Susan Spencer
Director- Grant Writer- Curriculum Designer at Wood County Educational Service Center- Claim this Profile
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish Limited working proficiency
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Credentials
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Grant Management Certificate
Grant Management USADec, 2015- Nov, 2024 -
Grant Writing Certificate
Grant Management USASep, 2015- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Wood County Educational Service Center
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director- Grant Writer- Curriculum Designer
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2010 - Present
Wood County Educational Service Center develops, delivers, and implements quality educational services and programs to Wood County schools ☑ Key Contributions► Proposed, developed, acquired, and monitored multiple grants; continually searched for monetary funding and in-kind contributions; managed a multimillion-dollar budget. Managed thousands of staff member while creating new training regimen. Directed the development and implementation of curriculum to meet needs of students. Developed and coordinated social media presence of program, including new website development, logo, letterhead, and general digital marketing strategy. Worked with thousands of children ages K-7; proctored academic and behavior inventions with primary focus on improving the health, well-being, emotional and academic outcomes of NW Ohio children. Planned and used appropriate instructional and learning strategies, activities, material, and equipment that reflect understanding of the learning styles and needs of students assigned
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Technical Author
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Jun 2019 - Present
Creator and designer of Discovery Zones: Digital curriculum delivery for extended day learning. Creator and designer of Foundations: Online distance learning module for SEL and academics. Creator and designer of Discovery Zones: Digital curriculum delivery for extended day learning. Creator and designer of Foundations: Online distance learning module for SEL and academics.
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Bowling Green State University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Instructor
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2014 - 2015
Bowling Green State University provides experiences that enhance lives. Students are prepared for lifelong career growth, lives of engaged citizenship and leadership in a global society. U.S. News and World Report names BGSU as one of the top public universities nationwide with a strong commitment to first-year programs that lead to success. Within our transformative learning community, we build a welcoming, safe and diverse environment where the creative ideas and achievements of all can benefit others throughout Ohio, the nation and the world. Class titles👉 Geography 1250 Weather and Climate- SEES 3000- Introduction to Geospatial Sciences ☑ Key Contributions► ✔ Teaching a variety of classroom technologies and relating to thousands of students from diverse academic, socioeconomic, and cultural backgrounds ✔ Developed new curriculum for 2 new course preps ✔ Experience with CANVAS, Blackboard, Pearson MyLab, Turning Point Technologies Facilitated classes on Geography 1250 Weather and Climate- SEES 3000- Introduction to Geospatial Sciences, World Regional Geography: Eurasia and Africa 1210, multi-disciplinary topic matter including cultural studies, GIS, remote sensing, physical geography, regional flora and fauna, landscape analysis, economics, political science, and international relations. Designed and evaluated course materials to align with faculty curriculum. Taught a variety of classroom technologies and relating to thousands of adult learners from diverse academic, socioeconomic, and cultural backgrounds Provided academic advising for the department and acted as the assistant faculty advisor for the BGSU Chapter Geography Club
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Bowling Green State University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Instructor
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2009 - 2012
Class Titles👉 World Regional Geography: Eurasia and Africa 1210, multi-disciplinary topic matter including cultural studies, GIS, remote sensing, physical geography, regional flora and fauna, landscape analysis, economics, political science, and international relations ☑ Key Contributions► ✔ Provided academic advising for the department and acted as the assistant faculty advisor for the BGSU Chapter Geography Club Class Titles👉 World Regional Geography: Eurasia and Africa 1210, multi-disciplinary topic matter including cultural studies, GIS, remote sensing, physical geography, regional flora and fauna, landscape analysis, economics, political science, and international relations ☑ Key Contributions► ✔ Provided academic advising for the department and acted as the assistant faculty advisor for the BGSU Chapter Geography Club
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Maumee Valley Planning Organization
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Defiance, Ohio
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Community Planner- GIS Specialist
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2009 - 2010
The Maumee Valley Planning Organization (MVPO) is a voluntary association of local governments designated as an Ohio Regional Planning and Development Organization. ✔ Makes and implements joint regional decisions ✔ Provides management, planning and technical services to local governments ✔ Identifies and solves short and long-term problems best addressed at the regional level ✔ Brings together local elected officials on a regular basis, giving them an opportunity to form working relationships. ☑ Key Contributions► ✔ Planner for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, FORMULA, and CHIP Grant projects (Responsible for writing of a methodology which distributed over $1,000,000.00 of stimulus monies to economically challenged communities) ✔ GIS specialist, creating cartographic products detailing the spatiality of the foreclosure crisis and providing spatial statistics to predict spread ✔ Responsible for grant writing, contract writing, proposal drafting, and community organizing while providing community education on the foreclosure crisis by administering workshops, public hearings, and sitting on a multi-region foreclosure task force
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The University of Toledo
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Satellites Program
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2008 - 2008
☑ Key Contributions►✔ Helped conduct multiple geospatial conferences with the purpose of teaching educators how to utilize geospatial technology/STEM techniques in the classroom ✔ Demonstrated scientific water quality testing and related laboratory activities✔ Assisted teachers in the application of GIS technology, including spatial statistics, projections, database joins, etc
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Research and Teaching Assistant
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2007 - 2008
☑ Key Contributions►✔ Courses include Human Geography, Fundamentals of Geography, and Geography of the United States and Canada✔ Developed professional skills in course lecturing, report writing, creative communication, student correspondence✔ Created grade databases, performed statistical analysis, researched multiple projects
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Wood County Health Department
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Wellness and Fitness Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Geographic Information Systems Intern
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2004 - 2005
☑ Key Contributions► ✔ Enabled Wood County Health Department to use GIS technology for; locating and examining sewage systems, access past and present parcel documentation, assign or decline permits, have immediate access to soil types, descriptions, and other physical attributes to help make critical decisions about land use ✔ Provided training of Sanitarians and future GIS technicians ✔ Developed database while managing and updating different GIS layers, such as soil types, parcel information from the Wood County Auditors Office, railroads, streets, oil wells, among many others
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Education
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The University of Toledo
Master of Arts in Geography and Planning -
2002 - 2006
Bowling Green State University
Bachelor of Arts in Geography, Specialization in GIS and Remote Sensing, Minor in Political Science, Geographic Information Science and Cartography
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