Experience

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  Summit School District & Colorado Mtn. College

  • Summit School Board of Ed. & CMC Adjunct

    • 2013 - Present

    Director, Board of EducationDevelopmental Education Adjunct Professor at CMC

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  University of Hawaii at Manoa

  • Associate Professsor

    • 2005 - 2011

    Taught pre-service teachers of Language Arts and supervised them in field during internships and student teaching. Taught multicultural education.Taught graduate students in Master's Program in Middle Level Education.Taught doctoral students curriculum theory in curriculum studies grad program. Chaired many doctoral committees, and served on many more.

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  University of Alaska Southeast

  • Dean, Center for Teacher Education

    • 2001 - 2005

    Led the Center for Teacher Education as its Founding Dean to NCATE full initial accreditation and national recognition of nine programs by their specialized professional associations. Participated on the Provost's executive leadership team. Oversaw education grants. Supported programs to promote Alaska Native student admission and successful completion of teacher education programs.

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  Metropolitan State University of Denver

  • Greater Denver Area

  • Professor of Secondary Education

    • 1991 - 2001
    • Greater Denver Area

    Taught courses in pre-service teacher education for students becoming middle and high school teachers. Specialized in teaching curriculum and management in a secondary classroom, with related field experiene and multicultural education in urban schools with related field experience. Served as Chair of Secondary Education and previously as Secondary Education Coordinator. Supervised student teachers in English Language Arts.Served as Accreditation Coordinator for Teacher Education.Served as Co-Principal Investigator in an NSF grant called the Rocky Mountain Teacher Education Collaborative (RMTEC) for five years.

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  Summit School District RE-1

  • Summit County

  • Secondary Teacher of English, Reading, Speech, Photography, Film Study

    • 1976 - 1991
    • Summit County

    Taught middle and high school remedial and developmental reading, 10th grade English, team-taught AP English-Literature, team-taught speech-drama (exploratory m.s. program), film study.Served as Middle School Gifted and Talented Coordinator.Served for one year as interim district Director of Curriculum.Chaired the High School English Department.