Accomplishments:

Teaching
1. Followed state TEKS in establishing a middle school technology curriculum. Previously, the district only taught keyboarding. Microsoft Office, digital photography & morphing, web mastering, podcasting, blogging, desktop publishing w/ Adobe InDesign (8th grade publishes the school newsletter “The Connection”), Web Quests (i.e., Westward Ho with Lenni Dolan), ePals, online research, CAD/CAM, and computer maintenance and repair have been added.
2. Designed and administered, according to the Center for Learning and Development's established guidelines, the Grand Central Station lab for children failing one or more classes, and reduced the failure rate from 23% to 0 the first year and 29% to 2% for the 2007- 2008 school year.
3. Setup and implemented a Go Center/Career Cruising middle school career development program.
4. Developed the curriculum and taught evening and Saturday classes for Operating Systems, computer maintenance, understanding specifications and upgrades, word processing, spreadsheets, data bases, desktop publishing, digital photography, digital movie production, and PC video conferencing to the Mount Calm community.
Technology
5. Upgraded the Primary Domain Controller/DHCP/DNS and Library servers from obsolete Gateway Microsoft NT-4 servers to Microsoft 2003 IBM X-Series eServers; configured and migrated services and software applications (i.e. Athena). Added three dedicated enterprise Application eServers for RiverDeep LMS 3 and 4, Read 180, and Renaissance Place. Replaced outdated Windows 98 classroom computers with Windows XP and insured each classroom had at least five workstations.
6. Installed reduced cost, maintenance free, N-Computing smart terminals, instead of far more expensive computers, in the fourth and fifth grade math and language arts labs, middle school math and science lab, and Special Education Resource classroom, exponentially increasing the school's R.O.I.
7. Volunteered technical assistance and labor to the Mount Calm public library.
8. Repaired defective computers and electronic equipment/systems (networks) for the school, thus saving the district thousands in outsourcing. Since 68% of the district’s student population is at, or below, the poverty level, the outdated Windows 95 and 98 computers were repaired and formatted, then given to the children who did not have computers at home.
9. Designed and maintained a similar Office Live basic website www.mountcalmisd.org that is totally free for the district.
10. Setup Flash News emergency notification system.


Duties and Responsibilities:

January - May 2004

• Fifth grade math (83% TAKS pass rate) and sixth through eighth grade computer literacy.
• Network Systems Administrator
• Electronic Equipment Inventory Manager
• Computer Technician
• E-Rate Administrator, District Long Range Technology Plan and STAR Chart Administrator.
• Managed Computer Lab
• District Software and Educational Program Administrator: Heart Beeps, Study Island, and United

  Streaming, Waterford, Accelerated Reader, Athena, and Gradekeeper. Network and workstation

  applications and utility software.
• Video Conferencing contact and operator
• Eighth grade yearbook
• Summer School Math Lab Instructor

August 2004 – May 2005
• Fifth grade math (60% TAKS pass rate) and science (70% TAKS pass rate); as well as, sixth through

  eighth grade computer literacy.
• Network Systems Administrator
• Electronic Equipment Inventory Manager
• Technician for the school computers and network, Bogen MC-2000 intercom, bells, master clock

  (programmed bells and clocks), and Toshiba Strata 280 telephone system.

• E-Rate Administrator, District Long Range Technology Plan and STAR Chart Administrator.
• Managed the Computer Lab
• District Software and Educational Program AdministratorAdministrator: Compass Odyssey,

  WebCCat, Heart Beeps, Discovery Island, United Streaming, Waterford, Accelerated Reader,

  Athena, and Gradekeeper. Network and workstation applications and utility software.
• Webmaster
• Video Conferencing contact and operator
• Taught evening Adult Computer Literacy classes.
• Provided technical assistance to the Mount Calm Public Library.
• Summer School Math Lab Instructor


August 2005 – May 2006
• Grand Central Station Lead Teacher and sixth through eighth grade computer literacy.
• Network Systems Administrator
• Electronic Equipment Inventory Manager
• Technician for the school computers and network, Bogen MC-2000 intercom, bells, master clock

  (programmed bells and clocks), Gemini security system, Wheellock fire alarm system, and Toshiba

  Strata 280 telephone system.

• E-Rate Administrator, District Long Range Technology Plan and STAR Chart, as well as, the Gear-

  up Go Center Administrator.

• Managed GCS Lab and software Kurzweil Reading, Learning Profiler, Inventory for Academic

  Performance Scorer, Study Hall 101, Spellbound for Success, and Tracking for At-Risk Students.
• District Software and Educational Program Administrator: Compass Odyssey, WebCCat,

  Renaissance Place Enterprise, and United Streaming, Waterford, Athena, Gradekeeper, and

  Pearson Online 8th grade Science TAKS field test. Network and workstation applications and utility

  software.
• Webmaster
• Installed and terminated computer, telephone, and video cabling for a school classroom structural

  addition. Installed and configured classroom telephones. Installed, configured, and managed four

  wireless Access Points.
• Video Conferencing contact and operator
• Taught Evening Adult Computer Literacy classes.
• Provided technical assistance to the Mount Calm Public Library.

August 2006 – May 2007
• Grand Central Station Lead Teacher and sixth through eighth grade computer literacy.
• Network Systems Administrator
• Electronic Equipment Inventory Manager
• Technician for the school computers and network, Bogen MC-2000 intercom, bells, master clock

  (programmed bells and clocks), Gemini security system, Wheelock fire alarm, and Toshiba Strata

  280 telephone system.

• E-Rate Administrator, District Long Range Technology Plan and STAR Chart, as well as, the Gear

  up/ Career Cruising Administrator.
• Managed GCS Lab and software Kurzweil Reading, Learning Profiler, Inventory for Academic

  Performance Scorer, Study Hall 101, Spellbound for Success, and Tracking for At-Risk Students.
• District Software and Educational Program Administrator: Compass Odyssey, WebCCat,

  Renaissance Place Enterprise, Scholastic Read 180, Riverdeep LMS 3 and 4, and United Streaming,

  Waterford, Athena, Gradekeeper, and Pearson Online 8th grade Science, Math, Social Studies and

  Reading TAKS volunteer online testing. Network and workstation applications and utility software.
• Webmaster
• Managed remote access for staff and software vendors.
• Video Conferencing contact and operator.
• Provided technical assistance to the Mount Calm Public Library.

August 2007 to May 2008
• Grand Central Station Lead Teacher and sixth, two seventh, and eighth grade computer literacy.
• Network Systems Administrator
• Electronic Equipment Inventory Manager
• Technician for the school computers and network, Bogen MC-2000 intercom, bells, master clock

  (programmed bells and clocks), Gemini security system, Pelco surveillance system, Wheellock fire

  alarm, Toshiba Strata 280 telephone system.

• E-Rate Administrator, District Long Range Technology Plan and STAR Chart, as well as, the Career

  Cruising and Flash News Administrator.

• Managed GCS Lab and software Kurzweil Reading, Learning Profiler, Inventory for Academic

  Performance Scorer, Study Hall 101, Spellbound for Success, and Tracking for At-Risk Students.
• District Software Administrator: WebCCat, Renaissance Place Enterprise, Scholastic Read 180,

  Riverdeep LMS 3 and 4, and United Streaming, Waterford, Athena, Gradekeeper, and Pearson

  online 8th gradeScience, Math, Social Studies and Reading TAKS volunteer testing. Network and

  workstation applications and utility software.
• Webmaster
• Managed remote access for staff and software vendors.
• Video Conferencing contact and operator
• Provided technical assistance to the Mount Calm Public Library.

August 2008 to
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