Experience

=Resume = =Susan Frailey Fox =

email: sfox@hatboro-horsham.org
=**EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP **=
 * Hatboro-Horsham School District, Horsham, PA**
 * Career, Education and Work Curriculum Coordinator & Pathways Department Leader
 * Student Pathways Program innovator (linking Curriculum to Career Development and Character Development)
 * Community-Based Learning Program creator (Senior Internships, Service Learning, Community Service, Working Initiatives, Student Shadowing )
 * Curriculum Development for PA Career, Education & Work standards implementation (creating opportunities for standards infusion into core academic courses as well a stand alone courses)
 * Professional Development programming and implementation
 * High School Leadership Committees: Freshmen Transition, Student Personalization, School Reform
 * Grant Writer and Manager: Awarded PA Project 720 Grant (3 year grant project) and multiple Hatboro-Horsham Educational Foundation Grants, Montgomery County Workforce Investment Grants
 * District Curriculum Committee, Strategic Planning Committee & Steering Committee
 * Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Event Programming (Green Fair 2010, anticipated Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fair 2011) connecting students to high priority professions as determined by PA Labor and Industry


 * Social Studies Curriculum Review Committee 2009-present
 * Hatboro-Horsham Educational Foundation Academic Programming Committee
 * Horsham Chamber of Commerce/High School liaison
 * Hatboro-Horsham Elementary Report Card Review


 * Montgomery County, PA**
 * Eastern Center for Technology and Arts (CTC) Strategic Planning Committee & Middle States Evaluation Team Member
 * Montgomery County Education and Workforce Partnership
 * Pennsylvania**
 * Pennsylvania Career Development Leaders Network (PDE, Career and Tech Education)
 * PA Standards Aligned System: Curriculum Framework and Materials & Resources (PA CEW standards)
 * PA Governor’s Institute for Teaching Excellence (planning, implementation & facilitation): Career, Education & Work, Williamsport, PA 2007, 2008, 2009
 * PA CEW Curriculum Audit Committee (West Chester School District)
 * Designing A Curriculum (DACUM) for Cooperative Education, Temple University
 * Teacher-Mentor: Temple University Cooperative Education Program
 * Presenter
 * Integrated Learning Conference: Penn State University 2006 //Pathways//, 2007 //Economic Development = Career Development + Workforce Development//, 2008 //CEW & The 4R’s//, 2009 //No Time, No Money—Integrating CEW standards into Social Studies and English Curriculums//, anticipated November 2010 topic //Getting Real: Connecting Students to Their Future (CEW & High Priority Professions)//
 * School Counselors Conference: Hershey 2008 //Career Development//
 * PA Governor’s Institute for Teaching Excellence 2007, 2008, 2009 (various topics)


 * __ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES__**
 * Authentic Education: Train the Trainer Summer Conference (Grant Wiggins) July 2010
 * Hatboro-Horsham High School, Horsham, PA 1999-present
 * Proposed, wrote and implemented a course addressing information literacy through inquiry-based learning titled “The Internet.” The course was inspired by Eisenberg & Berkowitz’s //Big 6// problem solving approach and required students to consider essential questions as they developed critical thinking and rational decision making skills.
 * Subjects taught (grades 9-12): Economics, Entrepreneurship, Pathways, Senior Internship, Working Initiatives, Computer Applications, The Internet, Accounting, Marketing, Management, Keyboarding, and Speedwriting.
 * Was the advisor of Hatboro-Horsham’s Future Business Leaders of America (190+ members) and the Hot Spot (school store).
 * Attended Governor’s Institute for Business Educators.
 * Featured in the book //Super Searchers Go To School// by Dr. Joyce Valenza 2005
 * Springfield Township High School, Erdenheim, PA 1995-1999
 * Participated in a block scheduling study which lead to changing the school day from a traditional high school schedule to a 4X4 block scheduled day.
 * Subjects taught (grades 8-12): Economics, Entrepreneurship, Graduation Project, Marketing, Accounting, Office Practice, and Keyboarding.
 * Partnered with Kensington High School (Philadelphia School District) for service learning projects. The partnership was sponsored by the Center for Greater Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania.
 * District representative to Economics America, Safeguard Scientific Center at Temple University.
 * Yearbook advisor and assistant cheerleading coach.
 * Gateway Reading Program (YMCA, Ambler, PA)
 * Certified reading tutor for adult students


 * __PROFESSIONAL AWARDS__**
 * Freedom Financial for Innovation in Education Award 2008
 * Hatboro-Horsham Teacher Champion of Learning Award 2006
 * PA Business Education Teacher of the Year (finalist) 2005

__ TEACHING & ADMINISTRATIVE CREDENTIALS __

 * Pennsylvania**: Educational Leadership Administration: Curriculum & Instruction, Accounting, Marketing, Data Processing, Family and Consumer Science, Cooperative Education.


 * New Jersey**: Accounting, Marketing, Data Processing and General Business Ed.

Masters of Arts in Education 2002 PA Cooperative Education Certification Teaching Certifications Bachelors of Science in Business Administration
 * __EDUCATION__**
 * Gwynedd-Mercy College**, Lower Gwynedd, PA Educational Leadership: Curriculum and Instruction 2009
 * Gratz College**, Elkins Park, PA
 * Temple University**, Philadelphia, PA 1997
 * Rowan College**, Glassboro, NJ 1989
 * The Pennsylvania State University**, University Park, PA 1979