High School Development
Resume:
Lynn M. Anderson
Powell, TN 37849
*******@***.***
Employment Objective: To use my talents, expertise, and passion in the areas of
teaching, training, speaking, leading, research, development, motivating, and
creating innovative methodology to expand opportunities for our children.
Expertise/Skills/Abilities: Extensive communication skills; excellent presentation
skills; trainer and teacher; research and development; ability to relate to and
motivate people at all levels; diverse; self-starter; risk taker; with the willingness to
learn; a passion for ALL children!
Work History:
June 9, 2008 until May 28, 2010: Smaller Learning Communities Program
Manager, Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, Nashville, Tn.
Researched, developed, and implemented activities to improve student academic
achievement in twelve inner city public high schools with enrollments of 1,000 or
more students. During this process worked with academic subject level
coordinators, career/technical coordinators, administrators, and teachers at all
levels. These schools are implementing small learning communities structures such
as freshman academies, multi-grade career academies organized around career
interests or other themes, houses in which small groups of students remain
together throughout high school, and autonomous schools-within-a-school, as well
as personalization strategies, such as student advisories, family advocate systems,
and mentoring programs. In this process, developed curriculum, provided quality
professional development, managed teams, wrote grants, surveyed teachers and
students, mentored teachers, worked with city agencies to create six
business/industry partnership councils, created and implemented a school
volunteers website of over 500 professionals, worked with a variety of post
secondary opportunities in an effort to provide multiple options for students for
dual enrollment, dual credit, pre-apprenticeships, internships, etc. Developed and
implemented a hands on, show and tell ninth grade career awareness fair for 3260
freshmen, that involved over 300 business/industry volunteers representing 270
careers.
1991 til Present (ongoing): National professional development provider and
educational consultant, author, motivational speaker, teacher, technical assistance
provider, and trainer providing services for educators, administrators, labor unions,
apprenticeship programs, and industry through curriculum development, program
development, grant writing, program evaluation, and program implementation in
the areas of high school redesign, freshman transition, workplace readiness,
innovative teaching techniques, career and technical education, post secondary
education and training, diversity, total quality management, and
business/community partnerships. Providing customized curriculum development,
and creative implementation methods, for over 160,000 educators/employees in
thirty eight states.
1979-1996: Tennessee Valley Authority, Office of Economic and Community
Development, as an educational specialist and program administrator. Developed
and implemented customized training programs with state departments of
education and local school systems. Worked with local school systems and local
community colleges, in seven southeastern states to provide quality professional
development for teachers. Helped schools to develop and expand career and
technical education opportunities while developing curriculum that was
interdisciplinary in nature to include academics. Developed, implemented,
recruited, selected, and maintained apprenticeship programs with labor unions,
industrial boards, chambers of commerce, and local municipalities in seven
southeastern states. Apprenticeship areas included but were not limited to
operating engineers, iron workers, steamfitters, plumbers, electrical workers, and
asbestos workers. Managed budgets in excess of ten million dollars; wrote
contracts and grants; developed and implemented training programs K-16;
supervised up to twenty employees in a total of five training locations.
1975-1979: Family and Consumer Sciences Instructor and GED instructor.
1974: Summer intern; Henry County Agriculture Extension Service.
Education: BS Secondary Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, University
of Tennessee; graduate hours in adult and technical education. Adjunct professor,
University of Tennessee, Cleveland State Community College, Purdue University,
The George Washington University.
Accomplishments:
-Nationally recognized speaker and author
-Who s Who in American Women, Who s Who in American Education
-National Business Partner, American Career and Technical Education
-Certified Trainer, Southern Regional Educational Board (SREB/HSTW)
-National Presenter/Consultant, American Assoc. Family and Consumer Sciences
-Certified Trainer for Career and Technical Education Equity Council
-Certified Trainer and Adjunct Professor, The George Washington University
-Certified Trainer, American Alliance of Innovative Schools
-National Professional Development Provider, Align, Access, Achieve
-Certified Trainer, Academic Innovations
-Certified Trainer, National Freshman Transition Network
Professional/Work Related References for Lynn M. Anderson
Dr. Fadia Alvic
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
865-***-**** (office)
Sharon Ridenour
Career/Technical Director
Campbell County Schools
Jacksboro, TN
Randy Norris
Training Administrator
Southern Apprenticeship and Training
751 #1001 County Road 989
Iuka, MS 38852
662-***-**** (office)
662-***-**** (mobile)
Phyllis Stewart
118 Hendron Hills Drive
Vincennes, IN
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