Margaret A Checchi
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Summary - Enthusiastic, passionate and engaging, I am committed to ensuring student success and sharing my love of the learning with students in every medium.
Core Qualifications
•Extensive and diverse experience in the education and hospitality industry
•Comprehensive Course Design Experience, both on ground and online
•Accomplished with technology, computers and the integration of technology in the classroom
•Extensive and continuous teacher training/professional development
•Highly Effective Communication Skills
•10+ years teaching experience - New England Culinary Institute
•Bilingual – French/English
Technical Skills
Windows, Mac OSX
Power user
MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint
Poweruser
Adobe Connect Pro, Camtasia, Jing, Animoto, Taskstream, Skype
Poweruser
Voiceover/Podcasting/HTML coding/Flash
Accomplished User
Conversion
Campusvue, Angel LMS, Blackboard LMS, Moodle LMS
Administrative
e-College platform
User
Softchalk
Poweruser
Mac Pages, Numbers, Keynote, iWeb, garageband, imovie
User
•Licensed Substitute Teacher, Illinois
Areas of Expertise
•Faculty Training
•Policy Development/Implementation/Communication
•Curriculum Development
•Learning Theory/Instructional Design
•Authentic Assessment Design
•Learning Objective/Rubric Creation
Education & Training
M.Ed.: Western Governors’ University, Salt Lake City, Utah – Education, Learning & Technology. http://www.wgu.edu
BA: University of Vermont, Burlington, VT – BA, English Literature http://www.uvm.edu
AOS: New England Culinary Institute, Montpelier, VT – Associates in Culinary Arts – http://www.neci.edu
Professional Experience:
New England Culinary Institute, Montpelier, VT 1.97 - present
Chair, Online Education
Current Duties: Implementation and maintenance of online/hybrid hospitality and culinary arts programs. Bachelors and AOS degree programs for three separate programs.
Senior Core Faculty
Wide spectrum of courses taught at New England Culinary Institute in both 4-year BA and 2-year AOS programs, on-ground and online. Courses included Food Theory, Pastry, History, Flavor and Culture, Prep Skills, Cafeteria, and a la carte Cooking, Storeroom Management, Operations Management and Culinary Math. In addition, I have taught the “soft skills” courses including Professionalism, The Art of Effective Presentation, worked with students on group dynamics and professional engagement, and aided the Administration in all facets of students' professional development.
Aramark 1.96 – 11.96
Executive Chef, Olympic Games, Atlanta, GA
Community Involvement
Penguin Plunge - Special Olympics
Relay for Life - American Cancer Society
C-CAP – Careers through Culinary Arts Program
Moderator for online support community (undisclosed for privacy)
Westchester Food Bank Supporter/Volunteer
District 92.5 Band Fundraising Committee
District 92.5 Referendum Campaign Volunteer
References
Available upon Request