Social Studies Personal Finance

SUMMARY

As a veteran educator and experienced manager and training professional with demonstrated ability and proven success in creating, planning, and delivering professional development programs and curricula that meet and exceed national, state, and organizational standards, this former teacher and Professional Development Trainer stands ready to serve your organization. As a passionate, high-energy communicator, that has in depth knowledge of education andragogy and pedagogy, and is skilled in instructional delivery, utilize the latest research, and industry best practices to offer instruction in key content and policy. Also possess demonstrated ability in using metrics and assessments, plus have Master’s Degree in Business Administration that emphasized organizational management theory and design, useful knowledge and skills to determine and assess program, curricula, and or organizational effectiveness. Also, possess teacher certification in Secondary Career and Technology Education (CTE) and Secondary Social Studies (SS) Education. Skills include:

Excellent Written and Verbal Communication

Quantitative/Qualitative Research

Project Management

Partner & Strategic Alliance Management

Learning & Development

Multiple Microsoft Platform Proficiencies

Professional Development Design & Delivery

Metric & Assessment Design & Implementation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Baltimore County Public Schools, Patapsco High School, Dundalk, MD. 2018 – 2023

Social Studies Educator

Taught Economics and Personal Finance, U.S. Government, World History and AVID Courses. Employed both synchronous and asynchronous teaching methods to deliver engaging content and effective learning strategies based on the latest professional development research and teacher training to attain positive student outcomes.

Encouraged a positive and inclusive classroom environment that fostered student content engagement, analytic

reasoning, creativity, and problem solving. Students met and exceeded county and school-wide teaching standards that was evidenced by Maryland State and Baltimore County Academic testing and course pass rates.

Achievements include adapting teaching practices to include the effective delivery of online pedagogy during COVID Crisis for a year and a half. This required new training and development to meet the challenges posed by students unfamiliar with the academic expectations and online navigation tools provided through course learning software.

Successfully trained to become an AVID, “Advancement Via Individual Determination“ Instructor. Provided AVID specific training to help students identified as having academic promise to develop the skills required to achieve college and career ready goals.

Maryland Council on Economic Education, Towson, MD. (MCEE) 2014 - 2018

Associate Director

Responsible for overseeing MCEE economic and personal finance programming which include working with team to provide and deliver graduate coursework through the Towson Learning Network (TLN), and the development and delivery of state-wide economic and personal finance professional development workshops and the creation and delivery of MSDE/CPD certified courses for K-12 educators. Consult on economic education and personal finance curriculum development projects with individual school systems. Plan and conduct economic and financial education programs for employees, parents and or other audiences to promote MCEE’s mission to empower Maryland teachers with the content and pedagogy they require to confidently infuse economic and financial literacy instruction. Also assist with the planning and implementation of regional and statewide MCEE awards programs, competitions and other special events.

Meet with county supervisors and local school administrators to assess economic and financial education needs and work collaboratively to determine how best to meet those needs. Vet and identify economic and personal finance teaching resources that best support local school districts, and MSDE initiatives. Have also worked collaboratively to develop teaching standards, curricula, and identified teaching resources that were incorporated into county curricula. Subjects include MSDE Social Studies College & Career Ready Skills and Processes, World History, and U.S. History state standards workgroup, Baltimore County Personal Finance Secondary curriculum work, Washington and Caroline County Elementary Social Studies Economics Resources.

Serve as the Maryland Council on Economic Education’s liaison to the Maryland Department of Education on Economic and financial education standards and assessments and work with the national Council on Economic Education (CEE) and its state affiliates to support ongoing economic and personal finance education initiatives in Maryland and represent MCEE at local, regional, and national conferences. Also served on various boards and committees to support the larger financial and economic education community such as the Maryland State Department of Education’s Social Studies Department, Baltimore County Academy of Finance Board, and the National Associate of Economic Educators (NAEE).

Applied and completed grant funding documents for MCEE, a non-profit entity to support programming. Also provided appropriate documentation and program assessment to demonstrate program effectiveness and meet grant requirements.

Oversaw and maintained program records documentation to ensure auditors had materials needed to carry out financial audits.

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Baltimore Branch 2007 - 2013

Senior Economic Education Specialist

Delivered instruction in economic and financial literacy education to the general public, professionals, college and K-12 adult educators and K-16 students; Richmond Fed territory includes Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Averaged (1 to 2) city, county, state or non-profit professional development and or resource sessions per quarter.

Organized/helped lead the Joint Council on Economic and Financial Education for the 5th District and designed and contributed to research driven programming. Annual meeting, initiated in 2011, featured content experts and the latest research in economic and financial education, and shared best practices in education pedagogy and non-profit program evaluation and assessment. Participants included State Departments of Education Administrators, Bankers Associations, State Councils on Economic Education, and their respective Board Members.

Developed, created and collaborated on a number of economic and financial education content driven programs and presented at state and national conferences. Conferences include: National Council for the Social Studies Conference (NCSS), the Council for Economic Education’s Annual Conference (CEE), National Jump $tart Conference, Maryland Council for the Social Studies and Virginia Council for the Social Studies Annual Conferences, Maryland Council on Economic Education’s Financial Literacy Summit, just to name a few.

Wrote and published lesson plans, activities, and assessments for the 5th Federal Reserve District that correlated with state and national standards. Co-authored history lessons on behalf of the Federal Reserve System celebrating the Fed’s Centennial and wrote the Carter Glass biography featured on the System’s Centennial Gateway. www.federalreserveeducation.org/centennial/

Created and/or compiled, coordinated and edited the 5E Educator, the Richmond Fed’s economic education resource publication for teachers. www.richmondfed.org/publications/education/5e_educator/index.cfm

Oversaw all facets of the College Fed Challenge competition for the Richmond and Baltimore offices of the Richmond Fed. At the height of the program, 38 teams participated across 5 states and the D.C.

Participated/ led two subcommittees for corporate objectives that sought and successfully enhanced Richmond Fed economic and financial education programs.; outcome was the www.majorfinancialdecisions.org/ website.

Served on various boards and committees to support the larger financial and economic education community such as the Maryland Coalition for Financial Literacy, the Maryland State Department of Education’s Social Studies Department, Anne Arundel County’s Vocational Program, and Maryland Bankers Association’s Financial Education Committee.

Worked closely with the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's Community Development function to support Community Development Programs and Events, especially as related to supporting Community Financial Literacy for Adult Populations, particularly out of the Baltimore Branch office.

Chesterfield County Public Schools, Midlothian High School, Midlothian, VA. 2003 - 2007

Social Studies Department Chair

Managed fourteen teachers in the Social Studies Department and taught Advanced Placement Government, (Economics and Financial Literacy infused in coursework), Advanced Placement World History, and World History I and II. Oversaw instruction, carried out county policies, participated in county administration and school meetings, managed department funds, oversaw supplies, maintained book inventories and arranged teachers’ schedules.

Designed creative and rigorous assessments for all coursework, and helped devise county quarterly World History benchmark testing and reviewed/edited with fellow department chairs U.S. History Virginia State Assessment.

Noteworthy accomplishments included participating in and chairing the committee in charge of the International Baccalaureate self-study necessary for successful school re-certification, completing a county-wide, year-long Dept.

Diocese of Manchester, St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Dover, N.H. 1996 - 2003

Social Studies Educator

Taught Advanced Placement Government, Economics, U.S. History and Honors Western Civilization. Employed professional teaching techniques in addition to creative and innovative teaching methods that emphasize both process and course content.

Attained a 90% pass rate for the A.P. exam.

Moderated Mock Trial teams that successfully argued their cases for 3 years running in the New Hampshire H.S. Mock Trial Competition.

Utilized effective collaboration strategies to enhance cooperative learning and improve students’ research skills as demonstrated by Economics students who won 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in Manchester Union Leader’s Stock Market game.

Designed and contributed curriculum for Social Studies Economics and World History Courses.

Served on the parent/faculty team responsible for strategic planning and school improvement.

Participated and helped formulate written school self-study required by the New England Association of Schools for successful school re-accreditation.

Education

Masters in Business Administration, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD.

Secondary Social Studies Certification Conversion Program, Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, N.H.

Post-Graduate Courses in Business and Economics, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA.

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT.

References furnished upon request.

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