Arthur Larry Allen

adx9mp@r.postjobfree.com

214-***-****

Qualifications Summary:

Served 37 years as a career public schools educator, 27 years as a principal; planned and opened a magnet school; had extensive experience in curriculum and instruction, serving as a curriculum specialist/coordinator, a staff development designer, an advisory member of district-wide committees in 3 school districts; selected twice as a finalist for “Principal of the Year” in the Dallas ISD; represented Dallas Independent School District in “Raise Your Hands Texas” at the Principals’ Center at Harvard Graduate School of Education; participated in a Principal/Teacher Preparation Project through the University of Washington and in a School/University Partnership with the University of Texas at Arlington

Education:

The Principals’ Center, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2008

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, German and Linguistics, Ph.D. (1975), M.A. (1973)

Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, Bachelor of Arts, 1971 Universidad Internacional, Cuernavaca, Mexico, Spanish Language Immersion, summer 2006

Texas Women’s University, Denton, Texas, Mid-Management and Principal’s Certificates, 1980

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt, Germany, Fulbright-Hayes Study Abroad, 1972

Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, 1970

Work Experience:

Realtor, Keller Williams Realty, June 2012 - present Principal, Dallas Independent School District, Alex Sanger Elementary, 1996 -2012 Principal, Galveston Independent School District, L.A. Morgan Fine Arts/Science Elementary Magnet, 1993 – 1996.

Principal, Coppell Independent School District, 1990 – 1993 Principal, Garland Independent School District, 1984 – 1990 Foreign Language Coordinator, Dallas Independent School District, Skyline Career Center, 1980 – 1984

Curriculum Developer, Dallas Independent school District, Lincoln High School Magnet for Humanities/Communications, 1980 – 1981

Staff Development Designer, Dallas Independent School District, Department of Personnel Development, Internship, summer 1980

Teacher, Dallas Independent School District, Oliver Wendell Holmes Classical Academy, 1976 – 1980

Instructor of English, Dallas County Community College District/El Centro campus Honors:

National Principals Cohort Member to study and assess Principal and Teacher Preparation; to assist with the book Principal Accomplishments: How School Leaders Succeed by Thomas Bellamy, University of Washington, 2006 - 2007 National Network for Educational Renewal Participant, 2006 – present Leaders for Teacher Preparing Schools Participant (School/University Partnership with University of Texas at Arlington), 2006 – present

“Raise Your Hands Texas” Fellow, Principals’ Center, Harvard University, 2008 Fulbright-Hayes Study Abroad Fellowship, Germany, 1972 National Endowment for the Humanities Scholarship, 1971 – 1975 Professional Membership:

Association of Supervisors and Curriculum Developers Texas Association of Elementary School Principals and Supervisors Life Time Member, Texas Parents and Teachers Association Metroplex Association of Realtors & Collin County Association of Realtors Hobbies and Interests:

Travel (Europe 9 times, includes working as a tour guide for Stern Tours, Bonn, Germany and as a “Foreign Apprentice of Banking” at the Dresdner Bank, Headquarters, Frankfurt, Germany)

Sports, Music, Art, Reading, Languages (German, Spanish, Italian, French) References:

Sylvia Lopez, Director of Counseling Services, Dallas Independent School District Lisa DeVeaux, Elementary Executive Director of the Northeast Learning Community, Dallas Independent School District (email: adx9mp@r.postjobfree.com) Dr. Denise Collier, Former CEO of Curriculum and Instruction, Dallas Independent School District

Emilio Castro, Former Secondary Executive Director of the Northeast Learning Community, Dallas Independent School District

Richard Toledo, Former Superintendent of the Galveston Independent School District,

cell: 505-***-****

Tami Farnsworth, Team Leader, Keller Williams Realty, 972-***-****

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