Jason D. Finley M.Ed.
Director of Career Education and Flexible Pathways at Randolph Union High School- Claim this Profile
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Thomas Cheney
Jason brings an incredible passion and energy to his work. Not only does he harness innovative practices and community partnerships to support and inspire his students, Jason is a deep thinker and an eloquent advocate for systems level change to advance career education. He goes above and beyond to contribute to statewide initiatives and promising projects like Advance Vermont's online career and education resource hub, MyFutureVT. There are many things that make Jason stand out, but most notably for me is how driven he is to both support his students and use his voice and expertise for the benefit of a broader community of learners and career seekers.
Alison Lamagna
Jason is a thoughtful and knowledgeable educator committed to equity and inclusion. I have worked with Jason to engage and inspire more women, girls and gender non-conforming students in technical education. He is dedicated and passionate about this work. Jason helped the Change the Story VT initiative to develop a training tool, Let’s Talk Harassment conversation cards, for students and teachers to learn about and engage in conversations about sexual harassment in the workplace. I co-presented to a group of educators with Jason using this training. He is organized and professional and comfortable in front of a group of young people, as well as his peers.
Thomas Cheney
Jason brings an incredible passion and energy to his work. Not only does he harness innovative practices and community partnerships to support and inspire his students, Jason is a deep thinker and an eloquent advocate for systems level change to advance career education. He goes above and beyond to contribute to statewide initiatives and promising projects like Advance Vermont's online career and education resource hub, MyFutureVT. There are many things that make Jason stand out, but most notably for me is how driven he is to both support his students and use his voice and expertise for the benefit of a broader community of learners and career seekers.
Alison Lamagna
Jason is a thoughtful and knowledgeable educator committed to equity and inclusion. I have worked with Jason to engage and inspire more women, girls and gender non-conforming students in technical education. He is dedicated and passionate about this work. Jason helped the Change the Story VT initiative to develop a training tool, Let’s Talk Harassment conversation cards, for students and teachers to learn about and engage in conversations about sexual harassment in the workplace. I co-presented to a group of educators with Jason using this training. He is organized and professional and comfortable in front of a group of young people, as well as his peers.
Thomas Cheney
Jason brings an incredible passion and energy to his work. Not only does he harness innovative practices and community partnerships to support and inspire his students, Jason is a deep thinker and an eloquent advocate for systems level change to advance career education. He goes above and beyond to contribute to statewide initiatives and promising projects like Advance Vermont's online career and education resource hub, MyFutureVT. There are many things that make Jason stand out, but most notably for me is how driven he is to both support his students and use his voice and expertise for the benefit of a broader community of learners and career seekers.
Alison Lamagna
Jason is a thoughtful and knowledgeable educator committed to equity and inclusion. I have worked with Jason to engage and inspire more women, girls and gender non-conforming students in technical education. He is dedicated and passionate about this work. Jason helped the Change the Story VT initiative to develop a training tool, Let’s Talk Harassment conversation cards, for students and teachers to learn about and engage in conversations about sexual harassment in the workplace. I co-presented to a group of educators with Jason using this training. He is organized and professional and comfortable in front of a group of young people, as well as his peers.
Thomas Cheney
Jason brings an incredible passion and energy to his work. Not only does he harness innovative practices and community partnerships to support and inspire his students, Jason is a deep thinker and an eloquent advocate for systems level change to advance career education. He goes above and beyond to contribute to statewide initiatives and promising projects like Advance Vermont's online career and education resource hub, MyFutureVT. There are many things that make Jason stand out, but most notably for me is how driven he is to both support his students and use his voice and expertise for the benefit of a broader community of learners and career seekers.
Alison Lamagna
Jason is a thoughtful and knowledgeable educator committed to equity and inclusion. I have worked with Jason to engage and inspire more women, girls and gender non-conforming students in technical education. He is dedicated and passionate about this work. Jason helped the Change the Story VT initiative to develop a training tool, Let’s Talk Harassment conversation cards, for students and teachers to learn about and engage in conversations about sexual harassment in the workplace. I co-presented to a group of educators with Jason using this training. He is organized and professional and comfortable in front of a group of young people, as well as his peers.
Credentials
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Assistant Director of Adult Education (5440-20)
Vermont Agency of Education -
Principal PreK-12 (5440-91)
Vermont Agency of Education -
Work Based Learning Coordinator (5440-60)
Vermont Agency of Education
Experience
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Randolph Union High School
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Primary and Secondary Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Career Education and Flexible Pathways
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Jun 2022 - Present
"At Randolph Union, in collaboration with the Student Services department and educators across the middle and high school, I provide leadership and direction through a comprehensive career education program with a mission to support students (and alumni) in discovering opportunities and in making informed decisions around career and educational pathways through and beyond high school." FOCUS • Provide individual and classroom-based career exploration and development by helping students to discover and understand how their personal strengths and interests can lead to meaningful career and post-secondary pathways. • Plan and coordinate job shadows, internships, and cooperative education placements with external industry partners. • Work with industry partners to create off-campus deployed classrooms. • Collaborate with educators to embed career exploration and education across the curriculum to help put content into context and support students in finding relevance in their academics. • Oversee Independent Learning Opportunities (ILOs) for students who wish to design personal learning experiences in depth and aligned with Vermont performance standards. • Develop opportunities for networking and mentorship. • Establish effective communication between students, internship supervisors, classroom teachers, and RU school counselors. • Coordinate site visits, career fairs, tours, informational interviews, mock interviews, guest speakers, and visits by industry recruiters. • Inform and assist work sites and students in understanding and complying with state and federal laws.
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Randolph Technical Career Center
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United States
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Primary and Secondary Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Career Services Coordinator
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Jul 2013 - Jun 2022
"At the Randolph Technical Career Center (RTCC) I help students to become career and post-secondary ready through a progression of scaffolded work-based learning and career development experiences. These experiences build confidence through applied competence, allow for the discovery of both passion and potential, and help students to explore pathways to success beyond high school." FOCUS • Provide individual and classroom-based career counseling and exploration opportunities to students based on strengths and interests. • Plan and coordinate job shadows, internships, and cooperative education placements with external industry partners. • Inform and assist work sites and students in understanding and complying with state and federal laws and regulatory requirements. • Establish effective communication between students, worksite supervisors, program instructors, and RTCC administration. • Develop, coordinate, and maintain standards-based evaluation procedures for employers, students, and the program of study. • Coordinate site visits, career fairs, tours, informational interviews, mock interviews, guest speakers, visits by industry recruiters. ADDITIONAL ROLES • Senior Leadership Team Member • Assistant Director of Adult Education • Chair of Scholarship Committee • Project Manager of Recognition Night Ceremonies
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The Rowland Foundation
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United States
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Primary and Secondary Education
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Associate for Social Media
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2011 - 2017
“The Rowland Foundation works to empower educators to positively affect the culture and climate of their schools. My role is to establish and curate social media which promote a learning community of researchers, policy makers, administrators, and educators to share ideas, thoughts, research, and inspirations that relate to the foundation’s vision.” FOCUS • Established and curated multiple Rowland Foundation social media outlets as a communications hub for the Rowland Professional Learning Network (PLN). These spaces are the digital gathering point for the Fellows. • Worked with Executive Director and Senior Associates on data collection, analysis, and synthesis from conference and Cohort of Fellows surveys. • Utilized Google Drive to help foster a closed Professional Learning Network where Fellows can share ideas, discuss school transformation processes, and support one another professionally. • Established and curated Rowland Foundation Twitter Feed @RowFn as a place to publicly share the work and accomplishments of Fellows with the Vermont education (#VTed) community. Generated over 2,000 followers. • Established and curated the Foundation's Vimeo site with nearly 6,000 plays over four years with a goal to provide access to Rowland created videos and videos of other like-minded individuals and organizations. • Established and curated the Foundation's WordPress sites to provide a place where Fellows can share their stories and views on education with one another and the world. In three years the site attracted over 5,600 unique visitors.
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Senior Staff Team Member & Polymath
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2001 - 2014
“Camp Betsey Cox is a camp for young women growing up in the global world of the twenty-first century. The camp couples traditional camping with a commitment to programs which develop the skills necessary for girls to make a difference as future local and world leaders.” FOCUS • Creator and Director of intern to staff development program—“Staf”. This program’s focus is to develop leadership skills through projects centered on community service and personal responsibility. It has become the primary source of recruitment and training for future staff members. (Staf are just short of becoming full staff.) • Head of, or worked in, multiple programs. Including: Farm, Woodshop, Kayaking, Riding, Tripping. Personal focus in each was re-imagining the program and activities. • Orientation, training, and evaluation of staff members. Part of senior staff team who oversaw the development and ongoing improvement of staff training. OTHER ROLES, PROJECTS • Previous Associate Director of Staff & Programs • Previous Associate Director of Co-Ed Programming and Leadership
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Otter Valley UHSD #8
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United States
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External Learning Coordinator
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2005 - 2013
"At Otter Valley I helped students create for themselves educational opportunities which were personalized, purposeful, and led to positive impacts in their communities.” FOCUS • Developed and implemented External Learning Opportunities. This problem-based learning program aligned students' personal passions to academic standards which were then assessed through a service-learning component. • Developed and implemented a Virtual Learning Center at Otter Valley. This was used to facilitate blended instruction and learning outside the high school for students involved in ELOs, internships, work-based learning, and service-learning. • Certificates of Focus Exploration and Design Proposal. Researched and developed proposal looking to recognize and support students who choose to focus and personalize their learning towards specific college and/or career goals. This concept encompassed field studies where a student could apply the academic learning from their focus area in internships and service-learning experiences. OTHER ROLES, PROJECTS • Teacher Learning Community Team Leader Problem-based Learning Focus • Onsite Mentor for students enrolled in Vermont Virtual Learning Cooperative • Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union Technology Committee • Place-based Educator at Moosalamoo Center. Part of team which transformed a remediation program for at-risk youth into a rigorous and heterogeneously grouped academic offering that has been recognized on state and national levels. • Development Adviser for Otter Valley’s Freshman Academy. Created Need and Benefit Analysis for the Academy based on locally and nationally sourced Quantitative and Qualitative Data. • Adjunct middle school art teacher. Primary focus on strengthening student understanding of core subjects (primarily science) through interdisciplinary projects and units.
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Education
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Antioch New England Graduate School, Antioch University
Master of Education (M.Ed.) & Post M.Ed. Principal Certification Program, Educational Leadership and Administration -
Endicott College
Certificate in Online Teaching and Learning, Educational/Instructional Technology -
Siena Heights University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Fine Arts, Double Concentration: Photography & Sculpture
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