John Maklary
Email: john [at] maklary [dot] com
Blog:  http://john.maklary.com
Wiki:  http://mistermak.pbwiki.com

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Education

Teaching Certification

Authorization: Grades 6 - 12

Professional Development, Committees and Associations

• Discovery Education STAR Educator
• Discovery National Virtual Conference Presenter, 2008
• Digital Building Blocks
  
• Texas Computer Education Association Conference Presenter, 2007 and 2008
  
  • Best of the Net for Educators - 2007
    
  • GarageBand in the Classroom - 2007 and 2008
  • Digital Media Kits - 2007
• Texas Computer Education Association Conference Attendee, 2006-2009
• Texas Computer Education Association Member
• International Society of Technology Education (ISTE) Member
  
• TCEA Technology Coordinators Special Interest Group Member

• TCEA Campus Technology Specialists Special Interest Group Member
  

• TECH Forum Texas Attendee, 2007
  
• National Educational Computing Conference Member
  
• Lane County Technical Advisory Committee Member, 1999 - 2005
• Distance Learning Advisory Committee Member, 2001 - 2005
• Organization for Educational Technology & Curriculum Member, 1999 - 2005
• Oregon Educational Media Association Member, 2000 - 2005
• Professional Development Cadre: Ed Tech Cadre Member, 2004 - 2005
• Oregon School Reform Conference Attendee, 2004
• Northwest Council for Computer Education Conference Attendee, 2000 & 2002
• Instructional Technology Strategies Conference Attendee, 2003 & 2005

 

Professional Employment

Director of Technology
2008-current St. Laurence Catholic School , Sugar Land, Texas

Middle School Computer Applications Teacher

2008-current St. Laurence Catholic School , Sugar Land, Texas

Technology Coordinator
2005-2008 John Paul II Catholic School , Houston, Texas

• Manage school-wide Windows Server 2003 based network and security firewall
• Maintain school website presence including group calendaring applications.
  
• Assist classroom teachers to integrate effective technology-based teaching strategies into their curriculum that align with state and national learning standards
• Provide professional development opportunities including weekly staff training, summer seminars and online training that align with school technology plan
• Manage school-wide student information system (RenWeb and Admin Plus/Edline)
• Responsible for acquisition and maintenance of all technology hardware and software

Middle School Computer Applications Teacher
2005-2008 John Paul II Catholic School , Houston, Texas

Applications and concepts covered:

• Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher)
• Web Literacy - critically thinking about the information found on the Internet
• Internet Safety and Digital Citizenship - learning the caveats and potential hazards of social networking and how to empower students to communicate safely and effectively. Fair use and copyright are also covered.
  
• Information Literacy - finding the right information, fine-tuning searches, citing resources
• Web 2.0 - blogs, wikis and podcasts..tools to promote academic expression
  
• Creating video games using GameMaker
• Digital storytelling using iMovie, Movie Maker, GarageBand and Audacity

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Ed Tech Grant Coordinator
2004-2005 Oakridge School District, Oakridge, Oregon.

• Wrote for and received a $225,000 Title II-D Ed Tech grant.
• Manage and direct the activities, budgets and federal reporting associated with grant.
• Provide mentoring, advising and leadership to teachers in their efforts to integrate technology into cross-curricular writing instruction and mathematics.
• Research technology integration strategies that address content standards and student technology standards and apply them to classroom instruction.

Technology Coordinator
1998-2005 Oakridge School District, Oakridge, Oregon.

• Manage all resources related to computer technology including maintenance of hardware.
• Install and maintain Windows 2003 servers. Initiated and installed district-wide library automation system.
• Provide leadership to create and maintain high-tech media centers that are aligned with district curriculum goals.
• Train staff in the use of instructional technology to enhance curriculum to attain higher student achievement.
• Seek out grant opportunities to support the district’s 5-year technology plan.
• Provide district level seminars, workshops and summer institutes for technology professional development that align with district technology plan.
• Work with a variety of hardware, software and curriculum vendors in securing appropriate technology resources to support student learning.
• Knowledgeable in both Windows and Macintosh environments.

Media & Technology Teacher
1999-2004 Oakridge School District, Oakridge, Oregon.

• Taught media and technology skills to middle school students, grades 5-8.
• Developed on-line middle school technology curriculum using Blackboard to address subjects including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet research, keyboarding skills, and media literacy.
• Collaborated with subject area teachers to encourage cross-curricular learning opportunities enhanced through the use of technology.

Programmer/Analyst
1997-1998 Troutman’s Emporium, Eugene, Oregon.

• Developed procedures and analysis to solve the Year 2000 issue within the company on a COBOL based system.
• Created and maintained in-house PC applications using Microsoft Access and Visual Basic.
• Worked within a team to implement a new Point of Sale system throughout 30 stores in the Pacific Northwest.
• Trained and assisted end users with PC’s and PC applications.
  

Executive Director
1997 Oakridge-Westfir Chamber of Commerce, Oakridge, Oregon.

• Managed the day to day operations of the Chamber of Commerce and submitted monthly status reports to the Board of Directors.
• Organized various events and fund-raisers to promote the Chamber and the communities of Oakridge and Westfir.
• Coordinated and supported the activities of sub-committees within the organization.
• Developed, published and distributed the Chamber’s monthly newsletter as well as designed and maintained the Chamber of Commerce web site (www.oakridgechamber.com).
• Maintained a database of all businesses and Chamber members in the Oakridge-Westfir area.
• Actively recruited new members to the Chamber using direct mail, phone surveys and face-to-face contact.
• Researched grant and foundation opportunities to assist local business and to promote tourism in the area.
• Community Field Coordinator for the Oakridge Business Assistance Team. This position required me to make contact with local businesses that needed assistance writing a business plan, seeking financial aid in the form of grants or loans and with legal issues.

Database Administrator
1994–1996 Holt, Rinehart & Winston Inc., Austin, Texas.

• Developed databases and user interfaces to capture key market information from research projects conducted by the Marketing department. Databases were maintained by supervising and monitoring data-entry operators.
• Developed a Paradox-based application to automate the sales force. Application entailed the creation of an easy user interface to maintain key customer contacts, addresses, demographic information and sales history. Application allowed the user to interface with the home office by fax, e-mail or modem allowing the user to download current sales and inventory information off a network file server. Application served as the prototype for a client-server solution.
• Fulfilled ad hoc information requirements primarily through the use of the mainframe tool NOMAD in an IBM TSO environment. Assisted in the design of new mainframe-generated sales reports. Developed key sales and marketing reports linking sales history data with external database demographics.

Financial Analyst
1988–1994 Holt, Rinehart & Winston Inc., Austin, Texas.

• Prepared monthly financial performance reports with emphasis on sales, cost of goods sold, and budget comparison. Fulfilled special financial analysis projects for the Vice President of Finance. Analyzed the profitability of specific textbook programs to determine future investment outlooks for those programs. Provided breakdown of Capital Expenses and Fixed Assets through spreadsheet modeling.
• Prepared an annual sales budget of over $100 million. Implementation of this budget required the interaction of managers at all levels. Assisted management in five-year sales and expense outlooks. Automated the budgeting procedure to expedite the process under heavy time constraints.
• Recommended to the Vice President of Finance the purchase of improved PC hardware that resulted in improved computing capacity. Supported and assisted regional offices in the use of computers for automated budgeting. Solved various technical problems associated with computer use in the department.