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Jennifer Jon Farr
9171 Culbertson Road
Dansville, NY 14437
Phone: (585) 335-2844
jfarr@stny.rr.com

* Education * Certifications * Experience in Education * Field Experience
* Workshops Attended * Professional Associations

Education

  • Brockport State University of New York: Completed CAS in Educational Administration (4.0 GPA)
  • University of Missouri-Columbia: M. Ed. Educational Technology (4.0 GPA)
  • Oswego State University of New York: B.S. Business Distributive Education (3.82 GPA)
  • Genesee Community College: computer courses
  • Rochester Institute of Technology-College of Continuing Education: Business and Art courses
  • S.U.N.Y. Alfred: Office Procedures Certification

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Certification Information

  • School District Administrator
  • School Administrator and Supervisor
  • Permanent Public School Teacher: Business and Distributive Education
  • Business Management Certification
  • Office Procedures Certification

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Experience in Education

Technology Integration Specialist: Bath Central School District, Bath, NY: August 2004 to present

Instructional Support Specialist: Schuyler-Chemung-Tioga BOCES, Elmira, NY: October 2001- June 2004

  • Selected by national panel to present 6 hour workshop at NECC 2003
  • New York State Association for Computers and Technology in Education presenter/presider
  • Collaborated with administrators and teachers grade K-12 to integrate technology in curriculum in the Elmira City School District
  • Published weekly Techno-Tips column for district newsletters in Elmira and Corning
  • Researched and published an online newsletter (outside link) for educators in the regional districts served by the SCT/C Teacher Center
  • Developed and provided regional and local training for teachers in an eight-district region
  • Planned and Taught Summer Technology Camp for Corning-Painted Post Teachers
  • Researched and developed educational web sites and curriculum for area districts
  • Facilitated the use of peripheral devices (digital cameras, scanners, Palm technology)
  • Evaluated software and make purchasing recommendations

Business Teacher: Avon Central School, Avon, NY: 2000-2001

  • 7th grade Computer classes
  • 8th grade Computer classes
  • Introduction to Occupations class
  • Coordinated School-to-Work
  • Supervised Co-op students

Student Teacher: Wayland-Cohocton High School, Wayland, NY: Spring 2000

  • 8th grade Computer Applications
  • 9th grade Computer Applications
  • BABCA class (Entrepreneurial unit)
  • Housing Decisions class
  • Marketing
  • Advertising

Computer Teacher Assistant: Dansville Senior High School, Dansville, NY: 1992-1999

  • Scheduled classes (grades 9-12) in a networked computer lab that offered 25+ programs
  • Integrated technology in curriculum and provided technical support to students and staff
  • Developed student-oriented reference manuals that could be used at each workstation
  • Wrote grant that earned two representatives from the school - a teacher and myself - a place on the original CSLO Committee in BOCES (and approximately $6,000 worth of hardware and software); CSLO committee selected software for technology integration at BOCES level
  • Helped pass budget proposition for lab upgrade at High School level by improving public awareness through presentations and local advertising
  • Developed an educational website that was used as the computer lab homepage in the high school lab
  • Helped implement adult education program to improve public awareness of technology

Adult Education Teacher: Dansville Senior High School, Dansville, NY: 1996-1999

  • Developed curriculum and taught workshops for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Internet Research
  • Taught adult education classes in Dansville and Mt. Morris BOCES

Summer Institute Teacher: Genesee Valley BOCES, Mt. Morris, NY: 1997-2000

  • Developed and taught a variety of enrichment classes:
    • Captivating Computer Crafts
    • Hot-Diggity Dog Computers
    • Puppetry
    • Stampin' Good Fun

Per Diem Substitute Teacher: Dansville Central School, Dansville, NY: 1989-1992

  • Taught classes in grades 3-12, averaging three to four days a week

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Field Experience and Specialization

Technology Related:

  • Researched and designed several educational online resource sites
  • Webmaster for Southern Tier Teacher Center Network
  • Designed a web site for the WE-MO-CO Career and Technical Education Center
  • College professor is still using online Communication Scrapbook I developed while taking her online course (read her comments and link to the site)
  • Served on the Dansville District Technology Committee for 8+ years
  • Selected as a pilot member and grant recipient of the CSLO BOCES COSER
  • Awarded several Eisenhower grants to develop technology based curriculum

School Related:

  • Acted as Computer Club Advisor, Yearbook Advisor, and Student Council Advisor
  • Took 25+ hours of training for, and served as, a member of the Project Intervention team

Business Related:

  • Proprietor of Farr-Out Links to Learning - Research, develop, and post a monthly Interactive Teacher Calendar with 350+ resources that tie holidays and special events in history with web resources and the New York State and ISTE learning Standards (http://sample.farr-integratingit.net)
  • Employed at Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York; 1973-1986

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Workshops Attended

  • Marco Polo Training
  • Several Differentiated Learning Courses
  • Assessment for Learning
  • Designing Equitable Classrooms
  • 4Mation Training
  • Cybercheating
  • Covey Training
  • Effective Classroom Management
  • Cooperative Learning Strategies
  • Developing Learning Communities
  • Professional Development Evaluation
  • Understanding and Integrating Differences
  • Strengthening Adult Learning
  • Choice Theory Connection
  • Marco Polo
  • Document Based Questions (DBQ)
  • Fish! Book Review
  • Blogging to Improve Literacy
  • Adolescents, Drugs & Alcohol

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Professional Associations

  • International Society for Technology in Education
  • National Staff Development Council
  • New York State Staff Development Council
  • New York State Association for Computers and Technology in Education

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Link to college portfolio work View examples of professional  resources