Dawn Elizabeth Stewart, BA, BS, MSpec.Ed, PD

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Career Objective(s): to obtain a leadership position at any level in public school or higher

education.

Administration, leadership, Coordinator and Director Experience:

Dynamic and result-driven administrative executive with experience in organizational leadership,

project management, personnel supervision, teaching initiatives, data analysis, and office

management. Exceptionally organized and effective in the management of top initiatives and

critical projects. Background includes: budgeting, coordinating, executive level correspondence,

community outreach, fund-raising strategies, public relations, problem-solving, acquisition of

resources, program development, human resources, educational and instruction workshops,

grant writing, research, excellent verbal and written competency, observations and review of staff

and networking.

Skills:

Software applications, but not limited to the following: PowerPoint, word, apple, excel, e-

school, castle learning, Smart board and like technologies.

Interpersonal communications, interpreting data and finding solutions for its deficiencies,

item analysis, and public relations. Effective verbal and written communications,

problem-solving, multi-tasking, budgeting, grant writing proposals, leadership,

supervision, and fund-raising.

Other skills relating to the fields of history and Anthropology/Archaeology and science

such as: Primitive technologies, lithic technology, survival skills, living history, historical

re-en actor, archaeological excavation methods and data collection, primitive and

historical cooking techniques, Colonial to the Civil War era outdoor Dutch oven cooking,

ecology, zoology, homesteading, animal husbandry, historical and contemporary arts and

crafts,

Leadership Experience:

Brentwood Union Free School District (2016/2017)

Teacher on Special Assignment central administration-under the direction of the district

coordinator of social studies and language Arts. Coordinating, organizing and implementing

teacher workshops and other administrative duties.

Brentwood Union Free School District

Item analysis and learning gap analysis of NYS social studies summative

assessment test for four middle schools with the the Brentwood UFSD. Item

analysis and aligned gaps to the NYS social studies curriculum.

Developed teacher workshops to address learning gaps indicated in the item

analysis of the NYS social studies assessment test.

Social studies committee chair person leading meetings and discussing

benchmarks in the NYS social studies standards, formative and summative

assessments.

Full-charge of school free/reduced funded school lunch programs

scheduling, student discipline, parent meetings, conflict resolution strategies

staff development workshops on conflict resolution, peer leadership programs, and

gang awareness and violence.

Development and implementation of a Conflict Management Program in the In-

School Suspension Program

Teacher observations and evaluations and APPR evaluations

Administrative Internship which was split between building and central

administrative levels which included but was not limited to the following:

Individual school-wide projects, programming, scheduling, conflict management,

and discipline, parent meetings, budgeting, programming and scheduling staff

professional development workshops and training, mentoring, and committee

organization.

Mentoring new staff members and set guidelines for professional training of new

teachers.

Cornell Cooperative Extension, The Peconic Dunes Camp, Southold, NY (2010)

Director of a 4H camp in which I performed camp scheduling, coordinating,

planning, interviewing staff, hiring, supervision and other leadership duties.

Suffolk County Archaeology Society, Blydenburgh Park, Smithown, NY ( 2007-2008)

Director of an Archaeological field school (summer replacement for Dr. Gaynell Stone)

developed, conducted, organized, planning, and implementation of an authentic archaeological

field school on a LI historical site. Children aged 12-15 year old excavated, collected data,

documented and logged in artifacts from the Native American to the Colonial Era.

Bellport/Brookhaven Historical Society, Bellport, NY 1998-2004

Directed, coordinated and founder of a community living history and archaeology

enrichment program entitled The Children Heritage Program in which I budgeted,

organized, directed, created, and taught enrichment programs to complement the

fourth and fifth grade NYS curriculum in social studies. The program began with a

proposal in which I received a full grant and use of facilities. I was in charge of

interviewing, hiring personnel, development and training. Interviewed counselors and

support staff, created and initiated marketing strategies and publications, scheduling,

lesson planning, networking, interviewing and hiring living history consultants and re-

en actors, purchasing, budgeting, grant writing, proposal writing and presentation,

community outreach and public relations.

Initiated a teen internship program drawing from various school districts on the South

Shore of Long Island.

The Huntington Historical Society, Huntington, NY ( 1994-1998)

Directed, coordinated and founded a community living history program focusing on the

Colonial Period of American History.

Interviewed counselors and support staff, created and initiated marketing strategies and

publications, scheduling, lesson planning, networking, interviewing and hiring living

history consultants and re-en actors, purchasing, budgeting, grant writing, proposal

writing and presentation, community outreach and public relations.

Instructional Experience:

Brentwood Union Free School District, Brentwood, NY

9/2016-present Teacher on Special Assignment in the district office working under the

coordinators of social studies and English-language Arts and the Bilingual ENL departments.

Assisting in various components of department level administrative duties.

9/2011-6/2016 Teacher 8th grade American History II

9/2007-2011- Teacher of Civics, economics, Participation in Government, U.S. History and

government 11, World History I and II. Regents preparation workshops and classes.

9/2000-2011-teacher of World History I. 2/5 of assignment was inclusion with half of the

student classified Special Education and with IEP,s. A portion of my classes from year to year

included ENL students

9/1998-6/2016-developed, proposed and advised an enrichment program of hands-on activities

in the disciplines of history, anthropology, physical anthropology, archaeology, including a field

school in archaeology at Hoyt Farm in which students were involved in a real excavation

applying knowledge in data collection and handling of artifacts.

1998-2002-Instructor of global history and geography I and II and U.S. History 11 for the

Delayed Afternoon Program (DAP) an alternative high school program

1997-2002 Evening High School teacher of US history and Geography and Economics

1998-2000-taught 11th grade US History and Geography

1997-1998-taught 7th and 8th grade US history on the Middle School level

1996-1997-taught 8th and 9th grade US history and Global I honors at Patchogue Medford

Schools (leave Replacement)

1994-present time-home teaching and tutoring within the Brentwood community as well as

outside in various locations throughout Suffolk County both public and private assignments.

1994 September -December- Student Teaching internship at Bellport High School, Bellport,

NY

Scholarly Research:

Laboratory analysis of copper slag leading to the first evidence of metallurgy excavated

from a site in Syria dated at 5,000 BCE. Under the direction of Archaeologist Dr.

Elizabeth Stone, Professor of Archaeology at the SUNY at Stony Brook, NY

Independent Anthropological field study in Costa Rica researched the Sexual differences

in activity patterns and the influence of lactation on female behavior in Mantled Howler

Monkeys (Alouatta palliata) during the dry season in the northwestern Costa Rican rain

forest.Included an extensive data-based scientific research paper, proposal, and

defended, abstract was published.

Extensive graduate level paper on the historiography and periodization of Prehistory on

the Nazi Regime and institutionalized racism.

Master's Thesis on Special Education and the Inclusion Model

Presentations:

Researched, coordinated and conducted a series of Gang awareness identification and

prevention workshops in the public schools for staff members at a conference day

professional development meetings.

Organized and presented a curriculum workshop for the Global History and Geography

department on the results of the NYS 8th grade social studies assessment test and the

alignment to the NYS social studies standards and Common Core.

Presented results of a semester-long research project on the influence of lactation of

female Howler Monkeys on daily life patterns in a Costa Rican rain forest to a committee

of well-respected scientists in the fields of primate ecology and behavior.

Certification(s):

SAS/SDA Professional Diploma in School Administration and leadership, NYS, 2006

Permanent Teacher Certification, NYS Secondary Social Studies 7-12

Coaching Certification including CPR/AED, NYS

Special Education K-12 (Pending)

Biology 7-12 (Pending)

EDUCATION:

Course work toward a Ed.D (2016)

Professional Diploma in School Supervision and leadership (Administration), SAS/SDA, CUNY

at Queens College, May 2006

MS in Special Education, Dowling College, May 2001

Coaching Certificate, Dellecave Institute, Ronkonkoma, NY, August, 2003

Professional Development course work on the graduate and in-service level (45) credits

BA in History, specializing in World and European History, SUNY at Stony brook Brook, NY, May 1996 (Cum Laude) with an additional one year of study

in History on the graduate level.

BA/BS in Physical Anthropology (Anatomical Sciences) and Archaeology, SUNY at Stony Brook,

NY, May 1996 (Cum Laude)

Honors: Phi Beta Kappa Society, Dean's List, Golden Key Honor Society, Phi Alpha Theta,

Bilingual: English/Italian, knowledge of Spanish

Affiliations: Long Island Social Studies Council, LI Science Club, NAASP, American Association

of School Administrators, PETA, IPPL, Phi Beta Kappa Alumni

References upon request

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