High School Manager

Simon King

**** ******* **** ***** ■ Apex ■ North Carolina 27502 ■ USA

Tel. (USA) 919-***-**** ■ Email: *******@*****.*** ■ Nationality: British (Permanent Resident)

COMPUTING SKILLS

• Three years’ experience programming in SAS, JMP (scripting) and R.

EXPERIENCE

CARY ACADEMY (Cary, North Carolina) August 2008 to Present

Department Chair of Upper School Mathematics

• Responsible for faculty evaluations and development of mathematics curriculum.

• Teacher of Advanced Level Statistics integrating JMP and SAS as teaching and learning tools.

• Taught SAS Certification Course

• Information Technology Facilitator

WOODS CHARTER SCHOOL (K – 12) (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) August 2002 to July 2008

School Principal/Business Manager March 2006 to July 2008

Responsibilities:

• Implemented successful marketing plan for school incorporating mission utilizing new school website.

• Managed school growth from 180 to 500 students, including expansion of school facilities.

• Managed budget of $4.3 million.

• Overhauled employee recruitment process and led hiring of approximately sixty employees.

• Ensured compliance with all NC State Board of Education, NC Department of Public Instruction, and federal regulations.

• Member of Woods Charter School Board of Directors.

• Implemented new staff development plan and led teacher mentoring program.

Achievements:

• Introduced first school student, faculty and parent database.

• Secured $10 million financing for new facilities, including the creation and presentation of all projected budgets and growth models.

• Secured a 10 year charter renewal approval from NC State Board of Education.

• Designed and implemented school website (www.woodscharter.org) on a limited budget.

• Led development of IT through creation of school technology plan.

• Reduced annual teacher turnover to less than five percent.

• NC School of Distinction every year during tenure and SAT scores rose to 6th in NC.

• Facilitated establishment of Woods Charter School Foundation with over $360,000 raised in 2007 – 2008.

Assistant School Principal August 2005 to March 2006

• Responsible for student discipline, teacher recruitment and curriculum development.

High School Director August 2004 to August 2005

• Responsible for discipline and curriculum in High School.

• Faculty representative on Woods Charter School Board.

Curriculum Coordinator August 2003 to August 2004

• Led development of K – 12 curriculum.

• Responsible for student and faculty schedules.

• Taught five classes, including AP Statistics.

Teacher of Mathematics August 2002 to August 2003

• Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) Coordinator.

• Responsible for senior trip, prom and school play.

KING EDWARD VII HIGH SCHOOL (King’s Lynn, UK) Dec. 2001 to Aug. 2002

Teacher of Middle and High School Mathematics

LES QUENNEVAIS SCHOOL (Jersey, Channel Islands, UK) August 2000 to July 2001

Teacher of Middle and High School Mathematics

HIGHLANDS COLLEGE (Jersey, Channel Islands, UK) August 2000 to July 2001

Teacher of Computer Applications

• Taught beginner computer skills to adult learners.

VOLUNTEER SERVICES OVERSEAS (Chizongwe School, Zambia) October 1998 to July 2000

Teacher of Mathematics, including calculus

• Chess, soccer and badminton coach.

• Founded “Chizongwe Youth Awareness Center” – designed for peer to peer student awareness of HIV/AIDS.

ECOLE BRILLANTMONT (Lausanne, Switzerland) August 1997 to July 1998

Teacher of Mathematics and computer programming

THE WILLINK SCHOOL (Reading, Berkshire, UK) August 1996 to July 1997

Teacher of Mathematics including calculus

• Incorporated IT into classroom through spreadsheet applications.

KIBBUTZ ROSH HANIKRA (Rosh Hanikra, Israel) March 1995 to July 1995

Assistant manager of propagation nursery

BRITISH HOME STORES (Head Office, London, UK) August 1994 to March 1995

Merchandiser

• Managed $20 million of merchandise.

• Created sales projections for future annual orders and presentations.

EDUCATION

August 2009 to December 2011

M.S. Statistics (with specialization in Biostatistics), Texas A&M, College Station, Texas

August 1995 to July 1996

Post Graduate Certificate in Education, Nottingham Trent University, UK

August 1990 to August 1994

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, UK

B.S. Mathematics

PRESENTATIONS

• Future Presentation: SAS Global Forum, April 2012. “A Week In The Life – A Visual analysis of internet use by school age students”

• Southeastern Brain Conference, January 2011. “From Social Studies to Statistics: How visuals and interactive explorations engage students.”

• JMP Global Summit, September 2011. “Discriminant Analysis of High School Student Mathematics Class Placement”

• JMP Triangle User’s Group, 2009. “Using JMP to teach high school statistics”

• Plus numerous other presentations on topics of statistics and education

INTERESTS

• Toastmasters (public speaking)

• Reading, traveling, tennis, chess, piano and soccer

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