Allen Ward Jr.
8812 Willow Creek Court
Douglasville, Georgia 30135
(404)754-8076
allenwardjr.@comcast.net
https:linkedin.com
Highlights
Retired from the Cobb County School District. Last assigned to Campbell Middle School as assistant principal for the 2006-2007 school year. Former assistant Principal at Lost Mountain Middle School in the Cobb County School District-A Nationally Recognized Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. Assisted the principal in the total operation of the school. Assumed building leadership in the absence of the principal. Proficient in instruction, curriculum, school operations, and school improvement. Interview teacher candidates at Lost Mountain Middle School. Evaluated teachers, counselors, media specialist, and paraprofessionals’ performance using the Performance Assessment Instrument. Trained in the nuances of No Child Left Behind and the Georgia Performance Standards, Learning Focused Schools, and Professional Learning Communities. Led staff development initiatives. Supervised custodians. Aided in preparing yearly budget. Test Coordinator. Textbook Coordinator. Issude discipline to students. Coordinated and monitored paraprofessional licensing. Was responsible for report cards. Coordinated teacher duty supervision. Issue student lockers. School safety coordinator. Coordinated school picture taking. Familiar with SchoolMax, Inform, Osiris, Integrade, I-Parent, Novell Groupwise 5, and Subfinder technology and student information systems. Former successful director of the renowned Booker T. Washington High School Band in the Atlanta Public Schools System. In addition to teaching music, I have taught quarters and semesters in high school mathematics, English, social studies, and vocational education. As band director, I had consistently maintained a strong and active parent organization with a yearly average of 60% participation at a Title 1 school (1982-1999). While teaching in the high school, I had the opportunity to serve as department chair for Fine Arts and R.O.T.C. I have achieved outstanding results working with large groups of teachers and students. I have served on several school improvement committees, Southern Accreditation of Colleges and Schools (SACS) committees, and curriculum committees. I am very familiar with Project GRAD, Southern Region Education Board, and the Georgia High School Association’s rules and regulations exercised in high school athletics.
WORK HISTORY
2009-Retired
2006-2009-Assistant Principal, Campbell Middle School
2001-2006-Assistant Principal, Lost Mountain Middle School
• Assist the principal in the total operation of the school
• 6th, 7th and 8th grade administrator
• Before and after school administrator
• School Improvement member
• Interview new teachers and staff
• Teacher evaluations (PAI)
• Conduct Classroom Walkthroughs
• Counselor evaluations
• Textbook coordinator
• Test coordinator
• Issued school Discipline
• Responsible for report cards
• Data team member
• Member of the building leadership team
• Secured substitute teachers for faculty
• Coordinated teacher duty supervision
• Issue student lockers
• Routed building emergency evacuation maps
• Coordinated school picture-taking
• Cafeteria supervision
• Performing Arts and budget coordinator
• School safety coordinator
• Custodial supervision
• Alternate to School Council and PTSA Executive Board
• Coordinated and monitored paraprofessional licensing
2000-2001-Administrative Assistant, Lost Mountain Middle School
• Teacher evaluations
• Shared substitute teachers responsibilities
• Coordinated bus supervision
• Student lockers
• Routed school fire/emergency evacuation
• Coordinated school picture-taking
• Cafeteria supervision
OTHER EXPERIENCES
Supervising teacher for student teachers (7)
Detention committee
Cafeteria duties
Morning and afternoon security check personnel
Hall monitor
Tardy sweeps
Concessions
1983-2000-Band Director, Booker T. Washington High School
• Students received superior ratings in concert and marching performances
• Department Chairperson
• Students received an estimated 8 million dollars in band scholarships as reported by the Atlanta Board of Education (1982-2000)
• Organized the Atlanta Olympic Band
• Nominated to represent the State of Georgia in the Presidential Inaugural Parade for William Jefferson Clinton (1991 and 1995)
• Featured in the Atlanta Journal and Constitution’s article, “Band Director’s Sound Advice Goes Beyond Teaching Music”-A Real Life Mr. Holland Opus (1996)
• Teacher of the Year at Booker T. Washington High School (1998)
• BTW Stellar Teacher-1999
• Mayor Andrew Young’s Certificate of Merit from the City of Atlanta (1986)
• Acknowledgement from Governor Zell Miller for service to the Atlanta Community at the Georgia Dome (1997)
• Featured on PM Magazine (1984)
• Selected and organized bands from across the county to participate in Coca-Cola’s Centennial Celebration and Parades (1986)
• Organizer and Director of Mass Bands for the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia (1988)
• Academic Incentive Nominee from Booker T. Washington High School (1993)
• Acknowledgement from former President Jimmy Carter for performances at the Omni during the Carter Project (1994)
• Member of the school’s discipline committee
• Outstanding Service Award-Toney Gardens Civic Association (Decatur, Georgia-1995)
• Outstanding Service Award-God’s Church International Fellowship (1997)
• 6 Atlanta Falcons half-time shows
• Official Band for the Coca-Cola Centennial Celebration (1986)
• Official Paralympics Band for the 1996 Paralympics
• First performing group to officially open the Georgia Dome (1992)
• Featured in Spike Lee’s movie, “School Daze” (1989)
• Selected to perform two concerts for the “Black Living Legends of Negro Baseball” at Pasquels (1993)
• Grand Prize Winner of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Atlanta (1991)
• Concert for the National Microsoft Convention held at the Omni Coliseum (1993)
• Featured on WXIA’s community program, “Campus Live” (1994)
• Grand Prize Winner of the WSB-TV Salute 2 America’s Fourth of July Parade (1998)
• Band featured on Good Morning America during “Countdown to the Olympics” program on ABC (1995)
• Participated in the Atlanta Falcons Superbowl Send-off at Woodruff Park (1999)
• Performed with or for Michael Jackson, Gladys Knight, M.C. Hammer, The Beach Boys, Travis Tritt, TLC, The Atlanta Pops Orchestra, Randy Travis, Hank Williams Jr., and Muhammad Ali to name a few
• Concert for the Clark/Atlanta University’s Alumni Association
EDUCATION
Clark College (CAU) BA-Music: Major Education: Minor
Georgia State University Present MM: Music Education (1986)
Administrative Add-on (1998)
Cobb County School District’s Leadership Academy for Prospective Administrators (2000)
Jacksonville State University 2003-EdS: Educational Leadership
Cobb County School District’s Leadership Academy for Aspiring Principals (2005)
WORKSHOPS/TRAINING
• Professional Learning Communities and Collaboration (2004 & 2005)
• Georgia Performance Standards Implementation and Dateline (2004 & 2005)
• Cobb County School District’s School Improvement Institute (2004)
• No Child Left Behind (2003, 2004 & 2005)
• Differentiated Instruction (2004 & 2005)
• Learning Focused Schools (2003, 2004, 2005)
• Georgia School Counselor Evaluation Program (2003)
• Cobb County School District’s SchoolMax Training for Administrators (2003)
• Student Due Process Hearing Panel Training for Facilitators (2003)
• Cobb County’s School Improvement Institute for Administrators (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 & 2005)
• Cobb County’s Homeland Security Conference (2003)
• Textbook Coordinator Training (2001)
• Cobb County School District’s Special Education Paraprofessional Licensing Training
• Performance Assessment Instrument Training (2000)
• Osiris Training for Administrators (2000)
• Cobb County School District’s Hearing Panel Training for Panel Members (2000)
CERTIFICATES
Educational Leadership L-6
Instructional Supervision L-6 (IS-6)
Teaching-T-6 (Pre-k-12)
PROFESSIONAL
Phi Delta Kappa
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Who’s Who Among Students in Americas Colleges and Universities
Georgia Music Educators Association
Music Educators National Conference
Social Affiliations
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Young Men Christian Association
SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY SERVICES
Guest Speaker: Chestnut Log Middle School-Career Day
Guest Speaker: Centenary United Methodist Church (11:00 service)
Guest Speaker: King Middle School
Guest Conductor: Morris Brown College Band
Guest Conductor: Morehouse College Band
Heart Strings for Aids at the Fox Theater (Band Performance)
Santa’s Special Christmas (Program for Children with Disabilities at Colony Square)
Walk Atlanta (Muscular Dystrophy Activity)
SERVICES TO SCHOOLS
• Cobb County School District’s diversity hiring representative at the University of Georgia’s Job Fair for New Teachers (2005)
• Cobb County Discipline Hearing Panel (2002, 2003, & 2004)
• Worked with Cobb County School District’s Staff Development Department in planning and implementing two new teacher orientation programs (2001 & 2002)
• Screening member for Cobb County School District’s Hiring Fair (2001 & 2002)
• Atlanta Public Schools Textbook Review Committee Member
• Band performance in school documentary for WPBA
• Arbor Station Elementary-Christmas Program
• Atlanta Council of PTA’s-Band Concert
• Bethune Elementary-Say No to Drugs Program
• Chestnut Log Middle School-Clinician & Career Day Speaker
• Gideons Elementary School-ITBS Pep Rally
• Herndon Elementary-May Day
• Hill Elementary –May Day
• M. Agnes Jones Elementary-ITBS Pep Rally
• Atlanta Public Schools Community Board Meetings-Star Spangled Banner/Posting of Colors
• Bunch Middle School-Clinician
• Parks Middle School-Clinician
• Kennedy Middle School-Clinician
• Turner Middle School-Clinician
• King Middle School-Clinician
• Long Middle School-Clinician
• Sylvan Middle School-Clinician
• Walden Middle School-Clinician
• West Fulton Middle School-Clinician
• Young Middle School-Clinician
REFERENCES
Randy Bynum
Assistant Area Superintendent
Cobb County School District
514 Glover Street
Marietta, Georgia 30135
randy.bynum@cobbk12.org
Carl Davis-Human Resources Deputy
Cobb County School District
514 Glover Street
Marietta, Georgia 30060
(770) 426-3303
carl.davis@cobbk12.org
Susan Wing-Principal
Lost Mountain Middle School
700 Old Mountain Rd.
Kennesaw, Georgia 30152
(678) 594-8224
susan.wing@cobbk12.org
Shirley Kilgore-Principal
Booker T. Washington High School
34 White House Dr. SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30314
(404) 752-0728
skilgore@atlanta.k12.ga.us
Wanda Dukes-Principal
Smitha Middle School
2025 Powder Spring Rd.
Marietta, Georgia 30064
wanda.dukes@cobbk12.org
Dr. Rhonda W. Tighe-Department of Educational Policy Studies
(Formerly Staff Development Director/Principal-Cobb County School District)
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3977
Atlanta, GA 30302-3977
(404) 651 – 2113
rtighe@gsu.edu
Karen Walker
Georgia Department of Education
2054 Twin Towers East
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
770-235-2360
KaWalker@doe.k12.ga.us
PERSONAL
Married: Sharolyn Dianne
Children: Allen III, Douglas, and Christopher
Hobbies: Reading
Writing Music
Testing Fun Computer Software
Surfing the Internet
Auto Mechanics
Church: Central United Methodist Church