Resume

• 2008

  Ed.D.

  Educational Leadership

  University of Alabama at Birmingham

• 2001

  Terry Heights Community Development Corporation

  Oakwood University

  Advisor University

  Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University

  J F Drake State Technical College

  Normal

  Alabama

  Facilitated courses for faculty in the department. Assisted in front office management. Provided tutorial services for undergraduate and graduate students in the Writing Center.

  Graduate Assistant

  Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University

  Taught undergraduate courses for the department: Developmental English

  Freshman \nComposition I & II

  and English Fundamentals.

  Oakwood University

  Advisor University

  Huntsville

  Alabama

  United States

  Advisor University is an educational consulting service specializing in professional development for faculty academic advisors at institutions of higher education interested in improving advising effectiveness. AdvisorU is passionate about better utilizing academic advising to improve the academic success

  retention

  and graduation rates of at-risk student populations in higher education.

  Chief Executive Officer

  Facilitated a General Education Diploma program for the THCDC for students interested in obtaining their GEDs and students who needed tutoring to retake portions of the GED. Recruited GED students from the surrounding neighborhood to enroll in the GED program.

  GED Instructor

  Huntsville

  Alabama Area

  Terry Heights Community Development Corporation

  Normal

  Alabama

  Instructor-Dept of EFL

  Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University

  Teach undergraduate and graduate courses—Developmental English

  Composition I & II

  \nWorld Literature I & II

  Advanced Composition and Writing for Graduates for the department. Support the missions of the department

  college

  and university by serving on strategic committees. Facilitate academic advising by working with academic advisors in department and developing advising tracking system of departmental majors. Provide academic advising

  conduct junior and senior record checks

  and complete bi-annual graduation applications for majors in the department. Advise the department’s chapter of Sigma Tau Delta

  the International English Honor Society.

  Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University

  Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University

  Normal

  Alabama

  Coordinate departmental cohort of faculty advisors. Make advisor-advisee assignments. Develop and facilitate advising assessments for both advisors and advisers.

  Advising Coordinator-Dept of EFL

  Taught traditional and online sections of Orientation to College courses for both traditional and non-traditional students enrolled in technical

  industrial

  and vocational programs. Conducted grammar workshops for students. Assisted in recruitment activities for the college.

  Adjunct Instructor

  J F Drake State Technical College

  First-Generation Student Committee

  National Academic Advising Association

  Sigma Tau Delta

  the International English Honor Society

  Lifetime Member

  American Association of Behavioral & Social Sciences

  National Council of Teachers of English

  Association of American University Professors

  English

  Teacher of the Year Nominee

  Alabama A&M University

  Teacher of the Year Nominee

  Alabama A&M University

  Ten Year Service Award

  Alabama A&M University

  Teacher of the Year Nominee

  Alabama A&M University

  Service Award

  Ten years of service as sponsor for the Beta Nu Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta

  the International English Honor Society.

  Sigma Tau Delta

  Teacher of the Year Nominee

  Alabama A&M University

  Five Year Service Award

  Alabama A&M University

  Service Award

  Five years of service as sponsor for the Beta Nu chapter of Sigma Tau Delta.

  Sigma Tau Delta

  the International English Honor Society

  Teacher of the Year Nominee

  Alabama A&M University

• 1996

  M.Ed.

  Secondary Education

  Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University

  Distance Learning Instructor Certification

  Alabama A&M University

• 1992

  B.A.

  English

  Oakwood University

• 1988

  College Prep Diploma

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  Jarrod E.

  Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University