RESUME OF

SHIRLEY SINGLETARY CULLEN NICHOLS

Name:

Shirley Singletary Cullen Nichols

Address:

**** ******** ******

Orangeburg, SC 29115

Telephone:

803-***-**** (C) 803-***-****

e-mail:

ac15k6@r.postjobfree.com

Education:

Bachelor of Science, Business Education, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC. Awarded National Business Education Award of Merit.

Master of Education, Business Education. Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, Graduate Assistant Georgia Southern University, School of Education Completed 30+ hours above Masters at Charleston Southern University for add on certification. Area of concentration--Educational Administration/Supervision. Completed December, 2003. Completed Career and Technology Education Administrators Institute, State Department of Education, 2004-2005

Experience:

Claflin University

Academic Student Support Coordinator-Career Development Office, -October, 2015-present: Counsel, coach, and advise students on career goals, majors, employment, graduate school, job search strategies, and career paths; initiate, coordinate and serve as a liaison with businesses, industries, and employment agencies to acquire internship and employment opportunities for students; provide opportunities for on-campus recruiting for employment, internships, and graduate schools for students; plan and implement the Graduate and Professional Schools Visitation program; make presentations to classes and small groups on job seeking skills, resume preparation, interview skills, and scholarships; use technology to engage students and prepare and make presentations; build and sustain partnerships and alliances with faculty, staff, businesses, and graduate schools Claflin University

Administrative Assistant,- January 2011-October, 2015: Served as office manager; Provided support for Career Development events, such as career fairs, community service activities, assemblies for Sophomores, career development activities; Provided general administrative support including coordinating and scheduling of clients seeking services; scheduled appointments with staff; assisted the director with delivery of career planning and placement information through newsletters, brochures, and flyer files; prepared travel requests, purchase requisitions and work order requests; managed the budget. Orangeburg Consolidated School District Five

Administrator, The Technology Center J uly, 2003-2010: (Retired) Health & Human Services and Engineering Industrial Technology Departments Administrator; conducted teacher RESUME OF

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observations and evaluations; monitored and supervised students; served as a disciplinarian; maintained teacher accountability; supervised teacher assistants and substitute teachers; monitored faculty, staff, and student attendance; prepared the faculty/staff manual; coordinated the school-wide grant writing team; served as liaison for PTSA; supervised secretaries; supervised teachers

Conference Presentation E ducation and Business Summit, Each One Teach One Mentoring Program; Blue Ribbon Schools Blue Ribbon for Excellence Conference, 2007. Coordinator of Distance Education Learning Center- -June, 2000-2003: Established and managed the Distance Education Learning Center. Responsibilities included produce video programming; identify and produce distance learning courses; distribute and broadcast ITV programs;

Conference Presentation: Ed Tech 2001 conference--panelist on the V-Tel panel. Business Education teacher--(The Technology Center and Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School) 1 995-2000: Courses taught: keyboarding/computer applications, financial management, desktop publishing. C onference presentations: High Schools that Work Conference 2/98-Integrating Academics and Technology; 2/99-Careers Making the Connection; SREB 13t h Annual Staff Development Conference, Atlanta, GA Careers Making the Connection

Lexington School District Three (Batesburg-Leesville Middle School 1991-1995. Business Education teacher: Courses taught: keyboarding, word processing, and introduction to computers.

South Carolina Department of Education, Office of Vocational Education 1987-91. Consultant, Sex Equity and Single Parents/Homemaker Program. Administered the program of vocational education for the single parent/homemaker and the sex equity program. Provided leadership and technical assistance to local educational agencies, technical institutions, and community-based organizations. Prepared reports regarding programs for accountability, audit, and general public informational purposes. Interpreted Federal and state policies, rules, and regulations to personnel (secondary and technical education) and the general public.

Orangeburg School District Six (North) 1981-1987. Business Education teacher and Vocational Coordinator. Courses taught: business English, business math, accounting, shorthand, typing, word processing, and introduction to computers.

Administrative duties: Provided leadership in the operation of all aspects of the vocational program; prepared the budget, submitted accountability reports, conducted meetings of the Vocational Advisory Council; purchased equipment for program offerings; ordered supplies and materials for vocational teachers; conducted meetings of the vocational department; coordinated the handicapped and disadvantaged program for vocational students; established remedial computer math lab; established computer lab; purchased computer software.

Accomplishments as Vocational Coordinator. Obtained sex equity grant to eliminate sex bias in vocational courses; prepared vocational department handbook for publication; wrote proposals 2

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to obtain funds to update vocational equipment; brought the vocational programs in to compliance with Federal and state regulations.

Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College 1972-74, full-time. 1997-2011, part-time Business Education instructor.

Courses taught: shorthand, typing, business machines, office machines, machine transcription, office practice and filing; keyboarding and computer applications, medical machine transcription.

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City of Savannah, GA 1977-1979. Management Analyst Intern. Conducted time-motion studies in order to analyze job requirements and to make recommendations to improve productivity and to eliminate jobs where necessary in several city departments. P ersonnel Coordinator. S upervised test administration and recruitment and selection for professional and non-professional positions that became vacant; responsible for procuring and evaluating test instruments; supervised three personnel clerks. M anagement Analyst, Community Relations. Established programs to enhance police-community relations; worked with various community groups and organizations in such areas as crime prevention, home security, Neighborhood Watch, and Operation Identification; conducted tours of the Savannah Police Department; talked to elementary, middle, and high school students about crime and its consequences; served on the Oral Review Board for prospective Police Officers interviewed and rated candidates according to responses to prescribed questions. Publications:

Front Office Procedures Manual and Faculty/Staff Manual for The Technology Center; Vocational Handbook, North High School; SACSCASI Guided-Self Study, The Technology Center; O ffice Procedures Manual, Claflin University References:

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