PAUL J. FORTIER PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
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TEACHING AND TRAINING
Taught academics and technology-arts (Web programming/design, digital imaging, game design and video production) in classroom and vocational settings to students of diverse backgrounds and skill levels.
Designed IT training curricula and led group training seminars for hundreds of case managers employed at any of the 50+ human service agencies across the eight county-wide catchment area of Florida’s Big Bend region.
Led self-designed, career-exploration programs for the residents of Big Bend Homeless Coalition’s HOPE Community Family Emergency Shelter.
Designed and delivered academic and arts curricula for at-risk students to facilitate their ongoing success. My curricula employ a project-based, cross-disciplinary approach, integrating the arts into traditional subject areas. My strength is involving students in high-profile projects that support the community and highlight the school.
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
Founded and directed an educational media, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that partnered with public and private foundations to develop educational media products. Under my direction we completed a highly successful, 2-year project for Blue Cross Blue Shield: This program used a near-peer mentoring approach that linked middle with high school students to counter social pressures to smoke ( https://goo.gl/8JjbHm).
Designed award-winning technology-arts programs for Detroit Public Schools, Brighton Area Schools, and Milan Federal Correction Institution’s education department. Built these programs from the ground up: Obtained grant funding, designed studios, wrote the curricula, purchased equipment, and taught the courses.
Designed, directed, and managed an online, technology training program for the Washtenaw Intermediate School District in southeastern MI, creating all the program’s interactive applications and web tutorials.Earlier positions detailed below
Education
Teaching Certification - Wayne State University- Detroit, MI Bachelor of Fine Arts - Wayne State University- Detroit, MI |
TEACHING CREDENTIALS Available upon request from: WSU Teacher Placement Office 469 Education Building Detroit, Michigan 48202 |
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY |
Technology and Arts Summary
HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS, PHP, ASP, Perl, ActionScript 3, SQL Server, WordPress, Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft Office, Data Reporting, Diagnostic and IT Support Tools, |
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Skills, Awards, Licenses, Grants
| Art Skills Fine Art Portraiture (Painting and Drawing), Print making, Sculpture (Relief), Photography and Photo Restoration, Animation, Digital Graphic Arts, 3D Modeling, Web site and Interactive CD-ROM Development, Film and Video Production, Audio Engineering I have strong design and conceptual abilities, excellent written and verbal communication skills and am able to learn new techniques and work flows quickly. I have solid organizational skills, extensive teaching experience and can creatively present content in person, online or through a multimedia product. Licenses Ann Arbor Community Television Network Producer, Director, Editor Comcast Cable, Sterling Heights Producer, Videographer Barden Cablevision, Detroit Producer, Studio Technology Media One Cable, Brighton, Michigan Producer/ Director Recognition |
Grant Awards 1994 1992 1991 1989 1982 |
| Employment (Details) Director, Educational Multimedia (1996-2004) Insite Mentoring Program 2792 Page Ave., Ann Arbor, MI. 48104 - 6914 Key Projects: In May 2004, I completed work on a smoking prevention program, that I designed, directed and implemented for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. This year long project resulted in a 3D, CD ROM game (I did all programming, 3D modeling, graphics, writing, audio, video and animation.), a Web site and a health class curriculum. I designed and developed all three of these components, managed the project's production and budget, led focus groups, taught technology classes for student developers and near-peer mentors and wrote the distribution and evaluation plan (as well as authored the grants that funded the program and the pilot). The CD ROM game, Web site and curriculum were distributed to all public and private middle schools in southeastern Michigan. Prior to the CD ROM project, I designed and managed an online career mentoring program used by high schools in southeastern Michigan, instructed the high school Web team that developed content for the database and wrote the search engine, secure email correspondence and all other CGI scripts for the Web site. From 1999 to 2000 I designed and managed an online technology training program for the Washtenaw Intermediate School District in southeast Michigan. I was responsible for front and back-end development and wrote the grants that secured the funding. Press Coverage _________________________________ Teacher (2000-2002) Washtenaw Community College Visual Arts Technologies and Internet Professional Departments 4800 East Huron River Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Description: Employed in the Internet Professional and Visual Arts Technologies Departments at WCC. I taught Web Design and HTML courses, instructing students in both basic and advanced Web development principles and practices, adhering to the Web Standards and Guidelines as outlined by the Internet Professional Certification. I created interactive tutorials and online learning tools for WCC students and staff. Students in my courses received comprehensive hands-on training in Web development from the basic skills such as coding, creating site plans, flow charts and navigation graphics to more advanced skills such as Cascading Style Sheets, CGI, Java Script and DHTML. All bimonthly teaching evaluations available upon request. _________________________________ Teacher (1992-1996) Brighton Area Schools Phoenix High School 125 South Church Street, Brighton, MI 48116 Description: Taught Digital Imaging and Film and Video Production as well as the traditional Fine Arts to at-risk students: Painting, drawing and print making. I built the high school's award winning film and video department from the ground up: I wrote the curriculum, designed the studio and authored the successful grant proposals to obtain funds to purchase all the equipment and supplies. In the 95-96 school year I led several collaborative projects with the University of Michigan School of Art and Design. Students learned the basic pre production disciplines of researching, writing and story boarding, production skills such as studio work and lighting, and post production skills such as editing and computer graphics. _________________________________ Teacher (1990-1992) Milan Area Schools Milan FCI Educational Department E. Arkona Road, Milan MI 48160 Description: Taught Film and Video and Fine Arts in the Education Department at Milan Federal Corrections Institute. Students learned advanced video production skills including studio and location shoots, lighting and editing and Film production techniques including producing real time footage and animation. I built the Film and Video department from the ground up, writing successful grant proposals to obtain funding from the Michigan Department of Education and other agencies for equipment purchases. More background and references available on request. updated 8/3/18 |
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