Experience

Studer Education

• United States
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Leader of Research, Coach at Huron | Studer Education

  • 2012 - Present

  -- Engage with executive leadership of higher education institutions to: 1. Apply organizational and leadership assessments to diagnose educational system strengths and areas to improve; 2. Manage data to create key performance drivers aligned to board and executive team priorities; 3. Align key performance drivers throughout the educational systems; 4. Determine best metrics to monitor progress aligned to the key performance drivers; 5. Select core system-wide strategies aligned to key drivers to cascade to schools, colleges and departments; 6. Coach executive teams to work with leaders to select school, college and department strategies aligned to key drivers; 7. Engage in system-wide performance reviews to validate the execution of strategies to produce 20% of actions to achieve 80% of results; 8. Determine processes needing improvements to achieve results; 9. Integrate key performance driver metrics into leader evaluations; 10. Train leaders in core leadership skills - Performance Management, Key Communication Skills, Teamwork; and 11. Increase leadership skills for succession planning by identifying and training future leaders.-- Engage in research, data analysis, and writing about Evidence-Based Leadership and its application as a framework of continuous improvement in institutions of higher education;-- Lead development and delivery of survey instruments, item reliability and validity assessments, including simulation of percentile rankings, data collection, analysis and interpretation, and report writing.



TeacherReady®

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• TeacherReady Liaison to University of West Florida

  • 2015 - 2020

  TeacherReady Liaison to the University of West Florida focused on state approval, annual reporting, and accreditation. TeacherReady® is the state-approved Educator Preparation Institute of the NCATE / CAEP accredited Professional Education Unit at the University of West Florida. Upon completion of TeacherReady®, individuals earn a professional teaching certificate from the State of Florida. TeacherReady® was developed and is delivered by Studer Education. Visit us at http://TeacherReady.org and follow us on Twitter @BeTeacherReady.



Northern Kentucky University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Professor; Professor; and Chair

  • 2007 - 2012

  -- Served as Chair of the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice. The department included five academic programs: Political Science; Public Administration [NASPAA Accredited]; Organizational Leadership; Criminal Justice; and International Studies.-- Engaged colleagues on curriculum development, identifying and developing student learning outcome assessments, and building collaborations across academic programs;-- Supported faculty teaching, research and writing;-- Encouraged faculty, staff, and student/student group professional development opportunities;-- Created opportunities to celebrate faculty and staff and recognize them for their accomplishments;-- Developed online and face-to-face curriculum;-- Taught courses in public administration; leadership; organizational theory; crime and public policy; and data analysis and research methods.



University of West Florida

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor; Associate Professor; and Assistant/Associate Dean

  • 2000 - 2007



Jefferson Community College

• Adjunct Mathematics Instructor

  • 1995 - 2000

  Developed content and delivered developmental mathematics courses, on contract/as needed during this five-year period, in the initial development of a campus at JCC in Carrollton, KY, my hometown; and at the main campus in downtown Louisville during graduate school. Developed content and delivered developmental mathematics courses, on contract/as needed during this five-year period, in the initial development of a campus at JCC in Carrollton, KY, my hometown; and at the main campus in downtown Louisville during graduate school.



Teach For America

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Corps Member - Mississippi Delta

  • 1993 - 1995