Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Affiliations
Publications
Research Interests
Timeline
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Joe Pennington

Joe Pennington

Academic Director
Grand Prairie,TX

Summary

Accomplished Executive Director recognized for leveraging strong team leadership and development to drive forward progress. Excelled in this capacity while serving as a US Military Officer. Experienced with strategic planning, organizational leadership, and stakeholder management. Highly organized, detail-oriented leader skilled in directing high-performing teams to develop solutions and solve operational and technical problems. Experienced in implementing systems across multiple operations with superior organizational and communication skills. Utilizes a collaborative approach to drive team performance and achieve objectives.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
2023
2023
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
3
3
Languages

Work History

Director of Military Science

Grand Prairie Independent School District
Grand Prairie
01.2018 - Current

Designed and prepared curriculum and instructional materials for educational excellence, according to the internal district and statewide guidelines of the Texas Higher Education College Board

  • Co-authored, edited, and revised secondary education guidance, policies, and regulations for the military science program, comprising more than 1,744 programs nationwide
  • Counseled, critiqued, evaluated, and mentored professionally and interpersonally, secondary, and post-secondary Early College High School 10 instructors and professors

Academic Department Chair

Dallas Independent School District
Dallas
01.2013 - 01.2018
  • Developed internal support channels that corroborated the district program's objectives and aligned them with the institutional goals that yielded continued success across the entire student population
  • Spearheaded a collaborative effort to establish internal construction that enabled smooth transitions of 120 personnel and auspicious outcomes during State Board of Education inspections in Dallas ISD
  • Assisted with the overall curriculum training for the Dallas Independent School District in Dallas, Texas

Department Chair

Chicago Public Schools
Chicago
01.2010 - 01.2013
  • Created a culture of empowerment and innovation for all employees to promote engagement with all students
  • Cultivated a talented team of departmental employees through outstanding mentoring, coaching, and teaching skills
  • Hired, trained, and coached 12 instructors to deliver world-class, top-notch instruction in military history, and algebra courses to over 1,000 students

Graduate Mentor

Florida Institute of Technology (remote site)
Lakehurst
01.2010 - 01.2013
  • Mentored three graduate students in managerial statistics and managerial accounting graduate-level coursework to enable successful methodology analysis and interpretation of statistical components
  • Created course assessments to ensure graduate students understood the material and remained on track to graduate
  • Guided and directed students in preparing and presenting their research methods, findings, and outcomes

Operations Director

Fort Worth Independent School District
Fort Worth
01.2008 - 01.2010
  • Generated over $500,000 in revenue in 2009, by coaching a 48-member staff team on effectively allocating and efficiently spending internal authorized funds made available at the district headquarters
  • Sponsored the company's conference logistics by booking rooms and arranging travel & recreation for 13 secondary education schools during annual summer conference activities
  • Ensured new training systems were placed according to state policies, resulting in a better academically grounded program

Program Administrator

Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES)
Dallas
01.2007 - 01.2008
  • Managed five major Project Lifestyle (Shopping) Centers and wrote proposals for environmental changes to enhance future performance
  • Monitored, briefed, and developed weekly employee performance objectives as related to past, present, and future Lifestyle Center advancement and progression
  • Interfaced with numerous civilian and governmental agencies to negotiate funding and logistics support to maintain high-dollar company training models

Graduate-Level Instructional Tutor

Florida Institute of Technology (Remote Site in Lakehurst, NJ)
Lakehurst
01.2005 - 01.2007
  • Appointed by the Professor and Dean of the Business/Management Department of Florida Institute of Technology to assist and tutor graduate students challenged by the rigorous graduate-level management coursework
  • Collaborated with the dean and professor of business to determine priorities and forecast upcoming instructional requirements as mandated by the departmental curriculum and instruction
  • Sought out internal constructions to support the program's objectives and align them with the institutional goals so that they could serve as a model for ongoing success shared across the entire student population

Education

Doctor of Education - Educational Leadership

Trident University International
Cypress, California

Master of Arts - Christian Education

Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton, New Jersey

Professional Master of Business Administration - undefined

Florida Institute of Technology-Melbourne
Melbourne, Florida

Master of Science - Management

Florida Institute of Technology-Melbourne
Melbourne, Florida

Bachelor of Science - Liberal Arts

Excelsior University (SUNY)
Albany, New York

Skills

Certification

Texas Educator Certification (Emergency Permit) – K-12

Affiliations

  • Trident University International Alumni-fire, 2022
  • National Alliance for Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships, Special Member, 2020
  • Florida Institute of Technology Alumni Association, Alumnus Member, 2006
  • The Association of Seminarians at Princeton Theological Seminary, 2007
  • National Association for College Admission Counseling, 2023

Publications

  • Success in Dual Enrollment Programs: Educational Leaders' Perspectives on Supporting Underrepresented Students, Doctoral dissertation, Trident University International, Chandler, Arizona, 2022
  • The ORB (Outreach Red Bank), Dyson, D., Obermueller, K., Pennington, J., White paper, 2006
  • Aerial resupply challenges for today's Combat Service/Support leaders, Deguzman, G.B., et al., Quartermaster Professional Bulletin, Summer 1996, 2, 1 & 31

Research Interests

  • Integrating pathways in post-secondary and secondary education to funnel college-level courses in secondary education through a systemic channel to increase availability to a larger population of secondary students
  • Implementing a comprehensive and structured programming model that integrates Career Technical Education and other elective course department chairs in the course selection process (with advisors) for program scheduling
  • Realigning dual enrollment and dual credit education programs within the scope of needed classroom venues along with activities associated with Early College High School (ECHS) programs through practical educational leadership

Timeline

Director of Military Science

Grand Prairie Independent School District
01.2018 - Current

Academic Department Chair

Dallas Independent School District
01.2013 - 01.2018

Department Chair

Chicago Public Schools
01.2010 - 01.2013

Graduate Mentor

Florida Institute of Technology (remote site)
01.2010 - 01.2013

Operations Director

Fort Worth Independent School District
01.2008 - 01.2010

Program Administrator

Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES)
01.2007 - 01.2008

Graduate-Level Instructional Tutor

Florida Institute of Technology (Remote Site in Lakehurst, NJ)
01.2005 - 01.2007

Master of Arts - Christian Education

Princeton Theological Seminary

Professional Master of Business Administration - undefined

Florida Institute of Technology-Melbourne

Master of Science - Management

Florida Institute of Technology-Melbourne

Bachelor of Science - Liberal Arts

Excelsior University (SUNY)

Doctor of Education - Educational Leadership

Trident University International
Joe PenningtonAcademic Director