Gaylynn A.

Parker
Educational Leadership and Research
The University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast
730 East Beach Blvd.
on! Beach Mississippi 3"#$0
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OBJECTIVE:
Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Research
ACADEMIC PREPARATION:
Ph.D. in Educational Leadershi, University of Southern Mississippi
Concentration: K-! Ad"inistration
#issertation: ,idin! Behind the Mas- of Staff .evelop/ent
Advisor: #r$ Clyde %inn
M.!. in Education" Secondary En&lish, University of Southern Mississippi
Concentrations: Secondary Lan&ua&e Arts
Advisor: #r$ 'eanne Le(o)

B. !. in Education" Secondary Lan&ua&e Arts, University of South Ala(a"a
Concentrations: Middle and *i&h School Lan&ua&e Arts
Advisor: #r$ Mary +eth Culp
National Board Certi#ied Teacher" ,ational +oard of Professional -eachers, ...
The !e$en %a&its o# %i'hl( E##ecti$e Peole !e)inar *raduate" Steven Covey
/nstitute, ..0
+ualit( !chool I)ro$e)ent Tea) Concets Ad)inistrator
1ES-A- Corporation, Southeastern Re&ional 2ision for Education, ..3
Certi#ied Instructor
Microsoft 1indo)s, Microsoft 4ffice, Microsoft Pro5ect, Lotus CC"ail$
E6ecu -rain, Mo(ile, Ala(a"a
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Participant81or9shop Presenter8Coordinator
University of Southern Mississippi
Technolo'( Disco$er( Teacher Trainin' Certi#ication
Mississippi #epart"ent of Education8University of Southern Mississippi
PRO.E!!IONAL E/PERIENCE:
Assistant Visitin' Pro#essor, Au&ust !::; to Present
School of Education and Psycholo&y, University of Southern Mississippi
#epart"ent of Educational Leadership and Research
Curriculu) and Instruction !ecialist and Pro#essional De$elo)ent Coordinator"
0123 Lan'ua'e Arts" 3442 5 3446
Pasca&oula School #istrict
Planned and conducted professional develop"ent for ad"inistrators and teachers
Created vertical tea"s in "ath, science, social studies, and lan&ua&e arts
Planned and conducted data-driven )or9shops for social studies and lan&ua&e
arts
Conducted school )al9throu&hs and teacher evaluations at nineteen schools
Coordinated district staff develop"ent tea" and curriculu" council "eetin&s
Coordinated district ,e) -eacher Enhance"ent Acade"y
Lead Teacher" Teacher" Vanclea$e %i'h !chool" 277813442
-eacher of En&lish , Accelerated and Re&ular
-eacher of En&lish ., Accelerated and Re&ular
-eacher of Speech, 'ournalis", #ra"a /, #ra"a //, Creative 1ritin&, Mississippi
1riters, &rades .-!
Served as Lead -eacher perfor"in& principal8assistant principal leadership
responsi(ilities
Served on Readin& /nitiative Co""ittee for 'ac9son County Schools
Sponsored Annual Staff, <uture -eachers of A"erica, #ra"a Clu(
-au&ht staff develop"ent and i"ple"ented A= Learnin& Syste"s Pro&ra"
-au&ht staff develop"ent for usin& Po)er Point to enhance instruction
-au&ht staff develop"ent and i"ple"ented Character Education pro&ra"
Served on Student -eacher Advisory Council for University of Southern
Mississippi to i"prove teacher education pro&ra"
Ad-unct Instructor" .all 3449 to !u))er 3446
-ulane University, Mississippi Ca"pus
Courses: /ntroduction to Microco"puters, Microsoft E6cel
Ad-unct Instructor" .all 277: to .all 3449
University of Southern Mississippi, %ulf Par9 Ca"pus
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Courses: Literature for the Adolescent, En&lish Co"position //
Ad-unct Instructor" .all 2779 to !rin' 3444
Mississippi %ulf Coast Co""unity Colle&e, %autier, MS +ranch
Courses: En&lish :3, En&lish !3, #evelop"ental En&lish
Teacher" Pro'ra))er Anal(st" 277: to 2778
/n&alls Ship(uildin& Corporation
1rote and tau&ht co"puter soft)are curriculu" &eared to)ard increasin&
productivity of e"ployees
Maintained data(ase for schedulin& and co"pany-)ide certification of
e"ployees, tau&ht Microsoft 1indo)s .0 operatin& syste"
and Microsoft 4ffice Professional suite of applications, Lotus CC"ail, and
Microsoft Pro5ect
Teacher" Co)uter !ecialist" 27;7 to 2778
Moss Point Municipal Separate School #istrict
Ma&nolia 'unior *i&h School
Supervised and "ana&ed Macintosh la( of thirty-si6 co"puters to include teacher
trainin& in lesson plannin& and availa(le technolo&y$
-au&ht seventh, ei&hth, and ninth &rade En&lish and Creative 1ritin&
classes
-au&ht ninth &rade -echnolo&y #iscovery )hich included teachin& a variety of
soft)are pro&ra"s
1as >uality School Concepts -ea" Ad"inistrator for district
Served on district 1ritin& Cadre?
Served on district Professional #evelop"ent Cadre?
Ad)inistrati$e Assistant to !uerintendent" .@A to .AB
Moss Point Municipal Separate School #istrict
#r$ *ines Cronin, Superintendent
P<BLICATION!:
Par9er, %aylynn C..AD$ 0nti!one in Cy(erspace, 1deas 2lus, 2olu"e @, ,ational
Council of -eachers of En&lish$
RE!EARC% IN PREPARATION:
A" currently a "e"(er of the ,ational Staff #evelop"ent CouncilEs Acade"y F2/
Conductin& research on evaluation of professional develop"ent practices in schools
AnalyGin& effectiveness of curriculu" specialistsE contri(utions to pu(lic education
C<RRENT RE!EARC% INTERE!T!:
Professional develop"ent, innovation confi&urations, roles of curriculu" specialists as
district leaders, effects of positive deviance fro" a leadership perspective, leadership
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roles8responsi(ilities )ith vertical ali&n"ent of core curriculu" fro" 9inder&arten
throu&h university level
*RANT! RECEIVED:
2ertical -ea"in& Advanced Plac"ent %rant, the Colle&e +oard$ A)arded 'uly, !::3$
Science and Mathe"atics /nte&ration %rant, ,orthrup %ru""an, A)arded May, !::!
E#C4RE %rant, /nternational Paper Co"pany, A)arded Au&ust ..@
PRO.E!!IONAL MEMBER!%IP!:
,ational Staff #evelop"ent Council
Mississippi Staff #evelop"ent Council
Association for Supervision and Curriculu" #evelop"ent
,ational Council of -eachers of En&lish
Mississippi Council of -eachers of En&lish
Alpha Chi *onor Society, Ala(a"a +eta Chapter
Mississippi 1ritin&8-hin9in& /nstitute of University of Southern Mississippi
1ritin&8-hin9in& /nstitute Mississippi State University
Association for Middle Schools
,ational Poetry Society
University of Southern Mississippi Alu"ni Association
University of South Ala(a"a Alu"ni Association
PRO.E!!IONAL !ERVICE:
Served on +oard of Pro5ect Hes %rant for SREA *ead Start Pro&ra"
Served on Mississippi State #epart"ent of Education Lan&ua&e Arts Curriculu"
Council for vertically ali&n"ent of K-! curriculu"
Advised teachers see9in& ,ational +oard Certification for Pasca&oula School
#istrict
-au&ht "entorin& strate&ies outlined (y University of California at +er9ley for
Mississippi State #epart"ent of Education
Mississippi Staff #evelop"ent Council, +oard Me"(er, *i&her Education
%ONOR! AND A,ARD!:
Received Master -eacher A)ard for 'ac9son County School #istrict, 2ancleave
*i&h School, May !::!
Served on Standards Revision Co""ittee for ,ational +oard of Professional
-eachers, !::
%olden Apple -eacher of the Hear A)ard, 'ac9son County School #istrict, May
!::
Earned ,ational +oard of Professional -eacher Standards Certification, ...
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,e)spapers in Education, -eacher of the Month, March ..@
-eacher of the Hear ..B-.@ for Ma&nolia 'unior *i&h
State <ar" -eacher A)ard, ..3
Alpha Chi *onor Society
Kappa #elta Phi, University of South Ala(a"a Chapter
,o"ination--*ancoc9 +an9 Leo Seals -eacher A)ard
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