Michael T. Folker **** Northridge Dr. Pikesville, MD 21208; cell phone: 443-***-****, email: ac0zad@r.postjobfree.com

Summary:

June 2000–October 2015; October 2015–Present: Instruction Training Specialist/(now) Project Officer, U.S. Marine Corps training/distance education companies

April 1990–May 2000: Copy editor, editor, proofreader for profit/non-profit companies and associations

October 2015–Present: Project Officer (GS-1712-12), Marine Corps Training and Education Command (TECOM), College of Distance Education and Training, Quantico, VA; Supervisor: LtCol. Paul Hudson, 703-***-****, ac0zad@r.postjobfree.com

Project liaison officer for all personal finance distance learning and computer-based training

Project liaison officer for all “HeadStart2” language courses

Ensure courses “play” in MarineNet learning management system testing environment

Ensure content quality

Work well with off-site military and civilian contractor personnel

November 2001–October 2015: Instructional Training Specialist (GS-1712-12), Marine Corps Institute, Washington Navy Yard; Supervisor: Dvora Sheremeta, 703-***-****, ac0zad@r.postjobfree.com

Project manager for development and evaluation of Marine Corps distance learning products

Identified gaps in Marine occupational specialty (MOS) training

Developed training materials with subject matter experts using instructional design techniques

Reviewed, edited content where necessary work of subject matter expert

Validated of courses with selected Marines in applicable MOS

Completed projects included Communications Plans & Orders, Fundamentals of Refrigeration, Order Writing Clerk

June 2000–November 2001: Technical Editor (GS-1083-11), Marine Corps Institute, Washington Navy Yard; Supervisor: Pat Witter (ret.; see below)

Editor for distance learning courses

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June 2000–November 2001, continued

Editorial support for assigned projects, including interactive multimedia instructional (IMI) CDs and paper-based courses

Reviewed IMI material for operability and style

Reviewed paper-based courses for content, grammatical style, and consistency

Resolved quickly any issue to keep to schedule

Used proprietary MCI style; amalgam of AP, Chicago, GPO, and New York Public Library styles

Collateral duties included reviewing department position papers and editing Professional Military Education courses with off-site Marine officer.

April 1990 to June 2000:

Copy and production editor, Hemisphere Publishing Co. (now Taylor & Francis), Washington, DC, April 1990 to March 1992: scholarly books & papers, engineering and life sciences content

Copy and production editor, American Physiological Society, Bethesda, MD, November 1992 to May 1998: scholarly papers

Staff editor, National Association of Social Workers, Washington, DC, May 1999 to March 2000: scholarly books & papers

Prior to April 1990:

Attended U.S. Navy Hospital Corps “A” School; learned medical and scientific terminology

As U.S. Navy hospital corpsman, assigned to Naval medical Research Institute and hyperbaric experiments laboratory; learned further medical and scientific terminology

Professional references: In addition to current & immediately previous supervisors (above):

Pat Witter (retired: first supervisor, Marine Corps Institute, 2000 and 2001), phone: 352-***-****; email: ac0zad@r.postjobfree.com

Scott Reichenbaugh (retired: executive director, Marine Corps Institute, 2006–2014): phone: 703-***-****; email: ac0zad@r.postjobfree.com

Circulation Assistant II Reisterstown Branch

Madams/Sirs:

1.Enclosed with this online application are resume and any required documents.

2.In current position of project officer for U.S. Marine Corps, Marine Corps University, College of Distance Education and Training, review adequacy of third-party (contract) distance learning products for and provide for third-party review of distance learning products in MarineNet learning management system.

3.Previous experience includes instructional training specialist for the Marine Corps Institute since November 2001. Work has included producing needs assessment (using Marine Corps training & readiness manuals), task analysis, task inventories, course outlines, and course development; assignments have included updates of existing courses, production of new courses, and research for courses where materials may be nonexistent or obsolete. Subject matter varied. Used ADDIE, Blackboard, Respondus.

4.Other experience also includes technical editor (Marine Corps Institute) and copy and production editor of engineering and life sciences books and periodicals [TechBooks (2000), National Association of Social Workers (1999–2000: chief editor 4 journals), American Physiological Society (1992–1998), Hemisphere Publishing (Taylor & Francis, 1990–1992)]; indexer for the purpose of producing brochures [Cambridge Scientific Abstracts; Kalorama, LCC (1990–1994).

Respectfully,

Michael T. Folker

443-474-671x

ac0zad@r.postjobfree.com

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