Based
Approach\''
Elementary Education - 1998
Western New Mexico University-Gallup Graduate Center, Gallup Graduate Center, Gallup, NM
GPA: 4.0. Semester Hours = 24
Endorsement = Teaching English As A Second or Other Language (TESOL)
1994
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Gallup, NM
Semester Hours = 6
Developmental Approaches to Science & Health (DASH)
1993
The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Semester Hours = 5
Basic Support Group Training (2 SH); Exceptional Teacher Preparation (3 SH)
Diploma, General Bible - 1991
Liberty Home Bible Institute, Lynchburg, VA
GPA: 4.0. Credit Hours = 57
M.A., School Administration - 1987
Western New Mexico University-Gallup Graduate Center, Gallup Graduate Center, Gallup, NM
GPA: 3.92. Semester Hours = 37
Main Campus = Silver City, NM
1983
Eastern Montana College, Billings, MT
Quarter Credit = 1
Sex and the Developmentally Disabled
1982
Northern Montana College, Havre, MT
Credit Hours = 2
Right Brain/Left Brain Laterality
B.A., Elementary Education, Minor: Language Arts - 1980
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
GPA: 4.78. Semester Hours = 148
Endorsement in Special Education
H.S. Diploma, College Preparation - 1973
Chesterton High School, Chesterton, IN
36 Credit Hours
EXPERIENCE
Instructional Leader/Principal - 1998 - PresentGallup-McKinley County School District, Smith Lake Elementary School, P.O. Box 70, Smith
Lake, NM 87365-0070
Telephone = 505-***-****
Oversee the implementation of job descriptions for Teachers, Counselor, Assistants,
Secretaries, Custodians, and Cooks. Encourage parents and community of the positive
effects of education/planning for tomorrow.
* Beginning Accomplishment: Change the mindset of staff from \''I\''m doing the best I
can, there\''s nothing more I can do to \''All children can learn Created a site-
based Management Team via School Improvement & Planning Team (SIPT), with Staff Input.
Mid-Range Accomplishment: Teachers are now very interested in learning and implementing
best practices through research-driven methodologies.
Recent Accomplishment: Curriculum is data-driven. School Environment is student-driven.
* Skills/Traits That Contribute Toward This Success: Seventeen years in the classroom, as
a Teacher; Special Education Training and Experience; TESOL Training and Experience.
* Lesson Plans are online. School Calendaring is via Microsoft Outlook. Staff Meetings
replaced with information being disseminated via E-mail. Meetings with Staff are for the
purpose of Staff/Professional Development. Conducted Study Sessions with staff for Fred
Jones\'' Tools for Teaching, using his Tools for Teaching Video Toolbox. Special Education
is one hundred percent in compliance. Whereas, in 1998 the use of Rubrics was nonexistent,
now, Rubrics are being used in every classroom.
Classroom Teacher - 1990 - 1998Gallup-McKinley County School District, Tohatchi Elementary School, P.O. Box 31,
Tohatchi, NM 87325-0031
Telephone = 505-***-****
Teacher of 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grades, including At-Risk Classrooms and P.E. Teacher for
all grade levels.
* Two-thirds of my students always moved at least one and a half to two grade levels in
reading comprehension each year, as measured by the Analytical Reading Inventory, by
Hopkins & Moe.
* Served as the School Improvement & Planning Team (SIPT) Chairman, General School
Screening/Student Assistance Team Chairman, and Coordinator of American Heart
Association\''s Jump Rope for Heart, during this time.
Special Education Teacher - 1985 - 1990Gallup-McKinley County School District, Tohatchi High School, P.O. Box 248, Tohatchi, NM
87325-0248
Telephone = 505-***-****
Individualized curriculum for all core subjects at the Resource Level of Specialized
Education was designed, based on Individualized Education Plans (IEPs). I was one of only
a handful of IEP Chairpersons certified by our Educational Development Center. I assisted
with coaching in Cross~Country, Wrestling, and Track & Field.
* Created Working and Confidential folders. Aligned curriculum to IEPs. Aligned IEPs to
actual quantifiable needs. Able to exit approximately 33% of my students from specialized
education by the second semester of Junior year, including those who had been receiving
specialized education, since elementary school.
* Assistant Coaching skills focused primarily on Physiological Sports Psychology. This
conceptual approach to assisting athletes follow the directives of the Head Coach proved
to be significantly motivational to the athletes. Their efforts typically dramatically
increased.
Substitute Teacher - 1985 - 1985Denver Public Schools, Denver, CO
Substitute Taught all grades, all subjects.
Tutor, Hemispheric Learning Tutorial Services - 1985 - 1985Self-Employed, Bennett, CO
Rendered individualized tutoring services for reading and math, all grades, coupled with
responsibility training/discipline to self-discipline training.
* Students scores in their school typically dramatically increased.
Principal and Middle School Teacher - 1984 - 1984Bennett Baptist Church School, P.O. Box 98, Bennett, CO 80102
Telephone = 303-***-****
Conducted all of the responsibilities of a Principal, in addition to teaching all
subjects for grades seven and eight.
Special Education Teacher - 1982 - 1984Chester Public School District No. 33, P.O. Box 550, Chester, MT 59522
Telephone = 406-***-****
Taught all subjects, all grades in a primarily self-contained setting. Also coached
Special Olympics for Track & Field.
* Qualified one of my students for the National Special Olympics.
Special Education Teacher - 1981 - 1982Kirtland-Central Consolidated School District, Newcomb High School, P.O. Box 1179,
Shiprock, NM 87420-1179
Telephone = 505-***-****
Taught all subjects, grades nine through eleven. (There was no twelfth grade at the
time.) Conducted IEP Meetings.
Intermediate Grades Special Education Teacher - 1981 - 1981Flossmoor-Homewood School District No. 161, Western Avenue Elementary School, 2810 School
Street, Flossmoor, IL 60422
Telephone = 708-***-****
Taught all subjects, per IEP, grades three, four, and five. Also taught summer school.
1973 - 1976Army DOD
TRAINING
* Baldrige In Education, Jim Shipley & Associates, Integrated Systems Solutions,
Albuquerque, NM; Socorro, NM 2002 - 2003. Full Days of Training = 10
http://www.jimshipley.net
This training was organized and sponsored by the Gates Initiative:
http://www.gatesnm.org, which was hosted by the New Mexico Association for School
Administrators.
* Understanding & Implementing the Baldrige Process To Improve The Quality of Education
in the Gallup-McKinley County Schools: A Practical Seminar for Leaders, Ethelbah*Lawrence
& Associates, LLC, 12616 Northern Sky, NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111 2003 - 2003. Total Full
Days of Training = 6.
* Classroom Walkthrough Training (CST), Learning 24/7, National School Conference
Institute, 2525 East Arizona Biltmore Circle, Suite 240, Phoenix, AZ 85016 2002 - 2003.
Full Days of Instruction & Application = 4, held at the Gallup-McKinley County School
District.
http://www.learning24-7.com/
Instructor = Robert D. Skaife, Lori Garver, and Jim Garver.
This training enables Instructional Leaders/Principals to walk in to a classroom and
within three to four minutes, determine the following information: Teaching
Objective/Learning Objective (T1), Whether T1 is on Target (T2), Level of Bloom\''s
Taxonomy (T3), If Text/materials are aligned (T4), Instructional Strategy (IS), Learner
Engagement (LE), Survey of Learning Environment (SLE), and Focus of Reflective Feedback.
Follow-up includes rendering a single focused, non-judgmental, open-ended, present tense,
positive Reflective Feedback question that invites teacher reflection; charting the
\''classroom snapshots and determining areas of professional development.
* Tools For Teaching Seminar,
Frederic H. Jones & Associates, Inc. Educational
Consultants, 103 Quarry Lane, Santa Cruz, CA 950**-****-**** - 2002. One Day Seminar, by
Dr. Fred Jones, at Best Western Inn, Gallup, NM
http://www.fredjones.com/
* Results: The Key to Continuous School Improvement, Dr. Joe Whelan, Held at the Gallup-
McKinley County School District 2001 - 2002. Full Days of Book Study = 6.
Dr. Whelan conducted a book studies with Principals in the GMCS District on Mike
Schmoker\''s book, Results: The Key to Continuous School Improvement.
* Technology Training, Navajo Education Technology Consortium, Gallup-McKinley County
School District\''s Technology Center, Gallup, NM 1998 - 2002. Summer of 1998 = 5 full
days; Summer of 1999 = 8 full days; Summer of 2000 = 8 full days; Summer of 2001 = 8 full
days; Summer of 2002 = 8 full days. Total Full Days of Technology Training = 37.
These technology trainings were conducted by The University of New Mexico, Gallup Campus
at the GMCS Technology Center.
* Reading Conferences, Success For All Foundation, San Francisco, CA; Memphis, TN
;
Boston, MA; New Orleans, LA 1999 - 2002. San Francisco = 5 days; Memphis = 3 days; Boston
= 3 days; New Orleans = 3 days. Total Full Days of Reading Training = 14.
* Backward Planning, RE: Learning NM, Gallup-McKinley County School District 1995 - 1996.
This five full days of training focused on starting with the learning standard and working
backwards, when designing learning units.
* International Special Olympics: Track & Field Coach, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation,
Special Olympics, Inc., International Headquarters, 1701 K St. N.W, Suite 203, Washington,
DC 200*-****-****. Certificate Number TFC
-
2112-83AFFILIATIONS
* Premium Membership, Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, Alexandria,
VA 1994. http://www.ascd.org/
AWARDS
* Outstanding Young Men of America, Outstanding Young Americans, 6849 Old Dominion Drive,
# 320, McLean, VA 22101 1987 - 1987. 1987 Award
* Elementary Licensed Employee of the Month, February 1998, Gallup-McKinley County School
District, Gallup, NM/McKinley County NM 1998
* Who\''s Who In The West,
Marquis Who\''s Who, 121 Chanlon Road, New Providence, NJ
07974 1998 - 2001. 27th Edition; 26th Edition
* Who\''s Who in American Education, The National Reference Institute, 5-E Gwynns Mill
Court, P.O. Box 627, Owings Mills, MD 21117 1989 - 1997. 5th Edition; 4th Edition; 3rd
Edition
* Who\''s Who In America, Marquis Who\''s Who, 121 Chanlon Road, New Providence, NJ 07974
1998 - 2003. 57th Edition; 56th Edition; 55th Edition; 54th Edition/Millennium Edition;
53rd Edition; 52nd Edition
Who\''s Who In The World, Marquis Who\''s Who, 121 Chanlon Road, P.O. Box 5, New
Providence, NJ 07974 1997 - 2003. 20th Edition; 19th Edition; 18th Edition; 17th Edition;
16th Edition; 15th Edition; 14th Edition
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Available upon request
Posted by ResumeMaker - www.resumemaker.com
to top
Contact Information
Harold B. ("Chris") Hansen
P.O. Box 100
Smith Lake, NM 87365-0100
US
email *********@*******.***
Phone: 505-***-****
Industry: Administration of Education Programs
City: Smith Lake
State: NM
Zip: 87365-0100
Country: US
Date: 20030427
to top