491 Highway 103
Idaho Springs, CO 80452
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Education Background Employment Group Affiliations Published Work Current Projects Who's Who
Research what are the best practices in education and test, implement, and communicate the results.
o Colorado Professional Teacher License #0248509 Expires August 2008
§ Secondary Science Endorsement
o Bachelor’s Degree – International Environment, Colorado College 1981
§ Biology 30 hrs, Chemistry 15 hrs
o Griffith University (Brisbane, Australia) Environmental Studies 1979
o Master’s Degree – Public Admin. Colorado University, Denver 1989
§ Accounting, Budgeting, Economics (Business 24+ hrs)
o PLACE tests passed
§ Science, Math, English, Elementary Education
o Increasing Academic Success for Every Student: Practical Strategies for Differentiating Your Classroom Instruction, Dr. David Vawter, Bureau of Education & Research, Denver, May 18, 2007
o National Education Computing Conference 2006 San Diego July 5-7
o Jefferson County, Meeting the Needs of the Creative and/or Talented 1/2006 (3 hrs)
o Various Webinar's through NACOL on online learning, 2005-2006
o NACOL Regional Professional Development Symposiums 10/2005
o Standards: A Decade and Beyond – 13th Annual Standards & Assessment Conference 6/2004
o Metro State Teacher in Residence Program 2001-2003
o Denver Teacher Project, graduate 2001
o DPS New Teacher (Secondary Science) training 2002-2003 (16 hrs)
o Ready…Set…Science - CU Biological Science Initiative 10/2003 (7 hrs)
o Ecology and Culture of the Galapagos Islands and the Amazon Educator Travel Program – Denver Museum of Nature and Science 6/2002
o Olweus Bully Prevention 5/2003 (7 hrs)
o DPS Studio Course Institute 2002-03 (Literacy - 70 hrs)
o Differentiation, Pamela Morris 2003 (1 hr)
o Colorado Student Assessment Program 2002 CSAP 1st Annual Scoring Conference Writing - 7th Grade CO 6/2002 (8 CDE hrs)
o Multicultural Classrooms, Mary Baca 3/2002 (1 hr)
o Using Rubrics, Jeanne Rock 3/2002 (1 hr)
o Student Stress Management - Dr. Caron Westland, 2/2002 (1 hr)
o Public & Business Educ. Coalition (PEBC) Workshops 2001-2002 (10 hrs)
o Empowered Discipline for Troubled Student, Robyn Morgan 2/2002 (7 hrs)
o Northwest Area Skillful Teacher Seminar, DPS 1/2002 (7 hrs)
o High Expectations Resource Fair and Workshops 11/2001 (7 hrs)
o Ruby Payne, A Framework for Understanding Poverty 10/2001 (14 hrs)
o Denver Pub. Schools, Science Teacher "Special Recognition Award" 2003
o Clear Creek County School Board 2000-present (President 2005-present)
o Clear Creek County Education Community online discussion group moderator 1999-present
o Citizens for Improved Education Chairman 1999-2000
o Clear Creek School District Budget Advisory Committee Chair 1996-1998
o Clear Creek County Imagine Education Excellence Facilitator 1997-1999
o Clear Choice School Bond Facilitator 1998
o Clear Creek School District, Leadership and Service Award 1998
o Metz Elementary School Building Accountability Advisory Committee (1992-95) Member and Chair
o Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Societies
o National School Boards Association, Nat’l Affiliate Program 2001-2003
o National Science Teachers Association 2003-2004
o Cherry Creek High School (1971-1976)
§ With Highest Honors
§ National Merit Commended Student
§ National Honor Society, Scholarship Committee
§ Excellence/Honors in Physics, Mathematics, Biological Sciences, Russian
§ Scholarly Potential
o Help Desk Professional (Help Desk 2000)
o Microsoft Certified Professional & Trainer (MCP 3156)
o Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) Master
o Children's Institute of Literature 1987
o Pan Am Quality Circles 1986
o City and County of Denver Time Management 1982
o Information Systems Trainers, Distinguished Service Award 1996
o Rocky Mountain Chapter, Society for Technical Communication Distinguished Award 1994
Jefferson Academy High School 8/2004 to present – Teacher
Computer Technology
Marine Biology
Leadership Committee
People to People 10/2003 to 6/2005 - Student Delegation Leader
Clear Creek Public Schools 4/2004 to 5/2004 – Substitute Teacher
Taught high school and middle school classes in Science, Math, English, and Special Education
Idaho Springs Public Library 12/2003 to 8/2004 – Substitute Librarian
Respond to phone and in-person inquiries about reference questions and book suggestions
Prepare books for use in library, shelve books, keep library clean
Monitor and troubleshoot computer use
Denver Public Schools 6/2001 to 10/2003 – Teacher
Taught Science and Language Arts to 6th Grade students at Lake Middle School, 2001-2003 school years
Taught High School Geometry, Summer 2001
Created classroom management, lesson plans, and assessments
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Golden) 6/2003 to 8/2003 – Teacher Intern
Created documentation for photovoltaic cell procedures
Co-wrote science curriculum on solar energy
Attended weekly seminars on alternative energy methods
Presented and attended teacher training workshops
U S WEST/Qwest (Denver) 2/2000 to 6/2001 – Training Manager
Supervised and evaluated departmental technical and soft-skills trainers
Planned, deployed, and supervised new product training
Created TrainingWeb Intranet site with courseware, assessments, and department and industry training links
PRW (Denver) 1/88 to present - Senior Partner/Co-owner
Sold Books, Training, Programming, Consulting Services
Instructed thousands of adults (Access, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Office, Visual Basic for Applications, Lotus, WordPerfect, etc.)
Database/Spreadsheet VBA programming for mining, federal/state welfare assistance, product sales, non-profit client management and others
Lead author, co-author, contributing author, revision author, technical editor on many books (see published work below)
Published work includes books, manuals, software templates, and videos
Published work includes more than 1,000,000 copies sold
Provided consulting and training to over 300 clients
Pan American World
Airways (New York) 3/1985-9/1987
Senior Financial
Analyst/Presentation Coordinator 1/1987-9/1987
Financial Analyst 5/1985-12/1986
Flight Attendant 3/1985-5/1985
Created and supervised slide presentations for board of directors meetings
Created and programmed time series analyses and databases of airline performance
Newspapers
Mile Hi Prep, Denver, Colorado, Editor 1985
Colorado Statesman
Denver, Colorado, Writer, Special Projects Manager 1984
Cutler Publications, Colorado College, Advertising
Manager 1976-77
Edited, proofread, wrote articles
Wrote fourteen article series about governmental decision making
Supervised freelance and contract labor
Sold and creating advertising
Book Selling
4/1980-9/1981
Teton Bookshop, Jackson Wyoming, Bookseller/Buyer 4/1981-9/1981
Pleasure of Your Co, Denver, Colorado, Bookseller
6/1977-9/1980
Gordon's Books, Denver, Colorado, Wholesale
Inventory Clerk 4/1980-6/1980
Other
Denver Health Department
Public Health Investigator (Milk) 10/82-5/84,
Laboratory Technician 1/1982-10/1982
Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, Colorado, Orderly 6/1980-8/1980
US Forest Service, Milford, Utah, Range Aid, Summers 1976
and 1977
· Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators 1993-present
o Conference Registrar 2000-03
o Books Sales Table 1998-2000
· Boy Scouts of America
o Cubmaster 2001
o Den Leader 1999-2001
o Eagle Scout 1976
o Order of the Arrow
§ Vigil Honor 1976
§ Lodge Secretary
o Boy Scout 1970-76
§ Patrol Leader 1971
§ Senior Patrol Leader 1971-76
o Webelos 1969-1970
o Cub Scout 1966-1969
· Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCP ID 3156)
· Chauncey Group Certified Technical Trainer
· Information Systems Trainers 1988-2000
o President 1994
o Vice President 1993
o Membership Chairman 1993
o Membership Committee 1991-1997
o Exhibitor Conference Committee Chairman 1990
o Conference Committee 1989-1990
o Director 1989-1990, 1993-1996
o Database Administrator 1991-1999
· Association for Computer Application Trainers 1995-1996
· Better Business Bureau 1994-1998
· Idaho Springs Chamber of Commerce 1995-1998
· Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce 1994-1995
· Victims for Victims, New York, Chairman 1986-1987
· Colorado Common Cause
o Member 1980-present
o Board of Directors 1984
o Motor Voter (Citizen Ballot Initiative) Coordinator 1984
o NBC Election night, Common Cause Coordinator 1984
· Broadway Commons Homeowners Association 1982-1985
o President
o Neighborhood Grant Project Chairman
· National Paraplegic Foundation, Mountain States Chapter
o Hire the Handicapped Boy Scout Coordinator 1975-1976
Children’s Picture Books, Science, Math
Babybug, Sprinkler Fun (July/August 2003)
Ladybug, How a Snowflake is Born (November 2003)
Rising Moon, Dirty Birdy Feet (2000)
Spider, This Number is a Hero (November 2003)
Database: Microsoft Access, Q&A
DDC, Learning Microsoft Access 2000 (1999)
DDC, One Day Access 2000 Expert Teacher Edition (2000)
DDC, One Day Access 2000 Proficient Teacher Edition (2000)
MicroRef Q&A Keyboard Template (1989)
Que Corporation, Microsoft Access 97 Quick Reference (1997)
Que Corporation, Q&A QueCards (1991)
Microsoft Office, Windows, and Tools
DDC, Introduction to Microsoft Office 2000 (1999)
DDC, Learning Microsoft Office 2000 (1999)
DDC, One Day Office 2000 Basics Teacher Edition (1999)
DDC, One Day Office 2000 Basics Student Edition (1999)
Que Corporation, Microsoft Office 97 User Manual (1998)
Que Corporation, Microsoft Office Small Business Edition (1997)
Que Corporation, SE Using Microsoft Office (1994)
Que Corporation, SE Using Microsoft Office 95 (1995)
Que Corporation, SE Using Microsoft Office 97 Professional (1997)
Que Corporation, SE Using Microsoft Office Professional 95 (1996)
Que Corporation, SE Using Windows 95 (1995)
Que Corporation, Using Microsoft Office 95 (1998)
Que Corporation, Using PC Tools (1993)
Microsoft Office and Windows course manuals for Training Access and American Institute of Banking
Spreadsheets: Microsoft Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, Supercalc
DDC, One Day Excel 2000 Basics Teacher Edition (1999)
DDC, One Day Excel 2000 Expert Student Edition (2000)
DDC, One Day Excel 2000 Proficient Teacher Edition (2000)
DDC, One Day Excel 2000 Proficient Student Edition (2000)
MicroRef Lotus 1-2-3 Release 2.2 Quick Reference Guide (1990)
MicroRef Lotus 1-2-3 Release 3.0 Quick Reference Guide (1990)
MicroRef Supercalc 5 Keyboard Template (1989)
Que Corporation, 1-2-3 Release 2.3 QuickStart (1991)
Que Corporation, 1-2-3 Release 2.4 QuickStart (1992)
Que Corporation, 1-2-3 Release 3.1 QuickStart (1991)
Que Corporation, 1-2-3 Release 3.4 QuickStart (1993)
Que Corporation, Excel 2000 MOUS Cheat Sheet (1999)
Que Corporation, Excel 4.0 for Windows SureSteps (1993)
Que Corporation, Look Your Best with Excel (1992)
Que Corporation, SE Using Excel 5 (1994)
Que Corporation, SE Using Lotus 1-2-3 Release 4 (1994)
Que Corporation, Using 1-2-3 Release 3.4 (1993)
Video Professor Lotus 1-2-3 Level II (update) (1989)
Video Professor Lotus 1-2-3 Release 2.2/3.0 Level III (1990)
Excel and Lotus 1-2-3 course manuals for Training Access and American Institute of Banking
Graphics/Presentation: PowerPoint
DDC, One Day PowerPoint 2000 Expert Teacher Edition (2000)
DDC, One Day PowerPoint 2000 Proficient Teacher Edition (2000)
PowerPoint course manuals for Training Access and American Institute of Banking
Word Processing: Microsoft Word, WordPerfect
DDC, One Day Word 2000 Basics Teacher Edition (1999)
DDC, One Day Word 2000 Expert Teacher Edition (2000)
DDC, One Day Word 2000 Proficient Teacher Edition (2000)
Que Corporation, SE Using WordPerfect 6 for Windows (1993)
Video Professor Lotus 1-2-3 Level I (update) (1989)
WordPerfect, Word course manuals for Training Access and American Institute of Banking