STEM Education Leader and Curriculum Architect

Cheryll Hawthorne

**** ****** **. **** ********** MD 20744, ****************@*****.***, 757-***-****

I have extensive experience in education developing and teaching pre-college and college curriculum; and extensive experience in management designing and implementing programs; implementing and enforcing policy; developing organizations and staff; strategic planning; process review and improvement; physical and personnel security; sales force; marketing; recruiting; funds development; and financial management.

EDUCATION

2021 GenCyber Cetification. Old Dominion University and University of Maryland global campus.

2020 Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) Certification

2013 MA National Security and Strategic Studies, Naval War College, Newport, RI

2012 MA Systems Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School

Inc Ph.D. Program, Mechanical Engineering, Florida A&M/FSU College of Engineering

(Incomplete degree: mobilized to active duty military mobilization in the Navy 2002.)

1989 MA Science Education, Stanford University, Stanford Teacher Education Program (STEP)

High School Teaching Credential: CA Professional Clear Single and Mathematics

1983 BA Physical Science (Physics), UC Berkeley, CA

EDUCATION EXPERIENCE. 1978-2024

Develop and teach STEM Curriculum including Artificial Intelligence, Aviation, Coding, Computer Science Principals, Drone Technology, Robotics. Manage enrollment, academic planning and counseling. Develop curriculum and lead hands-on classes and workshops at elementary, middle school, and high school and college levels. Manage classroom. Develop and implement teaching strategies. Design and build teaching tools, study aids, and equipment. Design and lead teacher in-service workshops. Develop hands-on kits for use in the workshops, classroom, and outreach school assembly programs. Train undergraduate and graduate engineering students to develop and teach special hands-on curriculum units based on engineering and science topics. ACT, GED, GRE, SAT Test Preparation.

Positions: science instructor: chemistry, forensic, science, physics, Gwyn Park High school Prince Georges County. NJROTC Naval Science Instructor. STEM Instructor, Suitland High School Prince George’s County; Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) Instructor, Education First; Tutor; Frog Tutoring, Wyzant, Care.Com, Education First; Director/Instructor, Creative Educational Solutions Homeschool Academy, Fort Washington MD; Director/Tutor, Creative Educational Solutions Tutoring Center, Fort Washington MD; Curriculum Specialist, Maury H S, Norfolk, VA; Graduate Student/TA, Mechanical Engineering, Florida A&M, Tallahassee, FL; Insurance Associate Trainee, Republic Asset Management Corp., Tallahassee, FL; Math & Science Teacher, Pasadena USD, Pasadena, CA; Tutor/Instructor, Creative Ed. Consultants, Inc., Pasadena, CA; Curriculum Specialist, Dept. of Education, CSU Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA; Curriculum Specialist, Dept. of Engineering, Compton College, Compton, CA; SAT/GRE Prep Instructor, testing for the Public, Berkeley, CA; Instructor-Algebra II, Upward Bound, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA; Science/Math Instructor, Center for a New Generation, East Palo Alto, CA; Physics/Math Instructor, D-Q University, Davis, CA; Science Consultant, Creative Educational Consultants, Oakland, CA; MESA Science Consultant, Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; Astrophysics Instructor & Outreach Coordinator, Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; Astrophysics Instructor & Workshop Leader, Learning Center, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; Lab Assistant/Pre-College Science Instructor, Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

MANAGEMENT & MILITARY EXPERIENCE

ACADEMIA (1983-2002) & US NAVY Active Duty (2003-2021)

Private Security Services. Anti-terrorism and Force Protection. Business management and development. Personnel security and background checks. Security and security process implementation. Organizational development. Strategic planning. Program development and implementation. Process analysis and improvement. Manage human resources support services. Design and implement information management systems and staffing systems. Develop policy, implement, and reinforce. Develop internal controls and strategies for Implementation. Develop and deliver statistical reports. Identify staffing requirements; develop staffing strategies; recruit and employ qualified staff. Develop and implement recruitment and retention strategies. Develop and implement branding and marketing strategies. Analyze and manage budget. Develop funds.

Positions: Mobilization/Administrative/Manpower Officer, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Reserve Component Command Norfolk; Armed/Unarmed Security Officer, Compliance Agent, Pegasus Security, Suffolk VA; Human Resources Officer/Security Manager, NOSC Washington DC; Undersecretary of Defense in Washington D.C.; Assistant Chief of Staff for Manpower, Task Force FIVE ONE, NSA Bahrain; Information Tech/Cybersecurity Officer, Reserve Forces HQ, Norfolk VA; Mobilization Officer/OIC Navy Mobilization Processing Site, Gulfport MS; Executive Officer,Anti-Terrorism and Force Protection Officer, Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) Baltimore, MD; Reserve Program Director Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) Washington D.C.; Assistant Reserve Program Director Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) Washington D.C.; Program Manager/Department Head Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) Washington D.C.; Training Officer/ Department Head, Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) Washington D.C.; Manpower Analyst/JFCOM MANPOWER EASTLANT, Norfolk, VA; Mobilization Officer, AOIC/NMPS NORFOLK, Norfolk, VA; Associate Dean for Minority Student Affairs, California Tech, Pasadena, CA; Assistant Dean-Engineering/Physics Lecturer, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; Pre-College Director, School of Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; MESA Pre-College Director, Stanford University, Stanford, CA;

U.S. NAVY RESERVES (1995-2003)

Develop and facilitate for General Military Training, Navy Leadership and Command Indoctrination Courses. Developed branding strategies and marketing programs for recruitment and retention. Facilitate professional development workshops to include resume writing, interviewing techniques, dressing for success, career planning, and time management. Lead monthly workshops that included resume writing, interviewing techniques, dressing for success, career planning, time management, and diversity awareness.

Positions: Mobilization/Manpower Officer, Region Command Mid-Atlantic Norfolk; Manpower/IT/Supply Officer, NOSC Washington DC; Reserve Manpower Director, Assistant Under Secretary of Defense, Washington DC; Manpower/Administrative Officer, Command Task Force (CTF) 51 Bahrain; EKMS Officer/Security Manager, Command Naval Reserve Forces Command (CNRFC) Norfolk VA; OIC Naval Mobilization Processing Site (NMPS), Gulfport MS; OIC Executive Officer NOSC Baltimore, Baltimore MD; Reserve Program Director Naval Air Facility (NAF) Washington DC; Training Officer NOSC Washington; Manpower Specialist Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) Norfolk VA; AOIC Navy Mobilization Processing Site (NMPS) Norfolk VA; Mobilization Officer/Manpower Specialist COMUSNAVEUR LONDON UK; N13 Reserve Affairs/Mobilization Officer, OIC; Manpower Analyst /N14 Manpower; Personnel Specialist /N12 Personnel; Admin Officer/CNE DET 108/N&MRCR Tallahassee FL; Assistant Administrative Officer/NCSO/N&MRCR Long Beach CA; Campus Liaison Officer-Caltech University, NRD Los Angeles, CA; Campus Liaison Officer-Stanford University, NRD San Francisco, CA

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

● Professional in Human Resources (PHR) Certification January 2013

● 2009 Women’s History Month, STEM Award recipient for the US Navy

● Co-Author, Scott Foresman Publishing Co., Pre-College Science, 2ed., Chicago, IL; 1988

● Co-Author: GEM Teacher’s Guide: “Colors”, Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley, 1982

● US Olympic Trials, 100 meter hurdles, 4x100 meter relay, 4x400 meter relay; 1980 & 1984

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