Resume

Objective
To train and assist people to be effective, successful workers and positive leaders in their families, places of business, and communities; and to meet and exceed the needs of clients by creating a product that will help to communicate and motivate effectively.

 Education 
Currently pursuing an Educational Doctorate in Leadership through American College of Education, Due to complete in 2027.

Masters of Science in Education (Focus areas: Curriculum & Instruction and Get Focused Stay Focused), Eastern Oregon University, August 2019
Bachelor of Science in Leadership & Theology (double major), William Jessup University, June 2001

 

credentials, Licenses and Certifications

California CTE Teaching Credential in Business and Finance

California CTE Teaching Credential in Education, Early Childhood Development and Family Consumer Services

Career Advising Certification, UC San Diego Extension, 2021

Completion of CTE Leadership Development Institute, California Department of Education, 2021

Qualifications
I am a highly qualified CTE Teacher, Department Chair and Director, with a CA Credential in Business & Finance, a Certified Career Advisor, as well as a Certified Trainer and Mentor Teacher for Get Focused Stay Focused, with the ability to train and successfully implement and lead Freshmen Transition Initiatives in secondary and post-secondary institutions. I am currently serving as the GSPP Capitol Region Technical Assistance Center provider where I support high schools over 12 counties in CTE and Early College Access implementations.

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I am able to type 60 wpm, and am highly proficient in public speaking and instructional strategies, as well as in the following software: Adobe Creative Suite (10 products), Microsoft Office Suite (6 products), Google Tools (all applications), multiple online educational products, Quickbooks, MindMapper, MindJet, Screencastify, Aeries and miscellaneous other programs. I am able to communicate effectively, and to motivate and encourage others. Other skills include: management, teaching/training, receptionist/clerical/data entry, customer service, shipping/receiving and more. I am well organized, self-motivated, and capable of managing multiple large projects at a time and meeting deadlines successfully.

Work History
Co-Executive Director of the Regional Technical Assistance Center,

          Capitol Region, Golden State Pathways Program, January, 2024 to present

Wheatland Union High School, Wheatland, CA.

Supervisor: Nicole Newman, Superintendent

Oversee and support Capitol Region (12 counties) Golden State Pathways Program Grantees for application, implementation, monitoring and reporting. Grant supports Career Technical Education (CTE) and Dual Enrollment (DE) programs with High Schools and Post-Secondary programs.

 

Director of CTE and College Readiness - January 2023 to June 2024
Director of Career Technical Education, Innovation & Instructional Technology - January 2021 to June 2024
Get Focused Stay Focused Lead, Business and Education Teacher, CTSO Advisor - August 2019 to Present
Wheatland Union High School, Wheatland, CA.
Supervisor: Nicole Newman, Superintendent
Director of CTE & College Readiness/Director of CTE, Innovation & Instructional Technology: Oversee all Career & College Readiness programing including GFSF Initiative, CTE Courses and Pathways, Career & College Readiness Center, Work-Based Learning and Work Permits, Job Readiness Services, Dual Enrollment & Articulation agreements with local Community Colleges, Career & College Fair; Research, Marking & Recruitment, Teacher Credential Induction Program Mentor for CTE; recommend and support teachers/staff with instructional technology.
Teaching: Get Focused Stay Focused, AVID, Computer Applications, Digital Design, Business Management & Leadership, Entrepreneurship. Develop, train for and implement Get Focused Stay Focused school wide initiative.

Business Teacher, FBLA Adviser, Get Focused Stay Focused Lead Teacher - August 2015 to June 2019
Pierce High School, Pierce Joint Unified School District, Arbuckle, CA.
Supervisor: Dave Vujovich, Principal and Carol Geyer, Superintendent
Teaching Computer Applications, Digital Design, Accounting, Business Management & Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Career Exploration/10 Year Plan/Get Focused Stay Focused to high school students; Lead Advisement Teacher; FBLA Adviser; Develop, train for and implement Get Focused Stay Focused school wide initiative. Tenured in March 2017.

Adult Education Teacher - October 2014 to June 2017
Sutter County Superintendent of Schools, Yuba County Superintendent of Schools Yuba City Unified School District
Supervisors: Eric Pomeroy & Rinky Basi
Providing Computer Application training for adult education students, course development.

Owner/Graphic Designer/Manager - August 2004 to Present
Carol Keiser LLC (Educational and Graphic Design Consulting)

Desktop Publishing & Media Services, 1469 Butte House Rd., Suite A, Yuba City, CA 95993
Safety Management Consultation Services, 1469 Butte House Rd., Suite B, Yuba City, CA 95993
Partner: Alan Larson
Graphic design/desktop publishing to create manuals, documents, forms, and other materials; data entry; video editing; developing custom curriculum; illustrations, creating PowerPoint presentations and corresponding curricula; conduct training of software applications; recruiting, training and managing other employees; managing contracts/relations with vendors; overseeing daily office/clerical duties; more.

Substitute Teacher - September 2001 to 2012
Sutter County School District; Yuba County School District; Yuba City Unified School District
Supervisor: Sally Whiteaker (retired)
Substitute teaching for 7th through 12th grade classes, developing & following lesson plans, managing classes of up to 40 students.

Coordinator of Youth & Young Adult Ministries - September 1993 to August 2000; July 2001 to August 2004
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 1390 Franklin Rd., Yuba City, CA 95993, 673-7353
Supervisor: Rev. Chris Kersting (retired)
Coordinating all youth activities including short and long term; public relations and event advertising; developing curricula and teaching; involving youth in the greater life of the church; create and produce all forms of print; Maintaining student records and data entry; recruiting and training volunteer leaders; attending and leading business meetings; and more.
 

Textbook Manager - September 2000 to July 2001
Yuba College Bookstore, Yuba College, Marysville, California
Supervisor/Contact: Marylou Crawford (retired), Follett Textbook Services and Christine Oakes, Barnes & Noble College Text Division
Overseeing complete textbook cycle for main campus and all extensions; customer assistance; training and managing full time and student employees; filing, data entry, retrieving information from computer, assisting instructors in text orders, more.

Text Clerk - September 1987 through August 1993
Associated Students Bookstore, CSU, Chico.
Supervisor/Contact: Bob Paolone (retired)
Ordering, receiving, pricing, stocking, buying back and returning text books; customer assistance; training other student clerks; filing, reception, data entry, retrieving information from computer, assisting instructors in text orders, more.

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Publications

• Can a Freshman Transition Initiative Program Improve Smarter Balance Assessment Scores?, SSDA Newsletter, 2024

• The Future of Work, SSDA Newsletter, 2024

• Contributor to Covid 2020 A Year Like No Other by Dawn O'Bar, 2021

• Research: What effect does a Freshman Transition Initiative program have on student motivation, and does
  it result in increased Smarter Balanced Assessment scores?, 2019

 

Presentations

• Using DE, CTE & GFSF For Career & College Readiness, 3/11/2024, Small School District Association State Conference, Sacramento, CA

• A Solution for the 9th Grade Dual Enrollment Initiative (with Dawn O’Bar), 3/3/2024, Educating for Careers Conference, Sacramento, CA

• Using DE, CTE & GFSF For Career & College Readiness, 3/3/2024, Educating for Careers Conference, Sacramento, CA

• Using DE, CTE & GFSF For Career & College Readiness (with Celeste Boggs), 2/20/2024, 2024 California Dual Enrollment Equity Conference, Long Beach, CA

• 1/12/2024, Get Focused Stay Focused Winter Conference “Empowering Equitable CTE Pathways with DE for All Students, Santa Barbara, CA

• Finding the Funding to Elevate Career Pathways and Dual Enrollment Initiatives, 1/11/2024

• A Solution for the 9th Grade Dual Enrollment Initiative (with Monical Carmo & Karen Miles), 1/11/2024, Get Focused Stay Focused Winter Conference “Empowering Equitable CTE Pathways with DE for All Students”, Santa Barbara, CA

• Early College Access Model for CTE and DE Success, 12/1/2023, Woodland Community College DE Summit, Woodland, CA

• Using Google Tools for Cloud Based Management (6 hour), 11/2023, Presbyterian Administrators Conference, Lake Tahoe, CA

• TIPS for Experienced GFSF Teachers (8 hour), 11/2023, GFSF Invitational Summit, Santa Barbara, CA

• Get Focused Chapter-by-Chapter Training (7 hour), 8/1/2023, Northern California Teacher Training, Wheatland, CA

• GFSF – WUHSD Road To Success, 6/2023, GFSF Summer Conference, Santa Barbara, CA

• TIPS for Experienced GFSF Teachers (7 hour), 6/2023, GFSF Summer Conference, Santa Barbara, CA

• Get Focused Chapter-by-Chapter Training (7 hour), 8/2/2022, Northern California Teacher Training, Wheatland, CA

• GFSF Fast Track Training for Oxnard Unified School District (6 hour), 11/19/2022, Zoom Training

• GFSF Fast Track Training for San Mateo City College & Unified District (6 hour), 04/20/2022, Zoom Training

• Building & Beefing Up Your Early College Access Programs, 2/2022, Educating for Careers Conference, Sacramento, CA

• Building Your Career & College Readiness Programs, 11/2022, CTE Conference, Palm Springs, CA

• Tips for Using Technology with GFSF – A chapter by chapter list of ideas, 3/2021, Webinar for Academic Innovations.

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Achievements, Certificates and Special Training

• ACSA Region 2, CTE Administrator of the Year, 2024

• ACSA Colusa/Sutter/Yuba, CTE Administrator of the Year, 2024

• Yuba County, CTE Educator of the Year, 2022-2023

• WASC Visiting Committee Chairperson, 2022

• WASC Co-Coordinator, Wheatland Union High School, 2022-2023

• Catapult Training, "Rebranding CTE", with Dr. Kevin Fleming, 2022

• Member of ACSA (Association of California School Administrators), 2021

• WASC Visiting Committee Member, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2025

• Certified Career Adviser, UC San Diego Extension, June of 2021 - present

• California CTE Leadership Development Institute (LDI), 2021

• Wheatland Union High Employee of the Month (Career Center Team), March 2021

• Wheatland Union High School New Teacher of the Year, 2019-2020

• Wheatland Union High School Employee of the Month, January 2020

• Get Focused Stay Focused/Lead Teacher & Coordinator for Wheatland Union High School’s School-Wide Implementation 2019 - present. Other positions held: Dept. Chair, School Leadership Team, Prof. Development Instructor, WASC Team, WASC Coordinator, AVID Certified Teacher, July 2019

• Certified Trainer/Mentor Teacher, Get Focused Stay Focused & Academic Innovations, June 2019 to present

• Certified Get Focused Stay Focused Program & Curriculum Specialist, Eastern Oregon University, June 2018

• Get Focused Stay Focused/Advisement Lead Coordinator for Pierce High School’s School-wide Implementation 2016 - 2019 Other positions held: Dept. Chair, School Leadership Team, District Technology Committee, Prof. Development Instructor, WASC Focus Group Chair

• WASC Lead Coordinator for Pierce High School, 2018-2019 school year

• Mentor for the Teacher Credential Induction Program (TCIP), 2017 - present

• Career Technical Education (CTE) Business & Finance Credential (Cleared), October 2015

• Emergency 30-Day Substitute Teaching Credential 2001 to present

• Certified Speaker with Successful Thinkers Network, April 2014

• Adobe Photoshop CS6, Level 1 and Level 2, Innovative Solutions Inc., July 2013

• Adobe Illustrator CS6, Level 1 and Level 2, Innovative Solutions Inc., June (L1) and August (L2) 2013

• Co-Developed custom curriculum and co-conducted training in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and “Using Computers in the Classroom” for the CSU Chico TEA (Teaching with Excellence & Achievement) Program, 2011, 2012 & 2013.

• Introduction to CSS, MoGo Media Seminar, December 2012

• InDesign to ePublications, MoGo Media Seminar, October 2012

• Digital Publications Using Adobe InDesign, MoGo Media Seminar, September 2012

• Quickbooks ‘09, Level 1 & Level 2, New Horizons Learning Center, April 2012

• Developed custom curriculum and conducted training in MS Word, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat and Principles of Design for the County of Kings Central Services Department, August-October 2011

• Adobe InDesign CS5, Innovative Solutions Training Center, Level 2, July 2011

• Microsoft Excel - Advanced, Rockhurst University Continuing Education Center, September 2010

• My Own Business Internet course for small business owners, My Own Business Inc., October 2009

• HTML 4.01 Web Authoring, New Horizons Learning Center, Level 1, January 2009

• Microsoft Access 2007, New Horizons Learning Center, Level 1, December 2008

• Adobe Acrobat 8, New Horizons Learning Center, Level 1, September 2008 & Level 2, November 2008

• Adobe DreamWeaver CS3, New Horizons Learning Center, Level 1, May 2008 & Level 2, September 2008

• Adobe InDesign CS3 Tips & Tricks, Kelby Training, February 2008

• Adobe Photoshop CS3 Tips & Tricks, Kelby Training, October 2007

• Safety Compliance & You Workshop, State Compensation Insurance Fund, October 2007

• How to Design Eye-Catching Brochures, Newsletters, Ads, and Reports, Pryor/CareerTrack, February 2007

• Graphic Display of Information and Data (Seminar) with Edward Tufte, December 2006

• Adobe InDesign Level 2, New Horizons Computer Learning Center, February 2006

• Advanced Microsoft Excel, Fred Pryor Seminars, October 2005

• Microsoft Excel, Fred Pryor Seminars, October 2005

• Adobe PageMaker Level 1, New Horizons Computer Learning Center, September 2005

• Recipient of the Rodger Kunde Service to Youth Award, 2004

• Completion of 7-Hour Workshop “Helping Kids Whose Hurts are Deep”, Simpson Graduate School of Ministry, June 2003

• CBEST Exam Passed, July 2001

 

Specific Computer Skills

• Adobe InDesign/Microsoft Word & Publisher (Print Production)

• Adobe Premiere & Encore/Pinnacle/Video Explosion Deluxe (Video Editing)

• Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop: (Illustration and Photo adjustment)

• Adobe Acrobat (Basic to Intermediate and Interactive PDF’s for print or web publishing)

• Adobe Dreamweaver/Muse, Wix, Squarespace, Google Sites (Web Design)

• Aeries/Socrative/Illuminate/EdPuzzle/Socrative (Education support software products)

• Google Apps (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Draw, Calendar, Drive, Gmail and more)

• Google Classroom/Canvas (Learning Management System)

• Adobe Dimension/Blender/Google SketchUp 8 (3-D Illustration)

• MediaShout (Presentation Software)

• Microsoft Word (Intermediate to Advanced level)

• Microsoft Publisher (Intermediate to Advance level)

• Microsoft Excel (Basic & Intermediate Spreadsheets, Multi-Page Spreadsheets with Summary Pages, Graphs, Data Tracking Systems)

• Microsoft PowerPoint (Basic to Advanced presentations and coordinating handouts)

• Microsoft Access (Database Design and Usage)

• Microsoft Outlook (Calendar, Contacts, E-mail)

• Microsoft Explorer/Chrome/Mozilla Firefox/Safari (Internet use)

• MindMapper & MindJet (Organizational Charts and Gantt Charts)

• Quickbooks (Financial Management)

• Screencastify/BB Flashback v3 (Screen Capture Video Software)

• Trial Director & Sanction II (Specialized file management and presentation software for attorneys)

• Aeries Student Information System

 

Volunteer History

• Board of Directors (Elder of Session), Personnel and Administration Chairperson (2016-2019), St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, Yuba City, CA, 2014-2024

• Yuba Sutter Mexico Mission, Program & Registration Director, 2001 to 2008.

• Yuba City High School, Class of 1987 Reunion Committee Chairperson, 1997, 2002, and 2007; Committee Member 2012

• Yuba City Church of the Nazarene, Volunteer Youth Worker/Small Group Coordinator, 2004 to 2007

• Westminster Woods—volunteer counselor (1990-1997); alumni board (1998-2005); camp speaker/pastor, 1998-2005

• YMCA—Board of Directors and Volunteer Receptionist, 1994

• SARB—Volunteer for Student Attendance Review Board, YCUSD, (Community Representative) 1999-2000

 

References

Professional (contact info available upon request):   
Nicole Newman, Superintendent, Wheatland Union High School District
Wendy Bingham, Vice President, Academic Innovations
Dr. Celeste Boggs, Director of Student Educational Services, Wheatland Union High School District          

Personal (contact info available upon request):   
Lisa Buschmann, Specialist - Master Data Management at Informatica, and Adjunct Professor for Yuba College, CSU Chico & Brandman University
Jeffrey Marshall, Attorney at Law, Yuba City, CA

Sue Nowinski, RN (Retired), Yuba City, CA