Training Design

GLORIA J. YUKAVETSKY COLON

E-mail: ******.**********@***.***

PROFESSIONAL GOAL

To obtain a position within an organization where my knowledge, skills

and experience in the field of personnel enhancement can be fully utilized

in an environment that provides for professional and personal growth.

QUALIFICATIONS

Master s Degree in Arts and Education

Instructional System Design and Educational Technology

University of the Sacred Heart

Santurce, Puerto Rico

Bachelor s Degree in Visual Arts

Major in Art Photography

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

Professional ExperiencesFaculty Trainer in the use of computers, computer programs and related

technologies.UniversityProfessor of Educational Technology and Photography.Coordination and implementation of computer and related

technologies, as well as Distance Education in the public school

system.Teacher of Art, Mathematics and English.

Key strengths include the ability to successfully:Develop training course contents.Design instructional materials.Design and develop comprehensive training needs assessments.Schedule training activities and programs.Design, develop and evaluate training programs and instructional

materials.Manage various responsibilities, with emphasis in staff supervision.Plan and organize resources to obtain desired results.Teach at the college level as well as the elementary and secondary

school levels.Communicate in oral and written form in English and Spanish.

Additional key strengthsComputer literacy with emphasis in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power

Point, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft FrontPage Claris Works, Adobe

Pagemaker, Adobe PhotoShop, HyperStudio, and Pagemill for PC and

Macintosh environment.Knowledgeable in Distance Education.Knowledgeable with the Internet.Familiar in a LAN working environment.Familiar with most office machines, instructional and communication

devices.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE RECORDProfessor (1997- )

Professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Humacao, Puerto Rico.

Department of Communication. Courses taught:

Faculty Facilitator (1998)

Training of teachers of the Department of Public Education of

Puerto Rico, in the use of computers and related technologies, to

enrich the teaching and learning process. Duties included to:prepare instructional materialsdesign and develop course contentsinstruct in the use of the following computer programs:Microsoft Word 97Microsoft Excel 97Microsoft PowerPoint 97develop lesson plans in the use of computers in the classroomDistance Education Facilitator (1997)

The Star Link Network, a division of the Ana G. M ndez University

System, was an academic program designed to effectively use computer

and communication technologies in order to enhance the teaching and

learning process. Duties included to:deliver instruction through ITS (Interactive Television Service)

by means of Channel 40 of the Ana G. M ndez University SystemFaculty Facilitator (1996 - 1997)

Training of professors at the Centro para el Fortalecimiento de

la Docencia, Universidad Central de Bayam n, in the use of

computers and related technologies. Duties included to:prepare instructional materialsdesign and develop course contentsdesign and develop operational plansCoordinator (1995 - 1996)

The Star Link Project at the Ana G. M ndez University System, a

part of the Star Schools Program funded by the U.S. Department of

Education Title IX Program in partnership with the Puerto Rico

Department of Education, was an academic program designed to

effectively use computer and communication technologies. Duties

included to:design and implement needs assessments in forty public

schoolscollaborate in the design and development of instructional

materialscollaborate in the implementation of computer technical

supportresponsible for the design, development and implementation

of support activitiesmonitor activities developed by teacherstrain teachers in the use of computers and related

technologies, both on-site and using Distance Education

through closed captioned television (Channel 40 of the Ana G.

University System).Elementary and Junior High School Teacher (1982 - 1995)

Department of Education

Commonwealth of Puerto RicoResponsible for creating an enjoyable learning environment

geared to motivate students, through the design and

implementation of innovative art techniques, to promote

effective learning of a variety of concepts. Continuous

creativity must be exercised in this teaching strategy.

PUBLICATIONS 2007: Author:

Educaci n para los medios: lecciones y retos de la alfabetizaci n medi tica

Paper

presented at the 13th Annual College Board Conference, november

2006-07: Photographic documentary

La fuerza laboral de edad madura

Photographic documentary about elderly people still working

Exhibited at Museo Casa Roig, 2006

Exhibited at Instituto de Cultura Puertorrique a, 2008

2005: Author:

C mo elaborar un m dulo instruccional1997: Author:

El dise o de la instrucci n y las teor as de apoyo.

Article for Iconos, a publication of the Department of

Communication of the University of Puerto Rico, Humacao Campus.

1995: Author:La tecnolog a educativa y el proceso de ense anza-aprendizaje.

Article for Comunicaci n, a publication of ACTE, The

Association for Communications and Educational Technology.

1991:Author:

The Cognitive Capacity of Intuition in Educational Technology.

Thesis prepared to meet requirements for Master s Degree.

1990: Designer:Instructor s Training Manual for Adjusters: "Effective

techniques for Adjustment of Accounts with Arrears".1988: Co-designer:

Proposal to evaluate the "Teacher as a Second Language

Program" at the University of the Sacred Heart at Santurce,

Puerto Rico.

AWARDS

May 1991 Teacher Excellence Award

Awarded for Excellent Performance.

May 1991 Medalla P rtico

Awarded for Excellent Achievement by the President of the

University of the Sacred Heart.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

APAD (Asociaci n Puertorrique a de Aprendizaje a Distancia)

REFERENCES

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