- Assistant Superintendent of Instruction: 7/15-Present Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. Soldotna, Alaska. Responsibilities: Provide instructional leadership that emphasizes education's best instructional or non-instructional practices, provides clarity, focus and prioritized sequence in working towards the realization of the District's vision. Supervises and evaluates Directors and various building administration as assigned by the Superintendent.
- Director of Secondary Education: 7/11-6/15 Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. Soldotna, Alaska. Responsibilities: Supervise and evaluate secondary education, distance education, work force development, and student activities. Provide leadership, direction and support to district secondary school administrators and teachers. Oversee district guidance counselors and post-secondary preparation programs.
- Principal: 8/05 – 6/11 Nikiski Middle/High School Nikiski, Alaska. Responsibilities: Serve as educational/instructional leader of a 375 student middle/high school. Oversee curriculum delivery, budget, policy review/implementation, professional development, staff evaluations, student discipline/attendance, building safety, proactive discipline approaches, special education/504 issues, facility use/community activities and workers compensation.
- Distinguished Educator for Teacher Quality: 7/04 – 7/05 Maine Department of Education Augusta, Maine. Responsibilities: Served as the point person for all teacher quality issues. Provided district superintendents with technical assistance and consultation on The No Child Left Behind Act, "Highly Qualified Teacher" provisions. Responsible for administration and oversight of Federal Title IIA program monies and regulation interpretation. Served as the Department liaison to the Regional Teacher Development Centers, coordinated Maine's mentoring and induction training programs, and assisted with policy development in higher education (teacher preparation) and certification.
- Principal: 7/00 – 6/05 Memorial Middle School South Portland, Maine (2003-2005) *On loan to Dept. of Education for 2004-2005
- Hall-Dale Middle School Farmingdale, Maine (2000-2003) Responsibilities: Served as educational leader of these middle schools. Curriculum oversight, budget, policy review/implementation, professional development, staff evaluations, student discipline/attendance, building safety, proactive discipline approaches, special education/504 issues, facility use/community activities and workers compensation.
- Assistant Principal: 7/99 – 6/00 Gardiner Area High School, Gardiner, Maine. Responsibilities: Chair of the Student Assistance Team, discipline, staff evaluations, attendance, building safety, IEP administration and curriculum oversight/development work.
- Assistant Principal/Athletic Administrator: 7/97 – 6/99 Skowhegan Area Middle School, Skowhegan, Maine. Responsibilities: Discipline, staff evaluation, attendance, building safety, IEP/504 administration, athletics and student activities.
- Special Education Teacher: 8/93 – 6/97 Composite Life Skills Program Skowhegan Area Middle School. Instructed 15 developmentally delayed, autistic, and L.D. seventh and eighth graders in the resource room and in regular classroom team teaching situations. Supervised four full time Educational Technicians.
- Self-Contained Behavior Program MSAD #40, Waldoboro, ME. Instructed seventh through ninth grade students with severe emotional and behavioral disorders in a self-contained behavior program based on a day treatment model. Supervised two full time Educational Technicians.
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