christopher lee atkinson - resume
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15408 Bloomfield Ct. • Westfield, Indiana • (317) 385-2140 • [email protected]
http://www.chrislatkinson.com- Professional Blog
http://cweoffice.blogspot.com/- Office Blog www.edreach.us - EdReach
Education:
M.A.E. Educational Administration and Supervision May 2009 Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
B.S. Elementary Education December 2003 Taylor University, Upland, Indiana
Indiana Licensure:
Indiana Professional Educator’s License: 2009 – Present Administration: Building Level Adminstrator
Indiana Teaching License Grades 1-6 2003 – Present Principal Experience:
Assistant Principal - College Wood Elementary School (K-5) July 2010 – Present o Carmel Clay Schools – Carmel, Indiana
Teaching Experience
.5 Differentiation Teacher o College Wood Elementary 2011 - Present
.5 Reading Intervention Teacher o College Wood Elementary 2010 - 2011
Fourth Grade/Fifth Grade Multi-age Gifted and Talented Teacher 2009 – 2010 o Towne Meadow Elementary – Carmel, Indiana
Fourth Grade Classroom Teacher 2004 – 2005, 2005 – 2006, 2006 – 2007, 2008-2009 o Towne Meadow Elementary -– Carmel, Indiana
Fifth Grade Classroom Teacher 2007–2008 o Towne Meadow Elementary – Carmel, Indiana
Third Grade Classroom Teacher January 2004 – Spring 2004 o Towne Meadow Elementary – Carmel, Indiana
Student Teaching o Fourth-Fifth Grade Multi-age Classroom November 2003 – December 2003
Cherry Tree Elementary – Carmel Clay Schools o Second Grade Classroom August 2003 – October 2003
Washington-Irving Elementary – Indianapolis Public Schools
Professional Training: (more available upon request)
Indiana School Safety Specialist Fall 2012
Indiana RISE Certified Evaluator Fall 2012
CPI Certified Trainer Fall 2011
Google Teacher Academy Summer 2009 o Chosen as one of 50 educators in America to be trained
On Google Apps for education and included as a part of the Google Certified Educator PLN.
Attended ISTE(NECC), San Antonio, Texas Summer 2008 o Using Flash-Based Animation in Education o Using Web 2.0 in the Classroom o Digital Portfolios
Rigby, Literacy by Design, Curriculum and Technology Training Spring & Fall 2008
Six-Trait Writing Program Training
Minority Recruitment Summit, Butler University Winter 2006
Professional / Administrative Experience:
ESL Program Leadership (College Wood) 2010 - Present
RTI Program Leadership (College Wood) 2010 - Present
Indiana E-Learning Leadership Cadre (IDOE) 2012 - Present
One of the first bloggers and podcasters for 2010 - Present EdReach media network – EdReach.us
Facilitated Google Training and Workshops 2009 – Present o IASP Conference o HECC Conference o Taylor University – Upland, IN o Towne Meadow Elementary – Carmel, IN o Carmel Clay Schools Information Services Team – Carmel, IN o 4/5 Gifted and Talented Teachers – Carmel, IN o West Clay Elementary – Carmel, IN o ICE Conference o State Webinar Series for Indiana DOE o Purdue Summer Computer Science Conference
Wrote District Fourth Grade Social Studies Curriculum Summer 2009 and 2011 o One of a team of four teachers and administrators to
write and organize our district-wide Fourth Grade Social Studies Curriculum to integrate Indiana Academic Standards
with our newly adopted TCI Social Studies Curriculum
Educational Technology Integration Workshops o Carmel Middle Workshop Fall 2009 o Creekside Middle Workshop Spring 2008
Instructional Talk-Through Program Spring 2008 o Facilitated teacher-to-teacher observations and
discussions with a neighboring elementary school focused on Balanced Literacy best practices
Member of Building Based Team January 2009 – Present o The Building Based Team is a group of teachers and
support staff who come together to develop a plan of action to help students to be more successful at school.
The first step is to give teachers interventions and supports to try in the classroom. The resources are always available to the teacher. This is also a part of our RTI efforts.
Building Wide Positive Behavior Team Fall 2009 – Present o Our PBS team works on refining and maintaining our
school wide positive behavior plan, which consists of school wide procedures and an RTI model for approaching ill-choices made by students.
Student Technology Club 2009 – 2010
Created a New Teacher Induction Packet 2008 o Towne Meadow Elementary – Carmel, IN
Created a resource handbook for parents educating them on 2009 the role that CMS plays in discipline regarding technology, social network, and cell phone use in and out of school
o Creekside Middle School – Carmel, IN
Helped facilitate a discipline program entitled: “March Madness” o This annual behavior incentive program helped to
cut discipline referrals down in March by 30% o Creekside Middle School – Carmel, IN
Principal Internship 2008 – 2009 o Fall and Winter at Towne Meadow with Ryan Newman (K-6) o Spring at Creekside Middle School with Tom Harmas (6-8)
Student News Program Director/Facilitator Fall 2007 – 2009
Building Technology Coordinator Fall 2006 – Spring 2010 o Facilitated monthly technology professional development o Offered daily faculty assistance with technology o Compiled and printed school-wide report card grades o Created a blog to enhance staff exposure to resources
and technology integration
Building Webmaster Fall 2005 – Spring 2010 o Maintained school-wide website o Provided teacher training creating and maintaining websites
Developed a Smoother Online Lunch Count System Fall 2009 o Helped make lunch count simpler for teachers and cafeteria staff
Developing an electronic tracking system for office discipline Spring 2010 – Fall 2010 o Developing, with the PBIS team, an online office referral
form that will generate data which can track student office referrals throughout their school career.
Athletic Leadership Experience:
Assistant Varsity Football Coach Summer, Fall 2005 & 2006 o Heritage Christian High School, Indianapolis, Indiana
Assistant Junior High Football Coach Fall 2004 o Clay Middle School, Carmel, Indiana
Collegiate Football Player Fall 1999 – Fall 2002 o Taylor University, Upland, Indiana
Curriculum Experience:
Google Apps to enhance curriculum
Gifted and talented curriculum
Technology infused curriculum
Gradual Release Model
Reading and Writing Workshop Model
Language Arts Social Studies Science Math
Balanced Literacy TCI Foss Everyday Math
Interactive, Shared, Modeled, and Guided reading/Writing
Houghton Mifflin Delta Science Module - Carolina
Saxon Math
Word Study -Marzano’s 5 steps
Micheal Clay Thompson materials
Shurley English
Six Trait Writing Ralph Fletcher’s Writer’s Toolkit
Harvey and Goudvis’s Comprehension Toolkit
Rigby Literacy by Design
Leveled Literacy Interventions
Technological Proficiencies: More available upon request
Google Apps, Google Apps for Education
Windows XP – Windows 8, Mac OSX, iOs, Ubuntu (Linux),
Office 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003 o Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, One Note, Groove, Info Path
Adobe o Creative Collection CS6, Acrobat Professional X, Captivate, Visual Communicator 3
Classroom/School Management o PowerSchool, Pinnacle, Integrade, Sassi & Class XP, School Gate Guardian, Safari
Educational Programs (Software and Web-based, more available upon request) o Pearson’s Knowledge Box o Rigby Literacy o Accelerated Reader o Classroom Performance System (CPS) o Moodle o Safari Video Server o Blogs, wikis, podcasting, other web 2.0 services o Smartboard, Smart Notebook, Smart Slate
Video-Editing Software o WeVideo, Pinnacle Studio, Sony Vegas, Windows Movie Maker, iMovie, Final Cut Pro
Online Content Management Systems
Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 Technology
Wordpress (design and management of several websites)
Grants, Proposals, Professional Speaking:
IASP Assistant Principal’s Conference Fall 2012
ICE Conference Fall 2012
Google Apps For Indiana (via Google) Spring 2011
HECC Conference Fall 2011
Purdue Computer Science Conference Summer 2011
Indiana DOE Webinar Series Winter 2010
ICE Indiana Conference o Google Apps and Web 2.0 Tools For Learning Fall 2010
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Summer 2010 2010 Speaker Presentation – Denver, CO
o Challenging the gifted student with Google Apps and web 2.0
Presentation at the Indiana High Ability Conference Winter 2009 o Web 2.0 Smack Down and Google Apps Poster Presentation
Flip Video Camera Grant Fall 2009 o Towne Meadow PTO
Google Teacher Academy – Google Certified Teacher Summer 2009 – Present o http://www.google.com/educators/gta.html
STAR Discovery Educator Fall 2009 – Present o http://community.discoveryeducation.com/star/index.html
National Educational Computing Conference Spring 2009 o World’s Funniest Ed Tech Photo Contest
Software and equipment for student newscast Fall 2007 o Towne Meadow PTO
National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) Summer 2008 o Carmel Clay Schools
Educational Memberships and Board Service:
Indiana E-Leadership Learning Cadre (IDOE) Fall 2012 - Present
HECC Board Member Winter 2012 – Fall 2012
ICE Board Member Winter 2012 – Fall 2012
Association of Curriculum and Development Spring 2008 – Present
International Reading Association Spring 2011 - Present
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Spring 2008 – Present
Indiana Reading Association Fall 2007 – Fall 2009
Hamilton County Reading Association Fall 2007 – Fall 2009 References:
Mrs. Kathy Olssen Principal of College Wood Elementary
Carmel Clay Schools [email protected]
(317) 733-6445
Mr. Ryan Newman Director of Human Resources
Former Building Principal of Towne Meadow Carmel Clay Schools
[email protected] (317)733-2645
Mrs. Candice Dodson Director of eLearning
Indiana Department of Education [email protected]
(317) 232-9038
Mrs. Deanna Pitman Principal of Forest Dale Elementary
Carmel Clay Schools [email protected]
(317) 733-6445
Mr. Tom Harmas
Principal of Creekside Middle School Carmel Clay Schools
[email protected] (317) 733-6420
Mrs. Iman Kiritsis
Counselor at College Wood Elementary Carmel Clay Schools
[email protected] (317) 733-6445
Mrs. Ann Stock
Counselor at Towne Meadow Elementary Carmel Clay Schools Parent of a student
[email protected] (317) 733-2645
Mrs. Marilyn Sudsberry
Director of Butler University EPPS Program Former Principal of Towne Meadow Elementary
[email protected] (317) 272-8138
Mrs. Kelly Haag
Fourth Grade Teacher Towne Meadow Elementary Carmel Clay Schools
[email protected] (317) 733-2645
Mr. Ron Qualls
Middle School Principal Varsity Football Coach
Heritage Christian School [email protected]
(317) 594-5858
Mrs. Kim Keller Fifth Grade Teacher Towne Meadow Elementary
Carmel Clay School [email protected]
(317) 733-2645
Mrs. Kimberly Piper Principal of Crooked Creek Elementary
Washington Township Schools [email protected]
(317) 259-5478