Educator, trainer, curriculum specialist

Joanne Patti Munisteri

USA 512-***-**** ***********@*****.*** Active DOD Secret Clearance

Experienced trainer and curriculum developer-deploying assessment, monitoring and evaluation for security cooperation, assistance and capacity building programs-worldwide

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CIED-Center for Intercultural Education and Development/ US Department of State Specialist: 06/2012-Present

Facilitator for short term projects in education-advising, negotiation, assessment, monitoring and evaluation (AME) training worldwide, including working with Harvard Program on Negotiation *(PON) and Pathways Negotiation Institute in the Middle East in 2018, as consultant monitoring and evaluation for Department of State programs

Faculty Catholic University in Erbil - Kurdistan, Iraq 9/2017-9/2018

Developed and taught new courses in International Relations, Economics, and Academic Preparation

Generated schedules, reports, and assessments for students-majority were survivors from the siege of Mosul

Acting Team Lead-Verification, Testing, Evaluation Detachment (VTED) SOSi International -Kabul, Afghanistan 5/2017-9/2017

Provided analysis, deliverables, briefings, and interface at all levels for DOD, NATO and DOS personnel working with the Military Intelligence Strategic Task Force-Alpha (MISTF-A)

Implemented Interagency Security Sector Assessment Framework (ISSAF) templates and created project specific templates for measuring effectiveness of information operations

Senior Lead Training Specialist Training and Security Alliance -Raytheon, Afghanistan 5/2016-5/2017

Trained Afghan Air Force officers, created curriculum to address gaps in language and background knowledge; generated reports for USAF and Afghan Air force officials while on NATO base, Kabul

Trained to standard 93% of Afghan Air Force pilots assigned to the Warfighter Focus program in a general Security Assistance (SA) and Security Cooperation (SC) training program in Afghanistan

Curriculum Specialist Cheechi Consulting Company - Kabul, Afghanistan 11/2015-3/2016

Conducted field research, analysis, reporting, created baseline assessments with local national team to in-country USAID program, Ministry of Education officials in Afghanistan.

Utilized Interagency Security Sector Assessment Frameworks (ISSAF) in addition to program specific templates for assessment, monitoring and evaluation (AME) reconciliations and closure

Final overall assessment and reports went directly to President Ashraf Ghani.

Peace Corps Response Team Ternopil State Medical University - Ternopil, Ukraine 7/2015-11/2015

Designed and reviewed curriculum for the first Peace Corps Medical English program for doctors in Ukraine; instructed for Bioethics, Military Medicine, Linguistics and Clinical/Medical Departments.

Collaborated to create the first university-wide database and intranet in Ternopil’s State Medical University.

Teacher/Trainer/Interim Academic Dean/ American University of Afghanistan 8/2014 - 03/2015

Instructed in Professional Development Institute outreach programs for adult professionals

Delivered presentations, reviewed curriculum and created resources for university branches in Kabul and Mazar; Academic Dean for females School of Leadership during program transition.

Teacher/Trainer Ministry of Education Malaysia – Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia 12/2013 - 8/2014

Education mentor in Indigenous Bidayuh and Iban tribal remote schools, providing monitoring, training and research for education programs sponsored by the British Council

Department of the Army/DOD HTS Program (AF) BAE/CGI– Kansas, USA 5/2011 - 5/2013

Trained and performed as social scientist, curriculum reviewer, briefer, certified combat analyst and research specialist in Human Terrain/Human Domain systems. TRADOC-Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, USA

Senior Education Advisor CIED (Center for Intercultural Education & Development)

Novosibirsk, Siberian Region, Russia 10/2011 - 5/2012

Conducted teacher training, designed surveys, improved outcomes for different pedagogical projects including online learning formats, webinars, forums on education, inter-active teaching.

Coordinated international conferences and American Council special programs in Siberia, Russia.

Senior Education Advisor CIED – Karachi, Pakistan and Washington, D.C., USA 9/2010 - 5/2011

Trained teachers in conflict zones, designed curriculums, and engaged in field training with teachers and students in underserved regions of Pakistan.

Delivered presentations to International Education conferences, participated in policy dialogues at universities and evaluated new IT curriculum incorporating video and power point formats.

Education Advisor CIED – Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia 8/2008 - 8/2010

Visiting Professor of Medical English and Pedagogy for doctors, residents, and general medicine faculty.

Contributed research design and presentations for IREX, USAID and US embassy projects in Armenia.

Teacher and Health Practitioner Ascension Island Government –South Atlantic 5/2008 - 8/2008

Administered exam prep, assessments, health education and clinical practice on US and UK bases.

Team Leader United Arab Emirates Ministry of Education, remote regions 10/2007 - 4/2008

Teacher trainer, curriculum design, and education for female teachers in remote areas of UAE for their Madaras Al Ghad (Schools of Tomorrow) project.

Created assessment frameworks for learning outcomes and teacher effectiveness for the Ministry of Education

Faculty Lecturer and Clinical Practitioner New Zealand School of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Wellington, New Zealand 1/2004 - 8/2006

Developed curriculum standards, performed field research, and coordinated ongoing training with tribal communities in addition to teaching auricular acupuncture theory and clinical applications.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service, International Relations and International Economics Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, Washington D.C., USA

Post-Graduate Degree in Education, Social Studies & Health-Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand (2003)

Harvard Program on Negotiation-Training, Israel and Jordan (2018)

Certified Combat Analyst, US Department of the Army-Human Terrain System, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, USA (2011-2013)

Third Class Radio Engineering License issued in New York, USA (1983)

Yun Tai International Martial Arts Training Certificate of Honor-Henan, China (2019)

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