Timmethy James
Glen Burnie
Summary
Detail-oriented communicator, educator/trainer, change agent and Air Force Veteran eager to continue serving a community in need and enhance the work and organization through strategic thinking, problem solving, leadership, research and strategy.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Full-Time Secondary Education Teacher/Yearbook Advisor
Meade Senior High School
08.2021 - Current
- Planned, prepared and delivered lesson plans and instructional materials with clear objectives that facilitated active learning for over 1000 students
- Demonstrated exceptional written and verbal communication abilities to provide various instructional styles to students from diverse cultural, economic and ability backgrounds
- Initiated effective classroom management and relationship building techniques for grades 9-12
- Administered, guided, and facilitated professional development trainings and briefings as a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team-lead by exhibiting initiative and leadership skills
- Responded promptly to student, colleague, and parent information inquiries
- Managed yearbook program operations to meet budgetary goals, achieve community partnerships, execute and deliver goods and products
- Met yearly yearbook program objectives, and deadlines while staying within budget
- Provided yearbook budget input to school administration to justify
- Coordinated with internal and external stakeholders effectively to implement educational activities and meet objectives
- Prepared communications across every medium for instruction, messaging, internal communications, external communications, and briefings
- Tracked student performance data and metrics
- Posted content to the online learning system website, Brightspace, for virtual instruction, communications and messaging
- Interpreted county and state educational regulations and laws for the implementation of school improvement and district-wide initiatives
- Evaluated the impact of new school or district policies to determine effectiveness in meeting proposed objectives, and offered alternative plans when necessary
- Advised school leadership on appropriate recommendations for enhancing students performance
- Created lesson plans with a wide scope to achieve targeted long-term goals and objectives
- Addressed a wide variety of educational and behavioral student issues, and provided recommendations on solutions to administration
- Solved problems at the lowest level
- Expertly managed multiple projects and responsibilities of varying scope simultaneously
- Rated highly effective in performance evaluations each year of teaching
Full-Time Public Affairs Specialist/Training Manager
United States Air Force
01.2016 - 08.2021
- Managed and produced the Air Force's premier TV news program, broadcasted weekly to a global audience of over 40,000,000 people
- Led a staff of nine to meet weekly deadlines and delivery to Air Force social media platforms and American Forces Network for various communications projects
- Interviewed subject matter experts, military, and government personnel from an extremely wide variety of ranks and government postings
- Educated global audience on Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff of the Air Force directives and news affecting personnel
- Interpreted Air Force regulations, missions, organizational objectives, and initiatives to analyze implementation and communicate efforts to Air Force personnel
- Developed communications reports, mission statements, scripts, social media posts, videos, radio news segments, digital, video, and written stories
- Researched highly complex and innovative Air Force programs and projects of sensitive nature
- Simplified highly complex and innovative Air Force programs and projects to provide compelling and comprehensible communications updates
- Provided strategic communications advice to high-level senior leadership to effectively disseminate Air Force information using online tools, print, and website messaging
- Briefed high-level leadership both formally and informally
- Enhanced and communicated Air Force senior leaders' goals, priorities and global mission objectives to Congress, civilian and military audiences
- Coordinated, planned and facilitated weekly training sessions/classes for broadcast journalists/photojournalists
- Collaborated with inter-departmental and joint-force offices across multiple branches of services to track the implementation of training programs and made corrective suggestions where needed
- Managed the technical skills proficiency and improvement of over 150 joint-service members (Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marines)
- Won Employee of the Quarter at the Defense Media Activity global level
- Managed Air Force's second largest Wing Public Affairs work-order program; saved 298 manpower hours to enhance productivity in other areas
- Won Employee of the Quarter at the Wing level, Ramstein Air Base, Germany in 2017
- Won Employee of the Quarter at the Defense Media Activity regional level
- Developed a resilience and stress management program at Defense Media Activity, Fort Meade, Maryland
- Trained over 300 Air Force members on resilience, problem solving and stress management
- Studied and certified in leadership, managerial, and supervisory best practices
- Trained in team-building, relationship-building, motivational tactics
- Earned five consecutive employee of the month awards
- Graduated with honors from Airman Leadership School
- Rated highly effective and recommended for immediate promotion on performance evaluations each year of service
- Successfully worked remotely from March 11, 2020 through August 21, 2021
Full-Time Producer
Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., WKRG News 5
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Performed as lead video editor for the 5 a.m., 6 a.m., 9 a.m
- And Noon live newscasts for a top 50 TV market of over 530,000 daily viewers
- Managed and gathered video footage in alert situations, fires & storms
Unpaid Part-Time Public Relations Intern
Cartoon Network
05.2015 - 08.2015
- Answered inquiries, scheduled interviews with national media outlets
- Assisted PR executives with press release writing, editing and distribution
- Aided coordination of 2014 San Diego Comic Con Cartoon Network panel
Part-Time Public Relations Assistant
University of South Alabama
04.2012 - 01.2015
- Wrote press releases for the Office of the President, university webpage, social media and employee newsletter
- Responded to media, customer, university employee and alumni inquiries and requests for information by determining the nature of the inquiries
- Planned university events, conferences, campus tours & alumni reunions
Education
Doctor of Education - Learning And Organizational Change
Baylor University
05.2024
Master of Science - Strategic Communications
Troy University
03.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Public Relations
University of South Alabama
05.2015
Skills
- Remote work
- Strategic Communications
- Written Communications
- Oral Communications
- Communications Messaging
- Advisement
- Writing
- Research Analysis
- Data Analysis
- Project Management
- Coordination
- Collaboration
- Stakeholder Relations
- Building Partnerships
- Microsoft Office 365
- LMS Website Management
- Trainable
- Coachable
- Research Design
- Leadership
- Interpersonal Skills
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Schedule Management
- Time Management
- Organization
- Team-building
- Relationship-building
- Facilitation
- Prioritizing
- Academic advising
- Peer coaching
- Project-based learning
- Educational research
- Subject matter expertise
- Adaptive learning
- Recordkeeping
- Assessment analysis
- Instructional technology
- Staff development
- Team collaboration
- Mixed media
- Skill building
Signature Achievements
- Doctorate degree completed in less than 5 years.
- Published author with ProQuest, featuring my 3-year research study on self-efficacy and social cognitive theory.
- Earned Air Force Achievement Medal for outstanding achievement and meritorious service on behalf of the U.S. Air Force decision making.
- Early Selected for promotion to Staff Sergeant in 05/19 for demonstrating leadership, commitment to excellence and desire to assume greater responsibility in the U.S. Air Force.
- 2018 Kaiserslautern Military Community Leadership Award for leadership and community service in the largest American military community outside the U.S. in Ramstein, Germany.
- Appointed Technical School Leader in 2016 to serve as role model and student leader for a schoolhouse of 60+ students.
Timeline
Full-Time Secondary Education Teacher/Yearbook Advisor
Meade Senior High School
08.2021 - Current
Full-Time Public Affairs Specialist/Training Manager
United States Air Force
01.2016 - 08.2021
Unpaid Part-Time Public Relations Intern
Cartoon Network
05.2015 - 08.2015
Full-Time Producer
Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., WKRG News 5
01.2015 - 01.2016
Part-Time Public Relations Assistant
University of South Alabama
04.2012 - 01.2015
Master of Science - Strategic Communications
Troy University
Bachelor of Arts - Public Relations
University of South Alabama
Doctor of Education - Learning And Organizational Change
Baylor University
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