Richard Bush

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Educational Leader Corporate Trainer

Competence in leading educational initiatives to drive positive overall student or employee engagement success

Dedicated, dependable and meticulous Educational Administration and Program Training Professional with multiple years of experience excelling at prioritizing, completing multiple higher education tasks simultaneously, and following through to achieve high-impact institutional goals. Results-focused academic leader adept at implementing best practices into the education sector and an ability to draw on diverse experience to understand the students needs and develop an effective behavioral modification plan while implementing instructional strategies. Independent, self-motivated and conscientious leader with strong student/employee advocacy focus and a lens on equity across a diverse student population. Focused and tactical community leader who demonstrates sensitivity and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of students or employees. Compassionate team builder and staff advisor seeking to leverage background into an educational leadership or corporate training role for a progressive institution or organization.

Core Competencies:

Development Coaching Relationship Development Stakeholder & Employee Relations Academic Team Support

Strategic Planning Staff Training & Development Academic Program Implementation, Development & Management

Student Growth Initiatives Student Services & Administration Financial Administration Budgeting & Cost Control

Recruiting & Hiring Negotiations Time Management & Scheduling Data Research & Analysis Compliance

Forecasting & Fiscal Management Cultural Diversity Accreditation Maintenance Performance Management

Community Relations Academic Fundraising Conflict Resolution Project Management Process Evaluations

Assessments Marketing Donations Education Leadership After-School Programs Higher Education Mentoring

Technologies K-12 Curriculum Development Training/Counseling Community Affairs MS Office Suite Smartboard

Key Contributions

·Recognized as a transformative educational leader, and cultural warrior committed to mentoring, coaching and growing educators and educational leaders through professional learning initiatives.

·Utilized data-informed instructional methodologies and practices/data analysis to help improve team performance.

·Conducted teacher evaluations, team facilitation and principal mentoring to ensure optimal performance execution.

·Appointed as professional development provider across all content areas including professional learning communities, inquiry-based science instruction, rigor and relevance in instruction.

·Transformed a culture of isolation into one of total collaboration by immersing the faculty and staff into professional development programs on professional learning communities.

·Recognized as an active listener with empathy and a commitment to growth, emancipation and community.

·Supervised employees, delegated tasks, scheduled manpower, and monitored performance, ensuring productivity.

·Trained new staff members on best practices, operational protocol, and tactics to maximize performance.

·Managed effectively with pragmatism through tough demanding client circumstances and with limited resources.

·Provided servant leadership and management direction for large-scale and complex academia programs.

·Collaborated with stakeholders to communicate project cost/schedule management, status reporting, program governance and cross-functional solutions coordination to advance shared organizational goals.

·Improved on- and off-site and online/web-based training program effectiveness by monitoring, evaluating and recording initiatives for corrective action planning, while maintaining a professional learning environment.

·Authored training manuals, designing protocol and creating plans for direct orientation; built training program from conception to delivery, developing curriculum, training collateral, progress reports and client specifications.

·Devised corporate training classes, training aids, and cost-effective resources to enhance monthly classroom training, and enhanced training curriculum by utilizing instructional techniques.

·Retained interest and maximized receptive learning by educating employees utilizing instructional techniques.

·Recognized as an SACS visitation team member with SAIS report/visitation experience, and earned expertise in technology integration, utilizing online classroom technologies and training teachers on software functionality.

·Invited speaker classroom technology at a National Education Conference in 2005.

·Oversaw and directed classroom technology and training of 4 campuses.

Professional Work History (1996-Present)

Director of Academic Technology, ECS Academic Dean, SBA Director of Academic Technology, Evangelical Christian School Academic Dean, St. Benedict at Auburndale Classroom Teacher, Westside High School

Education, Certification & Training

MAT, Education, The University of Memphis BA, History, University of Memphis

Certifications, Keynote Essential Training Up and Running with Dropbox & Evernote for Mac

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