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2003-Present, Muskingum
College, New Concord, Ohio
Adjunct Professor, Department of Education
• Responsibilities include teaching a graduate course on “Integrating
Theory and Practice in Teaching Ohio’s New Social Studies Standards.”
2003-Present, Safe and Supportive Schools Initiative, Worthington School
District (Worthington, OH) and the Six District Compact (Hudson, OH)
Project Evaluation Consultant
• Responsibilities include selection of evaluation tools and methods
to be used, program monitoring, data collection and analysis, and preparation
of required local and state reports.
2002-Present, The John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy,
The Ohio State University
Service-Learning Curriculum Development Project Director for
the Ohio High School Transformation Initiative
• Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the KnowledgeWorks
Foundation, the Initiative seeks to transform Ohio’s urban high
school into smaller learning communities. Responsibilities include providing
training for educators and key community partners on strategies for integrating
service-learning into the curriculums of the new small schools.
1999-Present, Learn & Serve Ohio, Ohio Department of Education, Columbus,
OH
Co-Principal Investigator
• Responsibilities include designing a longitudinal study of service-learning
impacts, K-16, selecting evaluation tools and methods to be used, recruiting
study sites and teachers, site visits, overseeing data collection and
analysis, and preparation and submission of annual reports.
1996 – Present, Worthington City Schools, Worthington, Ohio
Coordinator, After School Program, Worthington City Schools
• Responsibilities include: recruiting and hiring teachers; scheduling
classes and handling publicity for the District’s After School Program
1995 – Present, Ohio Department of Education, Columbus, Ohio
Consultant and Trainer for Learn & Serve Ohio
• Responsibilities include writing aa service-learning training
manual for the state of Ohio, conducting a variety of regional and statewide
“Train-the-Trainers” workshops, and ongoing work with Learn
& Serve Ohio program staff on the development of new materials related
to service-learning and school improvement efforts.
1987-present, Upper Arlington, Worthington, Grandview Heights and Westerville
City Schools
Service-Learning, School-to-Work, and Character Education
Project Design and Evaluation Consultant
• Responsibilities include: assisting with training of teachers,
helping teachers design service-learning and character education projects,
program evaluation and designing and teaching various related graduate
courses.
2001-2003, CHESP Project, Ohio Grantmakers Forum, Columbus, OH
Principal Evaluation Consultant
• A two-year pilot program intended to support the establishment
of local youth grantmaking councils through partnerships involving communities,
institutions of higher education, and secondary schools. Responsibilities
included designing overall evaluation plan, selecting evaluation tools
and methods to be used, data collection and analysis, and preparation
and submission of required reports.
2000-2002, Ohio Campus Compact, Granville, OH
Project Evaluation Consultant
• A two-year study, funded by the Cleveland Foundation, of the effectiveness
of a program designed to increase and enhance service-learning options
for college students. Responsibilities included designing the evaluation,
selecting evaluation tools and methods to be used, site visits, data collection
and analysis, and preparation and submission of annual reports.
2000-2002, Ohio Partners for Character Education, Columbus, Ohio
Evaluation Consultant
• Funded by the State of Ohio, through the Ohio Department of Education.
52 school and/or community sites engaged in K-12 character education programs
throughout the state of Ohio were monitored. Responsibilities included
selection of evaluation tools to be used, program monitoring, site visits,
and annual reports.
1998- 2000, J. C. Nalle Community School, Washington, DC
Evaluation Consultant
• Funded by the Freddie Mac Foundation in partnership with the District
of Columbia Public Schools, the goal of this project was to establish
a full-service community school at an urban school located in the Marshall
Heights district of Washington, DC. Responsibilities included evaluation
of the partnerships involved, as well as monitoring program outcomes for
students, parents, other adults, and the community surrounding the school
and making appropriate recommendations to the partners.
1997-1998, Jackson High School, Jackson, Michigan
Principal Investigator
• Principal Investigator for a grant from the Christie McAuliffe
Foundation to study the impacts of a Cross-Age Tutoring project, involving
high school students as tutors in reading, literacy, math, and science,
for “at-risk” elementary school students.
1995-1998, Quest International, Newark, Ohio
Design and Evaluation Consultant and Principle Investigator
• Responsibilities included: to design and conduct - on behalf of
the Kellogg Foundation and the Corporation for National Service - a three
year study of the impacts of service-learning on high school students,
their schools and communities.
1994-1995, Hope Lutheran Church, Sunbury, Ohio
Interim Pastor
1986-1994, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Adjunct Assistant Professor, College of Education
• Responsibilities include: teaching graduate level seminars in
the area of College Student Development, Faith Development, Issues in
Cross-Cultural Student Development and Integrating Service-Learning into
the K-12 Curriculum.
1989-1993, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Adjunct Assistant Professor, College of Humanities
• Responsibilities included: designed and taught an undergraduate
course entitled “Science, Technology, and Human Values in American
Culture.”
1981-1983, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Graduate Administrative Assistant, Student Personnel Assistant
Program
1976-1994, The University Lutheran Chapel, Columbus, Ohio
Pastor
1972-1975, Zion Lutheran Church, Schenectady, New York
Assistant Pastor
1970-1972, First Presbyterian Church, Freehold, New Jersey
Director of Youth Ministry and Christian Education
1968-1969, The University Lutheran Chapel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Campus Ministry Intern
1965-1966, Hazeltine Electronics Corporation, Greenlawn, New York
Project Administrator
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