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Our Two Directors of Education
DR.
JIM ATKINSON
EDUCATION: Doctor of Education, Adult Education
Administration, University of Arkansas. sis
Master
of Science, Higher Education/College Teaching
Major: Social Science, Northeastern State University,
Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Bachelor
of Arts, Major: History. Minor: Cultural
Anthropology, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota
Vietnam
Era Veteran, USAF, 1970/1974, Sgt. Honorable Discharge.
EMPLOYMENT Dean of Education and
Community/College Relations.
Develop
and market a university-wide Education program, offering both credit and
non-credit classes.
·
Provide credit and non-credit distance
education opportunities via internet.
· Provide professional development seminars for
business and industry statewide.
· Provide all continuing education programs for
health sciences, liberal arts, business and technology.
· Design, develop and implement all university
Cooperative Agreements with Oklahoma technology centers.
· Design, develop and implement all university
Articulation Agreements with community colleges.
· Recruit students from community colleges and
technical centers. · Develop and oversee various grants within the
university system.
· Serve on various college and community
committees:
State
University Executive Council /- State University Marketing Committee
Vice
President for Student Services.
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College, Miami,
Oklahoma.
·
Chief Executive Officer for comprehensive
student services program.
· Managed staff of 81.
· Implemented and oversaw a budget in excess of
$2.5 Million.
· Oversaw student advising and enrollment.
· Oversaw student counseling crisis
intervention.
· Financial aid counseling. Also chaired Financial Aid Appeals Board.
· Directed student discipline and Judicial
Board.
· Developed and implemented an athletic drug
testing and compliance program.
· Oversaw Campus Police and Investigation
Department, both criminal and non-criminal activities.
· Advisor to the Student Body Government.
· Advisor to the President of the college.
· Chaired the Total Quality Council.
· Co-chaired Academic Appeals Committee.
· Designed and directed all graduation and
commencement ceremonies.
· Directed Student Career Center, and all
Student Support Services.· ADA Compliance Officer.
· Oversaw international student recruitment and
advising.
Coordinator of Adult Learning Programs. Tulsa Public Schools, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Developed and oversaw evening high school for
area students.
· Restructured Adult Basic Education Programs
for the city of Tulsa.
· Developed and marketed the comprehensive
Community Education Program.
· Coordinated all GED testing for Tulsa County.
· Maintained all State and Federal records and
oversaw the budget for the program.
· Assessed and advised adults in transition.
· Developed a work based education program for
Tulsa County.
· Developed and implemented Family Literacy
Programs for Tulsa County.
· Supervised staff of 10 full time and 22 part
time professionals.
Director of Developmental Education, Ottawa
University, Ottawa, Kansas.
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Designed and implemented retention program,
including cross-curriculum learning classes, supplemental instruction, peer mentoring,
academic advising, and athletic recruitment policies.
· Designed and implemented Continuing Education
and Life Long Learning Program.
· Voting member of Admissions Committee. Served as one of six acting Deans as a member of
Academic Deans Council.
· Taught two sections of Learning Skills, one
section of Freshman Composition and advised at-risk students.
Academic and Career Counselor. Neosho County
Community College, Ottawa, Kansas.
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Prepared adult students for transfer to four
year colleges and advised of vocational and academic options.
· Designed, developed and implemented the first
Human Resource Development curriculum to be accredited by the State of Kansas.
Coordinator
of Instruction for Learning Skills. University of Arkansas Student Development Center,
Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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Supervised five instructors.
· Developed curriculum
· Taught three sections of Learning Skills.
· Conducted workshops: Study habits, goal setting, note taking and test
taking. Conducted seminars: Reading for the Main Idea, Studying for the Social
Sciences.
· Supervised University of Arkansas
Supplemental Instruction.
Workplace
Literacy Instructor. Tyson Foods/Arkansas State Department of Education, Fayetteville,
Arkansas.
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Designed and taught worksite classes in Adult
Basic Education.
· Conducted classes leading to successful
completion of GED.
Project
Success Coordinator. Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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Designed and taught Adult Basic Education to
homeless individuals in Northwest Arkansas.
MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
· Past President, AESOP, (Arkansas Educators
Sharing Our Promise).
· Member, VITAL, (Volunteers in Teaching Adult
Literacy).
· Member, NADE, National Association of
Developmental Educators).
· Member, AAACE, (American Association for
Adult and Continuing Education).
· Member, NACD, (National Association for
Curriculum Development).
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Member, ASTD, (American Society of Training and
Development).
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