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**Resume (PDF): **
 * //Dr. Melissa Shields, NBCT //** **//mjshieldsecboe@gmail.com //** **(256) 458-5311    ** **@mjshields     **
 * Philosophy of Teaching: ** [[file:Philosophy of Teaching .pdf]]


 * Social Media Professional Spaces: **

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Professional Development Resource Website <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Share My English Classroom Blog


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Alabama Department of Education, 2015-present **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px;">Work closely with schools in two regions toward their school improvement efforts, prioritizing my time and supports with those schools with the highest needs. Also serve as a liaison between the schools and the SDE, workforce development groups, and community agencies (including Bold Goals of Central Alabama).


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Etowah County Schools District Leadership, 2007-2015 **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Assisted in purchasing and approved AP PO’s. Wrote grants to support program, most recently the A+ College Ready grant. Supervised the various deadlines for teachers, counselors, and principals throughout the year. Attended specialized training. Maintained and updated AP website: http://www.ecboe.org/advancedplacement. Provided frequent support for schools. Completed necessary paperwork for ALSDE. Attended Saturday Study Sessions for math, science, and English students (9 per year).
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Advanced Placement, 2007-2105 **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Received six A+ College Ready Grants (one for each of our six high schools). Approximately $250,00-$300,ooo each.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">694 students enrolled in AP courses district wide in 2915, 199% increase in enrollment since 2010.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Every high school offered AP classes (both on campus and through ACCESS).
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">39 AP trained teachers district-wide, doubling numbers in three years (only 12 five years prior).
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">ECBOE had 23 2014 AP Scholars (students who qualified on multiple tests).
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">2014 Qualifiers: 138 (29 qualifiers four years prior).
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Maintain Advanced Placement [|Website].
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Facilitate and attend Math, Science, and English vertical team meetings -[| Vertical Team Website].
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Newspaper Articles About Program:
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|AP Scores Show Program Making a Difference], //Gadsden Times//, 2014
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Sardis Recognized in Montgomery for Successful AP Results], //Gadsden Times//
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Etowah County Juniors, Seniors Excel on AP Exams], //Gadsden Times//, 2011


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">District-Wide Vertical/Horizontal Planning and Teaming, 2010-2105 **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Initiated district-wide vertical and horizontal teaming, grades 6-12, for Science, Math, English, History, Library Media, and Foreign Language.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Teaming sessions occurred quarterly, led by myself and two designated lead teachers per content area.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Maintained [|Vertical Teaming Website].

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Serve as liaison between participating colleges (UA, GSCC, JSU, Snead State) and high schools. Advised parents and schools. Sent grades to schools.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Dual Enrollment, 2007-2015 **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Helped rewrite board policy to reward students for participating in college prep and dual enrollment courses.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Met with the University of Alabama to partner with ECBOE for both dual enrollment and early college opportunities. Received Board approval to do so.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Maintained Dual Enrollment [|Website]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Newspaper Articles About Program:
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">W[|oman Graduates Auburn at 20, Thanks to Dual Enrollment]- //Gadsden Times//, 2013
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|High School, College Program Growing in Popularity] - //Gadsden Times//, 2013

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Supervised ACCESS and internal distance learning classes. Assisted with scheduling, purchased necessary texts, supervised and trained facilitators, maintained VCI equipment. Evaluated facilitators during site visits.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Distance Learning, 2007 - 2015 **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Enrollment tripled in last four years. Over 700 students enrolled in 2013-14.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">All six high schools participating. [|District Distance Learning Schedule] (at all locations)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Students enrolled in over 50 courses in 2014-2015. [|List of courses].
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Maintained Distance Learning [|Website].
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Article About Program: [|Schools Participate in ACCESS Distance Learning Week], //Gadsden Times//, 2011

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Coordinated and/or provided ongoing, sustained training for teachers, administrators, and staff. Organized and provided Summer Technology Workshops.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Technology Professional Development, 2007-2011 **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Over 26 sessions offered, with over 400 teachers attending. Enrollment tripled in the last four years.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">82% of ECBOE teachers responded in 2011 that their technology professional development needs were being met to a high degree. 40% answered accordingly in 2008.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Personally conducted over 300 hours of both technology and/or content-related professional development, serving over 3000 teachers since 2007 (through ECBOE, JSU, State and National Conferences, and Private Contracts). Most of my sessions (including agendas, PPTs, and resources) are posted on my PD wiki.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Spotlighted in [|Back-Office Business: How Schools Get Professional Development Done], //Tech & Learnin//g

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Supervised the technology infrastructure, staffing, implementation, integration, maintenance, and training for Etowah County Schools.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Instructional Technology Director, 2007-2011 **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Helped each elementary school place Promethean Boards in virtually every classroom.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Built system and all twenty school websites from ground up over a period of two months - [|http://www.ecboe.org.] Customized each school website to school’s specifications. Trained webmasters from each school. Schools currently maintain their own sites. Top Teacher Websites are recognized at board meetings each month.Applied for and received many technology grants, including those that were highly competitive (see list below)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Article: [|County Schools Upgrade Web Site], //Gadsden Time//s, 2008
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Applied for a received almost two million dollars in Erate discounts over five years (Cell, Website, Telecom, Fiber, Internet, and Phone Services)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Articles I've Published:
 * [|Cultivating 21st Century Leaders], //Digital Is//
 * [|Principals, Meet Facebook], //Digital Is//
 * [|Leveraging Social Media Tools for Professional Development], //School Cio//
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Articles About Our Program:
 * [|Etowah County Schools Expand Classroom Technology,] //Gadsden Times//, 2011
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Created Social Media Resources for Parents and Stakeholders (I updated daily.)
 * [|ECBOE Twitter]
 * [|ECBOE Facebook]
 * [|Personal Twitter]
 * Newspaper Article - [|School Systems Set Guidelines on Social Media Use by Personnel],<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> //Gadsden Times//, 2011


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Secondary Textbooks, 2010-2015 **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">Organized textbook committee meetings and adoption.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">Ordered books and disseminated them (including all teacher resources).
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">Provided training and ongoing support.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Budgets, 2007-2015 **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">Responsible for maintaining the following budgets (reconciling, signing PO’s, budget reports, and/or confirming line items): Advanced Placement, A+ College Ready, ACCESS, Technology, E-Rate, Appalachian Regional Commission Grant, EETT ARRA Competitive Grant, EETT Formula Grant, and Formula Grant.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">English Learners, 2011-2015 **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">Supervised EL program for system.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">Worked closely with the three EL itinerant teachers, including team meetings. Completed Educate Alabama evaluations for them.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">Coordinated summer EL program.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">Maintained [|EL Website.]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Newspaper Articles About Program:
 * [|Extra English: Kids Improve Language Skills at English Learner Summer Program]-,<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//Gadsden Times//, 201 4
 * [|UAB Grant Helps Teachers Help English Learners,] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//Gadsden Times//, 2012


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Continuous Improvement, 2011- 2015 **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">Conducted school visits and classroom observations for all 20 schools (tried to visit all 500+ classroom by end of year).
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">Designed internal [|digital instructional rounds tool]aligned to each school's CIP. Teachers received immediate feedback.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">Wrote system-wide CIP and assisted the schools in completing their plans.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">Provided continuous improvement support, resources, and documentation for all schools.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Maintained <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">[|Continuous Improvement Website.]


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Grants - Total to date: $2.4 Million **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">2008-2009: $30,815 (Title II, Part D: $16,569, Advanced Placement Grants: $14,246)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">2009-2010: $557,667 (Appalachian Regional Commission Grant: $200,000, EETT ARRA Competitive Grant: $160,000, EETT Formula Grant: $19,206, ARRA Title II, Part D Formula: $47,235)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Article : [|Etowah County Schools Receive $200,00 Technology Grant], <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//Gadsden Times,// 2010
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">2010-2011: $227,000 (EETT Competitive Grant, 1 of 6 statewide: $112,000, Advanced Placement Grant: $115,000)2010-2013: $600,000 (Advanced Placement Grants for Hokes Bluff and Southside High)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Article: [|Technology Grant for Etowah County School to Engage Student, Enhance Learning Ability], <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//Gadsden Times//, 2010
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">2013-2016: $500,000 (Advanced Placement Grants for Sardis and Gaston High )
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">2014-2017: $500,000 (Advanced Placement Grants for West End and Glencoe High)


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Jacksonville State University, 1997-2015 **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Curriculum and Professional Development Provider for area school districts, such as Oxford City Schools, Cherokee County Schools, St. Clair County Schools, and Faith Christian School.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Served as the C0-Director each summer at the JSU Summer Writing Project (10 years). Worked with teachers from all content areas and grade levels (k-12). Coordinated best practice demonstrations, round table discussions, and peer reviews.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Created the first NBCT mentoring program in northeast Alabama in 1999 and continued to oversee the program until 2015.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">National Board Certification **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">One of two teachers to first Nationally Board Certify in Etowah County Schools (2000).
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">Supervised and/or supported those going through the process (all grade levels and content areas) since 1999.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">Maintained [|NBCT Website].
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Article: [|Seven Etowah County Teachers Receive Board Certification], //Gadsden Times//, 2010


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Supervise School Librarians, 2007-2015 **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Approved purchases, provided support and training.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Updated the district LMS Policy with a group of ECBOE librarians.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Served as liaison between ALSDE and school librarians.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Maintained [|Library] website.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Creative Writing Contest, 2007-2015 **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Coordinated yearly Creative Writing Contest for all 20 schools. Added a Blog/Website category.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Maintained [|Creative Writing website].

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">In 2009, I conducted a year-long research project to explore effective means to encourage more students to take advantage of Career Technical studies. I consulted with the ECBOE Career Tech Principal, local organizations, and public records/data to complete this study.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Career Tech Research Project for Leadership Etowah **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I facilitated development of curriculum maps for English, History, and Math (grades 5-12). In doing so, we created a more seamless curriculum, one that more fully addresses the State Courses of Study (and CCRS). As the curriculum maps were completed, I posted them on our website for other teachers to replicate.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Curriculum Guides, 2010-2015 **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Math Website] (with Curriculum Maps, Best Practices, and Resources)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|English Language Arts Website] (with Curriculum Maps, Best Practices, and Resources)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Article About Program : [|Start the Conversation: Why Does Digital Writing Matter?], //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Digital Is //


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Maintain/Update[| "Teachers' Corner" Website], 2007- 2015 **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Posted best practices, curriculum advisement, and activities for all content areas.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Maintained/Updated Professional Development Wiki and Ning for best practices, workshops, blogs, and online book studies, 2007- Present **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">ECBOE PD Wiki: http://ecboeworkshops.wikispaces.com
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Personal PD Wiki: http://getitpd.wikispaces.com


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Additional Credentials **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Bachelor of Science Degree in English and Psychology (JSU, 1991)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Master's Degree in Language Arts (UA, 1996)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Educational Leadership Certification, Master's Add-An (UA, 2007), Ed.S. (UA, 2014), Ed.D. (UA, 2016)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Nationally Board Certified (2000 and 2010) for Grades 4-8, English Language Arts
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Have taught Language Arts (Grades 5-12), History and Geography (Grades 9 and 11), Spanish (Grade 6), and Bible (Grade 7)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">District Administrator Experience, 11 years
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Considerable Experience with Federal Programs and eGAp
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Strong Working Relationship with All Schools and Administrators