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Ben Jones

 

Address: 402 Oakland Ave

City: Sun Prairie

State: WI

Zip: 53590

Country: United States

 
Phone: 608-318-1468
Cell: 920-210-7045
 

objective

An analytic, technical, and innovate person seeking a leadership role for a dynamic company to support structures and systems in order to develop a professional community and inspire the internal leadership of others.

 

Work Experience

Principal (07/01/2009 – Present)

6-8 school serving 750 students with 100 staff members.

Last Employer: Beaver Dam School District

Contact Person: Steve Vessey 920-885-7500

Responsibilities: Responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of all elements of the school. Supervision of 100 staff members. Communication in community and internal stakeholders. Development of specific goals using a graphic display.

Accomplishments: Innovative leadership of a gender-based educational initiative. Leadership of a standards based grading system. Development of a strong Parent support group. Development of website content for a newly launched school website. Co-director for an innovative grant funded professional development model.

Principal (07/01/2007 – 06/30/2009)

6-8 School serving 650 students with 85 staff members

Last Employer: Baraboo School District

Contact Person: Crystal Ritzenthaler/608-355-3950

Responsibilities: Strategic and operational management of the school. Responsible for the supervision of 85 staff members. Participation in a strategic planning initiative at the district level.

Accomplishments: Development of evaluation techniques and tools. Development of a safety team responsible for designing and testing school safety procedures. Development and redesign of classroom space to create computer lab.

Assistant Principal (07/01/2004 – 06/30/2007)

4-8 School serving 500 students with 75 staff members.

Last Employer: Wautoma Area School District

Contact Person: Tom Rheinheimer/920-887-4577

Responsibilities: Athletic Director. Operational management of discipline and attendance.

Accomplishments: Development of a school within a school model for severly at-risk students. Development of an instructional design for social curriculum.

Teacher (08/21/2000 – 06/18/2004)

High School Social Studies

Last Employer: Weston School District

Contact Person: Mike Ecker/608-986-2151

Responsibilities: High School Social Studies teaching. Coaching Football and Girls Basketball.

Teacher (08/17/1998 – 06/16/2000)

High School Social Studies Teacher

Last Employer: Grantsburg School District

Contact Person: Craig Jefson

Responsibilities: High School Social Studies Teacher. Football and Girls basketball coach.

Education

Establishment: Edgewood College

Degree: Masters

Education Period: 06/18/2001 - 08/06/2004

Speciality: Educational Administration

Average Grade: 3.83

Establishment: UW-Platteville

Degree: Bachelors

Education Period: 09/07/1993 - 05/15/1998

Speciality: Secondary Social Studies Education

Average Grade: 3.01

Skills

Analytic. Understanding human motivation. Driven to excellence. Lifelong learning.

Computer Skills: Microsoft Office suite, Google applications, various proprietary instructional design products, database applications, web-site design, networking hardware and knowledge.

Additional Information

Research Projects: Gender-based educational design.

Conferences or Courses: Human Resource Management. Data-driven decision making. Computer Networking 101.

Professional Membership: AWSA, WAMLE, NMSA, NASSP.

Interests

I have a history as an EMT.  This service created a desire to be involved in community activities.  I have a strong interest in government.  I have participated as a student and as an advisor in student government, forensics, band, choir, play acting, musicals, football, and basketball.