Head Science Teacher, High School Education

Curriculum Vitae

GIOVONNIA KATHRYN FERGUSON

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Cheyenne, WY 82001-6977

Tel: 307-***-**** (res)

email: *************@***.***

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION with competencies in program planning,

management, and evaluation, grant management, providing technical assistance

in career and technical education curriculum and proposal writing;

writing federal and state accountability reports; human relations; advocacy for

student and staff civil rights.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

* Consultation on Gender Equity plans, policies, and procedures.

* Institutional and program monitoring and evaluation for compliance with

Career Acts, The Americans with Disabilities Act and Office for Civil Rights,

Career and Technical Education.

* Instructor in secondary, adult and higher education.

* Research and planning for career and technical education programs.

* Federal education program management.

* Consultation on Federal and State civil rights education laws.

* Consultation on program development and revisions through structured

group interview, budgeting and grant funding.

* Coordinating in-service workshops and conferences.

* Facilitate institutional, business and community relations.

* Preparation and dissemination of student and employee rights information.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Laramie County School District Number One, Cheyenne, WY. Teacher, Science.

Triumph High School, physical science, global science, geology, and

geological systems, August, 2006 - June, 2013.

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Laramie County School District Number One, Cheyenne, WY. Part-time teacher.

Triumph High School, physical science and global science,

August, 2000 - June, 2006

F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Cheyenne, WY, Teacher,(90th Space Wing),

Grade: CC3, Youth Center, School-Age Children's Summer Program,

Summer, 2000.

Planning and conducting supervised educational and recreational activities

and excursions for children of Air Force Personnel.

Wyoming STARBASE Academy, 217 Dell Range Blvd., Cheyenne, WY.

Interim Teacher, December, 1999.

Co-curricular science program for fifth grade students in Laramie County

School District Number One. The program concentrated on the laws of

physics, principles of flight, and astronomy.

Laramie County School District Number One, Cheyenne, WY. Teacher.

Extended Day Science Program, grades 7-9 (Carey Junior High School),

Spring, 1999.

Laramie County School District Number One, Cheyenne, WY. Substitute teacher.

Science, technical and agricultural education. 1996-2000.

Laramie County School District Number One, Cheyenne, WY.

Perkins Vocational Education/Applied Technology Special Populations

Facilitator (Perkins Act II, grant contract), August, 1995-June, 1996.

Gathering vocational student assessment and demographic information for

District, State, and National reports; Assist District Educational Resource

Center Specialists coordinate services to special populations enrolled in

targeted high school vocational programs receiving Perkins Act funds;

work with vocational counselors to assist students of special

populations receiving services including - entry assistance, assessment,

supplementary services, guidance, counseling and career development

services, and transition to employment and postsecondary training;

Participate in all advisory organizational meetings related to vocational

education, school-to-work, related community and workforce linkages,

and Chamber of Commerce. To coordinate student mentoring activities

with local businesses;

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function a as liaison between the District and Laramie County

Community College for the articulation of courses in Auto Technology

and Auto Body Repair; vocational curriculum development and revision

through structured Group Interview procedures.

Laramie County School District Number One, Cheyenne, WY. Substitute

Teacher. Science, physics, biology, and agriculture science. February,

1995 - May, 1995.

Wyoming Department of Education, Cheyenne, WY. Applied Technology

and Vocational Education Unit, Perkins Act Special Populations and Office for

Civil Rights Consultant, February, 1991 - June, 1993.

Managing Perkins Act grants tor vocational special populations.

Providing proposal writing technical assistance. Coordinating

and monitoring programs and vocational facilities (school districts,

colleges and state institutions) for the Office for Civil Rights, with

coordinating responsibilities with the Americans with Disabilities

Act. Monitoring, in-service, federal report writing and liaison with

Region VIII Office for Civil Rights.

Wyoming Department of Education, Cheyenne, WY. Drug-Free Schools and

Communities Program Coordinator and Vocational Education Consultant,

June, 1990-1991.

Managing Drug-Free Schools grants ($1.8 million) and Perkins

Vocational Education grants. Program monitoring and evaluating,

technical assistance for proposal writing and project budgeting, and

career education services.

Wyoming Department of Education, Cheyenne, WY. Vocational Education

Planner/Researcher and Perkins Act Coordinator. March, 1986 - June, 1990.

Managing all Perkins Vocational Education Act grants ($4.4 million);

providing in-service and technical assistance to proposal writers;

program budgeting; State Vocational Education Unit budgeting;

writing Wyoming Vocational Education Plan; writing federal

accountability reports; program reports for the Legislative Services

Office; proposal reading committee coordinating; and, grant award

selection. Project management planning, federal education law research,

inter-agency coordination; project fiscal reviews; and, public relations.

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Wyoming Department of Education, Cheyenne, WY. Vocational Agriculture

Education Consultant/State FFA Advisor. September, 1984 - March, 1986.

Consulting services in Agricultural Education programs and curriculum.

Coordination of statewide and national Future Farmers of America

(FFA) student activities. Organizing and conducting judging contests

and state conferences. Coordination of Wyoming State Fair FFA

activities and contests. Liaison with the Wyoming Young Farmers

organization.

University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY. Graduate Assistant, Department

of Vocational Education and Student Educational Opportunity Office.

August, 1982 - May, 1984.

Assisted professors in research and supervised and/or taught some

vocational agriculture education classes. Participated in minority

student recruitment and produced the "Minority Graduate Program

View Book,"

University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY. Graduate Assistant, Department

of Educational Foundations and Instructional Technology.

August, 1981 - May, 1982.

Supervised the audiovisual equipment and microcomputer

competency testing of students in education. Assisted teaching

educational communications courses. Conducted on-site

instructional technology workshops (at reservation schools) for

the Teacher Corps, Arapahoe, Wyoming.

Los Angeles Unified School District. Joseph Le Conte Junior High

School (now, middle school), Hollywood, California. Teacher, Biology.

October, 1980 - June, 1981.

Regular and accelerated classes in grade eight biology and science.

University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY. Graduate Assistant, Department

of Adult Education and Instructional Services. September, 1979 -

July, 1980.

Teaching and supervising a self-directed study audiovisual

equipment competency course. Assisted teaching educational

communications courses. Acting Director of Clarence Jayne

Media Center ( summer,1980).

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Los Angeles Unified School District. San Pedro Community Adult School

(Evening Division), San Pedro, California. Teacher in cooperation with

the California Conservation Corps, small farm animal husbandry.

September, 1978 - June, 1979.

Teaching small farm animal husbandry, with emphasis on poultry

and other small animals for farm and home consumption.

Los Angeles Unified School District. Crenshaw High School, Los Angeles,

California. Teacher. Small Animal Technology, Vocational Coordinator

(Supervised Occupational Experience), and Future Farmers of America

(FFA) Chapter Advisor. September, 1971 - June, 1979.

Teaching Animal Health (Veterinary) Technician program.

Vocational Coordinator for vocational agriculture student job

placement. Coordinated volunteer projects with animal-related

organizations. Coordinated with the advisory committee for

animal health technology. Supervising FFA chapter meetings,

activities, judging contest participation, and banquets.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.

Vocational Education (Agricultural Education) ABD

Tool Areas: Counselor Education; Adult Education, and

Educational Administration

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Master of Science, Major: Agriculture Science,

August, 1975

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Bachelor of Science, Major: Agriculture Science

Minor: Biochemistry,

June, 1969

Los Angeles Pierce College, Woodland Hills, California

Associate of Science. Major: Animal Science

February, 1967

RELATED EDUCATIONAL TRAINING

North-West College (proprietary), West Covina, California, 1978

Veterinary Assisting courses

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California State University, Fresno, Extension, 1976-1977.

Look, Learn..(educational media)

Curriculum Problems and Practices

University of California, Los Angeles, 1974-1976

Understanding Pet Animal Behavior

Animal Nursing, Clinical Care/Management

Intensive Training for Animal Health Technicians

California Polytechnic State University, Pomona, 1972

Advanced Florestry

California State University, Northridge, 1970-1973

Education courses

Los Angeles Pierce College, Woodland Hills, 1969-1971

Personnel Relations

Management Systems and Procedures

Vet Clinical Pathology

Clinical Lab Procedures

Lab Animal Management II

University of Hawaii, Honolulu, College of Tropical Agriculture, 1969

Agricultural Education, Classroom media

Hindi language course

PUBLICATIONS

"THE BRAGBOOK, An Effective Public Relations Tool," The Agricultural

Education Magazine, March, 1984.

Handling Small Animals: Step by Step, Exposition Press, Inc.,

Smithtown, New York, 1979.

California Vocational Agriculture Curriculum Guidelines Instructional

Units, "Small Animals," California Agriculture Teachers Association

and Bureau of Agricultural Education, California State Department of

Education, Sacramento, 1979.

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"Small Animal Care" (original outline), filmstrip/cassettes, Vocational

Education Publications (VEP), California Polytechnic State University,

San Luis Obispo, 1977.

"Inner-city Students Tour Ag Colleges," The Golden Spike (newsletter,

California Agriculture Teachers Association), San Luis Obispo, 1977.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

WORKSHOP PRESENTER/ORGANIZER. Apprenticeship Follow-up

workshop, Casper College, Casper, WY, February 6, 1996.

WORKSHOP PRESENTER. Wyoming Department of Education

Proposal Writing Workshop for Carl Perkins Act for Vocational

Education, various statewide locations, Wyoming, 1987-1993.

WORKSHOP PRESENTER. "The Basics of Proposal Writing/Needs

Assessment," Wyoming's First Statewide Conference on Displaced

Homemakers/Single Parents, Eastern Wyoming College, Torrington,

June 12-14, 1986.

WORKSHOP PRESENTER. Proposal Writing Workshop Series for

The Carl Perkins Act for Vocational Education, Casper College and

University of Wyoming, Laramie. March - June, 1986.

CONDUCTED. On-site workshops for Teacher Corps and Teacher

Aides for the Arapahoe School, Arapahoe, Wyoming. Classroom

media hardware competency, Department of Educational

Foundations, University of Wyoming, Laramie, fall, 1979.

CONDUCTED. Seminars in Laboratory Animal Technology/Small

Animal Science for the California Agriculture Teachers Association,

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, summer,

1976 and 1977.

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CREATIVE ENDEAVORS

"Selected Instructional Materials for Agricultural Mechanics Shop

Safety," Department of Vocational Education, University of Wyoming,

Laramie, February, 1983.

PRODUCED. Minority Graduate Program View Book, Student

Educational Opportunity Office, Minority Affairs Division and Department

of Educational Foundations and Instructional Technology, University

of Wyoming, Laramie. Spring, 1982.

"Women of the 80's" (filmstrip narration), Department of Vocational

Education, University of Wyoming. Laramie. November, 1982.

SUPERVISED. Self-directed study educational media hardware

competency course, and taught classes (Graduate Assistant) in

Instructional Technology, Department of Educational Foundations

and Instructional Technology, University of Wyoming, Laramie.

1979-1980, and 1981-1982.

ACTING DIRECTOR. Clarence Jayne Media Center, Department

of Adult Education and Instructional Services, University of Wyoming.

summer, 1980.

ORGANIZED AND CONDUCTED. Inner-city agriculture student tours.

Annual three-day tours of California universities that offer agricultural

curricula. ( for Crenshaw High School, Los Angeles, Ca.) 1973-1978.

OBSERVED. The Danish Agricultural Education system at the Royal

Danish Veterinary and Agricultural College (English translation), and

the Ministry of Education (Undervisningministeriet), Copenhagen,

Denmark, summer, 1978.

WRITING COMMITTEE MEMBER. "A.C.E. Program Manual"

(classroom aides for disadvantaged students), Los Angeles Unified

City School District, Los Angeles, California. 1974.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS - PRESENT

Delta Kappa Gamma (International Educational Sorority)

Wyoming Education Association

Wyoming Classroom Teachers Educational Association, Cheyenne, WY.

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS - OTHER

Rocky Mountain Gem and Mineral Society, Cheyenne, WY

American Vocational Association

National Association of Supervisors of Agricultural Education

National Association of Vocational Education Special Needs Personnel

Omicron Delta Kappa (Education Honor)

Phi Delta Kappa (Education)

Wyoming Vocational Association

Alpha Tau Alpha (Agricultural Education)

American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

California Agriculture Teachers Association

International Chemical Workers' Union

Los Angeles Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association

National Center for Research in Vocational Education

(WY Liaison)

National Network for Curriculum Coordination in Vocational

Technical Education (WY Liaison)

Wyoming Occupational Coordinating Committee (Alternate)

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Current list of Laramie County School District Number One in-service

Credit, is available from the Professional Teaching Standards Board,

Cheyenne, WY.

PARTICIPANT. The PEBC Thinking Strategies Institute, Denver, Colorado,

November 7-11, 2011

PARTICIPANT. 2009 Wind Energy Summer Institute, Wind Energy

Education and Career Pathways Applications, Laramie County

Community College, Cheyenne, WY. June, 18, 2009.

PARTICIPANT. A Praxis Series Standard Setting Study, for

Agricultural Education, Educational Testing Service (ETS),

Casper, WY. April, 24, 2008.

PARTICIPANT. Minority Diaspora (University of Wyoming),

Casper College, Casper, WY. 2003.

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PARTICIPANT. Performance Standards in Family and Consumer

Science (workshop), Wyoming Department of Education and

Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, WY.

February 29, - March 2, 1996.

PARTICIPANT. School-to-Work Conference, Wyoming

Department of Education, Casper College, Casper, WY.

February 6-7, 1996.

PARTICIPANT. "CA$H" Registered Apprenticeship

Coordinator Workshop, Utah State Office of Education,

Homestead Conference Center, Midway, UT.

December 13-15, 1995.

PARTICIPANT. Perkins II Student Assessment Training Workshop,

Wyoming Department of Education, Casper, WY.

December 6-7, 1995.

PARTICIPANT. Workplace Readiness Workshop, Campbell

County School District Number One, Gillette, WY. September 18-19,1995

PARTICIPANT. "Building Trust - A Conference for Women in Agriculture

Education," Agricultural Education Department, The Ohio State

University, Columbus. February 26-27, 1987.

FUNDED GRANT

"Attributes of Job Satisfaction Among Women Agricultural Faculty

in Higher Education," Wyoming Department of Education, Division

of Sex Equity, Cheyenne, WY. 1983.

OTHER WORK

Bio-Science Laboratories, Van Nuys, California, Laboratory

Associate, Automated Chemistry. 1969 - 1971

Preparing samples, operating analytical equipment and

computers for blood and body fluids, running tests in the

STAT Lab, and reporting emergency results to doctors.

CREDENTIALS AND AWARDS

Substitute Teaching Permit, State of Wyoming, Expires: July 5, 2100.

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Standard Teaching Certificate, Wyoming (Agriculture, General Science,

Biology, and Chemistry). Expires: August 31, 2014

Certificate of Service, State of Wyoming, Wyoming Department

of Education, TEN years, November 1, 1990.

Certificate of Service, State of Wyoming, Wyoming Department

of Education, FIVE years, September, 1986.

Bank of America Scholarship, Agriculture Teachers, 1974.

Standard (Secondary) Teaching Credential, California, 1973.

No. STC 23826, (Agriculture Science, Biological Science,

Chemistry), Expires: LIFE.

REFERENCES

Dr. Michelle Aldrich

742 Cimarron Work. 307-***-****

Cheyenne, WY 82009 Res. 307-***-****

Mrs. Kate Michel

2116 Van Lennon Avenue Work. 307-***-****

Cheyenne, WY 82001 Res. 307-***-****

Mrs. Gina Hughes

7504 Max Court Work. 307-***-****

Cheyenne, WY 82009 Res. 307-***-****

Dr. Mohamed Salih

1665 Morning Star Road

Cheyenne, WY 82009 307-***-****

Mrs. Anna Swank

5117 Atlantic Drive Work. 307-***-****

Cheyenne, WY 82001 Res. 307-***-****

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