Michael Leyba

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San Antonio, Texas 78254

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Michael Leyba

Objective: Instructonal Designer

Experience

Been involved in instructional design of training materials for over 30 years. I have developed lesson plans for a variety of subjects and grade levels. I used the sheltered instruction observation protocol (SIOP) due to its ability to reach a large number of students and allow them to succeed. I did more lesson planning while working for Midland ISD in various roles. The last few years as a retiree I have worked as a subcontractor for several education companies part time. Teacher

• Provide instruction in all subjects for students in grades 6-11Juvenile Detention mEducation Program. 2007-2012 Alamo JHS Midland, TX

Teacher

• Provide instruction in all subjects for students in grades 7 & 8 in a Disciplinary Alternative Education Program.

2005-2007 San Jacinto JHS Midland, TX

Special Education Teacher

• Provide content mastery instruction in all subjects for special education and other students in grades 7 & 8. This is a co-funded content mastery class that allows students with needs for assistance to attend my class.

• Provide monitoring support for students to ensure their success. This includes counseling with students, parents, and their teachers.

2002-2005 Midland ISD Midland, TX

Grant Specialist: Trainer of Teachers

• Provide staff development to regular education teachers in grades K-12.

• Provide scholarship counseling for students attaining the bachelor’s degrees in education. Provide support for conferences and other activities.

• Create educational website and developed team of teachers to write curriculum for all subjects. Edit and provide strategies to improve teaching. Website: http://www.lessonsteps.org/misd 1998-2002 Midland ISD Midland, TX

Technology Teacher Trainer

• Developed new instructional training materials for all-level training classes including 37 schools, 1800 teachers and 2700 staff, and 30,000 students.

• Developed database for tracking and reporting on student training data.

• Counsel students on education plan and help with personal and career problems.

• Trained staff of over 1500 on district technology programs; including; Lotus SmartSuite, Plato, Winlock, Windows 95/98, Netscape, and other programs. 1st Hewlett Packerd (HP) Information Systems Professional of the Year 1999. 2000 Expert at expertcity.com. Providing interactive technology support at a distance. Adjunct Instructor

2003-2005 Capella University Minneapolis, MN

• Taught online Capstone course to apply university instruction into applied project. 2002 University of Maryland (Open University) Baltimore, MD

• Taught online master’s degree class in Networking. 1998-2001 Midland College Midland, TX

• Taught Networking Essentials and Microcomputer Applications classes. 1996-1998 McCamey ISD McCamey, TX

Technology Director

• Encouraged development of community technology plan.

• Developed inventory tracking database using Microsoft Access.

• Wrote several grants to receive state and federal funding.

• Recommended team teaching to improve technology literacy among staff.

• Specified, installed,configured and maintained technology related items in 630 student, 200 computer, 12 building K-12 school district

• Developed and presented training to school staff on basic computer operation, applications,and Internet use. Presented training session called,"Poor Teacher's Guide to Internet at Supercomputing '95 conference in San Diego, California.

• Trained county treasurer to develop spreadsheet accounting financial reports.

• Ability to troubleshoot IBM compatible and Macintosh systems. Knowledgeable about networking using Windows 95/NT &Novell Netware 4.X ..

• Reviewed Technology Integration in Education (TIE) grants for TEA in April 98..

• Wrote story, Can Students Teach theTeacher about Computers? What about a Mentally Retarded Student? for book, What Works, published by TCET, 1995. 1993-1998 McCamey ISD McCamey, TX

Special Education Teacher

• Duties: Instruct up to 12 mentally retarded and learning disabled students in communications, applied math, vocational experience, daily living skills and recreation. Delegate responsibilities to two aides. 1992-1993 Ector County ISD Odessa, TX

Special Education Teacher

• Duties: Instruct up to 20 learning disabled students in a resource classroom. 1992 Sembach ES. Sembach, Germany

Counselor Intern

• Duties: Provided individual and group counseling for elementary students at American military base. Part-time work as assignment for masters degree internship. 5 months. 1972-1992

Command and Control Communications and Computer Manager

• Sembach AFB, Germany: 1991-1992: Performed comparison test for headquarters personnel on IBM PC versus Macintosh computers for staff use.

• Ramstein AFB, Germany: 1988-1991: Established high priority circuits to support Strategic Air Command's operations for Gulf War. Managed 7th Air Division's staff computer resources. Worked under intense pressure.

• Araxos AB, Greece: 1987-1988: Detachment Commander of 26 Air Force communications maintenance and operations personnel at remote base.

• Andrews AFB, Maryland: 1977-1980: Air Force One radio operator. Learned troubleshooting and maintenance procedures using remote computer terminals. Education

Pepperdine University Malibu, California

• 1996-2000 Ed.D. Doctoral Candidate. Educational •Technology ABD Boston University Boston, Massachusetts

• 1992 Ed.M. Counseling Education

Southern Illinois Univ. at Carbondale, Illinois

• 1986 B.S. Occupational Education

Community College of the Air Force

1983 A.A.S. Communications Systems Technology

Job Related Skills Technology Experience

Counselor: Provide pastoral counseling to individuals and families. Photography: Semi-Professional Photographer for 30 years. Won first place in US Air Force Photography contest in 1979 for People category.

Business and Sales: Provide portrait, wedding, and commercial photography. Applications: MS Word, WordPro, and WordPerfect; MS Access and Approach; MS Excel and Lotus 1-2- 3; Graphics: Photoshop; Operating Systems: Windows, Apple IOS; Distance Learning: Led classes using e-mail, newgroups, and MOOs. WebAuthor: Dreamweaver and Front Page. Interests Experience public speaker to groups up to 200 people on numerous topics.

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