Resume Of The Founder - Art Fuller

Founder and Chairman Sage Leadership Partners, Inc. P.O. Box 330951 Murfreesboro, TN 37133

Phone (615) 849 – 1170 [email protected] www.opensourceteaching.org

Art Fuller Objective

Education

To nurture, develop, and energize a community of learners so that the overwhelming and primary focus is engaging, transforming, and empowering students. 2004 – Present Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Doctor of Education Candidate, Educational Leadership and Policy Dean’s Tuition Scholarship, Concentration: College Access 2002 – 2004 Tennessee State University Nashville, TN +30 Semester Hours, Administration and Supervision (K-12 Licensure)

Professional Experience

1995 - 1996 Lesley College Masters of Education, Middle School Concentration: Mathematics (Grades K – 9)

Cambridge, MA

1990 – 1994 Wesleyan University Bachelor of Arts, Neuroscience and Behavior Howard Hughes Science Fellowship

Middletown, CT

2004 – Present State Board of Education Nashville, TN Executive Administrative Assistant 2 & Fiscal Budget Officer • Serve as legislative liaison for the Executive Director of the Tennessee State Board of Education; • Provide policy recommendations regarding the formulation and crafting of drafted legislative bills related to grades PreKindergarten through Higher Education. • Deliver presentations focused on college access and the TN lottery scholarships to school and district leaders, school boards, urban students, http://www.state.tn.us/sbe/hope.htm; • Perform fiscal projections and statistical modeling to inform policy recommendations aimed toward improving the state funding formula for education ($2.9 billion in state revenue, 136 systems); • Policy lead for the drafting, editing, and submission of the annual report on statewide education funding, submitted to the Governor, Select Oversight Committee on Education, and State Board of Education, http://www.state.tn.us/sbe/bep.html; • Responsible for analysis and research related to college access, accountability systems, college readiness, and charter schools; • Serve as fiscal budget officer, $790,000 total budget, 7 staff.

Professional Experience (continued)

2006 – Present Sage Leadership Partners, Inc. Murfreesboro, TN Founder & Chairman, www.sageleadership.org • Oversee organizational strategy, vision, and mission of Sage Leadership Partners, Inc., focused on the institutionalization of knowledge management strategies using new media within middle school through higher education learning environments. 2005 – Present Edtruth.org Nashville, TN Founder, www.edtruth.org • Edtruth.org is the result of a graduate research project focused on the transparent reporting of student achievement data to school leaders in Tennessee. 2003 – 2004 Metro Nashville Public Schools Nashville, TN Project Manager, District Policy Governance and Procedure • Coordinated projects to support the Chief Administrative Officer in the analysis, editing, and communication of district policy and procedure; • Assisted the CAO in the drafting and editing of school board monitoring reports focused on the strategic goals of the district; • Assisted the Project Management Office in the coordination of interdepartmental and school-based IT Projects. 2002 - 2003 Metro Nashville Public Schools Nashville, TN Technology Teacher Resource Manager, IT Department • Provided school-based instructional technology training to teachers and district reading specialist; • Collaborated with school leadership teams in the planning, delivery, and piloting of technology professional development. 1999 - 2002 Co-nect, Inc. Cambridge, MA Senior Education Adviser, www.co-nect.net • Collaborated with school leadership teams in the alignment of schoolwide improvement strategies focused on standards-based teacher training; • Managed the documentation and sharing of classroom best practices across the network of Co-nect Schools using multimedia and print; • Evaluated and assessed standards-based instruction, project-based learning, and school reform in urban K-12 schools’ • Delivered professional development and technology workshops; • Provided direct assistance to over 25 Title I schools in the acquisition of $4.5 million in 3-year school reform grants (GA, VA, FL, TX, SC); • Served as lead grant writer in the successful acquisition of $800,000 in Smaller Learning Community grant funds for two Atlanta high schools.

Professional Experience (continued)

1996 – 1999 FullerMusic Stamford, CT Founder & Director, www.fullermusic.net • Led after-school community outreach focused on technology application, the fine arts, and critical thinking for “at risk” youth; • Received national recognition in FamilyPC, The New Yorker, and Emerge magazines. 1996 – 1999 Wilton Public Schools Wilton, CT Math, Algebra I, and Physical Science Teacher (Grades 6 – 8) • Received Innovative Teacher Award, Wilton Public Schools. 1995 - 1996 Shady Hill School Cambridge, MA Math and Science Teaching Apprentice (Grades 4-8) 1994 - 1995 Sewickley Academy Pittsburgh, PA Heinz Teaching Fellow (Algebra 1, Pre-Algebra, Physical Science)

Recognition

Interests

• Santo, Cristine. (1999 November). The Beat Goes on. FamilyPC, 156. • Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. (1999, October 19). Resolving the Digital Divide: Information, Access, and Opportunity. WASHINGTON, DC: PITAC. • Finnegan, William. (2000, January 24). A Slave in New York. The New Yorker, 59 • National School Boards Association. (1999). 13th Annual Technology and Learning Conference. [Brochure]. Alexandria, VA:NSBA. Conference Presenter, FullerMusic. • Peoples, Betsy. (1999, July / August) Technology Counts. Emerge, 14.

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