Professional Experience
Assistant
Principal
2014 - Current
Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, Indianapolis
Primary
responsibilities:
·
Identify, communicate, and coordinate policies and requirements to
Brebeuf community (staff, parents, students) regarding local, state, federal,
and Midwest Province initiatives and guidelines. Including, but not limited to: local Archdiocesan
expectations; state graduation pathways and accreditation needs; federal ESSA,
Title 2A, Title IV regulations; and Midwest Province sustaining agreement
requirements.
·
Faculty evaluation (32 faculty and staff per year) and
professional development for faculty of 72 and staff of 63
·
Direct curriculum design in all academic content areas
·
Chair the Department Chair meetings: create agenda, communicate
notes, and future actions.
·
Chair the Department of Computer Science and Information and Media
Services
·
Facilitate and promote education technology and integration in 1:1
BYOT (Bring Your Own Technology) learning environment
·
Analyze performance data and discipline to design and implement
intervention strategies
·
Direct Mission and Identity initiatives including first and second
year faculty/staff formation in Jesuit spirituality and education
·
Support admissions and marketing projects (parent outreach,
communication in print, televised, and electronic media)
·
All budgeting and spending considerations for Professional Development,
Computer Science academics, Newspaper, Title 2A and Title 4 funds ($153,000 in
budgets)
·
Data reporting and accreditation record keeping with outside
organizations such as the Indiana Department of Education, Archdiocese of
Indianapolis, Independent Schools of the Central States, Jesuit Schools
Network, and National Catholic Education Association
·
Instructor for The Brebeuf
Arrow news publication class
Director of
Faculty Development
2011-2014
Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, Indianapolis
Primary responsibilities:
·
Direct professional development activities of faculty: topics
included 1:1 technology, equity and inclusion, curriculum design using
technology, information literacy, and Ignatian charism.
·
Maintain budgets for professional development and continuing
education programs
·
Evaluate faculty within the Magis Program for professional growth
·
Direct (with CIO) educational technology initiatives (including
1:1 BYOT Model)
·
Direct (with VP for Mission and Identity) first and second year
faculty Ignatian development
·
Chair department of Media and Information Services
·
Lead teams related to Jesuit Secondary Education Association
·
Other duties as assigned related to curriculum development,
academic programs, Mission and Identity, Marketing and Communications.
Educational
Technology Coordinator
2007-2011
Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, Indianapolis
Technology integration key support for faculty, staff, parents,
and students of 9-12 Jesuit high school. Responsible for elements such as use
of social media, video conferencing, technology integration in classroom
instruction, and technology vision for school.
Lecturer
2008-Present
Marian University, Indianapolis
Lead instructor for E524, Educational Technology, and Marian
University School of Education. Technology Mentor for the Indianapolis Teaching
Fellows and Teach for America programs.
Lecturer, COM 235, Oral Interpretation of Literature.
Media
Specialist
2004-2007
Indianapolis Public Schools, Indianapolis
Elementary Media Specialist multiple locations. Coordinate media
programs: budget management, supervise media assistants, resource selection,
reading programs, computer skills instruction. Coordinate technology: introduce
and train faculty to new technologies, maintain school websites, integrate
technologies into classrooms. Additional activities: host special events
(Indiana Fever Read to Achieve Program Tip-Off), grant writing (Donors Choose,
NEH “We the People” grant), Core Leadership Team, Diversity Cadre, Chair of
Technology Committee.
Admissions
Coordinator/Recorder
2000-2004
School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University
Bloomington
Coordinate all applications to the masters’ and Ph.D. programs for
the Bloomington campus. Act as recorder for masters’ and Ph.D. programs, keep
academic records, graduation requirements, act as liaison between student and
University Registrar and other campus agencies. Assist Director of Admissions
with recruitment, retention, alumni initiatives and the PeopleSoft migration.
Supervise graduate assistants and coordinate student financial awards.
Substitute
Teacher
1997 - 1998
Monroe County Community Schools
North Lawrence Community Schools
Indianapolis Public Schools
Classroom
Assistant
1996 - 1997
Bloomington South High School, Bloomington, IN
Taught in a moderate/severe developmentally disabled classroom.
Responsible for work-study supervision and skill development.
English
Teacher
1993 - 1994
Woodruff High School, Peoria, IL
Taught Sophomore English literature and composition. Co-Director
of Speech Team and Junior Class Sponsor (including the Prom).
Publications
"Once Upon a Database…Storytelling with Data" School CIO April 2015.LaMaster, Jennifer M., and JD Ferries-Rowe. "Chapter 34 So We Had This Idea."Handbook of Mobile Learning. Ed. Zane Berge and Muilenburg Y. Lin. N.p.: Routledge, 2013.
"Paved with Good Intentions" Tech & Learning Magazine, March, 2013
eSchool News "eSchool of the Month" for January 2013
“Library Space in a BYOT Environment” blog post picked up by School CIO.
“Caught in an Emerging Trend” blog post picked up by School CIO and Tech and Learning Magazine.
"Give Your Old School Curriculum a NETS Makeover" February 2012 Learning and Leading with Technology. ISTE.
“A Collaborative Place: The Roots of Collaboration in Indiana Public and School Libraries” Indiana Libraries, Winter/Spring 2004
Guest editor, Indiana Libraries, Winter/Spring 2004
“Our Day at the Library: Preschool Invades Research Library” Focus on Indiana Libraries. November 2002
“The Working Student” Focus on Indiana Libraries. December 2001
“The Rhetoric of Shame” presented West Chester University Grace Cochran award finalist 1996
“Changing Places – Returning to School” Focus on Indiana Libraries. August 2001
Conference Presentations
“Courageous
Leaders: Technology, Data, and Transparency”. Florida Educational Technology
Conference (FETC) (Miami, FL).
Technology,
Data, and Transparency conference session.
Jesuit Schools Colloquium (Loyola University, Chicago). Jesuit Schools
Colloquium, June 2019.
"A Tale
of Tensions: Forming Faculty and Staff of Faith within Secular Demands of
College Prep" Jesuit Schools Colloquium, June 2016
"Designing
Spaces for Learning" co-presenting with Greg Owsley from Rockhurst High
School, Jesuit Schools Colloquium, June 2016
Administrator's
Network Panel "Building Relationships with Technology" ISTE Annual
Conference, Philadelphia, PA June 2015
Bird of a Feather Presentation "Beyond
1:1" ISTE Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA June 2015
"Cura
Personalis and Instructional Design"
"Cura
Personalis and Curriculum Design"
"Cura
Personalis and Professional Growth/Evaluation"
All presented
at JSN Symposium, Scranton, PA June 2015
"BYOT: Why We Took the Plunge"
presented at National Catholic Education Association
Conference,
Pittsburgh, PA April 2014
Keynote for JSEA Librarian's Conference
"Libraries in Space" presented January 2014
"BYOT:
So How's That Working Out For Ya?" presented at HECC, November 2013
"BYOT: So How's That Working Out For
Ya?" presented at JSEA Colloquium, June 2013
Context
Keynote on "Modeling Ignatian Pedagogy" presented at the JSEA
Colloquium, June 2013
"Reading Beyond the Book" presented
at the February 2013 IAIS conference, Indianapolis, IN
"What BYOT Looks Like" presented at
the February 2013 IAIS conference, Indianapolis, IN with JD Ferries-Rowe
"What
BYOT Looks Like" Poster Session presenting on January 30, 2013 at FETC,
Orlando, FL with JD Ferries-Rowe
"It's About What You Do! PD in 1:1
Learning Environment" presented at the JSEA Tech
Directors
Conference, New Orleans, LA
1:1 Discussion Panelist, JSEA Tech Directors
Conference, New Orleans, LA
"It's About What You Do! PD in 1:1
Learning Environment" presented at the October 2012 Indiana Computer
Educators conference, Indianapolis, IN
"Why We Took the Plunge" presented
at the October 2012 Indiana Non-Public Education Association Conference, Indianapolis,
IN with JD Ferries-Rowe
"Reading Beyond the Book" presented
at the International Colloquium for Jesuit Secondary
Education
(ICJSE) July 2012, Boston MA
“The
Importance of the LMS in a BYOT School” presented at BlackBoard World
Conference July 2012.
"BYOD:
Workshop" presented at the November 2011 Hoosier Educational Computer
"BYOT: Why We Took the Plunge"
presented at the October 2011 Indiana Computer Educators conference,
Indianapolis, IN with JD Ferries-Rowe
"Copyright and School Libraries"
presented at the February 2011 Indiana Catholic Library Association conference,
Indianapolis, IN
“Trends in
Education Technology” presented at the Association of the Central States
(ISACS) conference, Chicago, IL
"Trends
in Educational Technology" presented at the November 2010 Independent
Schools
Education
Association (INPEA) conference, Indianapolis, IN
"Trends in Educational Technology"
presented at the October 2010 Indiana Non-Public Education Association (INPEA)
conference, Indianapolis, IN
"Tech Geek to Teach Geek" presented
at the October 2010 Indiana Non-Public Education Association (INPEA)
conference, Indianapolis, IN
"E-Communication: Building Your Social
Media Policy" presented at the October 2010 Indiana Non-Public Education
Association (INPEA) conference, Indianapolis, IN with JD Ferries-Rowe.
"Bringing the NETS Home" presented
at the October 2010 Indiana Computer Educators (ICE) Conference, Indianapolis,
IN
"Building
Your Social Media Policy" presented at the June 2010 JSEA Colloquium,
Santa Clara, CA.
"NETS-T Aligned to the Grad @ Grad"
presented at the June 2010 JSEA Colloquium, Santa Clara, CA
“Building Your Social Media Policy” presented
at the February 2010 conference of the Indiana Association of Independent
Schools, Indianapolis with JD Ferries-Rowe
“Emerging Technology” presented at the
February 2010 conference of the Indiana Association of Independent Schools,
Indianapolis
“Teach-Geek to Tech-Geek, Improving
Communication Between Teachers and IT Departments” presented at the February
2010 conference of the Indiana Association of Independent Schools, Indianapolis
“The Roots of
Collaboration in Indiana Public and School Libraries” presented at the April
2004 conference of Indiana Library Federation, Indianapolis
Invited Presentations
Intersectionality
of Jesuit Education and Culturally Responsive Teaching Techniques. Jesuit Schools Network (online inquiry
session). April 29, 2020.
Facilitator for Ignatian Themes Workshop, Midwest Province
(Society of Jesus) 2013-current
Facilitator for Leaders in the Middle, Midwest Province and
Central Southern Provinces (Society of Jesus) 2018 and 2019
“Courageous
Leaders: Technology, Data, and Transparency”. January 2019. Lynch School of
Education Emmaus Leadership Series (Boston College). https://www.emmausseries2.org/courageousleadership-technology-data--transparency-l-january23-2019.html
“ISTE
Standards for Administrators – 2018” Technical Writing team. Standards released
June 2018. https://www.iste.org/standards/for-education-leaders
Inaugural
Leadership Playground Coordinator, ISTE Annual Conference, June 2017
"Discernment in the Digital Age"
Two-part webinar for Jesuit Virtual Learning Academy
"Say
What? Do You Speak Ed Tech?' Webinar for
Professional Learning Network,
ISTE. September 2016
Keynote
“Designing Spaces for Digital Age” Treasure Mountain Research Retreat November
2015
"Measuring
the Effectiveness of the Digital Classroom" webinar via BlackBoard Engage
with JD Ferries-Rowe, August 2013
"So
You've Gone 1:1 What's Next" ISTE PLN Webinar. Recording available for
members at https://www.iste.org/resources/product?id=3610
"One-to-One
Programs: Perspectives from Schools in the Trenches" Webinar presented
February 5, 2013 via the Jesuit Virtual Learning Academy
"Educational
Technology" Guest Lecturer, Teacher for America October and December 2011
Moderator/Conference
Planner, Women in Indiana Libraries Division of Indiana Library Federation
conference November 7, 2002
Licensure
Professional
Indiana Teaching License in Theatre/Speech (5-12); English (5-12); Library
Services (K-12); Building Level Administrator
Professional Service
Named to Jesuit Virtual Learning Academy Board of Directors 2015
(Now Arrupe Virtual Learning Institute) Current.
Independent Schools of Central States Accreditation Team – Fall
2012 and 2019.
National Planning Board for Jesuit School Network Assistant
Principal's Conference (2013, 2017)
Co-President ISTE Administrator Professional Learning Network
2016-17
President ISTE Administrator Professional Learning Network
(formerly SIG Admin) 2015-16
Appointed to School CIO Magazine, Advisory Board 2014-2017
Appointed to ISTE Special Interest Group (SIG)-Admin Leadership
Team 2013-14
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