Education Specialist Committee Member
Resume:
Dr. Heidi Lockwood Education Specialist
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Education Specialist with a 19+ years’ experience with a passion for supporting students and faculty in achieving educational goals. Exemplify leadership and passion daily to create positive change in the lives of students. Adept at assessing needs, generating options, and implementing solutions in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. Leadership experience serving students across multiple universities, with expertise in development, implementation, evaluation, and continuous program improvements. Areas of Expertise include:
Curriculum Design & Development
Lead Instructor/ Faculty Mentor
Student Retention
Spanish Language Proficient
Relationship Building
Conference Presenter
Differentiation
Staff Training & Leadership
Technology- Enhanced Instruction
Professional Experience
American Public University (online) Charles Town, WV 2004 - Present
Part-Time Professor
Effectively plan, prepare, and teach courses within the Graduate School of Education (Legal Issues in Education, Digital Media Ethics, Humane Education). Formerly acted as Lead Spanish Professor. Developed curriculum and course instruction to meet the needs of students in an online learning environment.
Successfully launched new courses, improved retention and enrollment in new courses; published book review in scholarly journal.
Adeptly build positive and proactive relationships with fellow educators and students through engagement, knowledge of content, and formative strength-focused feedback.
Johnson County Community College Overland Park, KS 2001 - 2009
Undergraduate & Continuing Education Professor: Spanish I-V
Inspired Spanish language learning (grammar, vocabulary, & culture) for beginning, intermediate, and advanced undergraduate learners. Effectively created and taught five continuing education courses, offering the first hybrid online courses for continuing education learners at JCCC. Created and Implemented workplace Spanish courses for employees of Commerce Bank, Lee Jeans, Webco, and SPX.
Created custom content and conducted Command Spanish workshops for at-work Spanish proficiency.
University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 2003 - 2004
Full-Time Lecturer
Creatively taught student-centered courses in Spanish Novel & Composition. Engaged learners in a variety of differentiated instruction to assist diverse learners meet educational goals while focusing on established departmental guidelines for student success. Successfully made learning interesting to inspire critical thinking and encourage creative thought. Evaluated student progress on meeting course objectives through formal and informal assessments.
Strong practical and theoretical background to enhance instruction and provide students the best possible education to support specific needs.
Education
EDD Curriculum and Instruction, Post-MA Certificate in Leadership and Accountability, Post-MA Certificate in Curriculum and Instruction, Research: The Emotional and Psychological Challenges of Online Learning
CAPELLA UNIVERSITY Minneapolis, MN
Master of Education, Specialization: Educational Policy & Management, Thesis: Grade Inflation: How Can Grades be Trusted? Spanish Language Endorsement, Middle-School Licensure, Bachelor of Arts in Spanish
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Eugene, OR
CV Dr. Heidi Lockwood
3346 Betty Lane Lafayette, CA 94549
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Education
Capella University – Educational Doctorate (Ed.D) completed January 2019
Specialization: Curriculum and Instruction
EDD Capstone Project: The Emotional and Psychological Well-being of Online Educators
Capella University – Post-Masters Certificate completed March 2018
Focus: Curriculum and Instruction
Post-Masters Certificate completed December 2016
Focus: Leadership and Accountability
University of Oregon – Master of Education completed June 2000
Specialization: Educational Policy and Management
Thesis: Grade Inflation: How can grades be trusted?
University of Oregon – Middle-Secondary Licensure completed December 1999
Endorsement: Spanish
Don Quijote Barcelona – Certificate of Proficiency completed December 1998
Focus: Intensive advanced Spanish grammar
University of Oregon – Bachelor of Arts, completed June 1997
Major: Spanish
Teaching Experience
American Public University System – Part-time Instructor, Digital Literacy from June 2018 to 2020. Professor in the School of Education, teaching Legal issues in Education, Diversity and Communication in Education, and Humane Education courses, since February 2019. Lead Spanish Professor from April 2004 to June 2017. Created and managed Beginning and Intermediate Spanish and Second-year literary courses; supported PT faculty and facilitated students at FT capacity. Program Director: Everett Corum (2004 – 2015), Faculty Director: Bethanie Hansen (2015 – 2019), Program Director: Kathleen Tate (2019 – present).
University of Kansas – Full-time Lecturer from August 2003 – June 2004. Taught Spanish I, II and third-year novel and composition. Director: Rosemary Postma-Carttar.
Johnson County Community College – Associate Professor of Spanish from August 2001 – 2010. Taught Spanish I, II, III, Conversation I and II; developed 5 hybrid courses using Rosetta Stone Software for Continuing Education Program (levels 1-5). Created and implemented Workplace Spanish courses for local businesses. Supervisor: Phil Wegman.
Research Experience
Capella University – EDD Capstone: The Emotional and Psychological Well-being of Online Educators. Researched the challenges of Online teaching and created a training curriculum to better prepare new faculty for the emotional challenges identified in the literature and current research. Completed Winter, 2019.
University of Oregon – Master’s Thesis: Grade Inflation-How can grades be trusted? Researched grading practices in three levels of Spanish courses at two Oregon high schools, completed June 2000.
Relevant Computer Experience
Learning Management Systems: Blackboard, Sakai, Educator, Brightspace
Professional Experience
CPS Human Resources, Sacramento, CA – Bilingual rater from February 2013 – June, 2015. Assessed Spanish and English fluency for job applicants in Central California. Supervisor: Veronica Lara-Lopez
Kansas City Christian School, Kansas City, MO – School board member, academic year 2015-2016. Participated in decision-making, faculty and administrator evaluation, budgeting, surveying students and parents, fund raising, substitute teaching (high school Spanish, sciences, literature, and math). Board Chairman: Brent Vander Ark
Conference Presentations
Meaningful Living in a Digital World, Savannah, GA.
Reconciling Humanity and Technology in the Classroom: Humane Education and Conscience Development, February 2020.
Meaningful Living in a Digital World, Savannah, GA.
How the Digital World Changes the way we Meet Human Needs, February 2019.
TxDLA (Texas Distance Learning Association), Galveston, TX.
Presence in the Online World: Engaging through Journaling and Reflection,
March 2017
ACTFL (American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Language), San Diego, CA. Community of Inquiry, November 2015.
Professional Activities
Capella University – Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program), 2016
Kansas City Christian School – Board Membership 2015-2016
American Public University System – CIICP Workshop, 2015; Course Curriculum Committee, 2015; COI training, 2012; Faculty Advisory Committee member, 2012
Johnson County Community College Adjunct Certification Training, 2004; Teaching Occupational Spanish certification (Command Spanish, INC) - Projects partnering with 4 local businesses in Kansas City to teach need-to-know Spanish in the workplace (2009-2010).
Professional Affiliations
EDUCAUSE (Using information technology to advance higher education), affiliation through APUS
OLC (Online Learning Consortium), affiliation through APUS
ACTFL (American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Language)
SIGS (Special Interest Groups): Spanish for Heritage Learners, Instructional development and teacher training
TXDLA (Tx Distance Learning Association)
Research Interests
Training new teachers for psychological well-being; Exploring emotional challenges in higher education; Coping mechanisms for stress management among online teachers and learners; Motivation and convenience in online teaching and learning (what makes students and educators choose the online platform?)
Teaching/Mentoring Interests
Education: Curriculum and Instruction, leadership, accountability, and management .
Supervision and Program Evaluation.
References
Deborah Gilbert
Doctorate Professor and Mentor
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Gary Smith
Adjunct Colleague at APUS, Arts & Humanities
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John Favero
Former Student, Johnson County Community College
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