15408 Bloomfield Ct. Westfield, Indiana (317) 385-2140 Mr.ChrisAtkinson@gmail.com http://www.chrislatkinson.

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Education: M.A.E. Educational Administration and Supervision Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
Elementary Education Taylor University, Upland, Indiana

May 2009

B.S.

December 2003

Indiana Licensure: Indiana Professional Educators License: Administration: Building Level Adminstrator Indiana Teaching License Grades 1-6 Principal Experience: Assistant Principal - College Wood Elementary School (K-5) o Carmel Clay Schools Carmel, Indiana

2009 Present 2003 Present

July 2010 Present

Teaching Experience .5 Differentiation Teacher o College Wood Elementary 2011 - Present .5 Reading Intervention Teacher o College Wood Elementary 2010 - 2011 Fourth Grade/Fifth Grade Multi-age Gifted and Talented Teacher 2009 2010 o Towne Meadow Elementary Carmel, Indiana Fourth Grade Classroom Teacher 2004 2005, 2005 2006, 2006 2007, 2008-2009 o Towne Meadow Elementary - Carmel, Indiana Fifth Grade Classroom Teacher 20072008 o Towne Meadow Elementary Carmel, Indiana Third Grade Classroom Teacher January 2004 Spring 2004 o Towne Meadow Elementary Carmel, Indiana Student Teaching o Fourth-Fifth Grade Multi-age Classroom November 2003 December 2003 Cherry Tree Elementary Carmel Clay Schools o Second Grade Classroom August 2003 October 2003 Washington-Irving Elementary Indianapolis Public Schools

Professional Training: (more available upon request) Indiana School Safety Specialist Fall 2012 Indiana RISE Certified Evaluator Fall 2012 CPI Certified Trainer Fall 2011 Google Teacher Academy Summer 2009 o Chosen as one of 50 educators in America to be trained On Google Apps for education and included as a part of the Google Certified Educator PLN. Attended ISTE(NECC), San Antonio, Texas Summer 2008 o Using Flash-Based Animation in Education o Using Web 2.0 in the Classroom o Digital Portfolios Rigby, Literacy by Design, Curriculum and Technology Training Spring & Fall 2008 Six-Trait Writing Program Training Minority Recruitment Summit, Butler University Winter 2006 Professional / Administrative Experience: ESL Program Leadership (College Wood) 2010 - Present RTI Program Leadership (College Wood) 2010 - Present Indiana E-Learning Leadership Cadre (IDOE) 2012 - Present One of the first bloggers and podcasters for 2010 - Present EdReach media network EdReach.us Facilitated Google Training and Workshops 2009 Present o IASP Conference o HECC Conference o Taylor University Upland, IN o Towne Meadow Elementary Carmel, IN o Carmel Clay Schools Information Services Team Carmel, IN o 4/5 Gifted and Talented Teachers Carmel, IN o West Clay Elementary Carmel, IN o ICE Conference o State Webinar Series for Indiana DOE o Purdue Summer Computer Science Conference Wrote District Fourth Grade Social Studies Curriculum Summer 2009 and 2011 o One of a team of four teachers and administrators to write and organize our district-wide Fourth Grade Social Studies Curriculum to integrate Indiana Academic Standards with our newly adopted TCI Social Studies Curriculum Educational Technology Integration Workshops o Carmel Middle Workshop Fall 2009 o Creekside Middle Workshop Spring 2008 Instructional Talk-Through Program Spring 2008 o Facilitated teacher-to-teacher observations and discussions with a neighboring elementary school focused on Balanced Literacy best practices Member of Building Based Team January 2009 Present o The Building Based Team is a group of teachers and support staff who come together to develop a plan of action to help students to be more successful at school.

The first step is to give teachers interventions and supports to try in the classroom. The resources are always available to the teacher. This is also a part of our RTI efforts. Building Wide Positive Behavior Team Fall 2009 Present o Our PBS team works on refining and maintaining our school wide positive behavior plan, which consists of school wide procedures and an RTI model for approaching ill-choices made by students. Student Technology Club 2009 2010 Created a New Teacher Induction Packet 2008 o Towne Meadow Elementary Carmel, IN Created a resource handbook for parents educating them on 2009 the role that CMS plays in discipline regarding technology, social network, and cell phone use in and out of school o Creekside Middle School Carmel, IN Helped facilitate a discipline program entitled: March Madness o This annual behavior incentive program helped to cut discipline referrals down in March by 30% o Creekside Middle School Carmel, IN Principal Internship 2008 2009 o Fall and Winter at Towne Meadow with Ryan Newman (K-6) o Spring at Creekside Middle School with Tom Harmas (6-8) Student News Program Director/Facilitator Fall 2007 2009 Building Technology Coordinator Fall 2006 Spring 2010 o Facilitated monthly technology professional development o Offered daily faculty assistance with technology o Compiled and printed school-wide report card grades o Created a blog to enhance staff exposure to resources and technology integration Building Webmaster Fall 2005 Spring 2010 o Maintained school-wide website o Provided teacher training creating and maintaining websites Developed a Smoother Online Lunch Count System Fall 2009 o Helped make lunch count simpler for teachers and cafeteria staff Developing an electronic tracking system for office discipline Spring 2010 Fall 2010 o Developing, with the PBIS team, an online office referral form that will generate data which can track student office referrals throughout their school career. Athletic Leadership Experience: Assistant Varsity Football Coach Summer, Fall 2005 & 2006 o Heritage Christian High School, Indianapolis, Indiana Assistant Junior High Football Coach Fall 2004 o Clay Middle School, Carmel, Indiana Collegiate Football Player Fall 1999 Fall 2002 o Taylor University, Upland, Indiana

Curriculum Experience: Google Apps to enhance curriculum Gifted and talented curriculum Technology infused curriculum
Language Arts Balanced Literacy Interactive, Shared, Modeled, and Guided reading/Writing Word Study -Marzanos 5 steps Micheal Clay Thompson materials Shurley English Six Trait Writing Ralph Fletchers Writers Toolkit Harvey and Goudviss Comprehension Toolkit Rigby Literacy by Design Leveled Literacy Interventions Social Studies TCI

Gradual Release Model Reading and Writing Workshop Model

Science Foss Delta Science Module - Carolina Math Everyday Math Saxon Math

Houghton Mifflin

Technological Proficiencies: More available upon request Google Apps, Google Apps for Education Windows XP Windows 8, Mac OSX, iOs, Ubuntu (Linux), Office 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003 o Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, One Note, Groove, Info Path Adobe o Creative Collection CS6, Acrobat Professional X, Captivate, Visual Communicator 3 Classroom/School Management o PowerSchool, Pinnacle, Integrade, Sassi & Class XP, School Gate Guardian, Safari Educational Programs (Software and Web-based, more available upon request) o Pearsons Knowledge Box o Rigby Literacy o Accelerated Reader o Classroom Performance System (CPS) o Moodle o Safari Video Server o Blogs, wikis, podcasting, other web 2.0 services o Smartboard, Smart Notebook, Smart Slate Video-Editing Software o WeVideo, Pinnacle Studio, Sony Vegas, Windows Movie Maker, iMovie, Final Cut Pro Online Content Management Systems Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 Technology Wordpress (design and management of several websites) Grants, Proposals, Professional Speaking: IASP Assistant Principals Conference ICE Conference

Fall 2012 Fall 2012

Google Apps For Indiana (via Google) Spring 2011 HECC Conference Fall 2011 Purdue Computer Science Conference Summer 2011 Indiana DOE Webinar Series Winter 2010 ICE Indiana Conference o Google Apps and Web 2.0 Tools For Learning Fall 2010 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Summer 2010 2010 Speaker Presentation Denver, CO o Challenging the gifted student with Google Apps and web 2.0 Presentation at the Indiana High Ability Conference Winter 2009 o Web 2.0 Smack Down and Google Apps Poster Presentation Flip Video Camera Grant Fall 2009 o Towne Meadow PTO Google Teacher Academy Google Certified Teacher Summer 2009 Present o http://www.google.com/educators/gta.html STAR Discovery Educator Fall 2009 Present o http://community.discoveryeducation.com/star/index.html National Educational Computing Conference Spring 2009 o Worlds Funniest Ed Tech Photo Contest Software and equipment for student newscast Fall 2007 o Towne Meadow PTO National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) Summer 2008 o Carmel Clay Schools

Educational Memberships and Board Service: Indiana E-Leadership Learning Cadre (IDOE) HECC Board Member ICE Board Member Association of Curriculum and Development International Reading Association International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Indiana Reading Association Hamilton County Reading Association References: Mrs. Kathy Olssen Principal of College Wood Elementary Carmel Clay Schools Kolssen@ccs.k12.in.us (317) 733-6445 Mr. Ryan Newman Director of Human Resources Former Building Principal of Towne Meadow Carmel Clay Schools RNewman@ccs.k12.in.us (317)733-2645

Fall 2012 - Present Winter 2012 Fall 2012 Winter 2012 Fall 2012 Spring 2008 Present Spring 2011 - Present Spring 2008 Present Fall 2007 Fall 2009 Fall 2007 Fall 2009

Mrs. Candice Dodson Director of eLearning Indiana Department of Education cdodson@doe.in.gov (317) 232-9038 Mrs. Deanna Pitman Principal of Forest Dale Elementary Carmel Clay Schools Dpitman@ccs.k12.in.us (317) 733-6445

Mr. Tom Harmas Principal of Creekside Middle School Carmel Clay Schools Tharmas@ccs.k12.in.us (317) 733-6420 Mrs. Iman Kiritsis Counselor at College Wood Elementary Carmel Clay Schools Ikiritsis@ccs.k12.in.us (317) 733-6445 Mrs. Ann Stock Counselor at Towne Meadow Elementary Carmel Clay Schools Parent of a student Astock@ccs.k12.in.us (317) 733-2645 Mrs. Marilyn Sudsberry Director of Butler University EPPS Program Former Principal of Towne Meadow Elementary MSudsberry@indy.rr.com (317) 272-8138 Mrs. Kelly Haag Fourth Grade Teacher Towne Meadow Elementary Carmel Clay Schools KHaag@ccs.k12.in.us (317) 733-2645

Mr. Ron Qualls Middle School Principal Varsity Football Coach Heritage Christian School Ron.Qualls@HeritageChristian.net (317) 594-5858 Mrs. Kim Keller Fifth Grade Teacher Towne Meadow Elementary Carmel Clay School Kkeller@ccs.k12.in.us (317) 733-2645 Mrs. Kimberly Piper Principal of Crooked Creek Elementary Washington Township Schools kpiper@msdwt.k12.in.us (317) 259-5478