Dawn H. Dennis dawn.holleydennis@famu.edu Education 1998 Workforce Education and Development Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University 1995 Vocational Education/Business Education M.Ed. 1994 Vocational Education/Business Education B.S. Professional Experience Fall 2007-Present Spring 2005-Fall 2007 August 2003-December 2004 August 2000-August 2003 Associate Professor/Department of Workforce Education/College of Education Department Chairperson (Tenured) Lead, teach and serve the faculty/staff/and students in the Department of Workforce Education and the community. Serve committees as appointed and elected. Asst. Professor/Department of Workforce Education/College of Education Assisted Chair and faculty in assuring NCATE reaccreditation. Provided advisement to students Implemented Web-based Course (Methods of Teaching Business Education) Taught Office Management, Administrative Support Services, Leadership Development and Methods of Teaching Business. Served on various committees in support of the College of Education Executive Assistant to the President Provided administrative services to the Florida A&M University Board of Trustees. Ensured Board materials/meetings/workshops were coordinated systematically Asst. Professor/Department of Workforce Education/College of Education Initiated and assisted Department Chair with a collaborative effort that resulted in an updated Industrial Arts Program. 2002-2003 National Leadership Institute Scholar Participated in college-wide team grant writing efforts. 1
Advised students. Participated in college-wide committees as needed. Collaborated with FAMU Developmental Research School faculty and staff in various projects. Blackboard Web Supported Courses 1998-1999 Coordinator/Asst. Professor (Visiting) Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Served as Coordinator for the Florida Safe Learning Environment Institute (FLSEI). The project was designed to promote consistent, reliable, usable data reported through the Safe Environment Safety Incident Reporting System throughout the state of Florida. Faculty and Administrative Duties OST 3337 Business Report Writing 3 semester units OST 4500 Office Management 3 semester units OST 4404 Administrative Support Systems 3 semester units EDG 3302 Professional Development 3 semester units BTE 3068 Principles of Business Education 3 semester units BTE 4110 Methods of Teaching Bus. Ed. 3 semester units BTE 4945 Student Teaching 6-12 semester units BTE 5431 Improved Methods of Teac BusEd 3 semester units BTE 5085 Administration & Supervision in BS 3 semester units BTE 5671 Problems, Trends and Issues BusEd 3 semester units Advisement: Advisor for undergraduate and graduate majors in Dept. of Workforce Education (2000- present). SERVICE - University, Civic, Social and Professional Service Provided Specific Role Dates College of Education Committee on Field Experiences and Clinical Practice (Standard 3) College of Education Committee on the Conceptual Framework 11/22/99 9/19/00 College of Education Graduate Council 10/30/00 College of Education Committee on Field Experiences and Clinical Practice (Standard 3) Asst. Chairperson 1/5/00-1/26/01 College of Education Recruitment Committee 9/10/01 2
College of Education Curriculum Committee Chairperson 11/27/01 College of Education Professional Development Committee 9/17/02 University Institutional Mission, Gov and Admi Chairperson 7/20/04 James A. Shanks Middle School Provided Teacher with Strategies using Technology in Classroom 9/12/05 College of Education Assessment Committee 08/05 Department of Business and Technology Education Search Committee Chair 11/7/05 College of Ed. Gallery of Distinc Nomination Committee College of Education NCATE Conceptual Framework Committee Chairperson 1/30/06 Co-Chairperson 8/2/06 James A. Shanks Middle School James A. Shanks Middle School (Ms. Walker) Lincoln High School College of Education Retreat Committee Presentation to Students/Assist Classroom Teacher Assisted Classroom Teacher in preparation for FCAT Classroom Observ and Discussion of Collaboration 9/16/06 10/20/06 10/20/06 1/25/07 Research & Professional Development Committee Chair 09/04/08 COE Tenure & Promotion Standards Committee COE Curriculum Committee COE Space and Facilities Committee College of Education Tenure and Promotion. College of Education Curriculum Committee 08/08/08 08/08/08 08/08/08 08/09 08/09 3
Professional Activities (non-teaching) Professional activity Specific role Date Howard University HBCU Faculty Conference Online Course Development Certificates:(FAMU Instructional Media Center) FAMU DRS School Advisory Board Journey InTo Womanwood Board (Jacksonville, FL) Presenter Participant Board /Secretary Board 6/15/10 3/10 10/2007-5/15/2008 7/12/2007 James A. Shanks Middle School (Ms. Johnson) FCAT Presentation to Students 1/14/07 FAMU DRS Faculty Meeting Presentation (Contextual Teaching and Learning) 9/14/05 Florida Asso. for Career & Tech Ed. New Administrators Workshop Participant 7/05 National Dissemination Ctr. For Career and Technical Education Ohio State University National Leadership Institute National Meetings: Scottsdale, AZ June 26-29, 2002 Dallas, Texas October 14-16, 2002 Washington, DC January 13-17, 2003 St. Louis, Missouri June 23-25, 2003 National Leadership Institute Scholar 2002-2003 Faculty/Advisors Workshop Participant 2/2002 Editorial Board Workforce Education Forum (WEF) 2/29/2000 James S. Rickards High School Future Business Leader of Amer. Judge 2/8/2000 4
Non-Published Manuscripts Cyberbullying Leadership Training Teachers to Embrace Entrepreneurship Chapter Submission Book Abstract Submission Fall 2009 Fall 2009 Spr 2010 Publications The Relationship of Transformational Leadership and Workplace Dynamics Florida Educational Leadership, Volume 7, No. 2 Spring 2007 Accountability via Contextual Teaching and Learning Workforce Education and Two Important View Points Business Education Curriculum: An Alternative for Reducing the Unemployment Rate Among African American Youth The Journal of Multiculturalism Education/Volume 2 Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, Volume 44(2) Occupational Education Forum Volume 23, No. 2 Pennsylvania State University Feb. 2007 Summer 2007 Fall 1996 Papers Presented Presentation Title Conference Name Date Training Educators to Embrace Entrepreneurship. FAMU DRS Computer Boot Camp Howard University, HBCU Faculty Conference. (FAMU DRS Parents), Tallahassee, FL, 6/15/10 5/16/09 Keynote Speaker Business Law via Blackboard Implementing Student Achievement Through Contextual Teaching Vocational and Adult Education In- Service Conference, Quincy, FL College Teaching and Learning Conference (Clute Institute for Academic Research), Florence, Italy Georgia Tech Prep State Conference, Atlanta, GA 8/9/06 6/26-29/06 2/14/06 5
Business Law via Blackboard Florida Business and Technology 10/13- Education Conference, Tampa, Florida 14/05 Contextual Teaching and Learning FAMU DRS Faculty, Tallahassee, FL 9/14/05 Career Exploration Presentation/Representative for College of Education Presentation Shanks Middle School (7 th Grade) Quincy, FL Take a Look At Teaching Conference, Lake Butler Florida 9/16/05 11/2/00 Honors and Recognition Title Year Received Tallahassee Democrat Article Speakers Gave Their Time to Shanks Middle 5/31/06 Tallahassee Democrat Article Conference Stresses Job Training 8/16/06 Faculty & Staff Endowment Scholarship Campaign (Certificate of 2004 Participation) Faculty Service Recognition 2002-2003 International Who s Who of Professional Educators 1999//2000 Doctoral Committee Outstanding Contribution (Certificate) 8/21/1999 Research Grant Title Funding Agency Period/Term Amount Broadband USA (BTOP) Public Computer Center U.S. Dept.Commerce Pending $1,000,000.00 Technology Based Instruction Office of Instructional Media Ct. Leadership Academy Black Males Explorers program Grant Below Funded as a Collaborative Effort: Service Learning Grant (Funded as Florida Alliance for a Collaborative Effort/--not listed Student Service/Florida as PI) Campus Compact June 2006-June 2007 $ 2,500.00 August 2007-June $25,605.00 2008 2002-2003 $1,000.00 6
Non-Funded/Sponsored Research Projects Research Project Title Date Business Technology Academy; SUCCEED Florida, Florida DOE July 2006 Other Ways to Win: The Center for Technology and Workforce Development April 2005 Other Ways to Win: The Center for Technology and Workforce Development October 2002 Organization/Activity Specific Role Dates National Business Education Association 00-01/Present Association of Career and Technical Ed. 98-99/Present Pi Omega Pi-- Zeta Alpha Chapter 03-03/Present Bethel AME Church, Stewardess 01-09-Present National Association of the Advance. of Colored People Present 7