KIM V. KNIGHT, NBCT

Talladega County Schools Office Tel: (256) 315-5493 Career and Technical Education Advisor Work Cell: (256) 368-2601 122 Fay Perry Drive Fax: (256) 315-5520 Childersburg, AL 35044 kimknight@tcboe.org

Twitter: @kknight & TCBOECareertech Facebook: TCBOECareerTech

EXPERIENCE

2004-2007 Business Education teacher, Pittard School of Technology, Alpine, AL. Grades 7-12.

2007-2010 Business Education teacher, Winterboro, Alpine, AL. Grades 7-12.

2010-2012 Business Education teacher, Childersburg Middle School, Childersburg, AL. Grades 7 and 8.

2012-2014 Cooperative Education Coordinator, Talladega County Schools. 7 schools serving juniors and seniors.

2014-Present Career Technical Advisor, Talladega County Schools. 10 schools, 24 teachers, 33 programs.

EDUCATION

University of Alabama, Birmingham, May 2014 - Masters of Arts in Education, emphasis in Educational Leadership. Awarded Outstanding Educational Leadership Graduate Student in the Department of Human Studies.

Certiport - IC3 Internet and Computing Core Certification, January 2011.

National Board Certified Teacher 2009 – Received the state grant to pursue certification in 2008, awarded certification in 2009.

BIE, Buck Institute for Education 2009 – Completed 16 hours of project-based lesson plan training.

Intel Teach Certification 2009 – Completed 32 hours of project-based lesson plan training.

ACE Trainer, Alex Certification of Excellence Cohort 2009 – Completed basic certification to train teachers on the resources available through ALEX and Thinkfinity for grades K-12.

Teacher Certification 2006, Athens State University, Athens, AL. Completed coursework to obtain highly-qualified teacher certification in Business/Marketing Education.

Jacksonville State University, June 1987 - Bachelor of Science in Marketing, Management minor.

GRANTS

$18,079.78 (2017) Pathway to Financial Success Grant awarded to purchase Dave Ramsey Financial Literacy online resources and student resources for all 7 Career Preparedness Teachers in the county.

$26,250 (2017) Smart Work Ethics Grants to provide professional development, student resources, and instructor kits to 17 Career Technical teachers in the county. Renewal of $49,350.00 (2016) grant written by our career coaches.

$175,562.00 SDE Workforce Development Grant to partner with Gadsden State Community College and Central Alabama Community College to provide equipment to be used for college level technical program and to purchase new equipment for our Agriscience programs.

$500.00 (2010) Talladega County Education Foundation grant to pay student registration to attend national FBLA competition in Nashville, Tennessee.

$15,000.00 (2010) Extended Contract Grant Recipient in the amount which allowed me to work 24 day’s during the summer with both students and peers.

PRESENTATIONS

Knight, Kim V. (August 18, 2016) “Career and Technical Education Program Overview and Partnerships” in the Talladega County school system. Presented as a guest.

Knight, Kim V. (March, 2016) "Career and Technical Education Across the County" to the Talladega City Rotary Club.

Knight, Kim V. (September, 2015) “Dual Technical Programs and Partnerships with Post-Secondary Education” presented to South Talladega County Personnel Association.

Knight, Kim V. (November 2012, February 2013) “Alabama College and Career Ready Standards for Career and Technical Education” presenter on behalf of the State Department of Education, Jacksonville State University.

Knight, Kim V. (August 2011) Talladega County Career and Technical Education. Presenter “Incorporating Technology into the Career and Technical Classroom.” Childersburg Middle School.

Knight, Kim V. (October 2010) State Department Career and Technical Education WebEx Presenter. “Providing Opportunities for Students to Become 21^st Century Communicators Using Podcasts and more.”

Knight, Kim V. (June 2010) ACTE Presentation at the state Career and Technical Education Summer Conference. “Avatars in Education.”

Knight, Kim V. (June 2010) Talladega County Schools STIPD Summer Workshop. “Cool Tech Tools for Teachers and Students.” Coordinated and presented a summer workshop alongside fellow teachers for grades K-12 on how to incorporate web tools into current lesson plans. Winterboro Business and Marketing Academy, Alpine, AL.

LEADERSHIP

2017 (October) Future Farmers of America National Leadership Conference, Indianapolis, IN. with students to compete on the national level.

2017 (August) Career Technical Education Staff Development "Simulated Workplace"

2017 (August) Career Technical Summer Conference

2017 (July) FBLA National Leadership Conference, Anaheim, CA. with students and region 5 Vice President

2017 (PLU) CLAS & ACTA Leadership

2017 (April) AACTA Spring Conference, Perdido Beach, Orange Beach, AL.

2016 (August) Career Technical Education Staff Development "Credentialing"

2016 (July) FBLA National Leadership Conference, Atlanta, GA. with students and FBLA region 5 vice president.

2016 (April) AACTA Spring Conference, Perdido Beach, Orange Beach, AL.

2016 (PLU) CLAS & ACTA Leadership

2015 (July) FBLA National Leadership Conference, Chicago, IL. with students and FBLA student state president.

2015 State Department of Education, Worked with state Career Technical advisory board members to build ground work with local community leaders for a new FACS CRI exam in Fashion.

2013 and 2015 Lead Teacher for Talladega County Career Technical Education. Montevallo in-service center workshops – Region 7, College and Career Readiness.

2011 State Department of Education, Governors iChallenge. Coordinated student and teacher podcast productions. Currently serve as a podcast trainer for the Alabama Learning Exchange.

2011 (ETS) Education Testing Service. Participated in the Business/Marketing Education Praxis test revision. Montgomery, AL (March 2011)

2010 (July) Accompanied students who advanced in competition to: Future Business Leaders of America National Leadership Conference, Nashville, TN

AFFILIATIONS

2013 /Present - Talladega County Education Foundation -Advisory Committee member.

2013 Present - Talladega County Schools Long Range Strategic Improvement Plan Committee – member.

2013 Present CLAS Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools - member

2012 Present Callie’s Kids – Supporting the Arts for Children, Advisory Board member.

2009/2013 Tom Ogletree Memorial Scholarship Fund, Board of Examiners. Trust administered by Wachovia Bank.

2005/Present Future Business Leaders of America - professional member.

2005 /Present Alabama Career and Technical Education - member

Alabama Education Association - member (AEA 2011 to 2014)

Iota Lambda Sigma Honor Society, Epsilon Chapter. (Inducted June 2012)

Alabama Business Education Association - member. (ABEA 2009 - 2010)

Delta Kappa Gamma International - member. (2007 to present)