Kevin Brian Scott 3352 Victoria Street

College Park, GA 30337

kscott1972@yhaoo.com

EDUCATION

Doctor of Education concentration in Curriculum and Instruction Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA Fall 2010-Current (anticipated dissertation defense summer 2015)

Educational Leadership Certification Program University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 2007-2009

M.A., Counseling concentration School Counseling North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 2001-2004

B.A Communications concentration Public Relations North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 1991-1994

SELECTED HONORS/ACHIEVEMENTS

• Summa Cum Laude Graduate of North Carolina Central’s Master of Arts Program

• Certified K-12 Counselor (Georgia and North Carolina)

• Certified Georgia Educational Leadership 4.0 GPA

• Current Doctorate Level 4.0 GPA

• Former Student-Athlete North Carolina State University

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Pi Lambda Theta International Honor Society and Professional Association in Education • Chi Sigma Iota Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society

• American School Counseling Association PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING AND LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE 2006-present Counselor/Instructor/Recruitment Coordinator Region 3 and Region 4, Georgia Perimeter College, Atlanta, GA Responsible for providing a broad range of services in support of dual enrolled high school students enrolled in

the Gateway to College Academy. Primary duties include: Initiating student contact to ensure student success

within program, providing career and vocational advising, admissions advising, scheduling of high school classes and collegiate level classes to ensure students are on track to graduate (including transcript analysis);

counseling on attendance and other issues, researching and evaluating available community services in assisting

students at removing barriers, and developing and implementing recruitment and retention strategies; works

collaboratively with program faculty/administration and college faculty as needed to develop strategies for

student success. Additional duties include designing and delivering workshops, small training sessions,

developing curriculum, and instructing three collegiate level classes (College Readiness, Career Development,

and College Transition Seminar); Analyzes data to evaluate the quality of the School Counseling Program

formatively and summatively each semester to determine student needs.

2002–2006 Dean of Students, Neal Middle School, Durham, NC As part of the administrative team, responsibilities included: providing support to teachers and acting as the primary advocate and disciplinarian for 750-plus students with behavioral, emotional, and social problems; Doing so regularly included facilitating individual and group sessions for these students; developing and implementing

strategies and interventions as requested by the office of the principal; Supervising and evaluating in-school

suspension teachers and paraprofessionals and consulting daily with administrators, teachers, parents, social

workers, and law enforcement officers concerning the welfare of this population.

Summer 2004 Head Counselor, Duke University, Durham, NC Accountable for the mental health of 800-plus adolescent boarding campers. Duties included: assisting with staff

training, addressing behavioral/emotional/social/medical problems, remaining on-call for emergencies, and

communicating with parents and other professionals as needed.

SKILLS, TRAINING, SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT, AND LEADERSHIP

• -Technology-Proficient in Microsoft Office; SPSS; MAXQDA; database and Internet research;

Smart Web (educational technology); icollege/D2 Learn (learning management system) BANNER

(Student Information System); AS400 (Student Information System) and eSIS (Student Information

System); infinite Campus (Student Information System)

• -Trained in Counseling Theories Techniques; Career Development Theory; Multicultural Counseling

Techniques; Elementary, Middle, and High School Counseling; Educational Research Methods;

Psychological Assessment; Group Counseling; Consultation; Psychosocial Development; and Educational

Psychology

• -Discipline Committee (Neal Middle School), SACS Accreditation Committee-Chair Resources and

Support Systems (Gateway to College Academy), Graduation Committee (Gateway to College

Academy), Application and Selection Committee (Gateway to College Academy) Coordinator Career

Expo (Gateway to College Academy) Coordinator Gateway to College Academy Newsletter and

Counseling Department Webpage, Coordinator Gateway to College Mentoring Program, and African

American Male Initiative Co-Facilitator (Georgia Perimeter College), C&I Advisory Committee

(Valdosta State University), Proposal Reviewer (National Youth-At-Risk Conference)

• -Presentations include Motivating the Unmotivated Student (Gateway to College National Peer Learning

Conference), School Law (In-Service Training Gateway to College Academy), Peer Support Learning

Networks for Early College High School Students (Internship School Improvement and In-Service

Gateway to College Academy), Nutrition in Schools (West Georgia University), and Teachers as Advisor

(West Georgia University), Race and Schooling: Qualitative measurement and methodology (Georgia

Education Research Association), Qualities of the High Performance Mentor teacher (In-Service Gateway

to College Academy)

COMPLETED DOCTORATE LEVEL COURSE WORK

• -Curriculum and Instructional Systems; Curricular and Instructional Design and Development;

Curriculum and Instruction Implementation and Evaluation; Program Evaluation; Quantitative,

Qualitative, and Mixed Methods Research; Leading Professional Learning Communities; Leading an

Effective Learning Environment; Critical Issues in Higher Education; Race, Culture, and Gender in

Schools; Dissertation Topic Conceptualization

DISSERTATION Unsung Heroes: Portraits of Successful Adolescent African American Males

Link to E-Portfolio: Teaching, Counseling, and Leadership in Education