Barbara Blakeslee Sage

Career Highlights

Progressive Educational professional with extensive diverse experience in education and leadership experience in military and civilian organizations. Directed diverse operations and produced outstanding, measurable customer results. Built a knowledge base of leadership development programs linked to talent management strategies.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Department of the Air Force 2012 - Present

GS 11

Lackland AFB

ESL Instructor

Responsibilities

Educate/train diverse foreign military personnel in Intensive General English and Specialized English to achieve set English fluency score enabling advancement to specialty military training using American Language Course series. Certified Oral Proficiency Interviewer and verifier. Deployed on 9 MTT global missions.

Trofholz Technologies, Inc. 2011-2012

Lackland AFB

ESL Instructor

Responsibilities

Educate/train diverse foreign military personnel in Intensive General English to achieve set English fluency score enabling advancement to specialty military training using American Language Course series.

U.S. Department of State

Center for Intercultural Education and Development 2010-2011

Universite Chouaib Doukkali El Jadida, Morocco

English Language Fellow

Responsibilities

Designed and implemented graduate level classes for prospective ESL teachers in Morocco focusing on methodologies and pedagogies.

Al Khaleej Training and Education

Al-Jouf University

Sakaka, Saudi Arabia

ESL Instructor 2009-2010

Responsibilities

ESL team member responsible for implementing new English program to female preparatory students.

ESL Instruction and Consulting

ESL Instructor 2008-2009

Responsibilities

Taught TEFL levels 2- 5 to international adult students preparing for either entrance into U.S. universities and graduate study programs or to pass U.S. medical boards. Created innovation innovative classes to enhance listening, speaking, writing and reading skills utilizing Internet resources.

Selected Accomplishments

Successfully designed and taught new curriculum for Listening Skills, Business English using technology tools

Prepared over 60 students for the TOEFL exam - over 74% passed university requirements

Purple Sage Collections 2001-2008

President

Responsibilities

Founded high-end niche plumbing company fabricating sinks for the bath, bar and garden with coordinating accessories. Researched plumbing market, designed strategic plan and business plan, created marketing, sales and product strategy and hired sales representatives throughout the U.S. Responsible for new product development and created partnerships with companies launching a “home” line.

Selected Accomplishments

Increased sales of luxury line 55% to top Kitchen and Bath showrooms in the U.S.

Developed and fabricated over 40 product designs and 25 unique sink styles

Successfully fabricated and imported product from Brazil to meet sales

World Travel Partners/BCD Travel 1996-2001

Director Training and Development

Globally Ranked number two travel company

Responsibilities

Oversaw the design and development of all leadership training for over 5,000 employees enterprise-wide across 8 U.S. corporate travel divisions and four additional business units. Worked with all units to establish strategic goals and objectives for leadership and technical skills training, criteria for performance measurements, career path, core curriculum, process mapping and performance indicators.

Selected Achievements

Created a Corporate Training and Development Department and instituted instructional methodology and training standards geared to meeting corporate goals and objectives.

Oversaw professional development for all 5,000 employees geographically dispersed throughout the US.

Participated in the due-diligence process for company acquisitions and mergers.

Performed and analyzed process mapping to identify opportunities to eliminate time or rework and/or to introduce enhanced technology alternatives.

Led Kirkpatrick level 2 and 3 evaluations on priority programs testing learning transfer and behavioral change impact to business capability needs

Southern Company Services, Atlanta, Georgia

Organizational Effectiveness Consultant 1994-1996

Largest supplier of electricity in southeastern U.S.

Responsibilities

Strategic Business Partner responsible to help Information Resources departments across all geographic locations establish and implement strategic plans to improve their processes and performance and reduce costs.

Accomplishments

Proposed and implemented the re-organization of several operational units; established new missions, operational goals, standards and staffing to meet the requirements of changing business cycles.

Assessed, identified and implemented corrective steps to improve departmental efficiency and cost effectiveness.

Designed a Recruitment and Selection System to fill executive level positions.

Formed and managed focus groups to resolve interdepartmental, intradepartmental, workflow, personal and political issues.

Designed “Cultural Change” workshop for all employees and served as facilitator in the offices and field locations.

Proudfoot Consulting Group, W. Palm Beach, Florida

Senior Consultant 1990-1993

Global Management consulting company specializing in productivity improvements

Responsibilities

Training Consultant responsible for the assessment, design and delivery of leadership and technical training programs at a variety of client organizations, both nationally and internationally. Performed needs assessment, design, delivery and follow-up on all programs to ensure success.

Accomplishments

Managed groups of up to 40 training professionals in the design and delivery of custom client training programs.

Tripled performance against benchmarked measures of key performance indicators

Acted as a consultant to the following organizations: New York Life Insurance, Pennwalt Chemicals, U.S and Mexico, Black and Decker, S.A., Knit Products, Horace Small, BASF, UPS Logistics

EDUCATION

Degrees

Oxford Seminars Atlanta, Georgia

TEFL certification

Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia

M.A., candidate in Psychometrics

Lesley College Cambridge, MA

M. A., Educational Counseling

University of Denver Denver, CO

B. A., Psychology, Education

* Minimum 30 professional training hours annually Lackland AFB

Awards

Instructor of the Quarter January, 2023

Instructor of the Month. October, 2022

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