Michael F. Kell, Sr.
Reading, Vermont 05062
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EDUCATION
State University of New York @Geneseo-BA History- 1983
University of Rochester, NY- MS in Counseling- 1992
Shippensburg University, PA- CAS-1998
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES
Pennsylvania Professional Certificate; ***-**-**** 02017084-Secondary
School Administrator, Secondary and Elementary School Counselor
New Jersey Principal License
New York State Administrator/Supervisor- Permanent
Vermont Professional Level II License- K-12 Principal
Vermont Professional Level I License- Superintendent
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Education Director- The Meadows Education Center
Special Education and Behavioral Support k-12 school at the Brattleboro Retreat. September 15, 2015- October, 2018.
Principal- Henry Snyder High School, Jersey City School District, Jersey City, NJ- 9/15/2013-9/12/2014
• Instructional leader grades 9-12
• Responsible for high school budget
• Responsible for teacher evaluation
• Responsible for professional development
Principal- Windsor High School, Windsor Vermont
7/2010- 9/1/2013
Instructional leader grades 9-12
Responsible for high school budget
Responsible for teacher evaluation
Responsible for professional development
Assistant Principal/District School Safety Coordinator/Athletic Director/Activities Coordinator, Springfield Township High School,
8/2000-12/2009
Responsible for Student Management
Work as a member of a collaborative learning community, curriculum and instruction, teacher supervision
IEP/LEA and Student Assistant Team Coordinator.
Hiring of coaches, scheduling, management and budget process for 21 varsity teams and 13 middle school teams
Directed and provided oversight to the high school activities and clubs program.
School District Safety and Security Coordinator
Assistant Principal, Dover Area Middle School, March 1998-July 2000
Responsible for Student Management
Implemented MMS 2000 software package program
Developed Block Scheduling as well as Enrichment Program
Responsible for teacher duty schedule, teacher supervision
IEP/LEA and Student Assistant Team Coordinator.
School Counselor, Upper Adams School District, April 1994 - March 1998
Responsible for individual, group and academic counseling.
Developed curriculum for and taught Career Education classes
Steering committee member for Adams County Tech Prep School- to –Work Initiative.
IEP/LEA, Student Assistant Team Coordinator
Biglerville High School head football coach.
Elementary Principal- K-6, Bethel Christian Academy, August 1993- April 1994- Interim elementary school principal.
History teacher, The Stony Brook School, 1989-1991
Taught European history and health.
Head high school football coach.
Villa Maria College, Fall/Spring 1986 (satellite campus)
Part-time instructor U.S. Military History (special program for military reservists and guardsmen) fully accredited.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Forensic Therapist (part-time) Adams County Prison, 1999- 2003
Individual and group counseling in prison population.
Paradise School, Abbottstown, PA 1992-1993
Therapist and case manager of children and adolescents remanded to the school
by DCF and Juvenile Courts.
All –American Counseling Center, Smithtown, NY 1990-1992
Therapist, individual, family and group counseling. I was the primary adolescent and child therapist. Develop a dynamic Outward Bound type of group counseling for various age levels with youth identified with ADHD, ODD and CD.
Youth Division Counselor, New York State Division for Youth; Oatka Secure Center 1982-1989
Youth Division Aide Worker- 14 supervision of adolescents remanded to the Division for Youth by N.Y.S Juvenile Courts (residential setting for juvenile and youthful offenders) performing individual and group counseling.
Public Safety Officer, State University of New York, Stony Brook University, Geneseo State College and Brockport State College, 1977-1982
Public Safety Officer on university campuses, New York Municipal Police Training Certification.
United States Army- Army Reserve 1974-2006
Major, Retired. Served over twenty years as a military police officer (active duty at Fort Dix, NJ), infantry officer, chemical officer, quartermaster officer and physical security officer.
COACHING EXPERIENCES
1975- 1998- Coached college, varsity, junior varsity and middle school football.
1957-1998- Coached: basketball, baseball and track and field at the high school and middle school levels.