PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Chief of Staff DoDEA Americas Region GS- 1701-15, DoDEA Americas

DoDDS Cuba Peachtree City, GA

August 2011 – November 2023 (Retired from Federal Service) Supervisor: Dr. Judith Minor - May Contact

Salary - $157,343.00, 40 plus Hours Per Week

• Advise, support, direct and collaborate with the DDESS/DoDDS-Cuba Director, Deputy Director, District Superintendents, Principals and DDESS Division Chiefs to support the DoDEA Community Strategic Plan, Mission, and Goals

• Responsible for day-to-day oversight and operations of the Americas Region Office complex and worldwide data operations center for DoDEA which includes managing the GSA Lease agreement and supporting 140 employees.

• Interface and collaborate with DoDEA Headquarters staff and Pacific and Europe Area Offices to ensure system-wide accomplishment of goals and objectives.

• Supervise DDESS Area Division Chiefs and Area Director Office Staff

• Monitor DDESS Division budgets, operations, acquisition plans, procurement and Un-Funded Requirements and all procurement requirements for all educational and support programs

Collaborated with the DDESS Procurement Division to create the Advance Acquisition Plan model for annual purchase requirements and prioritization.

Prioritize spending and travel requirements based on mission essential needs

• Maintain effective communication with multiple audiences.

Collaborate and interface with all stakeholders to ensure effective and timely communication.

Implement pre-decisional involvement to ensure all communication is respectful and open between management and labor creating two-way communication and a positive workplace culture.

Keep Area Director informed and up to date on current and breaking issues that might affect the agency.

Review agenda items and provide info briefs to all questions brought for the Dependents Education Council Meetings annually.

Negotiate and collaborate in the creation of and implementation of Memorandums of Understanding, Standard Operating Procedures and official DDESS policy.

Consistently interface with stakeholders and superintendents to expediently resolve problems.

Maintain effective communication protocol with numerous stakeholders.

Communicate daily with the DDESS Director, Deputy Director, DDESS District Superintendents and area Division Chiefs to ensure the well-organized support of DDESS programs and employees.

Interface daily with DDESS Area Division Chiefs to problem-solve issues and complete projects

Conduct weekly, interactive and agenda driven Area Office Division Chiefs meetings with the review of data for all DDESS programs and projects to determine status and next steps as well as provide mission critical updates.

Represent the Area Director at a variety of area level and headquarters meetings and task group initiatives.

Attend and support the DDESS Area Director at quarterly Headquarters-DDESS Superintendents and the Bi-Weekly DDESS Superintendents’ Teleconferences

Respond to parent concerns and resolver issues elevated to DDESS Area level in a timely and positive manner.

Collaborate with Office of General Counsel on investigations, contracts, and Special Education issues.

Conducted and completed dozens of investigations as appointed Investigating Official acting on behalf of the DDESS Area Director

Interface with Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity (DMEO) and the Center for Early Dispute Resolution (CEDR) to support positive workplace culture.

Collaborate with Public Affairs on messaging regarding a variety of topics of critical interest to the agency.

Represent Area Director at the Dependents Education Council biannually.

Senior member on DoDEA Employee of the Quarter recognition team. Instructional Systems Specialist, AD-1750-14, DoDEA-DDESS DoDDS Cuba, Peachtree City, GA July 2008 – August 2010

Salary - $123,288.00, 40 Hours Per Week

Supervisor: Dr. Linda Curtis and Dr. Bruce Jeter: May Contact

• Designed, implemented, and evaluated professional development for administrators and PK-12 teachers.

Created outcomes and executed the 2008 to 2011 DoDEA/DDESS Area Administrators’ Conferences delegating assignments and timelines to Area ISS Team receiving recognition for outstanding leadership and exceptionally high conference evaluation ratings.

Developed and conducted professional development on research-based practices such as: 21st Century Teaching, Learning and Leading, Differentiated Instruction, Project-based Learning, Formative Assessment, Professional Learning Communities, Data-driven Decision Making and Leadership Principles, Career Technical Education, Mathematics Instruction and Learning and AVID.

Supervised coordinated, conducted, and assessed DDESS teacher and administrators’ professional development in core curriculum area of Mathematics and non-core curricular areas of Career Technical Education and AVID programs resulting in system-wide continuity of instruction and an increased understanding of best practice in teaching and assessment.

• Diagnosed DDESS-wide status for Continuous School Improvement and facilitated the change from SACS to NCA and AdvancED creating a smooth and effective transition.

Consolidated DDESS-wide Continuous School Improvement data to set benchmarks for improvement directly impacting teacher performance and student achievement.

Conducted observations and provided specific school feedback as a member on multiple External Review, Pre-Review and Post-Review teams using school profiles, continuous improvement plans and AdvancED Standards for Quality Schools informing superintendents, principals, teachers and DDESS leadership of school successes and needed improvement requirements.

• Maintained effective communication with multiple audiences.

Corresponded daily in writing and orally with the DDESS Area Director, the DDESS Deputy Director for Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment, DDESS Education Chiefs, Area and District ISS and District Superintendents providing focused oral and written summaries of current items and information papers to guarantee DDESS leadership was well-informed for effective decision-making.

Corresponded on educational matters with DoDEA Headquarters’ leadership through face-to-face, email and video/teleconferencing to maintain DoDEA-wide effective communication.

Addressed key educational issues and worked side-by-side with the former DDESS Assistant Deputy Director for Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment providing oral and written reports to achieve continuous. improvement and sound executive decision-making

Served on DoDEA’s Professional Development Steering Committee, DoDEA’s Early Childhood Task Force, and multiple Technical Evaluation Boards for curriculum selection.

Collaborated with DoDEA Professional Develop Steering Committee members to create the Differentiated/Professional Learning Team Training; conducted and assessed training opportunities in districts.

Provided in-brief, out-brief, and after-action reports upon completion of school visits to create an action plan for improvement, to recognize school successes and to provide follow-up support.

• Maintained the oversight, training, and budget for the Early Childhood Program

Consolidated multiple data sources to expand DDESS-wide Early Childhood professional development and multi-million-dollar procurement requests to provide equitable and age-appropriate curriculum, instruction, assessment, and environment for DDESS primary age students

• Designed, implemented, and monitored the Tiger Team model and procurement process for educational materials and supervised the delegation of tasks and setting of timelines for DDESS Area POCs for several multimillion-dollar new school outfitting projects: (2009-Present)

Effectively facilitated outfitting of seven new school projects in DDESS to ensure on time opening with a fully outfitted educational facility for students, staff, and military communities.

Implemented federal procurement policy and procedures to meet the multimillion-dollar requirements for outfitting materials and furniture for all DDESS classrooms collaborating with DDESS Area Office DoDEA Headquarters, District POCs and school level personnel to ensure the most cost-effective and equitable procurement process and maintaining quality program standards. Principal Dahlgren Elementary/Middle School AD- 1701-13, DoDEA-DDESS DoDDS Cuba, Dahlgren Virginia June 2001-July 2008

Salary- $110,000 40 Hours Per Week

Supervisor: Dr. Bruce Jeter May Contact

• Supervised 40 educators with student population of 300 Pre-kindergarten to 8th grade.

Planned, implemented, and evaluated the Continuous School Improvement process and instructional programs using student formative and summative assessment data to guide professional development.

Supervised all DoDEA curricula programs embedding effective results-based professional development creating a framework for collaborative learning, on the job training and program assessment.

Improved teacher performance by systematically conducting pre-observation, observation, and post- observation conferences with all teaching staff members.

• Managed the school operations, budget, hiring and DoDEA’s Safe School Program

• Effectively communicated with multiple audiences

Accelerated communication and collaboration as the liaison between the school and the military community through weekly attendance at base command meetings

Influenced positive relationships with military and community leaders through daily oral and written communication that promoted support of the mission and encouraged optimal student performance.

Enhanced two-way communication partnerships with students, parents, and teachers. EDUCATION Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts

United States Military Academy, West Point NY

East Tennessee State University

University of Virginia

Various Continuing Education Courses via several Universities TRAINING

• Read 180 (Vanderbilt University)

• Decision Support Course (Defense Financial Management & Comptroller School, Maxwell AFB, AL)

• Quality Assurance Review Team Chair (AdvancED)

• Continuous Improvement Planning

• Federal Procurement Process (DDESS)

• Government Purchase Card (Defense Acquisition University)

• Building Professional Learning Communities (DuFour)

• What Works in Schools (Marzano)

• Assessment For Student Learning (Stiggins)

• Understanding By Design (Wiggins)

• Master Labor Agreement (Stateside & Overseas Education Association & Overseas Federation of Teachers)

• DoDEA Aspiring Leaders Institute

• Differentiated Instruction (Tomlinson)

• AVID Summer Institute

• Developing Mathematical Ideas & Mount Holyoke University Training

• Anti-Terrorism Level I & IV

• Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Course

• DoD Ethics

• DoD Cyber Awareness

• Federal Whistle Blower

• DPMAP

• Defense Travel and My Travel

• AHERA

• CPR & AED American Red Cross Certification – Currently in Force

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