BARBARA S. ILLOWSKY EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy in Education Capella University Specialization: Instructional Design for Online Learning Master of Arts in Statistics The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Bachelor of Science in Mathematics University at Albany, State University of New York Phi Beta Kappa, Signum Laudis Academic Honor Society 2007 1983 1981 SUMMARY: TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION FOR EDUCATION Involved in all phases of innovation and integration of technology: Creation management and development team of the California Online Education Initiative; co- author of an open community college textbook, along with support materials, which, previously in hard- copy form, was also one of the earliest college textbooks incorporating technology into instruction; first online course and first fully open course at De Anza College; created first and second contextualized learning mathematics courses at De Anza College integrating: (1) mathematics and auto tech, and (2) mathematics and nursing Promotion and adoption create and lead workshops on: (1) developing, producing, identifying, and implementing open educational resources at the student, faculty, administrator, and trustee levels; (2) producing ADA compliant materials by implementing universal design guidelines; (3) integrating technology into instruction; (4) integration of online basic skills support into distance learning general education courses; and (5) contextualizing career and academic courses. Promote adoption of the above into instruction at the institution, state, national and international levels Implementation first national, full- course video podcasts for a community college; first college fully online course; prototype development for Rice University s Connexions and OpenStax College Leadership first Project Director of the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources; initiated and led raising of English and mathematics minimum graduation requirements for California Community College system; Director of California Basic Skills Initiative Project; Executive Committee for Academic Senate for California Community Colleges; President of California Mathematics Council, Community Colleges ADMINISTRATIVE & LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE California Community Colleges Online Education Initiative, Director of Basic Skills, 2014 present Identify, develop and lead integration of basic skills resources into online courses Identify, develop and lead integration of open educational resources (OER) into online courses Evaluate online tutoring in courses Barbara Illowsky, Page 1 of 6
California Community Colleges Chancellor s Office, Director of BSI and MCHS, 2012 2014 Oversee the California Basic Skills Initiative (BSI) for all 112 California Community Colleges and the noncredit center, including their funding, program planning, and implementation Develop 5- year, $4.8 million competitive BSI professional development RFA and oversee execution of grant Initiate, develop and advise on OER policy for California Community Colleges, including with CSU and UC collaboratives Oversee state Middle College High School (MCHS) grantees Advise on $19 million Department of Labor CTE/OER TAACCCT grant for the Central Valley Collaborate with CCC stakeholders to produce instructional resources Meet with and advise California state officials on basic skills and open educational resources (OER) legislation and implementation Participate in STEM, basic skills, and OER K- 12 and community college advisory groups Chair Basics Skills Advisory Committee for the CCC Chancellor's Office De Anza College, 2009 2012, Mathematics Department Chair and Assistant to PSME Dean Scheduled over 600 class sections (plus all labs) per year Interviewed, hired and evaluated over 25 adjunct faculty Developed and led Student Learning Outcomes development and assessment workshops Assisted Physical Sciences Mathematics & Engineering (PSME) dean in administrative duties Initiated and led first ever meeting for local high school- to- cc articulation Designed, implemented and directed the developmental mathematics Title III Pass It On project, involving innovative incorporation of student services and faculty professional development into Elementary Algebra course Developed and managed budgets Hired and supervised tutors Evaluated and assessed programs using quantitative and qualitative methods Project Director for the California Community Colleges, Basic Skills Initiative, 2007 2009 Phase III: statewide $1,600,000 competitive grant funded by the CCC Chancellor s Office, 2008 Phase II: statewide $700,000 competitive grant funded by the CCC Chancellor s Office, 2007 Designed, organized and implemented activities for California s professional development which included over twenty conferences, a four- day Summer Teaching Institute, and research in increasing success for students with basic skills needs; Selected faculty, administrators and staff Evaluated programs Developed and managed complex budgets Built teams to collaboratively work together to address the needs of California Community College s students with basic skills needs Presented nationally and statewide, including to the CCC Board of Governors and as an invited keynote speaker Brought in additional grant to address basic skills in career programs Barbara Illowsky, Page 2 of 6
Project Director for the Community Colleges Consortium for Open Educational Resources, 2007 Worked collaboratively with FHDA Board of Trustees and Chancellor as the first project director to develop CCCOER goals, mission and activities Assisted national student Public Interest Research Group in developing and promoting its and Cal- PIRGs activities and goals Organized faculty and student activities in developing and promoting OER to reduce the cost of a college education for students Led efforts to increase international community college membership Promoted ideals and activities of OER TEACHING EXPERIENCE Professor, De Anza College, 1989 Present Mathematics and Statistics Courses taught: first through fourth quarter calculus, pre- calculus, elementary statistics, honors statistics, finite mathematics, intermediate algebra, elementary algebra, pre- algebra. Co- designed, developed and teach distance learning and hybrid elementary statistics courses. Co- designed, developed and teach Learning in Communities (LinC) elementary statistics/introduction to business course. Wrote curriculum for new courses integrating mathematics basic skills with nursing and with auto tech. Instructor, San Francisco State University, 2009 and 2010 Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership Designed, developed and taught Quantitative Analysis of Structural Inequality in Education : required quantitative methods course in doctoral program. Course also includes reviewing research on issues of structural inequality and education from contemporary and historical perspective and analyzing quantitative data on equity and achievement gaps in education. Instructor, Fremont Union High School District, Adult Education, 1987 1989 GED exam preparation Contextualized learning of remedial mathematics in industry. Developed and taught industry program of contextualized learning of mathematics into daily work of assembly line employees with minimal English speaking competency. Barbara Illowsky, Page 3 of 6 AWARDS Distinguished Service Award; California Mathematics Council, Community Colleges, 2014 Educator ACE (international) Award; The OpenCourseWare Consortium, 2013 Outstanding Service Special Award; California Mathematics Council, Community Colleges, 2012 2011 Teaching Excellence Award (national); American Mathematical Association of Two- Year Colleges, 2011 Teaching Excellence Award; California Mathematics Council, Community Colleges, 2008 Woman of Distinction; San Jose Jewish Federation, 2007
President s Award; California Mathematics Council, Community Colleges, 2005 Outstanding De Anza Professor for 2003-2004; Fremont Union High School District Middle College Program, 2004 Best Online Teaching; California Virtual College state winner for Elementary Statistics course (with Susan Dean), 2002 Above and Beyond Award; De Anza College Special Education Division s Recipient, 2000 Teaching Excellence Award, National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development, 1998 Innovator of the Year, League of Innovation; Foothill- De Anza Community College District (co- winner) for the Collaborative Learning Program implemented at De Anza College, 1992 Barbara Illowsky, Page 4 of 6 PUBLICATIONS (Selected from over 20) Co- author, Introductory Statistics and Collaborative Statistics textbook, open textbook and courseware, 1994 present. Textbooks for algebra based statistics that integrates collaborative learning and writing across the curriculum, along with multicultural infusion throughout. The combined books are now OER and available for free at: http://cnx.org/content/col10522/latest/ and http://openstaxcollege.org/textbooks/introductory- statistics Open Educational Resources: A Faculty Author s Perspective. MathAMATYC Educator, American Mathematical Association of Two- Year Colleges, Volume 3, Number 3, May 2012, and FACCTS, Faculty Association of California Community Colleges, Winter 2011-2012 And the Textbook Is Free? Introduction to Open Educational Resources. Rostrum, The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, September 2009 Read about Reading. Rostrum, The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, September 2009 Noncredit Instruction: Opportunity and Challenge (co- author of paper). The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, Spring 2009 Basic Skills Initiative What We ve Done, What s Up Next. Rostrum, The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, March 2009 The California Basic Skills Initiative. New Directions for Community Colleges: Are Community Colleges Underprepared for Underprepared Students? (Ch.8; editors P. Schuetz and J. Barr). Jossey- Bass, Winter 2008. The California Basic Skills Initiative: Three years young and still growing (co- author Julie Adams). ijournal: Insight into Student Services. Issue #20, October 2008 http://ijournal.us/issue_20/ij_20_00_tocframe.html Basic Skills as a Foundation for Success in California Community Colleges (contributing author and faculty reviewer). Center for Student Success, February 2007 RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Advisory Boards and Steering Committees: Community Colleges Consortium for Open Educational Resources. First Project Director, Executive Committee, 2008 present. WebAssign. Corporate Board of Directors, 2014 present
3CSN. Advisory Circle, 2012 present MyText Software, Inc. Education Advisory Board, 2012 present Open Doors Group. Advisory Board, 2013 present Kno, Inc. Education Advisory Board, 2011 present Open Education Resources Center for CA Community Colleges. Advisory Committee, 2009 2011 TTIP South. Advisory Committee, 2013 2014 Education Commission of the States. Advisory Board member for Getting Past Go, a national developmental education initiative, 2009 2011 California Basic Skills Initiative. Steering Committee, 2007 2010 Dissertation Committees: Pamela Mery, EdD, San Francisco State University, 2011 Diane Fiero, EdD, University of LaVerne, 2013 Erik Cooper, EdD, Sacramento State University, 2014 Consulting: 20 Million Minds Foundation. Consulted on open educational resources textbook promotion, development, and adoption. 2011 present Ohio Community Colleges System. Conducted training workshops on contextualized learning of basic skills and career courses, 2014 Innovative Educators. Conducted training webinars on Assessment of Developmental Programs, Math Performance Success Program, Contextualized Learning & Teaching, 2010 2011 National Science Foundation. Grant proposal reviewer, 2010 California Community Colleges (over one dozen). Conducted training workshops on contextualized learning of basic skills and career courses, integrating technology into mathematics, leadership in basic skills education, open educational resources, 2007 present Educational Testing Services. Consultant on design of new products, 2007 2008 The Collaborative for Higher Education. Mathematics consultant and trainer for fourth through eighth grade teachers in low performing school district, 2005 2006 Santa Clara County Office of Education. Mathematics consultant for Math Mentor, a program to help students pass the California High School Exit Exam, 2003 2006 Coast Community College District. Statistics consultant for development of online statistics course, 2005 2006 PRESENTATIONS Over 200 national and international presentations, often as invited keynote or session speaker Barbara Illowsky, Page 5 of 6
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS California Mathematics Council Community Colleges (CMC 3 ) Board of Directors: 1994 2013, 1989 present (member). Positions include President, Past President (current), President Elect & Conference Chair Adjunct Advocate, Special Projects Advocate, Annual Auditor. Column in newsletter 1996-2012. American Mathematical Association of Two- Year Colleges Journal Editorial Board: 2008 present, West Coast Delegate: 2009 present, Innovation in Teaching and Learning Committee West Coast Delegate: 2010 present, Mathematics Excellence Award Committee: 2008 2010 National Association of Developmental Education: founding member of CalADE Chapter, 2009 Barbara Illowsky, Page 6 of 6