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.

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