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Home My WebLink AboutR-01-1341• • RESOLUTION NO. 014341 A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING AN INDIVIDUAL AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. 13E IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The following individual is hereby appointed as a member of the Community Technology Advisory Board, to serve a term expiring November 15, 2002, or until the nominating Commissioner leaves office, whichever occurs first: APPOINTEES: Dr. Judy A. Brown NOMINATED BY: Commissioner Teele PASSED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of December, 2001. This Adm�ec ''Jp' trative Act shall become e,�tive i Ze iatelyo WALTER J. FO CITY CLERK ` Board appointments are administrative acts which do not require the Mayor's signature nor the City Attorney's review and approval. City Commission Meeting of December 13, 2001 Resolution Number 01-1341 • Judy Alexis Brown 824 Sorolla Avenuo Coral Gables, Florida 33134 EDUCATION Work Phone: (305) 646-4246 Home Phone: (305) 441-2704 e-mail: ibrown@miamisci.org M.S., CurriCulLllll & Teaching, Fordham University, 1970 B.A., Liberal Arts, State University of New York, 1967 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Vice President for Program Development and Research, 1099 - Present Miami Museum of Science & Space Transit Planetarium, Miami, Florida ■ Provide leadership and direction of Museum educational programming in the areas of technology, youth development teacher inservice, family involvement, environmental science, and grant development and research initiatives. ■ Develop and maintain relationships with a wide range of funding agencies. ■ Responsible for fiscal oversight of all grants and contracts. ■ Responsible for developing partnerships and collaborations with international mUseums in Latin America and the Caribbean. ■ Serve as advocate for the Museum at the local, state, and federal level. Director of Education, 1987 - 1999 Miami Museum of Science & Space Transit PIanetarium, Miami, Florida ■ Responsible for the planning, funding and management of the Museum's educational programs. ■ Oversee inUltimedia development and youth and teacher professional development projects. ■ Serve as liaison between the Museum and Miami -Dade County Public Schools, the Florida State Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, U.S. Dept. of Edtiication and various private funding agencies. ■ Responsible for grant development and management of a wide range of educational programming (see Appendix). Executive Director, 1982 - 1987 Center for Training & Technology, Far West Laboratory, San Francisco, California ■ Operational management of training and development activities, with emphasis on assisting schools to implement new technologies. Selected projects include: • Department of Educational Technology, California State Department of Education, Statewide training; on a district level technology planning model. 0 • Cupertino Union & Fremont School District. Proposal development & design of a Technology Model School program. • U.S. Department of Education, Division of Educational Replication. Project Director of the California Techriology Lighthouse Project. Principal Investigator/Project Director, 1974 -1980 Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development (FWL), San Francisco ■ Responsible for the planning, negotiation, management and direction of a variety of federal and state funded research and development projects, including: • Urban Facilitation Projects, Los Angeles, Oakland, & San Francisco, California. • National Diffusion Network Technical Assistance, western region. r- National Institute of Education, Staff Development, national study. Education Director, 1973 - 1974 Agency for Child Development, New York, New York ■ Overall responsibility for management of Head Start and Child Development Centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City. Fiscal responsibility for 13 million dollar budget. New York University, Institute for Developmental Studies, New York, New York ■ Supervised urban adoptions in Atlanta, Georgia, and New York City of the Interdependent Learning Follow -Through Instructional Model (K-3). Staff Development Specialist, 1970 - 1971 University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois w Implementation assistance and staff development support to school sites throughout the U.S, utilizing the Direct Instruction Follow -Through Model (K-3). Center Director, Classroom Teacher, 1967 - 1970 Board of Education, New York, New York ■ Experiment in community-based extended day program in cooperation with the Council for Econornic Opportunity (Teachers K-3). ■ OMPLISHMENTS & NATIONA; AWARDS 1995 NSTA Informal Science Educator of the Year Award '1996 Educator of the Year, Phi Delta Kappa Miami Chapter 2000 Digital Steppingstone~ Exemplary Program Award 2001 National Museum Service Award • •■ • • • •A list of educational projects follows. Miami Museum of Science Educational Programs Technology Projects ♦ Florida Leaders.net A $5.5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to implement and manage a statewide technology leadenshipdevelopment prngn- amsfor Principals, and additionally will also Serve district superintendents. The cunictrfunr f0CLISCS on building knowledge and skills to ef'fecti vely use technology to promote student Teaming. The Floticla Department of Edcication is matching the award, bringing the total initiative to $11 million. (httpaltloridaleaderti.net) ♦ IntdTeach to the Future with support from Microsoft. Under this initiative, the Museum has been selected to serve as the Regional Training Agency for the State of Florida, responsible for recruiting rrnd coordinatiny� delivery of training l'or up to 160 master teachers throughout the State. Over the course of this two-year grunt, more than 4,800 participating teachers will receive training in the integration of technology into the classroom curriculum. ♦ START (Southeast Student Teachers Are Revitalizing Teaching through Technology). Using Lr faculty dcvelopmerlt "gaining of trainers" model, the Museum and the University ole Miami provide unctergractuate arts and science and education faculty with tools to prepare tomorrow's teacher's to integrate technology -rich learning resoun-ces into mathematics and science curricula. Training is developed in partnership with the Smithsonian institution's National Museum of Natural History and NASA's Stennis Space Flight Center. START gainers are facilitating workshops with key stakeholders comrrrittccl to initis:ting preservice reform in the southeastern United States. Funcled by US Department of Education. (httpa/start.miarnisci.org) ♦ SUCCEED (School University Comm1.rnity Coalition for Excellence in E.clucation), a partnership with the University ole Miami',s College of Arts and Sciences, School of Education and Miami -Dade Public School System seeks to prepare teachers to meet the demands of 21st Century classrooms. The Museum's role in this give -year project (1999 -?004) is to provide hands-on technology integration training for prospective teachers, inset -vice teachers and Professors in residence. Funded by the US Department of Education, (httpa/www-edtrcatiorr.mi arrri.e(Iu/succeed/) ♦ InTech 2000. A collahoration between the Museum, the Florida Department of Education and BellSouth Foundation, this program is reaching teachers statewide, helping them to enhance inst'uction thr'ough the use of the Internet and online technology. The IL four-day "Blazing CyberTrails" prepares educators to conduct workshops in their schools on navigating the web, locating and evaluating on-line resources and publishing web pages. The InTech 2000 Forum provides educators a place to browse and exchange classroom activities and web sites related to Florida's Sunshine State Standards(http://intech2000.miami.sci.org). ♦ Science Learning Network International. As one of six founding museutns in the National Science Foundation -funded Science Learning Network, the MLrseUm designed exemplary online ecliicational resources, all of which were test, -d at online partner schools. The Museum is continuing this work through the International Science Learning Network (ISLN), fundect by Unisys. In partnership with new international member museums, resources from the Miami Museum of Science are being translated into live languages, and new multinational resources are being developed. (www.sln.or��) ♦ Educating for the Future. Funded by NSC', this research charette brought tOCTether technology researchers, educators, students, museum exhibit designers/electronic curators and educational foundations to explore the impact of hypermedia learning environments on student attitudes unci performance. Participants identified a research agencla to examine the effects of hypermedia environments on children's learning. Youth Pi ojects ♦ Upward Bound IMPACT (Integrated Murine Pro4gram and Computer Training). an Up�vard Bound Math and Science Center fundccl by the U.S. Department of Education, The prourain provides opportunities and academic enrichment to low-income, first generation college - hound students that exposes them to the world of postsecondary study and inspires them to complete high school, enroll in college, and enuage in pathways toward science, math and technology careers. IMPACT is conducted in partnership with University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS). ♦ BioTrac. In collaboration with the University of Miami's School of Medicine and Miami - Dade County Public Schools, the Museum is designing and implementing a model program to expand opportunities in biomedicine for low-income, first -generation collo-e--bound high school students, increasin- the number interested in, and prepared to enter, the biomedical research pipeline. Students are investigating biomedical fields related to the Public Health Service's Healthy People 2000 agenda through hands-on lab activities, on-line research, site visits to research facilities, and internships with research scientists at UM's nationally renowned Jackson Memorial Medical Complex. Funded by a Science Education Partnership Award from the National Institutes of Health. ♦ GREAT (Girls Redesigning & Exccllin fg in Advanced Technology). Through tr S900,000 three-year grant from the National Science Foundation/Program for Gender Fquity, girls are desi-ning and implementing an innovative model program to increase their confidence. interest and preparedness to pursue academic and employment opportunities related to high- end careers in the Field of information technology. Titled GREAT! (Girls Redesigning and Excelling in Advanced Technology), the project will allow girls to assume the roles of IT designers, building basic technology skills and culminating in the creation of fully -interactive 3-D virtual exhibits to be displayed on the Museum floor. ♦ SECME R.I.S.E. (Raising Interest In Science and Engineering) was a collaboration with Miami -Dade County Public Schools Urban Systemic Initiative (USI), and SECME, Inc. (formerly the Southeastern Consortia for Minority Engineers). Funded by the National Science Foundation, the project's goal was to reduce the attrition in advanced level mathematics and science cotn•se work that occurs as girls move from middle school to high school. The collaborative replicated the Museum's earlier Girls RISE model throughout public schools through career exploration seminars, technology workshops, an engineering design studio, peer leadership training, a lead teacher institute, parent involvement activities and technology access. 1. ♦ Tripod Parent Involvement. Awarded three-year funding in June 1998 by the National Science Foundation, D-il)od seeks to develop an alternative parent involvement model that recognizes the neects ol'single parent households and the influence other significant adults can have on the futLn-c plans of young people. A collaboration with Bra Brothers Bicy Sisters and the Museum, the project is developing training processes and materials that will help Big Brothers and Sisters effectively engage their "Littler" in new and exciting science, mathematics and technology learning experiences. The project seeks to enhance each 'Bid's" role as a► broker who can bring information and resources to the family in support of the child's SMT education. ♦ Teachers in Training. Youth interns assist professional staff educators in puhlic unci community programs focusing on hands-on science and mathematics activities. Teacher interns help plan events such ars "Trij)oel Family DaYs," working on details from supply needs throLrgh hosting and assisting participants. Youth participating in a subset of this progr 1111, Techs in Training, focus nn computer hardware en0ineerin�Z and repair rind help support and maintain the institution's lame number of computer and peripherals. ♦ Girls at the Center. This five-year collaboration supported by the Girl Scout Council of America reached out to -irls ages 6 to 14 in low income, minority neighborhoods that lacked or-anized troops. In collaboration with the Girl Scout Council of South Florida, the Miami Museum of Science provided programs for girls, parents and mentors on a 111011th1y basis focusing on development of communication, self esteem and life skills. Funded by an NSF grunt to the Franklin Institute. ♦ UniTY (Unisys Technology Youth) is a 24 -week technology immersion experience in which youth wort: in design teams to develop rnrEltimedia computer skills as they create Web pages on science, math and technology. Advanced students learn animation andadvanced design techniques, how to Else digital cameras and GPS readers and how to present information around environmerUtal themes. Several UniTYgraduates serve as guides in the Museum's Cyber,City gal let -Y. by Unisys Cori orafion. CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM POCKET ITEM 2 TO: DATE : FILE Honorable Mayor Diaz and December 13, 2001 Members of the City Commission sus JECT : Pocket Item: Appointment to the Community Technology Advisory RFFERENcEs: Board. Arthur E. Teele, Jr. rac�osuaes __....._. Commissioner By this memorandum, I am respectfully requesting to discuss the following resolution as a pocket item; RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI APPOINTING MS, JUDY BROWN, VICE- PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS AT THE MIAMI MUSEUM OF SCIENCE TO THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY BOARD. Thank you. Ce: Alejandro Vilarcllo, Cite Attorney � .� F~. � 4 Walter Foemttn, Cite Clerl:�--