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Mission To engage the community stakeholders in a continuing dialogue about
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the learning conditons that are an integral part of the preparation of
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its youth for citizenship and global competitiveness. As an educational
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leader it is my role to cultivate relationships and procure resources to
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Educational Work (217) 466-
1175History:
Work
2009-Present Director--Paris Cooperative High School. Accountable for all
superintendent/principal related job responsibilities including serving
as executive officer of the Board of Education. Duties also include
preparing the budget using the ISBE budget form, state and federal
reporting, curriculum design and implementation, teacher evaluation,
school improvement planning, and staff development.
July-August 2011 Interim SuperintendentParis Union School District No. 95. Served
as the Boards chief executive officer while it searched for a part-time
superintendent to serve while consolidation is considered. Prepared
2012 fiscal budget, prepared information for and conducted two
regular Board meetings as well performed the related job
responsibilities.
2001-2009 Principal--Paris High School. Accountable for all principal related job
responsibilities for a 600 student high school. Managed all aspects of
the comprehensive high school program as well as student activities.
1989-1998 Paris High School Social Studies Teacher. Taught U.S History, World
History, European History, Contemporary Problems and Psychology.
Head girls varsity softball coach, head boys varsity baseball coach,
assistant boys basketball coach, and assistant track coach.
Education Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois. Specialist Degree in
School Administration, August 2002.
Related Work
Experiences
2011-2015 Supervised the day to day construction activities of a $40 million dollar
new campus. Was involved in design, bidding, state reporting, and
construction oversight and made regular reports for the Board of
Education.
2011 Paris Union School District No. 95 and Paris Community Unit District
both passed successful building referendums to build a new high school
for the Paris community. Member of the Yes to PCHS referendum
committee.
2010 & 2015 Lead spokesperson for the PCHS Board of Education during contract
negotiations. Board and association of teachers agreed to a three year
contract
1998-2010 Prepared and presented the levy for Paris Union School District No. 95.
to the Board of Education.
2004-present Prepared and filed the Paris Union School No. 95 E-rate application
2005-2009 Headed the Paris Union School District No. 95 Technology Committee.
Authored the Districts technology plan.
1996-1997 Designed and maintained the Paris Union School District #95
&2002-2009 Internet website. (http://www.paris95.k12.il.us)
Professional
Achievements &
Recognitions
2011 Secured a grant though ISBE and the University of Illinois to
implement the Illinois Career Clusters and career paths construct at
Paris Cooperative High School. PCHS is one of two schools selected
statewide to participate in the grant.
2009 Was asked to author a passage for the book Leading 21st Century
Schools, by Lynne Shrum, professor and director of teacher education
in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason
University. My passage on modeling the use of technology appears on
page nine.
2007 Authored Paris High Schools successful grant application to join the
Illinois High Schools that Work Network. Participation in the network
has brought various innovations to the school as well many staff
development opportunities. Grant awarded $80,000 to the school.
2001 State Superintendent Max McGee sent Redmon and Vance schools a
congratulatory letter for the increased ISAT scores and achievement of
its low- income students.
Professional
Presentations
November 2015 Regional Office of Education (ROE 54) Administrators Academy---
Technology and the School Administrator, Leading by Example
November 2010 Share the Success Panel Forming a Cooperative High School at the
IASB/IASA/IASBO Joint Annual Conference
March 2010 Be the Change You Want to See Technology and the Tools for
effective administrators. Presented at the East Central Illinois
Technology Conference
March 2009 SMARTBoard for beginners. Presented to the Paris Union School
District No. 95 staff. (SMARTBoard trainer)
October 2008 Using Web 2.0 in the Classroom. Presented at the Edgar County Fall
2008 Institute
1996-1998 Created materials for and conducted teacher inservices for both
Internet web page construction and internet/email use in the classroom.
Presented to district staff
1997-1998 Created materials for and conduct inservices for Windows 95 and
Microsoft PowerPoint. Presented to district staff
Community
Activities:
2011 Youth Ministry VolunteerSt. Marys Catholic Church
1999-2003 Volunteer boys and girls basketball coach for the Paris
Y.M.C.A.
References:
Connie Sutton Jim Blue
Special Services Board of Education President
Paris Union School District #95 Paris Community Unit No. 4
300 South Eads 502 Marshall Street
Paris, IL 61944 Paris, IL 61944
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