Sherry Cook

Provide vision and leadership of the Tillamook Education Consortium’s Strategic Plan for Workforce Development,Early Career Readiness and Accelerated Learning for Tillamook County.

Design, develop and facilitate Tillamook Education Consortium’s Career and Technical Education Plan for Tillamook County as delineated by Nestucca Valley School District (NVSD), Neah-Kah-Nie School District (NKN), Tillamook School District (TSD) and Tillamook Bay Community College (TBCC), collectively known as the “Partners'' to develop,maintain and sustain a K-14 Continuum. Forecasts economic trends, and policies locally, statewide and nationally to quickly analyze the impact of decisions on the partners, students, schools, community, and workforce

Provide vision and leadership of all workforce development initiatives the local, regional, state and national Level

• Established partnerships between the university and other educational institutions, businesses, government agencies, professional associations, alumni organizations.
• Recruited, trained, supervised, evaluated and mentored staff members.
• Developed policies and procedures to ensure compliance with corporate standards.
• Coordinated resources across multiple partners both internal and external to maximize productivity levels.
• Created detailed plans outlining timelines, goals, budgets, staffing needs and other requirements for projects.
• Served as a public spokesperson at industry events or conferences.
• Implemented systems for tracking progress on key initiatives or projects.
• Cultivated strong relationships with customers by responding promptly to inquiries or complaints.
• Facilitated collaboration between teams by encouraging open communication channels.

• Built and maintained relationships with public sector, private sector and industry partners to launch responsive workforce solutions with industry aligned related training and bring clarity to the Career and Technical Education.
• Led and inspired workforce development projects that created and sustained viable workforces and fostered individual and collective economic prosperity through creating partnerships with industry, education and the community.
• Managed workforce development initiatives and workforce training and instructional platforms to grow and attain a more skilled and productive workforce the development of Pre-Apprenticeships and Apprenticeships.
• Identified strategic audience and developed optimized communication plans and presentations to engage and interest individuals for the continued growth and development of Career and Technical Education across Tillamook County.
• Served as Strategic Plan Lead for Tillamook Education Consortium's 5 Year Strategic Plan. Implemented a needs based assessment through LightCast for data driven decisions. developed sector strategy models, new instructional models, and onboarded new instructional platforms as well as establishing industry partnerships which formed the basis for new apprenticeships and the first pre-apprenticeship in Tillamook County. Developed the overall comprehensive plan for the K-14 Continuum as well as the Mission, Vision and Student Life Cycle for Early Career Readiness, Workforce Development and Accelerated Learning.
• Established and maintained relationships with multiple education, industry, local and state government officials.
• Developed new programs by realigning procedures with changing trends in education.
• Onboarded new instructional platforms leading to the ability to offer over 80 craft titles through NCCER.
• Developed new models of instruction to deliver, equity and access to Pre-Apprenticeship and Apprenticeship students to remove barriers for successfully completing Apprenticeship.
• Developed curricula and recommended curricula revisions to improve student learning outcomes.
• Facilitated daily operations and program management.
• Promoted improvements to increase academic quality and meet learning outcomes.
• Hired, trained and developed team members and faculty.
• Developed programs and initiatives to increase student enrollment and promote retention.
• Planned, administered and controlled budgets.
• Established policies and procedures and made modifications based on analysis of operations, performance and other research information.
• Strategized and implemented methods for streamlining processes, controlling costs and modernizing operations.
• Oversight over faculty and adjunct faculty in Career & Technical Education and Education
• Served as grant lead for multiple grant submissions to continue the the build out of Career and Technical Education Programs along with address the local workforce needs.
• Served as the lead for the LightCast Program Development Gap Analysis to deliver a comprehensive needs assessment for data driven decisions using economic trends within Tillamook County and outlying areas of service.
• Served as the overall lead for the EDA grant to ensure compliance and reporting procedures were in place meeting federal guidelines.

• Led strategic planning of partner engagement programs after analysis and research of company programs.
• Monitored trends to identify untapped market gaps where partnerships would prove crucial.
• Recommended precise and direct actions to resolve complex issues which span organizational boundaries.
• Identified specific issues, creating customized solutions for individual problems.
• Spearheaded training initiatives to improve student/employee performance with content relevant training.
• Strengthened branding initiatives and coordinated effective course enrollment.
• Mitigated learning hurdles and instructed student/employees in problem-solving, social skills and decision-making through implementation of content relevant learning aids and methods.

• Designed the Bridged Pathway Learning and Career Development Model to close the gap for secondary students entering in to the workforce and/or post secondary education and training in CTE Education
• Built academic and workforce bridges with industry partners providing experiential and work based learning by providing intrinsic motivation through intentional relationships and external motivation through a three bridge system that provides students with stability to bridge the gap after graduating from secondary education.
• The pathway model is unique in that it provides choice,economic stability and post secondary scholarships for continued training in multiple settings giving students a higher chance of success as they move through the student life cycle.
• Designed the Relationship Mapping Model for Equity in College and Career Readiness based on needs with specific, dedicated and solution oriented methods for students to overcome negative situational outcomes and promote positive change.

• Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Education and Training, Communication and Relationships, Career and College Readiness,Hospitality,AVID for CTE, Work Experience Seminar
• Created appropriate learning environments for students.
• Promoted advancement of professional skills for securing certification, employment and leadership development
• Assisted department with assignment development, special projects, assessments and grading for learning.
• Developed interesting course plans with multimedia learning tools to meet academic, intellectual and social needs of students.
• Planned and conducted activities for balanced program of instruction, demonstration and work time, providing students with opportunities to observe, question and investigate.
• Conducted on-the-job training classes and demonstrated principles, techniques, procedures and methods within the department.
• Increased enrollment though innovation in teaching and encouraging student voice in all areas of learning to include the development of electronic portfolios as a method of intrinsic motivation to view student progress.
• Attended and participated in department staff meetings to brainstorm ideas on many professional learning community initiatives.

• Created appropriate learning environments for students.
• Planned and conducted activities for balanced program of instruction, demonstration and work time, providing students with opportunities to observe, question and investigate.
• Evaluated students' performance through observation, demonstration and reflection.
• Developed interesting course plans with multimedia learning tools to meet academic, intellectual and social needs of students.
• Attended and participated in department staff meetings to brainstorm ideas on Career and Technical Education advancement and program development
• Helped students build learning and study skills to achieve educational through the use of Advancement Via Individual Determination for Career and Technical Education. Served as the CTE leader for AVID cross collaboration within the CTE department.

• Created appropriate learning environments for students.
• Applied variety of instructional resources to meet needs of students with varying backgrounds and learning styles.
• Developed interesting course plans with multimedia learning tools to meet academic, intellectual and social needs of students.
• Monitored student progress using exams and assignments to check for thorough understanding.
• Engaged students and with meaningful understanding of material using focused instructional strategies and AVID strategies.
• Assisted fellow teachers with assignment development, special projects, tests, administrative updates and grading.
• Planned and conducted activities for balanced program of instruction, demonstration and work time, providing students with opportunities to observe, question and investigate.

• Created appropriate learning environments for students.
• Applied variety of instructional resources to meet needs of students with varying backgrounds and learning styles.
• Planned and conducted activities for balanced program of instruction, demonstration and work time, providing students with opportunities to observe, question and investigate.
• Promoted advancement of professional skills for securing certification, employment, leadership development.
• Served on the State of Virginia Curriculum Writing Team
• Promoted advancement of professional skills for securing certification, employment and leadership development.

• Identified target audience and developed optimized communication plans to develop strategic relationships with local, state and federal officials for study compliance by creating strong intentional relationships.
• Built and updated crisis communication plans to handle diverse situations.
• Managed team personnel schedule to handle demanding schedule for assessment and observation.
• Trained all team personnel on research methods,assessment and ethics while serving with compliance oversight to maintain the confidentiality of all study participants.
• Produced creative collateral to successfully share communication strategies and achieve public relations goals.
• Worked closely with team members to deliver project requirements, develop solutions and meet deadlines.
• Juggled multiple projects and tasks to ensure high quality and timely delivery.
• Demonstrated self-reliance by meeting and exceeding workflow needs.
• Demonstrated leadership by making improvements to work processes and helping to train a team of sixteen assessors and observers in assessment of students,teachers in addition to teacher observation and rating in over a 102 different settings during the research study.
• Improved operations by working with team members and customers to find workable solutions.

• Trained, mentored and motivated employees to maximize team productivity.
• Maintained safety and emergency readiness among personnel by disseminating information on and monitoring compliance with regulatory and organizational policies.
• Aligned operational and occupational boundaries between processes and norming standards in Education Research and Assessment
• Maintain validity and reliability in the process from the main sample to the control sample. Compliance and oversight continued over all team members during the norming period.
• Drove solutions to predominant operations issues by identifying areas of deficiency and implementing restorative practices.

• Created performance benchmarks to monitor and evaluate organizational achievements.
• Provided necessary guidance, training and supervision to trainees and certified personnel.
• Researched and wrote reports in the compliance process, analyzed and interpreted reported data in preparation for submission to all national assessment agencies as well as reported to the Post Commander on compliance for Department of Defense Language Assessment for deploying units.
• Served on design team and delivered mission-critical infrastructure to maintain consistent availability and performance to the first Department of Defense Mobile Assessment Unit in time of National Conflict.
• Reviewed and analyzed work scope for each job prior to beginning testing to verify familiarity and resultant proper testing.
• Delivered extensive mentoring and training to team members, guiding through each testing step.
• Maintained effective communication, both in writing and verbally, with all project stakeholders to promote open collaboration and enhance goal attainment.

• Provided necessary guidance, training and supervision to trainees and a team of twelve certified personnel while serving as a scoring leader.
• Oversight over the team mandatory Calibration Assessment prior to each shift beginning.
• Assignments included the California High School Exit Exam, the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge.
• Served as adjudicator when necessary to make decisions on the validity of the score or other possible conditions which would impact the validity and reliability of the assessment process.
• Delivered extensive mentoring and training to team members, guiding through each testing step.
• Maintained effective communication, both in writing and verbally, with all project stakeholders to promote open collaboration and enhance goal attainment.