Grand Haven Area Elementary Schools

• Assisted Elementary Principal of two buildings by overseeing the Young 5 to Second Grade building of eight teaching staff, various support staff, and nearly 200 students
• Coordinate the library media program for 9 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, 1 high school
• Coordinate the centralized processing department and professional library for the 12 schools
• Supervised 25 staff members in the Library Media Department
• Team with the technology department to integrate computer skills into K-12 curriculum
  - budget
  - planning
  - implementation
  - evaluation
• Developed and implemented a successful curriculum to teach Information Literacy Skills that is integrated into the classroom curriculum in kindergarten through 12th grades
• Member of curriculum committees for Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, and Technology
• Member of district committees on Differentiated Instruction, Early Childhood, and Report Card
• Member of district Curriculum Council
• Head K-12 Library Media Center task force for Strategic Planning
• Inservice presenter/trainer for the district
• Facilitator for district school improvement teams
• Published “Information Is Power!”
• Served as district's REMC 7 representative
• Teach computer workshops for district staff members
  - FrontPage - Grade Book - KidPics - Inspiration
  - LinkWay - Graph Club - TimeLiner
  - PowerPoint - HyperStudio - Filamentality
• Developed, implemented, and evaluated courses for the Elementary Gifted Talented Program

American Library Association (ALA) and the American Association of School Librarians (AASL)

• American Library Association Council Member-At-Large 2003-2005
• Affiliate Assembly Chair for the American Association of School Librarians - Chair-Elect, Chair, Past Chair 2002-2004
• Past member of the AASL Teaching for Learning Task Force
• Presenter at ALA Pre-conference in 2002
• Past member of AASL Leadership Forum Planning Committee
• Past member of the ALA Membership Committee
• AASL 2005 Conference Program Committee Co-Chair

Michigan Association for Media in Education (MAME)

• Hold board position as Marketing Chair
• Served as Local Arrangements Chair for 2003 and 2004 state conference
• Held board position as Online Communications Chair Maintaining the Webpage LINK
• Held board position as Media Administrators Division chairperson
• Organized MAME's 2002 Leadership Conference for over 100 attendees as the Past-President of MAME
• Facilitated a review of MAME's Strategic Plan in the summer of 2000
• Organized and conducted MAME Board Meetings as President of MAME
• Organized and held MAME's 1999 state conference for over 1100 attendees as the President-Elect of MAME
• Represented MAME at ALA/AASL and AECT national affiliated conferences as President-Elect and President of MAME Elected as AASL Affiliate Chair-Elect in 2001
• Volunteered to compile and co-edit MAME Newsletter using PageMaker, prior to my current term as president
• Attended quasi-monthly MAME board meetings as committee chair and Region 7 representative, prior to term as president

IBM

• Inserviced teachers and school systems on software applications and curriculum integration
• Professional Responsibilities, Van Buren Public Schools
• Developed and implemented a curriculum to teach K--6th grade Library Skills

Sylvania City Schools

• Developed and implemented a curriculum to teach Communication Skills - Reading, Writing, Public Speaking, and Listening
• Coached girls' basketball for three years
• Served on district committee to coordinate the reading programs of two junior high schools

Kalamazoo YMCA

• Developed a recreational program for children of ages six to twelve
• Developed an additional program for children of age five as a preparation to entering school
• Selected and trained a staff of four counselors and two Voluteens
• Coordinated the activities in each child's two-week program
• Supervised the total program and evaluated the staff