Manager Management

Barbara Snyder

Email: *********@********.***

Address: **** *. ******** ** #***

City: Aurora

State: CO

Zip: 80017

Country: USA

Phone: 303-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $55,000

Willing to Relocate

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BARBARA SNYDER

1325 SOUTH CHAMBERS ROAD #106 AURORA, CO 80017

*********@********.*** 303-***-****/303-***-****

AREAS OF COMPETENCE

Curriculum Design Retention Strategies

Faculty Management and Development Professional Career Strategies

Public and Media Relations Speechwriting

Chair and Dean Responsibilities Faculty Instructor

Business Speaking & Writing Editing

Promotional Design Technology Speaking & Writing

Web Content Management Document Management

Advertising Strategies, Design, Production Strategic Marketing Plans

Newsletter Publisher, Designer, Writer

First Year Experience Course and Curriculum Design

Tutoring and Writing Center Construction and Implementation

Remediation Programs and Strategies including writing and math

Accreditation Language and Applications, including state authorization and HLC

CAREER EXPERIENCE

2011-2012 Jones International University Denver, Colorado

Academic Information Manager

Teach courses: English Composition

Institutional Service: Writer, designer and editor of the Faculty Newsletter, CAO`s Newsletter and Academic Affairs communique; Management of academic documents, style, language, need; Website management and content re-design; Write and coordinate Handbooks used as information for students and faculty, demonstrating process and procedure; Create Policy and procedures for Academic Affairs department; Represent Academic Affairs on University Engagement Committee; Create Society of Scholars; member of the Academic Leadership Team which meets weekly; Designed and constructed first-term experience courses to address needs of incoming students and to enhance retention; Wrote state authorization applications as needed in any of the 50 states; Edited HLC documents.

Comments: A blending of academics, writing skills and business expertise makes this position a cornucopia of various responsibilities and projects as needed, required and introduced by Academic Affairs. I worked on State Authorization applications and was the editor for accreditation documents (HLC, NCATE, to name a few). I manage all academic content on the web and am an integral participant/writer in the web re-design project that is being conducted this year for implementation in early 2013. Also, I am writing and re-designing the JIU catalogs.

2008-2011 CollegeAmerica Denver, Colorado

Associate Dean, Computer Science, Graphic Arts and General Education

Teach courses: English Composition; Introduction to Psychology; Communication Arts; Introduction to Management; Professional Development; Advertising

Institutional Service: Director of the Writing Lab; Editor of the College Newsletter; Offered Career Workshops monthly; Scheduling for all student every four weeks; Creator/Director of remedial English classes and tutoring services not just in English but Math supervision as well; Supervise more than a dozen adjuncts; Organized and advised CAST (CollegeAmerica Academic Success Team); Distributed monthly awards and recognition for academic honors; Implemented community service projects with students; Worked weekly to manage strategies to retain students; Remained an integral part of the faculty development program, academic leadership team and student success group; Trained and assisted in hiring and firing faculty; Conducted quarterly evaluations on all faculty in my area; Transcript analysis; Taught courses; Wrote curriculum for courses in my area of specialty as well as outside. Worked with students to find internships and jobs; Taught the final professional course which included resume writing, interviewing techniques and negotiating strategies.

Comments: Working at retaining students means that you are an advisor, a mentor, a course designer, a curriculum specialist. Hiring and retaining quality faculty is at the core of retention. Balancing learning objectives and outcomes with students` skills can be a daily endeavor and one where a deft Dean can demonstrate success and grace. Demanding high standards amid a last-chance school is a classic high-wire act but can be truly rewarding. Assessing what is working and how better to adapt curriculum to the needs and learning of students was a daily activity. Program and student assessment was at the heart of all curriculum and administrative functions at CollegeAmerica. Worked with students to assist in job strategies and career opportunities. Many students in for-profit colleges need skills to help them find the right outfit, use the right words, speak a professional language; career strengths can be highlighted with just the right language and focus.

2007-2010 Community College of Aurora Aurora, Colorado

Adjunct Professor

Teach courses: Technical English 1 and 2; Introduction to Business; English Composition

Institutional Service: Wrote abstract for Best Practices grant; Honors Designation Committee; Business Simulation Committee.

Comments: Teaching evening and weekend classes for community college students is especially challenging as students are tired and weary. I have remarkable evaluations demonstrating my ability to captivate and to engage students in whatever topic is on the table. I also taught technical writing to students in the diesel mechanics program, enabling them to perfect the writing and reading skills they needed for their apprenticeship program.

2001 - 2007 Southern Vermont College Bennington, Vermont

Chair, Hunter Division of Humanities

Associate Professor, Bob and Cora Mae Howe Department of

Communications

Teach courses: Public Relations, Advertising, Introduction to Radio Broadcasting,

Speaking for the Professions, Production classes, Practicums, Journalism 1 and 2, Topics

In Journalism, Communication in Society, Performance and Presentation, English

Composition, Effective Speaking, Literary Journalism, Writing for the Media; Communications in Society; Fiction; Writing for the Professions

General Manager, WBTN Radio: Supervise a staff of three full-time employees who run the day-to-day operations for our commercial, student-educated, community-based radio station; Determine programming; Coordinate student and SVC involvement; Sell, create and design advertisements; Organize fundraising activities; Showcase community and college events and people; Promote all activities at and about SVC and WBTN; Liaison with WBTN Board twice a year; Host shows and mentor students.

Faculty Advisor: Summit Yearbook, Mountaineer Press, Alpha Phi Omega; As a faculty member at SVC, I advised all the students on the Communications program plus any other student who came knocking on my door. When I left, I had over eighty advisees (from a total student body base of just under 500) and managed that load well.

Chair: Supervise four full-time faculty and more than a dozen adjuncts; Represent them at meetings; Assess division curriculi; Hire part-time faculty; Represent Department at all college-wide activities; Advise students; Sit on college committees; Create and assess three new degree programs (Communications, Non-Profit Management, Creative Writing); Sit on numerous new hire committees; Developed faculty evaluations; Transcript evaluations; Wrote Advising and Faculty Handbooks.

Comments: The College was gifted a radio station within the first month after I had been hired. Within a year, I had designed a new curriculum and degree wrapped around the station, incorporating assessment outcomes and workplace competency skills. I moved up the academic ladder, becoming a Chair in six months, doubling the growth in the Humanities Department in two years. Students who graduated from SVC with a degree in Communications are working in jobs including television, finance, travel and academia, to name a few. All of my Advertising and Public Relations classes (as well as many others) were designed around partnerships with non-profits in the local community. Building plans and executing as much as possible within a semester were the hallmark of these classes. Students graduating with a degree in Corporate Communications had an actual portfolio of creations, designs and experience to show potential employers. All senior Capstone classes were internships and students created marketing and/or advertising and/or public relations plans as well as the intricate details of each for various businesses and non-profits in Bennington. This class also forced students to complete their portfolios in preparation for graduation. Taught interviewing strategies, resume building techniques and negotiating tips as well as professional writing, business writing and technical writing.

1997 - 2003 Hudson Valley Community College Troy, New York

Adjunct Faculty

Mildred Elley Business School Colonie, New York

Adjunct Faculty

Questar/Boces Troy, New York

Service Learning Coordinator

GBS, Inc Cohoes, New York

Director of Marketing

1985 - 1996 First Albany Corporation Albany, New York

Vice President, Director of Marketing

First Director of Marketing for First Albany: created a library of sales brochures, stuffers, letters and activities; designed ad campaigns to target brokers; instituted market research to determine effectiveness of activities, brokers, and market share; planned corporate events; wrote speeches for CEO and President; responsible for all Annual Reports, Quarterly Reports and Due Diligence meetings; liaison with Legal Department for all regulations and rules; managed the promotional efforts for a sales force of over two hundred; trained brokers in corporate image, marketing effectiveness, and design strategies. Was Series 7 licensed.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Volunteer Arapahoe Library

Volunteer The Jewish Experience

Judge Arapahoe High School Legal Debate Competition

RISE Volunteer WMHT Reader/Engineer

Past Board Member Saratoga County Arts Council

Past Board Member and President Robert C. Parker School

Member, Fundraising Committee B`nai Sholom Synagogue

Member, Development Committee B`nai Sholom Synagogue

PUBLICATIONS/WRITINGS

Editor Practice Protocols for Midwives, 2012

Editor CPM Study Guide, 2012

Editor Consent Forms for Out-of-Hospital Midwifery Practice, 2012

EDUCATION

MA English Literature, Hunter College, New York, New York

BA English Literature, Hunter College, New York, New York

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