Training Development

GALE E. KAMEN, Ph.D.

Washington, DC *****

TEL: 202-***-**** 202-***-**** E-

Mail: ******@***.***

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OBJECTIVE: Seeking a challenging position that will fully utilize my

education, experience and abilities, and offers opportunity for

advancement.

SKILLS SUMMARY:

Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Ability to make excellent presentations, coordinates services, and

handle problematic situations effectively and independently. Coordinate

and consult with professional staff/peers.

TRAINING: Identify program deficiencies through `needs assessment'

implementation; Develop task analyses for individuals and groups; Design

and implement delivery of programs through diversified training methods;

provide written program narratives, stand-up training/orientation, and on-

going evaluations/updates; training of volunteers.

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT/INSTRUCTION/TESTING: Initiate, design, develop and

employ curriculum and training materials and educational programs for

adults/adolescents/children; Provide in-service and clinical training;

Develop assessment/evaluation materials/instruments; Research and develop

new methodology techniques; Provide extensive written assessments and

educational counseling; Develop, design, and write procedures manuals for

diversified programs; administering of the following: CASAS, BEST, WRAT,

WPPSI, WJ.

VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION: Provide job coaching/guidance to special

populations; Engage in job development activities that will ensure

employment for program participants; Conduct weekly screenings/intakes of

mentally ill/substance abusers for vocational needs; provide client

orientation, education, assessments, case management, counseling services,

and crisis intervention for the dually diagnosed; facilitate weekly job-

readiness groups; make referrals to other service providers; write clinical

reports and maintain records.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE: Familiar with the following aspects of international

trade: Distribution of goods/services; International trade law and

regulations; Business practices/manufacturing; Economic and political

factors effecting monetary exchange/tariffs; International

finance/collection; Working relationships with foreign/domestic industry;

Problems facing manufacturers.

* Extensive travel internationally and domestically.

ADMINISTRATION: Manage programs independently, concurring with agency

policies and procedures; Plan and evaluate integrated services; Supervise

employees, student interns and volunteer staff; Provide liaison/referral

work for community agencies; Responsible for case management; Develop and

implement program presentations/orientations; Familiar with principles,

practices and achievements of public administration.

ADVOCACY: Support services addressing the needs of physically/mentally

challenged citizens - education, Individualized Educational Plans (IEP's),

legal issues, vocational/academic placement, `least restrictive

environment' issues, psychiatric/institutional placement, mainstreaming/

normalization issues, employment/shelter workshops, liaison work with

individuals/agencies/ communities.

SOCIAL SERVICE: Case-manage families under auspices of state `protective

services' agency; Oversee state welfare recipients required to participate

in the Work Incentive Program (WIN); Responsible for arranging day care

specifically for the children of WIN participants; Individual/group

counseling; Develop/implement adolescent awareness groups; Teen mother's

groups; Pregnancy counseling and sex education awareness groups; provide

representative payee services; provide group services to dually-diagnosed

population (16+), in the areas of self-assessment/awareness, employment,

and other areas pertinent to the well-being (re-emersion) of the client to

the mainstream community.

WRITING/RESEARCH: Original research; investigative reporting; journalistic

writing; human interest pieces; copy editing; proofreading; pictorial

research; newsletters; proposal/grant writing; narrative reports; quality

assurance narratives; researcher (Library of Congress, DC); freelance

writer.

EDUCATION:

LADO INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE, DC. - TEFL Certificate - 2-20-2012

VIRGINIA TECH, Va. (Ph.D.); Human Development: Adult Learning and Human

Resource Development; Dissertation research: `The Survival, Status, and

Current Dilemma of a

Dalit Female Cobbler of India.'

UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Washington, DC,

MA, Adult Education, (International).

ANTIOCH SCHOOL OF LAW, (Antioch University), Washington, DC Campus,

MA, International Trade Law & Regulations.

NOVA UNIVERSITY, Davie, Florida, (48 quarter hours) Public Administration.

HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, Hempstead, New York.

MA, Education, (elem./middle school); social sciences - minor.

FRANKLIN PIERCE UNIVERSITY, Rindge, New Hampshire.

BA, Major: Asian History Minor: Education.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR: The University of the District of Columbia (ESL-

intermediate/advanced: English Fundamentals/English Composition I, - credit

courses), Washington, DC.

( Spring, 2013 to present),

INSTRUCTOR: English Now - ESL- all levels, Bethesda, MD.

(Summer 2013 - present)

INSTRUCTOR: Prince George's Community College- Workforce Development

Program;(GED prep, ESL, CNA certification prep); Largo, Maryland.

(2010 - 2013)

EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANT/SPECIALIST: Washington, D.C.-

Educational testing and evaluation for independent school

placement/Homebound tutoring.

(independent) Tutoring - subjects, test preparation, study skills/executive

functioning, school placement. (1979 to present).

INSTRUCTOR: Refugee Training Program (work preparation/ESOL- Advanced

Beginner), Montgomery College: Silver Spring, Maryland; (9/2009 -

1/2010).

INSTRUCTOR: Workforce Development Program- (GED, PRE-GED, ABE: Math,

English), Montgomery College: Silver Spring, Maryland; (9/2006 to 6/2009).

EDUCATION AND TRAINING SPECIALIST; EDUCATIONAL/VOCATIONAL SPECIALIST;

EDUCATIONAL THERAPIST, U.S. Federal Government-District of Columbia

Government,

DHS, CMHS/U.S. Government; St. Elizabeths Hospital Campus, Washington, DC;

(1979 to 2008)

FREE-LANCE WRITER/EDITOR, 1979 - present.

SPECIAL PROJECTS:

2014: Consortium - Chinese delegation - Conference on The role of the

Community College in Today's Global Society. Virginia Tech, Northern

Virginia Campus, Falls Church, Va.

2009: Workshop Proposal Reader, Montgomery College (Workforce Development),

Westfield Campus, Silver Spring, MD.

2009: (BOOK PUBLICATION): Authored `The Survival, Status, and Dilemma of a

Dalit Female Cobbler of India. VDM Publishers, Munich, Germany,

10/2009.

2008: Post-doctoral follow-up: Research project/data collection; (on-site

in Mumbai, India):

Title: `The Survival, Status, and Current Dilemma of a Dalit

Female Cobbler of India.'

2008: Presenter at the pre-conference session for the Commission on

International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association of

Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE), on `Fundamental Hinduism's role

in the conversion of many Dalits of India to other faiths: How Dalits

are addressing the issue of religious acclimatization.' November 9th,

Denver, Colorado. Paper published in the Proceedings of the 2008 CIAE

Pre Conference.'

2007: Presenter at the pre-conference session for the Commission on

International Adult Education

(CIAE) of the American Association of Adult and Continuing Education

(AAACE), on `Ethics and Qualitative Fieldwork: how do researchers avoid

discords within a third world milieu?'

October 28th, Norfolk, Virginia. Paper published in the `Proceedings of

the 2007 CIAE Pre Conference.'

2007 - 2009: Montgomery College, Westfield Campus, Wheaton, MD; Instructor

- Pre-GED/GED/ABE Math/Pre-GED/GED/ABE English.

2007: Virginia Tech (International Adult Education forum): Guest

lecturer: Presentation on `The Survival, Status, and Current Dilemma of

a Dalit Female Cobbler of India.'

2006: Presenter at the pre-conference session for the Commission on

International Adult Education

(CIAE) of the American Association of Adult and Continuing Education

(AAACE), on `The Survival, Status, and Current Dilemma of a Dalit

Female Cobbler of India;' November 5 - 7, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Paper

published in the `Proceedings of the 2006 CIAE Pre Conference.'

2006 to present: Emerson Prep, Washington, D.C. Instructor: pre-algebra,

algebra, geometry, and college counseling (contractual).

2005/6: Post-doctoral follow-up: Research project/data collection; (on-site

in Kolhapur, India):

Title: `The Survival, Status, and Current Dilemma of a Dalit

Female Cobbler of India.'

2005: Credentialed Provider - DC-CSA - (credentialed mental health

provider under the Medicaid Rehabilitation Standards of the District of

Columbia).

2004: Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa. Guest lecturer: Presentation on

`The Survival, Status, and Current Dilemma of a Dalit Female Cobbler of

India.'

2003: University of Virginia, Northern Va. Campus. Guest speaker (Phi

Delta Kappa): Presentation on `The Survival, Status, and Current

Dilemma of a Dalit Female Cobbler of India.'

2003: Virginia Commonwealth University; Certified training and assigned

coursework on Supported

Competitive Employment Implementation (36 hours).

2002: Research project/data collection for doctoral dissertation (on-site

in Kolhapur, India):

Title: `The Survival, Status, and Current Dilemma of a Dalit

Female Cobbler of India.'

(Kolhapur, India).

2000: Contributor to the pre-conference session for the American

Association of Adult

and Continuing Education (AAACE), Providence, RI (11/`00);

Topic: Human Rights

Issues and the United Nations.' Focus: India.

2000-2003: Advisory Board; Learning Strategies, Inc., Silver Spring,

Virginia.

2000: Co-presenter: `Supervisor's Training'; Topic: `What is Mental

Illness?' (OCES, CMHS, DC).

2000: Co-wrote/researched grant entitled `Real jobs for Real Pay,'

(OCES, CMHS, DC).

1999: Co-Presenter/author at the Midwest Research-to-Practice Conference,

University of Missouri,

St. Louis. Paper on experiential learning: "Dance to Learn;

Reaffirmation of Cultural Rituals in Facilitating Adult Learners in

Formal Settings." (9/24).

1998 to present: Contributing Writer: Ability Magazine, Mesa Verde,

California.

1998: Contributor to the development of the opening session for the

American Association of Adult

and Continuing Education (AAACE) 11/19/98; theme: `The Socratic

Method;' Phoenix, AZ.

1998 to present: Participant in a collaborative effort between the

University of Madras, (India), and

Virginia Tech., in establishing a `distance learning' program

within the adult education

platform that will encourage an operative exchange of

information.

1998: Co-presenter: Discover India; an overview of a special study trip

focusing on education, socio-

economic, and political issues of contemporary India. Phi Delta

Kappa (UVA/Va. Tech chap.).

1998: Guest lecturer: UVA, No. Va. campus; topic: Education in India;

contemporary overview.

1998: Participant: Special Study Trip: Comparative Analysis of Adult

Education and Continuing

Education in N. America and India; emphasis on socio-economic

and political issues.

1997: Pictorial research; Floral Review Magazine; researched/located

archival material; pub., 1998.

1997 to present: Contributing Editor: Ability Magazine; (quarterly).

1997: Editor/ghost writer; book on herbal nutrition.

1995 to 1999: Contributing Editor "Diplomatic Guide," (quarterly).

1995: Education Editor, "American Chef Magazine," Project Horizon;

freelance/contractual.

1995: SSAT preparatory course; Developed, designed and implemented for

Woods Academy, MD.

1994 to present: Consulting/contractual. Topics: Human resource

development; Life transition;

Participatory management; On-site training techniques; etc..

1994: Co-author: Biography of Archie Moore; (non-published).

1990 to 1999: Serve on the Applications Review Committee; approve clinical

privileging

applications for Allied Therapies Division based on established

criteria set by the

Commission on Mental Health Services, Washington, DC.

1987: Developed/designed/co-instructed a study skills class for Paul VI

High School, Fairfax, Va.

1986: Designed/implemented an SAT preparatory class for Regina High

School, Beltsville, Md..

1984: Research and writing of desk procedures for the Finance Branch of

St. Elizabeth's Hosp.

1982: Coordinated a seminar entitled, Marketing Your Small Business.

1980 to present: Educational Consultation and tutorial services; org.

skills and course content.

CERTIFICATIONS:

- Teaching certificates: New York State: (K to 6, Social Studies 7 to 9);

Clinical `privileging' to practice independently in the capacity of

Education and Training Specialist/Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist,

(1987 to 2001); Credentialed Provider - DC-CSA - (credentialed mental

health provider under the Medicaid Rehabilitation Standards of the District

of Columbia).

- 2003: Supported Employment (Virginia Commonwealth University); 36 hours;

LADO - TEFL Certification (135 hours).

ASSOCIATIONS: 1984; `Outstanding Young Women of America;' 1983+: Medical

Society, St. Elizabeths Hospital; 1998+ - Phi Delta Kappa (educational

fraternity). 1999+: Phi Beta Delta; Gamma Omega Chapter (international

educational fraternity).

CONSULTING/TRAINING: 1980 to present:

Educational planning.

College counseling.

Identifying colleges/universities/private elementary-middle-high schools.

Life transition.

At-risk youth - research

Conflict Resolution.

Program Development.

`Needs' assessments/evaluations.

TUTORIAL SERVICES:

ESL - all levels

Most subjects/most levels.

Organizational skills.

Study skills.

Test preparation: ERB, SSAT, ISEE, PSAT, ACT, SAT I, SAT II, TOEFL, GED,

GRE, MAT,

COOP/HSTP, LSAT (executive functioning).

COMPUTER SKILLS: Microsoft Word; PowerPoint; Excel; Anasazi, Blackboard..

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