Professor and Chairperson, Curriculum and Instruction
Florida International University

2001 – August 2007 

Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
Florida International University

1996 – 2001

Professor & Chairperson, Educational Leadership and Policy and Coordinator NCATE Process, Florida International University. Chairperson of the only graduate department in the college. My responsibilities were in three major areas: a) provide sound administration toward the efficient function of the College and University; b) develop programs within the College; and c) positive leadership toward the overall advancement of the College and University.  A brief outline of each function follows: Administration: Managed administrative routines such as budgeting (in excess of 1.5 million each year); scheduling (faculty assignment, annual evaluations, chair department meetings, etc.); developed and utilized College policies (evaluation of support staff, student grievances, etc.); supported and enabled high-quality research and teaching (faculty conferences and seminars, publications, etc.); and recruited culturally diverse and talented faculty, staff and students (increased minority doctoral students, faculty and staff).  There were 21 faculty members of whom 9 were tenured full professors, 5 associate professors and 5 tenure earning. 
Program Development: Integrated program elements and programs within the College and University toward common goals (collaborated with other Colleges); fostered and modeled collaboration (within and outside the College); strengthened coalitions with external and internal stakeholders (worked closely with Miami-Dade County Public Schools on their leadership programs); provided leadership necessary for implementing progressive, sound curriculum and program reforms; and valued and utilized faculty perspectives in setting programs and school priorities.  Leadership: Worked with other administrators across the College and University toward common goals (as coordinator of the NCATE process worked with other units within the University to get the College accredited); provided leadership in client-centered operations accessed through extension, distance learning, international education and grants and contracts (for example, Taiwan Project Initiative) and contributed to the development and maintenance of a healthy learning and working environment for colleagues, staff and students.

1991 – 1996

Associate Professor & Chairperson - Taught various advanced doctoral classes in Curriculum including, EDG 7222; Curriculum: Theory and Research,  EDG 7362; Instruction: Theory and Research,  and EDG 7665; Seminar in Curriculum, core requirements for all Curriculum and Instruction doctoral students in every field,  also taught Multicultural education at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

1990 – 1991

Education Staff Specialist, Georgia Department of Education. Responsible for accreditation of Georgia's 33 public and private colleges. Visited many of the colleges during their preparation for accreditation as the state representative to NCATE.  Responsible also for writing final accreditation reports. Among other services provided, I: Conducted policy research, surveys and special studies.
Maintained a state-wide clearing house of information about department of education and NCATE policies, proposals, legislation, statistics and research findings. Organized forums/meetings so that constituents could exchange views, explore new ideas and build relationships.
Provided policy advice and technical assistance to individual colleges and teacher education leaders.
Fostered statewide leadership and cooperation in accreditation/certification issues by providing information to policy makers, by representing colleges/universities interests in national forums, stimulating inter-collegiate co-ordination of standards and by helping college deans exercise leadership beyond their individual college’s roles.
Responsible for changing all teacher education rules and regulations to the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) format, a task that was complex and complicated as no one was initially, sure as to what was required.  Before I left everyone became familiar with the new rules.
Wrote grants for the teacher education unit which was funded up to $25,000, which resulted in a major conference of all education Deans in Atlanta.

1986 – 1989

Assistant Professor, University of Utah Department of Educational Studies.  Responsible for program initiation, development, administration and teaching of curriculum implementation. Taught curriculum development, multicultural education and social studies at both graduate and undergraduate levels.  Responsible for student advising, and chairing thesis and dissertations for masters and doctoral students. Supervised student teachers at the Professional Development Schools (PDS). Was the university representative on the Utah State Social Studies Committee for three years. Interacted consistently with state officials on educational issues including accreditation.

1986

Visiting Professor, Memorial University - St. John's, New Foundland, Canada. Taught courses in Curriculum design, development and evaluation at the master's level to experienced school personnel.  Responsible for thesis supervision and directing a regional conference on curriculum planning. Evaluated the final outcome.

1983 – 1986

Research Assistant, The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, Canada. Responsibilities included seminars, teaching classes and doing empirical research with two professors. One of the research projects examined the racial bias in history textbooks in Ontario. Another performed a needs assessment for the faculty of the department of Curriculum and Instruction at OISE. Also co-authored manuscripts and papers with professors.

University level:  Graduate teaching assistant in measurement and evaluation, Queen's University. Responsible for developing, administrating and teaching of undergraduate course in measurement and evaluation. This was a required course for all B.Ed Students at the college of education.

1975 – 1980

College level: Head of Teacher Education Department, Bo Teachers' College, Bo, Sierra Leone.  Responsible for assigning, coordinating and evaluating more than 15 professors in education whose courses range from philosophy of education to students teaching practice/intern. I annually wrote a report on each professor, which affected salary increases and promotion prospects.

1973 – 1980

Lecturer, Teacher Education, Bo, Sierra Leone.  Taught history of education and comparative education to more than 200 students ranging from first year to final year. In this position I helped grade final examinations for the teaching diploma.

1973 – 1975

School level:  Part-time high school teacher of history, economics and literature.

Evaluator, UNDP/UNESCO/Sierra Leone government-sponsored "The Bunumbu Project: teacher education program. Responsible for the evaluating an international project on Integrated Teacher Education Program in Sierra Leone. Wrote final internal report for the college. More than $7 million was spent on the project.

1983 – 1985

Research Assistant, at OISE: Various projects, including racism in textbooks.

1981 – 1982

Compared and analyzed the teacher training programs for UPE in Tanzania and Sierra Leone.

1980 – 1981

Research Assistant relating theory to practice in teacher education, critically examined the experience of pre-service teachers in the schools and their teacher education programs at the Faculty of Education, Queen's University.          

Examiner, West African Examination Council. Responsible for grading G.C.E. "O" and "A" Levels for students in English speaking West Africa in the areas of history and economics.

1975 – 1980

Examiner, Teacher Education, Institute of Education, University of Sierra Leone.