Experience:

 

Technology Teacher, Network Administrator - 1996 - Present

Platteville Elementary School, Platteville, Colorado

 

Specific Duties

Responsibilities

Skills/Proficiencies Acquired

Instruction

·   Design and deliver instruction for K-5 elementary school students

·   Keyboarding

·   Internet URLs, addresses, search engines, and especially, Internet safety issues

·   Word Processing skills

·   Internet cut and paste to word processing for note taking purposes

·   Graphics and Design

·   CD-ROM living books – Reading comprehension activities

·   Reader rabbit series incorporating Linda Mood-Bell techniques

·   Taught math investigations utilizing the investigation series on computer

·   Test taking skills, with online skill building software

·   A variety of software to support and enhance  reading, writing, math, social studies and science instruction

·   Internet sites for CSAP practice

·   Teaching techniques geared towards grade level and skill ability

·   Understanding elementary student level keyboarding, difficulties, and ways to overcome and enhance skill development

·   Word Processing skills using Claris Works for teaching, and Microsoft Word and Excel for creation and design of curriculum, forms, checklists for skills, lesson plans, etc.

·   Cooperative work with classroom teachers to align classroom activities with computer lab supportive software

·   Internet research into great educational websites

Curriculum (Instructional) Design

·   Designed Keyboarding instruction, including a website for students to learn reaches and practice keyboarding, handouts and charts for quick lookup of proper reaches

·   Designed Reading Comprehension forms to use in conjunction with living books. Students practiced preview and predicting the story as well as story elements (characters, setting, sequencing, conclusion)

·   Designed a Hyperstudio stack with video clips and assessment to teach posture and fingering as an introductory program

·   Created various other activities to foster higher order thinking skills

·   Currently creating on-line assessments

·   Utilized skills gained in Masters program in Educational Technology

·   Instructional Design skills

·   Research of best practices

·   Motivational skills

·   Fostering students’ higher order thinking skill

·   Creativity and ingenuity

·   Layout and design skills

·   Verbal and writing skills

Classroom Management

·   9 years of experience in classroom management practices and techniques

·   Awareness of safety issues in the lab

·   Control of behavior both in the lab and walking to or from other specials or classrooms

·   While on duty, watching for safety and well being of students

·   Gained classroom management skills, but continue to read to understand student needs, difficult student approaches, and special needs student interventions

·   Interpersonal skills to interact with parents

World Wide Web

·   Designed Platteville Elementary School website

·   Created animated gif files

·   Maintain website

·   Redesign phase, utilizing information gathered from surveys, student input, and principal’s input

·   Pagemill software

·   HTML language

·   Photoshop skills

·   Animated gif software

·   Dreamweaver

·   Shockwave and Flash software

·   Web design principals

SASI Central Site Coordinator

·   Assisted District with the conversion and implementation of the SASI student database system

·   Attended training to become the District’s SASI Central Site Coordinator

·   Assisted with District training

·   Supported secretarial and administrative staff with new system

·   Designed and implemented new page or screen for inputting English Language Learner or ELL information

·   Aligned lookup tables to be identical at all 6 schools

·   Performed updates to the system at all 6 schools

·   Setup testing module and designed screens for various district tests

·   Imported test scores for CSAP and Levels testing data

·   Downloaded data for CSAP Labels, Class Picture files, and other projects as directed

·   Student database administration software

·   Specifics of SASI software including troubleshooting, screen design and lookup table design.

·   Access to 6 schools over the network for updates

·   Backup of SASI systems prior to updates

·   Uploading and downloading skills

·   Query and report writing skills

·   Administration skills

·   Data Analysis skills

·   Uploading data to CDE mainframe

·   Liaison skills acting as a go between for staff and technical support SASI technicians

·   Network navigational skills

District Committees

·   District Technology Task Force – District Technology plan, budget, troubleshooting, training on Novell and Citrix network

·   District Calendar Committee – Worked on District calendars

·   PES Technology Committee – Sought feedback from staff regarding hardware and software purchases

·   PES Scheduling Committee – Assisted with coming up with a new schedule for specials each year

·   Parent Volunteer Committee – Create data base of parent volunteers and use mail merge to create personal invitations and certificates

·   Worked with PTO Committee for pie fund raiser

·   Student At Risk Committee – Studied interventions and Sheltered English

·   Sunshine Committee – Care of staff, fun projects and events

·   Staff hiring committees – Assisted with the interview process related to technology, provided input on which were the strongest candidates and why

·   District Technology planning, budgeting

·   Interpersonal skills with other staff members

·   Organizational skills

·   Building Technology planning, research and budgeting, implementation and setup

·   Scheduling skills

 

·   Mailmerge and certificate creation, patron appreciation

 

 

·   Fund raiser familiarization

 

·   Understanding of at risk interventions

·   Planning events and caring for staff’s needs in difficult times

·   Hiring and personnel procedures

 PES Network Administrator

·   Responsible for maintaining and utilizing the Novell vs. 6.1 network server and software

·   Maintain all switches, hub and backup power supply in the server room

·   Install network software

·   Install network printers

·   Setup and maintain user accounts

·   Setup and maintain student accounts

·   Assign rights to files, and directories

·   Setup and maintain e-mail accounts using the District’s I-mail system, and formerly Novell’s Group serve system

·   Responsible for maintaining tape backup system, rotating tapes daily

·   Restoration of deleted files

·   Setup and maintain new PC’s with the XP operation system

·   Install Novell Client software, Microsoft Office, Citrix server access, Norton Antivirus, network printer drivers and other various software on new machines.

·   Creating ghost image of hard drive with both Ghost software and Powerquest to quickly ghost new machines or fix old ones

·   Maintain older Macs, and PC’s, occasionally reinstalling Windows 98, Windows 2000 and XP operating system

·   Maintain all computer equipment in the building including computer lab  (120 +).

·   Install new software as needed

·   Macintosh networking administration software to reghost machines, and access machines to review student progress

·   Novell Netware network administration skills

·   I-Mail and Groupwise e-mail skills

·   Network printer setup

·   Operating system setup including reformatting hard drives

·   Network backup and restore software

·   Powerquest and ghost software

·   Familiar with Microsoft Windows 3.1, 98, 2000 and XP

·   Familiar with Macintosh OS versions 7.55, 8.1, and 8.5

·   Network Assistant software for the Macintosh Computer

·   Accelerated Reader network software

·   BDW Mac Control lockdown software

·   Backup Exec software

·   Familiar with switches, hubs, routers, T1 lines, Ethernet 10/100 cables, servers and network stations

·   Can maintain and replace components of a PC or Mac including hard drive, floppy drive, CD-ROM drive, external drives, Network cards, printer cards, video cards, etc.

Levels Testing Administration

·   Responsible for test administration at the building level

·   Prepare computer lab for testing

·   Log computers into Citrix, and onto the test taking software, set up proper test and input student for each class prior to testing

·   Create a schedule for classes to utilize the computer lab and complete testing in the shortest time possible

·   Create a list of students requiring accommodations and find staff to assist students with testing

·   Assist and train staff on accessing NWEA reports after testing, so they can check for necessary retakes, etc.

·   Keep track of absent students and arrange for makeup of the test

·   Remind teachers of students needing to make up test

·   Assisting classroom teachers with proctoring the test

·   Remind students to slow down and take their time to do their best

·   Train new students to testing about levels testing procedures

·   Assist principal with reports as needed

·   Computerized test administration

·   NWEA levels testing familiarization

·   Technical aspects of setting up NWEA testing

 

·   Scheduling efficiently

 

 

·   Testing accommodations

 

 

·   Staff development and training

 

 

·   Organization

 

 

 

·   Test proctoring skills

 

 

·   Instructional support and motivation

 

·   Administrative support

Staff Development

·   Design and implement staff training on technology

·   Provide district and building classes

·   Teach Microsoft Office products, including Word, Powerpoint, and Excel, Internet, E-mail, graphic design, web development, scanner use, Photoshop, video and audio capture

·   Create handouts with easy to follow instructions

·   Follow up with staff to see if they have questions or need help

·   Provided word processing training at night for parent volunteers

·   Instructional design principals

·   Complete familiarization with all software

 

 

 

 

 

·   Material creation

·   Interpersonal skills

 

·   Caring for and encouraging staff

·   Community involvement