~To expand my capacity as an online instructor and curriculum developer and to build a base of operations that includes college level instruction skills.

Education:
~1990 Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, Minor in English   WNMU
~1995 Master of Arts in Teaching- Secondary Education/English   WNMU
~45 additional hours in education, technology, teaching strategies
~All course hours toward PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis on Learning Technology completed, dissertation in progress
~Level IIIA Instructional Leader (New Mexico) K-8, Secondary Language Arts, Endorsement - Information Tech Coordinator

Experience:

Teaching
~Taught 12 years for Animas Elementary, fourth grade
~Taught six years for Animas High School- English, Journalism, technology classes,and distance education facilitator, sponsor of school yearbook and Business Professionals of America

~Taught seven years for Bootheel Consortium-teacher technology education program
Technology in the One Computer Classroom
Building a Web Site (Netscape™ PageMill™ Front Page™)
PowerPoint™(beginning and advanced)
Word™(beginning and advanced)
Microsoft Teaching Tools™

~Taught six years for RETA program (NMSU) in Deming, Silver City,and Reserve, NM
KidPix™
TimeLiner™
Media Awareness
Drawing Toolbar in Microsoft™Products
Video Making
Classroom Ideas for Technology
Inspiration™
WebQuest™
Building a Classroom Data Base
Capturing and Using Graphics
Creating Web Sites
Using the Internet
Station Rotation- Classroom Management with Technology
New Mexico Three-Tiered Licensure System (Professional Development Dossier)

~Taught online four years for RETA (Grant Writing, Facilitating Online Learning, Project-Based Learning, The NM Three Tiered Licensure System, Online Teacher Development)

~Taught four semesters for Western New Mexico University, graduate courses
Integrating Technology into the Curriculum
Restructuring Classroom Practice with Technology (wrote curriculum)
Secondary Curriculum and Assessment (wrote curriculum)

Technology
~One of first participants in ROOTS technology program
~Participant in RETA and Bootheel programs
~Pioneered technology use in classroom setting in Animas
~Demonstrated hands-on technology to Animas Middle School and Hofacket Middle School (Deming) teachers in their classrooms with their students
~Presented student-generated computer projects at three shows
~Manned computer lab nights open to public at Animas School
~Sponsored two student groups' entries in the ThinkQuest™ competition in 2001 and 2002 building an instructional web site)
~Sponsored student group entry in national Problem-Solving competition
~Integrated technology in fourth grade classroom consistently for 11 years
~Had the first online classroom web site in Animas (online at mrs.vowell.org)
~Updated Animas School web site in 2001
~Represented Bootheel Consortium before a NM legislative committee on educational technology
~Presented at the State Technology Convention in 2001
~Taught in-service on National Technology Standards, Animas Schools, 2003

Training
~Scholarship for training in Clarksville, Arkansas for summer program on ADHD and behavior management
~Scholarship for Lockheed-Martin training during three summers in Math and Science Enhancement
~Attended NASA training on Astronomy at the Alamogordo Space Center
~RETA training in online and face-to-face instruction
~Online instruction

Initiatives
~Instituted Astronomy Night (Parent/student interactive curriculum)
~ Initiated and organized Math and Science Day with a neighboring city, all third and fourth graders participating in annual day-long activities for six years
~ Introduced Teach the Teacher Day (students as teachers)
~Acted as coordinator for school Spelling Bee, Science Fair (K-5), New Mexico Celebration for ten years
~Designed and implemented curriculum for integrating technology with area teachers
~Helped organize the district Celebration of Academic Achievement, 2001
~Instituted School Bank, a collaboration with Western Bank, to encourage saving money
~Awarded grant for NASA simulation program with fourth grade class
~Formed ClassInk Publishing Company, a student-led printing and binding company, at Animas High School
~Co-wrote and participated in Online Teaching and Learning Opportunities Programs (OTLO1 and OTLO2)- EETT Grant
~Co-wrote and assisted in the Elementary Educators Enhancing Technology (E3T) Program - EETT Grant

Awards
~Lockheed-Martin Master Teacher, 1994
~Recipient of Dream Fund grant, Eastern New Mexico University, 2000
~Teacher of the Year, Animas Public Schools, 2001

Strengths
~ Innovative approach
~ Flexibility
~ Enthusiasm
~ Writing/Editing
~ Using technology
~ Dependability
~ Communication Skills
~ Organization


References
Brenda Richardson (505) 548-2277
Cotton City, New Mexico 88020
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David Chrestman (505) 546-2590
Deming, New Mexico 88030
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