Paul+Henely+-+Principal

//** Resume: **// Have seven years of successful leadership experience developing positive student-centered climates focused on the overall wellbeing and academic improvement in Pre-K-5, middle School, and high School settings. In my career, I have worked in both private and public businesses. This work involved teaching at the elementary and middle school levels, coaching at the middle school and high school levels, and serving as a special education director for two schools. ||
 * =__ Professional Summary __=
 * **__ Education __** ||
 * ** Master of Arts ** |||| University of Northern Iowa || Cedar Falls, IA || 5/2006 ||
 * K-12 Principalship (including Evaluator (New) Endorsement), GPA 3.94 ||
 * ** Bachelor of Arts ** |||| Buena Vista College || Storm Lake, IA || 5/1987 ||
 * Elementary Education, Coaching K-12 101; Reading K-6 148; Class C CDL ||
 * **__ Professional Experience __** ||
 * **// Education Administrator //** |||| Herbert Hoover High School || Toledo, IA || 7/2012 to present ||
 * ** Accomplishments and Responsibilities ** ||
 * * Responsible for identifying legal and functional deficits within a middle-high school educational program, planned strategies to update staff training and procedural performance, and coordinating resources among the Area Education Agency, Department of Education, and Department of Human Services, to implement plan and assess progress
 * Facilitated collaboration of facility stakeholders to reduce student classroom removals from 10-25 a day to 0-5
 * Convinced upper administrative team and the Department of Human Services to allow online courses for students as an alternative learning opportunity
 * Developed a strategy to utilize the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) tests to better identify and teach students according to the Iowa Core Curriculum Standards
 * Facilitated the design and function of a transition room meant to provide an alternative location for students to collect themselves, de-escalate, or transition from one setting to another
 * Planned tutoring program with Grinnell Prison Program officials to allocate volunteers for tutoring students up to 3 days per week
 * Enhanced the vocational program by writing grants, and making connections with local employers to integrate students into the work field
 * Hired, supervised, and evaluated all educational staff in a high turnover setting ||
 * * Developed a school plan that includes the adoption of the Iowa Core Curriculum, professional development, curriculum development, and created procedures providing leadership to meet the legal requirements of Individual Education Plans ||
 * * Conferred with institutional administrative staff, departmental heads, and treatment team leaders to coordinate activities, facilitate objectives, recommend policies and procedures and exchange information concerning institutional operations ||
 * * Functioned as Duty Superintendent (DS) every 10 weeks including 24-hour on call supervision
 * Facilitated school operation within a residential rehabilitation facility, maintaining continuity among the Department of Human Services, the Department of Education, and the Code of Iowa ||
 * **// Pre-K-5 Principal //** |||| Eldora-New Providence Elementary || Eldora, IA || 8/2007 to 6/2012 ||
 * ** Accomplishments and Responsibilities ** ||  ||   ||
 * * Utilized Building Tomorrow data, along with student discipline referrals, to guide staff toward implementation of Positive Behavior Intervention Supports (PBIS) in 2012
 * Served on the North Iowa Cedar League (NICL) staff development planning committee in 2011
 * Successfully collaborated with administrative and certified staff to implement Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) starting in the summer of 2011
 * Led the public and private early childhood preschool programs to a successful Department of Education verification site visit, achieving 97% compliance in 166/172 Quality Preschool Program Standards in early 2011
 * Provided instructional leadership with all teaching staff to successfully implement the Daily Five, Café, and Writing Strategies from 2010 - 2012
 * Directed PK-3 staff with research, training, and implementation of the Stimulating Maturity through Accelerated Readiness Training (S.M.A.R.T.) 2010 – 2012
 * Successfully facilitated collaboration with AEA leadership, community partners, and school district personnel to earn the 4-Year-Old Voluntary Preschool Program Grant in early in 2009
 * Served as Special Education Director for the district, attending a majority of district IEP meetings and assuring district special education Department of Education verification
 * Planned and facilitated the school district’s mentoring and induction program
 * Supervised the school district’s Title I Program, assuring appropriate parent involvement and community notifications
 * Provided guidance and leadership for Parent Teacher Organization, providing new playground facilities for students at all levels ||
 * **// Pre-K-4 Principal //** || Sheffield-Chapin Elementary || Sheffield, IA || 8/2006 to 7/2007 ||
 * ** Accomplishments and Responsibilities ** ||  ||   ||
 * * Provided instructional leadership and management for an Early Childhood Special Education, preschool, and 155 students enrolled in a K-4 elementary program
 * Organized the Spirit of SCMT program to meet the needs of students living in poverty ||
 * ** 5th Grade Instructor ** || Hoglan Elementary || Marshalltown, IA || 8/2001 to 6/2006 ||
 * ** 5th Grade Instructor ** || Twin Rivers Elementary || Livermore, IA || 8/1990 to 5/2001 ||
 * **__ Honors and Awards __** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * * Assisted teachers in writing successful grants for technology and science raising $1,500, 2007
 * Chaperoned 32 People-to-People Student Ambassadors to Hawaii for a two-week cultural and ||
 * geographic exploratory experience, July, 2006 ||
 * * Marshalltown Evening Optimist Golden Apple Award winner Hoglan Elementary School, 2002
 * Roy J. Carver Grant Recipient for Innovations in Technology, 1999, $2,500
 * Assisted successful grant writing for IMS (Integrated Management Systems), 1996, $150,000 ||
 * **__ Community Involvement __** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * * Kiwanis member volunteering to help children within the Eldora community, 2010
 * Lion’s Club member, 2006-2010
 * Eucharistic Minister to homebound, 2002 - 2005
 * Grundy Center Recreation Board member, 2002 - 2004
 * Town and Country Golf Club Board member, 2002 - 2004
 * Local AAU 6th grade assistant basketball coach, winter 2001 - 2002
 * Cub Scout leader 1992 - 1993 and 1995 - 1996 ||
 * **__ Professional Affiliations __** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * * School Administrators of Iowa, member, 2006 – Present
 * National School Applications Network, IA REAP, 2007 ||
 * **__ Computer Skills __** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * * PowerSchool Student Data Management System
 * eWalk Walkthrough Software
 * Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access)
 * Googledocs (Word, Surveys, Presentations, Website Creation)
 * JMC, Student Data Management System
 * Smart Board (interactive whiteboards) ||
 * Grundy Center Recreation Board member, 2002 - 2004
 * Town and Country Golf Club Board member, 2002 - 2004
 * Local AAU 6th grade assistant basketball coach, winter 2001 - 2002
 * Cub Scout leader 1992 - 1993 and 1995 - 1996 ||
 * **__ Professional Affiliations __** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * * School Administrators of Iowa, member, 2006 – Present
 * National School Applications Network, IA REAP, 2007 ||
 * **__ Computer Skills __** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * * PowerSchool Student Data Management System
 * eWalk Walkthrough Software
 * Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access)
 * Googledocs (Word, Surveys, Presentations, Website Creation)
 * JMC, Student Data Management System
 * Smart Board (interactive whiteboards) ||
 * Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access)
 * Googledocs (Word, Surveys, Presentations, Website Creation)
 * JMC, Student Data Management System
 * Smart Board (interactive whiteboards) ||