Education Administration & Data-Driven Curriculum Lead

Jason O’Brien **** NE Expressway, Apt. N*

Atlanta, GA 30345

404-***-****

******.**.****@*****.***

EXPERIENCE

University of Alabama in Huntsville — Associate Professor August 2008-May 2024

Responsible for teaching undergraduate and graduate courses to education majors in the Teacher Education Program. Curriculum development, curriculum evaluation, grant management (principal investigator), ESL liaison to local school districts. Conducted and wrote independent research which was published in peer-reviewed publications

Tampa Catholic High School, Tampa, FL — Social Studies teacher

August, 2004 - May, 2008

Taught American History, World History, Economics, American Government, and Psychology in grades 9-12.

Sacred Heart Academy, Tampa, FL — Elementary teacher August, 1999 - May, 2004

Taught first, third, fourth and fifth grades.

EDUCATION

University of South Florida, Tampa— Ph.D

August, 2000 - May, 2007

Doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction in Social Science Education. Cognate in English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). University of South Florida, Tampa — Master of Arts August, 1996 - August, 1998

Master’s degree in Secondary Social Science Education. Minor in Latin American history.

SKILLS

Project Management.

Curriculum design,

implementation, and

evaluation.

LMS software.

Excellent communication

skills, both written and oral..

AWARDS

Outstanding Teacher, College

of Education (2016).

LANGUAGES

Conversational Spanish

PROJECTS

Project HAPPENS — Professional Development Grant, US Department of Education

Principal Investigator for a five year grant for $1.1 million dollars. Responsible for program development and evaluation. Trained 90 teachers and 30 administrators to more effectively teach English Learners in the content classroom.

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