Trenton, New Jersey, United States
I believe that my unique blend of experience both in a technical support role and as an instructor in a classroom will greatly contribute in further facilitating the integration of technology into educational programs.
* Google Certified Trainer, Level 1 & 2 Educator * Mentor and coach teachers in the use of technology as a tool for the classroom and curriculum integration. * Instruct students and staff in the effective and ethical use of information technology, including digital and technological literacy. * Through the use of technology enhance student achievement through a collaboratively planned instructional program by supporting all facets of the curriculum. * Through the use of technology provide appropriate, accurate and current resources in all formats to meet the curriculum needs of the broad learning community. * Keep abreast of new strategies and methods for using technology to enhance instruction. * Serve as a liaison regarding use of student data base system (PowerSchool). * Collaborated with administrators and staff to overhaul the former HTSD website to better represent the district's vision while improving transparency. As a result of these efforts, 14 million page views were delivered last year. * Developed a train-the-trainer professional development program for Teacher Sites. These pages are utilized for communicating classroom information to students and parents. * Worked with school leaders to employ a school to home communication system (School Messenger) allowing for thousands of phone messages, emails and text messages to be delivered within minutes. * Assisted in the migration of our district email system to Google Apps, a web based email service and digital collaboration tool. * Spear-headed the district's wireless project coordinating the installation of over 750 access points and 57 cloud managed switches allowing for a unified and converged telecommunications system. * Worked with district stakeholders to develop and deliver professional development for the following: School Messenger, School World (District website), SIS Express attendance, Google Apps, Microsoft Office, SMART Notebook, and streaming training videos on HTV
* Instruct courses in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, keyboarding, Business Communications, Mathematics, Career Preparation, and Office Procedures. * Responsible for planning and organizing assignments and instruction that align with the program's curricula and guidelines. * Provide ongoing tech support in the use of technology campus wide and assist other faculty with technical issues as they arise.