SCHOOL PROGRAMS MANAGER (2001 – 2006)

Markkula Center for Applied Ethics Santa Clara, CA

1969 - 2001 Santa Clara County Office of Education

ADMINISTRATOR (Certificated) Alternative Schools Department San Jose, CA

Responsible for the general operation of the Alternative Schools Department, including, but not limited to, long range planning; supervision of staff and programs; budget development and monitoring; program management involving cooperation with school districts, county, state, federal, and community agencies, the public, and Office Departments; instructional management ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local educational and penal regulations and guidelines as well as curriculum development; facilities management; and general responsibility for federal projects, grants, and MIS system. Co-creator of Statewide Community Schools.

PRINCIPAL

Alternative Schools Department

Provided the leadership and supervision to school sites via a commitment to and support for collaboration by serving as a role model for both staff and students in all aspects of the program; developed partnerships with parents, school districts, community agencies, government, local businesses, and the community; developed curriculum with emphasis on student outcomes; ensured compliance with state laws and Board policies; managed student and staff attendance systems; nurtured and promoted site based management; responsible for the budget development and fiscal management of sites; staff evaluation; member of ASD's leadership team, student outcomes committee, technology committee, financial committee; and served as department liaison to state agencies.

ROBERT L. MICHELS CURRICULUM VITAE (Cont.)

1967 - 1969 Berryessa Union School District

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Piedmont Intermediate School San Jose, CA

Responsible for curriculum development and supervision, student discipline, budget creation and monitoring, school plant management, staff evaluation, extra-curricular school functions, including, but not limited to rallies, band functions, student government, athletic events, PTA , student lunch programs; liaison with community, county, city, and state agencies; and serving on county and district committees.

1961-1967 Additional Work History

Palo Alto Unified School District (1963-1967) Palo Alto, CA Ortega Elementary School

Program leader and teacher for a model team-teaching program for grades 5-6 utilizing collaborative decision making and site based management for a team of six staff and one hundred and twenty students. The model program utilized parents, community organizations, business partnerships, and agencies. The program was a demonstration site for the California State Department of Education and the Far West Laboratory of Research and Development.

Served as summer school principal in 1965 and 1966.

Cupertino Union School District (1961-1963) Cupertino, CA Jollyman Elementary School

West Valley Elementary School

Taught grades three through six at demonstration school sites. Was responsible for curriculum development and served as site leader. Both schools received honors from the California Department of Education for educational excellence in student outcomes.

1968 -1973 Los Gatos Police Department Los Gatos, CA Reserve Police Officer

Responsible for the law enforcement of the town of Los Gatos. Worked full time when requested on weekends and during the summer.

EDUCATIONAL

BACKGROUND Graduate of the California School Leadership Academy (CSLA) - 1992

MA in Public School Administration - San Jose State University, June, 1967 BA in Education - San Francisco State University - June, 1961

CREDENTIALS General Administrative - Life

General Secondary - Life General Elementary - Life

Community College Instructor - Life

ROBERT L. MICHELS CURRICULUM VITAE (Cont.)

PROFESSIONAL

ACHIEVEMENTS Recipient of the highest award offered to those helping disadvantaged youth and adults, the “Movers of Mountain Award”, Presented by the Martin Luther King Jr. Association of Santa Clara Valley, October 2013

Recipient of the highest award offered to an educator working with at-risk and alternative educational students, the “John Peshkoff Award for Excellence in Education”, May 2007

Published article, “Characteristics of Successful Alternative School Programs in the United States”, Horizons in Education, Warsaw, Poland, 2004. Presented in both English and Polish

Chair for over seventy accreditation committees for Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) nationally and internationally – 1990 to present

Board of Directors of Learning Alternatives Resource Network (LeARN) - 1995 – 1997

Published article on education and the homeless in California Curriculum News Report - December, 1994

President of Juvenile Court and Community School Administrators of California - 1993- 94, JCCSAC – Board Member 1980 – 2001

Secretary for northern region of the California Consortium for Independent Studies (CCIS), 1993 - 1994.

Responsible for the first independent study school or program to be WASC accredited in California - 1992, Central Independent High School

California Educator of the Year Award - 1979-80

Created, developed and implemented first community school concept in California known as Urban Ecology - 1971. Program included collaboration with school districts, community and Juvenile Probation Department. Forerunner to present day Community Schools. Wrote/developed legislation for both Community and Community Day Schools.

COMMUNITY

INVOLVEMENT Member of the San Jose Host Lion Club 1978 to present

Christmas In April (Support to the disadvantaged on the mid-peninsula) Kappa Delta Pi Education – SCU Faculty Advisor

Hispanic Education and Media Group - 1994

Board of Directors - Children's Home Society of California - 1985 - 1993 Board of Directors - San Jose Civic Light Opera - 1980-83

National Council of Christian and Jews - 1983-87

Participant in "Youth for Understanding" student exchange program - 1974 – 1984 Board Directors – Firehouse Community Development Corporation – 2009 to present Board of Directors – Youth Science Institute (YSI) – 2014 to 2016

PROFESSIONAL

MEMBERSHIPS Juvenile Court and Community School Administrators of California (JCCSAC) Association of California School Administrators (ACSA)

Correctional Education Association (CEA)

INTERESTS Computer technology, Traveling, Photography, Cooking, Theatre

REFERENCES Furnished upon request

Responsible for providing training and support to experienced teachers nationally in the areas of Character Based Literacy – an innovative language arts program, designed for at-risk students, integrating literature with character building.