Charles, S

SUSAN BARDOUILLE CHARLES

3075 Waverley Street Palo Alto, CA 94306

OBJECTIVE

PROFILE

Professional history consists of administrative positions at the elementary and secondary school level combined with over 30 years of educator experience in the U.S. and the Caribbean.

EDUCATION

Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA Ed.D.

Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA Professional Administrative Credential

Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA M.A. Counseling

Pupil Personnel Services Credential, State of California: Life Credential

Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA B.A. Humanities

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2002 - Present: Adjunct Instructor, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA

Duties:

• Helped create and organized the joint Santa Clara University/Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) program to establish the M.A./Preliminary Administrative Credential program, in 2002 - present.

• Co-taught with a Palo Alto lawyer "School Law," in the PAUSD, for the first, cohort group (20+ students), in 2003.

Administrative position in an educational institution of higher learning where education and related experienced will be utilized.

University of California, Berkeley, CA Administrative Services Credential

• Organized and co-lecturer in three classes, in Palo Alto: "Foundation of Educational Leadership," "InstructionalLeadership," and "Current Issues in Education," 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009.

• Instructor for the "Interpersonal Communication" course, at Santa Clara, PAUSD, Evergreen Valley High School, in SanJose; Los Gatos' cohort, in 2008 and 2009.

1997 - 2009: Principal, Ohlone Elementary School, Palo Alto, CA

Duties:

• Responsible for school of 474 students

• Supervise 32 certificated faculty and 40 classified staff

• Hire and evaluate faculty and some classified staff members

• Manage a budget of over half million dollars

• Ensure that State and District standards and educational goals are adhered to by teachers

• Work closely with Site Council, PTA, Core Values Committee, and Farm Council

• Implemented the only Mandarin/English Dual Immersion Elementary program, in thePAUSD

• Member of the PAUSD Leadership and Management Team

• Facilitated Ohlone's building modernization program, in 2000, and have just begun the process again, in

2009

• Ensure that as an alternative school our core values remain viable and alive to all constituencies.

Duties:

• Head of counseling department

• Responsible and supervised 4 counselors, college and career center, attendance and registration departments.

• Member of the Principal's Cabinet

• Member of School's Leadership Team

• Chair of Attendance Program Review Team (APRT)

• Member of PAUSD's Student Attendance Review Board (SARB) and Discipline Committee

• Responsible for 150 students: o Personal Counseling

o Group Counseling

o College and Career Guidance

o Attendance Monitoring

o Graduation Requirements.

1991 -1995: Dean of Students, Henry M. Gunn High School, Palo Alto, CA

Duties:

• Primarily responsible for the discipline of 1100 students

• Monitor the daily attendance of 350 students

• Member of the Principal's Cabinet and Leadership Team

• Chair of the Attendance Program Review Team (APRT)

• Developed and supervised the Academic Center

• Supervised the Campus Supervisors and Attendance Clerks

• Coordinated Latino Boys and African American Students groups

• Trained faculty in Conflict Resolution

• Testing Coordinator ( Competency tests, PSAT, SAT, PLAN, AP,"and Golden State exams.).

1990-1991: Eight Grade Counselor, Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School, Palo Alto, CA

Duties:

• Personal Counseling

• Group Counseling

• Attendance monitoring

• Parent education

• Coordinate the articulation among nine elementary schools

• Faculty-teacher liaison.

1988 - 1990: Counselor, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA

Duties:

• Responsible for 250 Students o Personal Counseling

o Group Counseling

o Attendance monitoring

o Graduation requirements

o College and career guidance

1995 -1997: Head of Guidance/Director of Human Services, Henry M. Gunn High School, Palo Alto, CA

• Initiated and organized Mentoring Program with Stanford's African American and Hispanic faculty

o Chairperson of student assistance program, Confidential Awareness, Referral and Education for Students(CARES).

1987 - 1988: District Counselor Coordinator, Palo Alto Unified School District, CA

Duties:

• Coordinated and facilitated the meetings of counselors at the four secondary schools

• Assisted in the implementation of the drug grant

• Trained all the elementary teachers in the drug education curriculum, "Here' s Looking at You, 2000"

• Trained Palo Alto police in drug education program

• Implemented and trained students for the Advanced Youth Leadership Group

• Assisted with the Mid-Peninsula Youth Theater

• Planned and facilitated monthly Parent Education evenings

• Co-wrote the Student Assistance Program (SAP) curriculum for implementation in the PAUSD

• Responsible for coordination of Care program at Ohlone Elementary School

• Member of PAUSD Student Attendance Review Board (SARB) and Discipline committee.

1984 - 1987: Counselor, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA

Duties:

• Freshman Counselor

• Senior Counselor

• Scholarship and Financial Aid Counselor

• College and career guidance of students

• Write college recommendations for students

• Career Center Coordinator

• Parent Education coordinator

• Staff Development coordinator

• Group counseling for students with substance abuse issues

• Young women's group counseling

• Initiated and coordinated merger meetings between counselors of three secondary schools

• Implemented, piloted, co-designed and taught Decision-Making unit to freshmen and

sophomores

• Member of Human Services Team

• Trained counselors in running Student Study Team meetings (SST).

1981 - 1984: Human Relations Specialist, Henry M. Gnnn High School, Palo Alto, CA

Duties:

• Member of the Administrative Cabinet

• Advisor to the principal, responsibilities for the academic monitoring and counseling

of minority students

• Career guidance of minority students

• Scholarship and Financial Aid Counselor

• Advance Placement Coordinator

• Liaison between school and community

• Responsible for programming to improve positive school atmosphere among

students, student/staff, and staff relationships

• Assisted in programming annual drug and alcohol education of parents and students

• Initiated, planned, and programmed annual Hispanic and Black Youth Leadership Conference and workshops

• Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement (MESA) advisor

• Consultant to Stanford MESA, program sponsored by Hewlett Packard

• Group and individual counseling.

1972 -1974: Assistant Headmistress, Convent Preparatory School, Dominica, West Indies

Duties:

• Managed eight teachers, set curriculum standards and educational goals, with the principal, for a school of 300students

• Initiated and carried through a program of parent/teacher growth interaction

• Designed seminars to improve interpersonal skills of teachers and staff, including problem-solving, decision-making, assertiveness, motivation, and coping with stress.

1963 -1972: Teacher of Mathematics, French, and English, Convent High School, Dominica, West Indies

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Association of California School Administrators - ACSA

• National Association of Elementary Principals - NAESP

• California Association of School Counselors - CASC

• National Education Association - NEA

• California Teachers Association - CTA

• Western Association of College and Admission Counselors - WACAC

• National Association of College and Admission Counselors - NACAC

• Western Association of School Accreditation - WASC

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President, Palo Alto Educators Association (PAEA), 1995 -1997

• President, Palo Alto Management Association (PAMA). 2007 -2008.

Featured, centerfold, on the Palo Alto Weekly, 2007. AUTHORED

• The Ohlone Code Handbook

• The Ohlone Parent Handbook

• The Ohlone Elementary School Brochure

• Mathematics, Engineering and Science (MESA) Handbook, for Stanford MESA

• Handbook and Guide for Group Leaders to conduct Group counseling for Students who are substance abusers for the PAUSD

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Palo Alto High School's Saturday School Handbook.

AWARDS

• Gunn High School Service Award from PTA

• Mid-Peninsula Foundation Community Award for the Advanced Youth

Leadership and Mid-Peninsula Youth Theater.

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