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Highlights of current civic involvement/accomplishment:

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I have actively served on the Texas House Representative Angie Chen Button’s Education Roundtable for 3 years. This Roundtable supplies Representative Button with regular input and feedback for the Texas House for their Educational legislative considerations. My participation with The Walnut Glen Academy Campus Improvement Team (CIT) has provided me knowledge about the plans and needs of individual schools within GISD. My proactive board member service on the Grace Fellowship International Board in Dallas, Texas, has led our Board team with improved policy updates and financial procedures.

I train and educate professionals and am a regular speaker for symposiums and conferences at UTD and for various professional organizations.

Currently, I serve as the Chief Judge for the voter elections in my precinct and am actively involved in my community Neighborhood Association.

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Highlights of past civic involvement/accomplishment:

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Formerly, I served on the Board of the Dallas Chapter of Project Management Institute for 5 years, a professional Project Management organization to train and develop over 4000 Project Manager members. I have also served as President and several Board positions on the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) - DFW Chapter for professional Learning and Development for Human Performance Technology.

I was regularly involved with several community organizations such as Breakfast Exchange Club, Rotary, and Richardson Chamber of Commerce as members and sometimes as a speaker.

I have also served in Toastmasters International – District 25 and District 50 in Leadership Development as District Governor and Area Governor for over 2000 members.

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Previous public offices sought or held:

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No previous public offices sought or held.

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How much funding have you raised for your campaign?

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I have not sought to raise any funds to date.

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Who are your top three contributors?

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I have not sought to raise any funds to date.

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Have you ever been arrested or involved in any criminal proceedings or civil suits? If so, please explain:

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No, none.

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What is an example of how you led a team or group toward achieving an important goal?

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First, ensure to make the goals – SMART goal: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time bound. Make sure the goal is clearly shared and understood and team led to full consensus and agreement. The expectations of the team and the end results must also be clearly identified with team mutual agreement.

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What current or former school board member do you most admire and why?

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Over the past many years, I have admired the thoughtfulness, integrity and honesty of the discussions and decisions of the GISD school board team as they have worked together to provide the best learning environment for ALL the GISD students, and I believe I would work well with this team.

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Why are you running for this office?

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I have become increasingly involved with a Campus Improvement Team (CIT) at a local GISD school and a Education Roundtable with my State Representative, as well as attending and observing the GISD Board in action for the last several years. This has inspired me with my passion to move to the next level of involvement to become a team member of the GISD school board.

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Why should voters choose you over your opponent?

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I have strong and solid professional leadership in working with contracts, program management, organizational development, leadership and learning development and finance for large Fortune 500 corporations. Board policy, requirements, and functions will heavily rely on this type of professional background experience for the many of school board decisions. My attendance over the last 10 years at GISD board meetings, as well as my involvement in the Campus Improvement Team (CIT) and Roundtables for local and state functions has provided me clear insight on current affairs. My wife has been an educator, in GISD for 15 years. Her strong involvement has also provided me insight from teacher and student perspectives.

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What is the role of a school board member?

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The member is simply one of a team of 7 on the school board. All members are to meet and work together in a team effort to bring a consensus of policy and goals for the school district and determine what is best for all students. The board is to select, govern and set goals for the Superintendent of Schools in a partnership role.

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What is your view of the superintendent in your district?

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Our Superintendent was just hired in February, 2013. He is very capable, concerned, and conscientious about moving our district forward in curriculum and programs that will best achieve student excellence for all students. He is pro arts, sciences, and technology and desires to see improvements in those areas throughout the district. He is very active in getting out to all campuses to fully get to know the district administrators, staff and students to keep strong communication in the district goals and path forward.

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What policies would you like to see your district adopt to evaluate teachers and principals?

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GISD follows state requirements for evaluations. Evaluations should mentor, encourage, and recognize achievements along with planning strategies to increase student performance.

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What would you like to see your district do to recruit, train and develop teachers?

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GISD is known as a top rated district throughout this area. As a result, we have a number of highly qualified teachers applying to GISD every year to supply our requirements. We have a regular programs to train and develop teachers within our district, along with some Region 10 State Education training and development.

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What strategies would you like to see your district pursue to better engage parents in the lives of their students?

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I have attended various school activities, such as meet the teacher, carnivals, multi-cultural night and health fairs; in which the parents were encouraged to participate with their child and interact with the teachers. Keeping parents informed in school activities by more use of technology, such as the web sites, twitter and GRS TV, opens a door for a partnership between the teachers, parents and students.

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What steps should your district take to raise the achievement levels of its male students?

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Our district analyzes and seeks to raise the levels of ALL students, regardless of sex or ethnic origin.

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Should the state evaluate school districts on how well they use their financial resources? Why or why not?

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School districts should be accountable to their district constituents. As long as the districts are honest and have clear fiduciary responsibility in their decisions and use of funds, things should remain under local control. The district website has financial information posted for anyone to review.

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How many end of course exams do you think the state should require Texas high school students to take? Please explain your thinking.

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One end of course exam that covers each of the 4 main core subjects in the 4x4 state implemented graduation plan.

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How would you like to see the state revise its ranking of campuses, including those in your district?

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State ratings should reflect student achievement and student growth, as well as other indicators of student achievement and success.

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If given extra funds from the Legislature, what specific strategies should your district use with those dollars?

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I believe the district should assess the needs with input from campus administrators and faculties, which provides for the needs of the students to be met.