William Clark
Assistant Professor of Secondary Education at University of Pittsburgh at Bradford- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Superintendent Letter, IU Exe. Director, Principal, Math Teacher
Pennsylvania Dept of Education
Experience
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University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
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United States
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Assistant Professor of Secondary Education
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May 2022 - Present
Teaching Undergraduate Students:Spring 2023: EDUC 204: Introduction to Education, EDUC 0275: Adolescent Literature, EDUC 1306: Classroom Management, and EDUC 1334 Literacies Across the Curriculum.Fall 2022: EDUC 1302: Assessment Techniques, EDUC 1307: Secondary Methods, EDUC 1350 Educational Psychology and Measurement and Student Teaching University Supervisor.
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Education
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Aug 2021 - May 2022
Teaching undergraduate courses in: Spring 2022: EDUC 0230 Family and Community Relationships, EDUC 0204 Introduction to Education, EDUC 1306 Classroom Management and Student Teacher University Supervisor. Fall 2021 EDUC 225: The Developing Child: Birth to Primary Years, EDUC 204: Introduction to Education, EDUC 1350: Education Psychology and Measurement, and Student Teacher University Supervisor.
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PSU World Campus - Online Adjunct Professor
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Aug 2017 - Present
Through Penn State University teaching EDLDR 876: The Law and Education for Fall 2017; Spring and Summer 2018; Summer 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023; Spring 2023. EDLDR 859: School Improvement for Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Summer 2022. EDLDR 540: Technology Applications in Educational Leadership Spring 2020. EDLDR 873: Money and Schools: Perspectives, Finance Policies, and Leadership Spring 2022. Through Penn State University teaching EDLDR 876: The Law and Education for Fall 2017; Spring and Summer 2018; Summer 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023; Spring 2023. EDLDR 859: School Improvement for Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Summer 2022. EDLDR 540: Technology Applications in Educational Leadership Spring 2020. EDLDR 873: Money and Schools: Perspectives, Finance Policies, and Leadership Spring 2022.
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Bollinger Enterprise, Inc.
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United States
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Construction
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Executive Director
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Jun 2016 - Nov 2020
Disabled Adult non-profit training and employment facility. Disabled adults are transported to site from McKean, Warren and Forest County. Operating budget $1.8 million. Employs 74 disabled adults and 31 supervisors and direct care workers. The non-profit facility programs cover vocational evaluation, sheltered employment, job skills training/work study, small group employment, supportive employment, Community Participation Services, and Pre-Employment Transition Service programs. • Created Capital Campaign Committee to collect 1.4 million dollars in funds in to renovate facilities and expand vehicle fleet. • Worked with an Ad Hoc Committee of the BEi board to establish and merge with the Barber National Institute to expand services to disabled adults in Warren and Forest County. • Due to changes outlined in the Workforce Innovation Opportunities Act implemented the Pre-Employment Transition Services by creating a partnership between the Warren County School District and Forest County School District to provide job exploration counseling, work based learning experiences, counseling on post-secondary opportunities, workplace readiness training and instruction in self-advocacy to eligible students. • Served on various committees with the Warren County School District: 1) Strike Taskforce – various representatives from the community met to discuss the impact of the teachers strike and how it would affect the community. 2) Project Max – representatives of the WCSD and community met in an effort to increase the capacity of WCSD to provide all students, including those with complex instructional needs, with the maximum access to and learning of the general education system and the Pennsylvania Core Standards. Show less
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Warren County School District
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Education Administration Programs
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200 - 300 Employee
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Superintendent
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Jun 2013 - Jun 2016
-Educational Management of a K-12 system with 4,435 students. Students come from four attendance areas: Central - Warren, North - Eisenhower, East - Sheffield, and West - Youngsville. District covers 792 square miles. Budget 76.8 million. 360 teachers. 270 full time/part-time support staff. 28 administrators. The district operates the Warren County Career Center. -Conduct a random monthly drawing for the Walk in Your Footsteps program where a district employee is selected to have the superintendent cover their position for one hour. -By working with a fellow district administrator, local clergy, and a school board member implemented the Backpack Program through Second Harvest to provide food to students who received free/reduced lunch. -Started a Twitter account to tweet district successes, events, and weather emergencies. - Member of the Warren Salvation Army Advisory and Special Olympics Board. - During the summer of 2014, coordinated Superintendent Academy to train a group of teachers on how to use Twitter in the classroom and push the boundaries of the district web filter. - In order to allow consistency throughout the district attendance areas monthly Administrator Summits are conducted to review policies and district issues to allow for common ground for understanding among administrators. -Presenter at the 2015 AASA National Conference in San Diego with a fellow superintendent on the topic "When Things Go Wrong". Show less
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Educational Consultant - Interim Quarryville Elementary Principal
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Jan 2013 - Jun 2013
- Educational Consultant as a Principal of a Elementary K-5 building with 475 students and 25 teachers. - Provide daily interaction with building teachers, support staff, students, and parents. - Conduct Walk-Throughs using the Solanco Area School District observation model. - Formal observations of building teachers using the Danielson Model and district developed pre and post conference forms. - Oversee and run building faculty and Parent Teacher Organization meetings. - Attend grade level data meetings using the RTII model and work with fellow administrators and staff to develop direct instruction for individual students based upon data. - Established Quarryville Citizen of the month by having teachers select students based upon Respect, Responsibility, Kindness and Courage to have Pizza with the Principal. - Created class lists and building schedules for the coming school year. Show less
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Manheim Central School District
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United States
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Primary and Secondary Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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Superintendent
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Jan 2010 - Oct 2012
Pre K- 12 system 3,041 students and 229 staff 450 total employees. School budget $44 million. Aide Ratio .3933. Two vocational cluster programs. • Conducted a district Entry Plan by interviewing school board, leadership team, teachers, students, support staff, and community to determine the direction of the district under the new administration/board leadership. A total of 253 interviews were conducted. • Initiated a Community Forum that allowed community members to come and share concerns to a panel of administrators and school board. • Established a Superintendent Parent Advisory Council to gain parental insights into concerns about school operations. • Developed guiding principles as part of the budget with the leadership team and school board that structured the district approach to cost saving measures. • Established documents to clarify roles and responsibilities of the school board Committees (Academic, Business Operations, and Student Activities). • Worked with district legal counsel and Manheim Borough to oppose a minimum-security facility for 140 inmates with a proposed location .3 miles from an elementary school. • Conducted a 15-minute walk through of all of the teachers (229) in the district. • Established superintendent lunches for grade k-4 as part of an elementary incentive program. • Facilitated with local businesses and Manheim Lions Club the BRAKES program to teach students and parent’s responsible driving skills. • Reestablished the district facilities committee to create a strategic plan for the future of the district buildings and properties. •Attended a breakfast meeting with Governor Tom Corbett along with fellow educators and business leaders and had a direct conversation regarding PSER’s. Show less
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Lebanon Valley College
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United States
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Higher Education
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400 - 500 Employee
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Adjunct Professor
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Jan 2012 - May 2012
Lebanon Valley College -Pennsylvania Inspired Leadership • Ethics, Advocacy, and School Law – Pennsylvania Inspired Leadership Program is a statewide, standards-based continuing professional education program for school and system leaders. This course looked at issues, laws, and trends in education and their impact on improving student achievement. Lebanon Valley College -Pennsylvania Inspired Leadership • Ethics, Advocacy, and School Law – Pennsylvania Inspired Leadership Program is a statewide, standards-based continuing professional education program for school and system leaders. This course looked at issues, laws, and trends in education and their impact on improving student achievement.
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Milton Area School District
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Superintendent
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Mar 2004 - Jan 2010
Pre-K-12 system 2,302 students and 197 staff 532 total employees. School budget $24 million. Aide Ratio .6. Comprehensive High School with eight Career and Technical Education programs. • Modified the teacher hiring process around the concepts presented by Dr. Stronge which incorporated the Teacher Quality Index. • Re-established an Auxiliary High School which allowed the district to cut the dropout rate in half. • Worked with Habitat for Humanity and local government to establish a partnership to develop a collaborative approach in building a house using students from Drafting class for the design and Building Construction students to construct the home. • Conducted an annual meeting with the local clergy and realtors to share district data to determine the best direction for the community as a united front. • Created an adult ESL class for students’ parents who spoke Russian and Spanish with the efforts of the ESL instructors, Title III funds, and Curriculum Coordinator. • Conducted a 15-minute walk through of all of the teachers (197) in the district. • Served on the Dreifuss/Hackenburg executive committee that manages and distributes interest on $3.8 million scholarship account. • Established superintendent lunches for grade k-5, as part of an elementary incentive program. • Created in collaboration with the building principals at all levels, a student, Parent Student Association, administration, and school board breakfast, lunch or dinner program. • Established a committee of former teachers, school board, administrators and community members to work together to renovate the Sodom School which was built on or about 1800’s. • Recognized by the Department of Education’s Office of Environment and Ecology; Milton Area School District as one of seven school districts for Pennsylvania Environment and Ecology Exemplary School Districts for 2007. ol Program for academic students. Show less
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Wilkes University
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United States
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Higher Education
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500 - 600 Employee
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Adjunct Professor
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Jan 2008 - Dec 2009
Issues, Laws, and Trends in Education - Focused on the examination of school law at the federal, state, and local levels through review, discussion and analysis of court decisions that affect educational institutions. Social Foundations – An introduction to the history, scope, materials, and methods of sociological analysis of education. Instruction included the concepts, culture, socialization, stratification, social control, and change as relate to formal education. Issues, Laws, and Trends in Education - Focused on the examination of school law at the federal, state, and local levels through review, discussion and analysis of court decisions that affect educational institutions. Social Foundations – An introduction to the history, scope, materials, and methods of sociological analysis of education. Instruction included the concepts, culture, socialization, stratification, social control, and change as relate to formal education.
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St. Marys Area School District
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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Tech-Prep Principal
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Feb 1993 - Mar 1999
-February 1993 - March 1999-As a Rotarian, established the Rotary Student of the month where a High School student was nominated by staff and attended a Rotary Club meeting with their parents to be recognized for their accomplishments.-Collaborated with other administrators to write several grants such as Career Pathways for All Students, Curriculum Development Grant from Penn College, School-to-Work Best Practices, School-to-Work Transition, Tech-Prep for Tomorrow, Penn State DuBois Campus, Safe Schools, and Perkins. Show less
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Assistant Principal
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Jul 1992 - Jan 1993
-July 1992 - January 1993-By working with local businesses created the PRIDE program that rewarded students for perfect attendance, A in a major subject area, and no discipline referrals. -Created the POSITIVE student program which was a weekly drawing for students who were observed doing positive actions at the school.-Facilitated Occupational Advisory Committee meetings for each vocational cluster area.
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Math Instructor
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Aug 1987 - Jun 1992
-Instructor for Mathematics grades 10 and 11. -Developed a Algebra course at the AVTS for the advanced students. -Union Secretary, Vice President, and President. -Track Coach for middle distance runners and hurdles at Chambersburg School District. -Instructor for Mathematics grades 10 and 11. -Developed a Algebra course at the AVTS for the advanced students. -Union Secretary, Vice President, and President. -Track Coach for middle distance runners and hurdles at Chambersburg School District.
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Education
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1992 - 1998
Penn State University
D. Ed, Educational Administration -
1987 - 1991
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Master of Education (M.Ed.), Educational Administration -
1983 - 1987
Penn State University
Bachelor's degree, Secondary Mathematics -
1979 - 1983
Cameron County High School
HS Diploma, Academic Track
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