6167 Deeside Drive
Dublin, OH 43017
FAX: 614-764-4709
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT:
1984-2000 Mayfield City, Schools, Cleveland, Ohio
Assistant Superintendent
Recruited, selected and oriented 600+ staff. Negotiated and administered all labor contracts, including hearing grievances, preparing cases with legal counsel and testifying in arbitrations and lawsuits. Provided administrative staff development on evaluation, employee discipline, and legal issues. Prepared the personnel budget that was 81% of the General Fund. Served as compliance officer for EEO, Title IX, OSHA, and ADA. Provided support to and substitution for the Superintendent in overall district administration.
Interim Superintendent 1997-98
Led the district through thirteen months which included orienting two new Board members, passing a $7 million bond issue to build and renovate science labs and technology throughout the district, and settling negotiations with three bargaining units while avoiding a threatened work stoppage. Provided the stability and consistency that enabled the district to improve community members in a quality movement within the schools.
Prior Employment
Field Experience Supervisor-Personnel Administrator, South-Western City Schools, Grove City, Ohio and Adjunct Professor, College of Education, The Ohio State University
Negotiated a contract between South-Western City Schools and The Ohio State University College of Education for a cooperative, field-based pre-service teacher education program that placed over 150 pre-service teachers in classrooms each year.
Other employment included positions as a Counselor and Teacher.
EDUCATION
B.S. in Ed. (summa cum laude), The Ohio State University, Music Education
M.A., The Ohio State University, Guidance and Counseling
Ph.D., The Ohio State University, Education and Psychology
Post doctoral work, The Ohio State University, Educational Administration
ADMINISTRATIVE CERTIFICATION
Ohio four-year Provisional Superintendent
Ohio Permanent Educational Administrative Specialist in Staff Personnel
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
Ph.D. Dissertation, The Process of Experiencing
M.A. Thesis, Piaget and Guidance
Surveyed self-perceived staff development needs of all certified staff (South-Western City Sch.)
Conducted research on the personality characteristics of pre-service teachers (OSU)
Conducted research in community value analysis including analyses of three Ohio communities and
presented findings at AASA National Conference, 1981
Co-author, "Values - The Key to the Community", March 81, Phi Delta Kappan
Co-author, The Work-Book: Exploring a Career in Teaching, Charles Merrill Pub., 1983
Contributing author, Association of School, College and University Staffing "Teacher Supply and Demand Report," 1995 and 1996.
Authored numerous handbooks, pamphlets and guides related to evaluation of staff,
interviewing, selection, consensus building, and labor relations.
Contributing author, American Association of Employment in Education research report, "Teacher Supply & Demand in the United States" Report, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 (in press).
PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP
American Association of School Personnel Administrators, Past National President, Past National Conference Chairperson, and Regional Representative.
Buckeye Association of School Administrators, Ohio representative (1 of 2) to AASA Project AWARE for Midwest; Member of Resolution, Professional Development, Professional Rights and Responsibilities and Membership Committees.
Phi Delta Kappa, President of The Ohio State University Chapter.
OSU College of Education Senate Committee on Research and Field Service Field Member
ASCUS Supply and Demand Research Committee Member
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Columbus Symphony Orchestra Board of Trustees
Columbus Mortar Board Alumnae President
Church of the Western Reserve Elder and Trustee
Breckenridge Village Retirement Community Trustee
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION (some examples)
Guest lecturer, Cleveland State University, Akron University, Notre Dame College, and John Carroll University on school personnel, school law, staff selection, job search and interview skills.
Presenter Ohio School Boards Capital Conference on "Things to Consider When Teaching Values and Character Education."
Presenter at the American Association of School Administrators National Conference on Community Values Research.
Presenter to the Ohio Elementary Principals Association on Staff Selection.
Presenter at the 26th Annual School Leadership Institute, University of Akron, on staff selection
Presenter at American Association of School Personnel Administrators National Conferences and Personnel Academies.
Presenter to Women in Educational Leadership on "Maximizing our Marketability"
Presenter to the Greater Cleveland School Superintendent's Association, "Putting It All Together -- How Total Quality Management fits with Instructional Models"
Presenter to the Council of Academic Excellence, "Conflict to Consensus - An Introduction to Interest Based Bargaining," Columbus, OH
Presenter to the Northeast Ohio Association of School Personnel Administrators, "Technology in the Personnel Office" Cleveland, OH
RECENT HONORS AND AWARDS
Ohio State University College of Education Alumni "Award of Distinction," May 1996 (presented to alumni who have achieved national or international recognition in their field)
Northeast Ohio Association of School Personnel Administrators Award for Exceptional Service, May 1996
Recognized by the Mayfield Board of Education for Outstanding Service during tenure as Interim Superintendent, July 1998.