Resume Wood, Jo

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How I Filled My Resume or 26 Years And Counting!

I bet we could make learning more useful!

I wasn’t the most attentive High School Student, if fact I only excelled in three classes, Art, History, and Literature!

I confess conventional American Pedagogy did not hold great appeal for me.

Then I was fortunate enough to attend a Vocational Technical school presentation and I was hooked!

How I learned the meaning of “Practical Training” in the classroom.

HIGH SCHOOL LESSONS

I entered a “Technical Electronics” class with an ex-Navy instructor. Along with the classroom instruction he introduced us to self paced learning.It was book based and not that flashy but it gave me the ability to slow down on difficult subjects (Math) and fly through easy material. (schematics)

I thrived, my GPA was 3.98 a 1.89 increase over my other class scores. However, amazingly my other class scores began to rise as well. I could finally see a concrete reason for what I was learning.

How I learned the meaning of, positive life influences, on learning.

I began to understand that I am an Andragogic learner.

A BETTER WAY TO LEARN

I graduated well, with a 1000 hr certificate in Electronic Technology.I had a student job as a technician at a research / development company prototyping among other things electronic cow milking equipment…

I also realized that I needed a college education to be an “Engineer.”

How I learned the meaning of “job diversity” doing field engineering.

John your hands are freezing!

This is a picture of my University Of Colorado student ID. I had yet to find a reason to cut my hair. LOL

I loved the complexity of engineering and I also loved being employed by a company that provided me a company tuck!

I wrote and delivered the first company “Technician Training.”I was awarded “Most Valuable Employee” that year.

How I learned the wages of “Workplace Learning.”

John’s Positive Behavioral Feedback Loop

A Need For A Specific Skill

Curiosity

Further

Exploration

As with any positive behavioral loop, my need for a skill prompted my curiosity which then set up a desire to explore for an answer.That was rewarded by positive strokes from others for transmitting the information I had found and became a learn/ teach way of succeeding.

Transmission Reward

ROI Change Benefit

What is important in education of any kind is change. Some call it results, others call it ROI but everyone must agree the if training does nothing to change the student then the goal has not been met.

Another uplifting experience had it’s beginnings during my college career.I began a 20+ year love affair with the martial arts. I loved to fight, I loved the discipline, and I learned to love teaching people to transcend their fears and weakness.

I have been fortunate to meet many of the luminaries of the martial arts

My Hobby Competitive Karate and Teaching it

During this period I was also lucky enough to be a part of the women’s assertiveness movement. I was trained and taught “Model Mugging” self defense classes to victims of sexual attack. (That would be me in the large rubber head. Students were allowed to use full force techniques on me!)

Teaching Can Do Wonders For The Downtrodden

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Guess The Strangest Class John Ever Taught

How to fabricate a burial vault

Proper dog walking techniques

How to avoid being murdered

Advanced Algebra

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How Many Teaching Awards Has John Received?

Five major awards

37 awards to date! 37! Wow!

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Three and one was from his mum!

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ITT Technical Institute “Best Student Retention”Girl Scouts Of America “Gifted Teacher”ITI Industries “Mentor Of The Year”American Black Belt Assn. “Education Excellence”Bosch Corp. “Learning Champion”

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My next teaching challenge was as Director of a fast track adult learning program. I was hired by ITT Technical institute to create content, program policies, hire staff and deliver training to 2 groups of trainees per period.It was a stretch, but also a profound learning experience. I was awarded “Best Retention” for 1984 and “Employee Of The Month.”

Teaching Can Do Wonders For The Downtrodden

If that wasn’t enough I also began teaching a “Kid Physics” program that I had created. Here I am teaching “Bluebirds” to create a working telephone system powered by lemons!

Every Teacher Wants A Willing Audience!

After 2 years the program at ITT lost funding and I was moved into the regular teaching force in the Electronics Technology program. I taught Advanced Algebra and Basic Electronics.

Parting Was A Sweet Sorrow

I was contacted by a small electronics manufacturing company in Salinas Ca. I was immediately taken by there management style and I went to work for them shortly after. During my career with them I received 3 teaching awards and 9 other awards.

Life Is An Adventure

I was there during the “Great Earthquake of 1989” within 12 miles of the epicenter.

I was promoted several times in the nine months I worked at the plant. In 1990 I was promoted to “Technical Trainer” for 5 states. I was also given an expense account and a new company car every two years!

If It’s Dull Then Make It Fun!

I also delivered over 500 trainings on very dry technical installation materials. Fortunately, I found my “inner comedian” and made it all fun. I received the “Tech Trainer Of The Month” award several times.

At the ITI Manufacturing Company while managing a four state sales region I developed curriculum and teaching devices for their access control line of products.For this I was given the “Mentor Of The Year” award.

Whistle While You Work, Overtime

I then moved on to a local branch of Chubb Security as the “Marketing Manager,” or the” CEO’s Batman” as most people called me.

I organized the first company IT department, created a training department, reworked all the marcom materials, managed all sales personnel during a management overhaul and finally ended up running all of US operations!

During my tenure there I delivered almost 100 trainings on 14 different subjects. They included human resources trainings, technical trainings and management development trainings.

Mistakes Come And Go Triumphs Are Eternal

I have had a number of minor teaching successes during the last few years but nothing that exciting. That is until I discovered E-Learning!

Every Teacher Wants A Worldwide Audience

Test

Deploy

Manage

Plan

Create

The E-Learning Materials Cycle

There Is A Better Way To Reach People’s Needs

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Desired Behavior

Simply filing pages and days with dry facts does nothing toward getting your desired behavioral results.Planning and focusing on what is crucial is how you avoid……..

(Snore)

Focus Is The Art Of Seeing Only The Target

Information must be edited , values must be put on every word of content. So that the critical information gets through to the student.

No Blah, Blah, Blah!

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Desired Behavior

Selecting only what is pertinent is why the “Planning” phase is so important!

Connection, It Is Everything In Communication

Fun!Fun an important part of connecting with students. if it isn’t fun it just won’t run!

Facility Is The Foundation Of Excellence

Creation of the content requires a good outline and a mastery of the tools.Here are some of the tools I know.

Powerful Communications Is A Team Sport

Testing is every bit as important as creation. I like to have an industry or company expert, provided by my customer, involved to review and edit every training I produce.Beta tests with students always follow the training materials completion.

Develop

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Get It To Them Conveniently

Convenient deployment is important to busy learners. Making materials and site training available is as important as is affordability.Learning Management Systems are not created equal.

We Can Make A Difference

Today, my hair is no longer red. My life is not as wild, nor do I want to slay big dragons. However, I do want to be a part of a quiet training revolution.