Experience

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  Retired

  • Boca Raton FL

  • Grandparent

    • Jan 2018 - Present
    • Boca Raton FL
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  G.Thomas Consulting, LLC

  • Boca Raton FL

  • Managing Principal Consultant/CEO

    • Jan 2015 - Jan 2018
    • Boca Raton FL

    Currently, I consult domestically and internationally with community leaders to support education, employment and economic development interests around collectively crafted strategies targeting increased systematic efficiencies and human effectiveness. This work is focused on growing collaborativ...

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  Palm Beach County Education Commission, Inc.

  • Executive Director

    • Nov 2012 - Dec 2014

    As Executive Director of the Palm Beach Education Commission, Inc., I serve education, training, government, business and industry leaders by promoting collaborative communications, strategies, actions and results around common issues, using shared resources and expanded systems to foster more pr...

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  Florida Atlantic University

  • Boca Raton, Florida

  • Asstistant Dean

    • Aug 2002 - Apr 2012
    • Boca Raton, Florida

    In this position, I led pre-kindergarden - grade 12 schools and programs at Florida Atlantic University (FAU), provided outreach to the 7 school districts, 3 public state colleges in the FAU region, wrote and administered grants and connected the College of Education's school initiatives to o...

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  Florida State University

  • Tallahassee, Florida

  • Director, Florida State University Schools

    • 1998 - Aug 2002
    • Tallahassee, Florida

    As Director, I served as the superintendent of the Florida State University School/Florida High preforming leadership duties similar to that of other small Florida public school districts including funding, facilities, grants, compliance (ESE, Title I, etc.), research support, personnel, facilit...

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  Florida Department of Education

  • Tallahassee, Florida

  • Bureau Chief

    • 1988 - 1997
    • Tallahassee, Florida

    I served as the founding Chief of this bureau focused on creating and supporting innovative ways to connect career and academic education, curriculum, instruction and assessment from elementary school through the university and adult training experiences, including apprenticeships. The bureau pr...

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  Tallahassee Community College

  • Tallahassee, Florida

  • Assistant Director, Center for Career Development Services

    • Jul 1987 - Jun 1988
    • Tallahassee, Florida

    In this position, I enhanced and extended the statewide computerized statewide network for Florida CHOICES to include a more robust computing delivery platform (conversion to a different computer vendor and location) and expanded paid users in educational and training entities. Florida Choices a...

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  Leon County School Board

  • Tallahassee, Florida

  • Assistant Director, Center for Career Development Services

    • Jul 1978 - Jun 1987
    • Tallahassee, Florida

    This position involved the development, collection and distribution of career development information, assessments and training statewide to schools, colleges/universities, job/career counseling agencies, youthful offender settings, vocational rehabilitation providers and other related agencies p...

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  Panhandle Area Educational Cooperative

  • Chipley, Florida

  • Program Specialist/Consultant

    • Apr 1977 - Jun 1978
    • Chipley, Florida

    The Educational Cooperative served 19 small, rural county school districts in north Florida with a large number of services and products using grant, legislative and user fees. my function was to support a federal grant developing innovative Exceptional Student Education specific math and readin...

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  Walton County School District

  • Defuniak Springs, Florida

  • Science Teacher, Grades 6-12

    • Aug 1971 - Mar 1977
    • Defuniak Springs, Florida

    I took a position as a temporary teacher with a major in Biology (emphasis in marine) and no coursework or experience as a teacher. The students and my colleagues taught me how to be a teacher over the next several years at Paxton School (grades 1-12) as I completed my master's degree part t...