Curriculum Vitae

David Millington Kipphut 1152 Wheatsheaf Lane Abington, 19001-3616 215-850-0220

EDUCATION

Temple University, , PA - 1988 to 1991 Master of Education (Vocational Education) January 1991 Pennsylvania Comprehensive Vocational Supervisors Certificate (April 1991) Pennsylvania Secondary Principal Certificate (July 1991) Vocational Director’s Certificate (2005)

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA - 1973 to 1976 Vocational Instructional Certificate Program Master’s Equivalency

Delaware Valley College of Science and Agriculture, Doylestown, PA - 1971 to 1973 Bachelor’s of Science, Ornamental Horticulture (May 1973)

Northeastern University, Boston, MA - 1969 to 1971 Accounting, Fiance and Insurance Major, School of Business Administration

Abraham Lincoln High School, Philadelphia, PA - 1965 to 1969 College Preparatory Program

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

July 2016 to Present – Educational Consultant D.M. Kipphut Consulting

• Providing consultation on Career and Technical Education programming, teacher professional development and integrated project based learning.

• Led the development of internships, pre-apprenticeships and senior year work force development programs with organizations in the City of Philadlephia and the School District of Philadelphia.

• Provided consultation service to the Philadelphia Commerce Department, Philadelphia Education Departmnet , Citizen Diplomacy Internationanal and the German American Chamber of Commerce.

• Represnted Philadelphia on aTrade Mission to Frankfurt Germany (2016)

• Coordinating “Sister City High School Student Exchnabges for the City of Philadelphia working with Citizen Diplomacy International and high schools in Philadelphia.

January 2012 to June 2016 – Deputy; Career and Technical Education The School District of Philadelphia; Philadelphia, PA

• Overall administration, planning and operation of all Career and Techncial Education David Kipphut, March 2018 programs in the School District of Philadephia. Superintendent’s level staff position, 6,000 students, 132 Programs in 28 High Schools and 4 Career and Technical Education Centers. $25 M Budget.

• Overall administration, planning and operation of all District JROTC Porgrams. Twelve Programs (Army, Air Force, Navy) and Philadelphia Military Academy.

• Managed three year, $5M Middleton Grant for expansion of CTE Programs for the District.

• Led the expansion of CTE program enrollments from 4,200 students to 6,000 students in four years.

• Led the development and opening of a new $ 3.6M Center for Advanced Manufacturing And Engineering for the District.

• Established Occoupational Advisory Committess for every CTE program in the District as well as City-wide Industry Advisory Committees for the District involving 1,200 business and industry partners.

September 2005 to January 2012 – Principal Swenson Arts and Technology High School, Philadelphia, PA and The Fox Chase Farm Campus, Philadelphia, PA

• Principal of a Vocational – Technical High School , current enrollment 800 students. School features thirteen technical areas, grades 9 – 12.

• Involved in model project to redefine Career and Technology Education in The School District of Philadelphia funded by the Foundation.

• Lead Technology Cenetrs That Work Initiative, Pennsylvania Department of Education, Bureau of Career and Technical Education.

• Lead development and exchanges of students and teachers with Tadeusz Kosciuszko High School #4 in Torun, Poland. Reciprocal vist to Torun and Philadelphia, sister City of Philadelphia.

Mentor – Principal’s Academy for Leadership Member - Secondary Education Blueprint Initiative Member – Teacher Evaluation Planning Team

September 1996 to September 2005 - Principal Abraham Lincoln High School , Swenson Arts and Technology Campus and The Fox Chase Farm Campus, Philadelphia, PA

• Led the transition of Lincoln High School to an All – Academy High School, supported by the Philadelphia Academies Inc. This is the First high school in Philadelphia to have all of its small learning communities Supported by a private, not for profit corporate and business supported intermediary.

School is organized into seven career focus, academically oriented academies: The Fine and Performing Arts Academy The Academy for Law and Public Administration The Health Academy The Business Academy The Horticulture Academy The Environmental Technology Academy

David Kipphut, March 2018 The Information Systems Technology Academy

• Overall educational and administrative responsibility for total student enrollment of 2500 students, 270 professional and para-professional staff members at two sites with a $12 million dollar budget.

• Responsible for an ongoing international exchange program between: Lincoln High School and School #5, Panevezys, Lithuania Lincoln High School and School # 30, Novgorod, Russia Lincoln High School and Irony Aleph High School, Tel Aviv, Israel Lincoln High School and Makif Yud Bet High School, Jaffa, Israel Lincoln High School and schools in Tianjin, Peoples' Republic of China Lincoln High School and the Jubilee High School, Amman, Jordan This program involves teams of students and teachers from the schools, visiting and living in each others homes during a ten day stay in each country while participating in na environmental monitoring service learning project.

• Member Superintendent's Work Team - School to Career Planning Superintendent's Work Team - Leadership and Staff Development School Boards Work Team - Service Learning and Community Service Mentor – Principal’s Leadership Development Program

March 1994 to September 1996 - Site Administrator for Vocational and Academic Programs Swenson Arts and Technology Campus of Abraham Lincoln High School, Philadelphia, PA

• Responsible for the daily overall supervision of the Swenson Arts and Technology Campus, reporting directly to the Principal of Lincoln High School.

• Responsible for coordinating Academic and Vocational instruction integration for Vocational/Technical programs at the main Campus of Lincoln High School, the Swenson Campus for Arts and Technology, and the Fox Chase Farm Campus. Supervising team of 22 vocational teachers and 12 academic teachers with support staff.

• Organized the implementation of educational programs at the Fox Chase Farm Campus in collaboration with the Commission, Pennypack Environmental Education Center, and the Friends of Fox Chase Farm.

• Developed and coordinated the writing of grant proposals for the continuance of the Fox Chase Farm Campus as a resource for the city and the school district.

• Coordinated the development of the Fast Track Small Learning Community at the Swenson Campus. Responsible for facilitating the interdisciplinary core curriculum for the full time ninth and tenth grade Tech Prep program at the Swenson Campus.

• Developed industry and community contacts for the Vocational/Technical programs at all of Lincoln's campuses.

• Responsible for the physical plant and its operation at the main Lincoln High School campus. Assumed the coordination of a $ 750,000 conversion and upgrading of the science laboratories and classrooms.

• Coordinates the city wide recruitment of students for all of the Small Learning

David Kipphut, March 2018 Communities at all Campuses.

• Serves as a member of the city wide Tech Prep Planning Team in cooperation with the Office of Education for Employment and the Community College of Philadelphia.

• Originated, planned, and implemented an ongoing student and teacher exchange program of technological studies by vocational students from Lincoln/Swenson with students and teachers in the State of Israel. In October 1992 American student worked in Tel Aviv on an environmental water quality study with Israeli and Arab students.

July 1992 to March 1994 - Coordinator Horticulture and Environmental Technology Academies Abraham Lincoln High School, Philadelphia, PA

• Responsible for administration of the two Academy programs which enroll 500 hundred students in grades 9 through 12 and a teaching team of 30 teachers. Areas of responsibility include: - Curriculum Development - Scheduling and rostering - Budget preparation and allocations - Staff Development - Parent/Teacher interaction and involvement - Discipline - Industry and community partnerships - Service learning involvement - Special programming including local, national, and international trips. - Initiated and organized an international exchange program for students in the Academies and School # 30 in Novgorod, Russia (1992) - Recruiting Coordinator, Abraham Lincoln High School

• Responsible for organizing school wide recruiting program for all Small Learning Communities. Areas of responsibility include the High School Fair, school assemblies, high school nights, and open houses. Responsible for processing all applications at the school and district level.

February 1992 to June 1992 - Acting Principal Abraham Lincoln High School, Philadelphia, PA (Nominated by the Governance Council of Lincoln High School, appointed by the Superintendent of Schools.)

• Educational leader for a school with 250 students and 125 professional staff members. The school is a comprehensive urban high school with a full range of course and program offerings.

July 1992 to March 1994 - Coordinator Horticulture and Environmental Technology Academies Abraham Lincoln High School, Philadelphia, PA

Member, Principal's Cabinet

February 1991 to June 1991 - Conference Coordinator Pennsylvania Institute for Community Service Learning

Responsible for the logistics and planning for the first state wide conference on community and service learning hosted by the

David Kipphut, March 2018 institute in Philadelphia.

September 1990 to June 1991 - Field Resource Assistant (FRA), College of Education Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

(On sabbatical leave from the School District of Philadelphia) Fellowship recipient from Temple University with a Dean's Appointment to the Faculty.

• Interfaced with newly appointed vocational and business education teachers in both comprehensive as well as vocational schools in eastern Pennsylvania. Responsible for monitoring and evaluating student teaching and field based instruction of intern teachers. While serving as an FRA also pursued graduate studies full time and served internships for Vocational Supervisor and Secondary Principal Certificates.

Vocational Supervisory Internship Middle Bucks Area Vocational and Technical School Jamison, PA

• Planned and implemented Staff Development Program, pilot school wide Inventory Control and Reporting System. Developed review policy for revalidating all curriculums and pilot tested policy in the Transportation cluster. • Conducted induction program for newly hired staff and initiated a clinical supervision program for the professional staff.

Council Rock High School Newtown, PA

• Conducted an evaluation of the Business Education Department in the areas of facility usage, improvements, and safety for the Board of School Directors.

Secondary Principal Internship Abraham Lincoln High School Philadelphia, PA

• Upgraded the Staff Development Program for a school wide initiative.

• Reviewed discipline procedures and wrote outline for standard discipline code for the school.

April 1988 to August 1990 - Coordinator Horticulture and Environmental Technology Academies Abraham Lincoln High School, Philadelphia, PA

• Appointed Coordinator of the Academies when magnet programs were designated Academies by the School District of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia High School Academies, Inc.

September 1980 to March 1988 - Lead Teacher Horticulture and Environmental Science Magnet Programs Abraham Lincoln High School, Philadelphia, PA

David Kipphut, March 2018 • Initiated the development of the Environmental Science Vocational Education program at Lincoln High School.

• Responsible for the curriculum development and leadership in establishing and expanding the two programs at Lincoln High School as magnet programs for the School District.

October 1973 to August 1980 - Teacher of Horticulture Abraham Lincoln High School, Philadelphia, PA

• Appointed to Lincoln High School in 1973.

• Responsible for the development and implementation of a vocational curriculum in horticulture.

• Designed and oversaw construction of greenhouse complex and landscaped gardens with adjunct facilities.

May 1973 to September 1973 - Landscape Designer Green's Nursery and Landscape Contracting Philadelphia, PA

January 1971 to April 1973 - Staff Horticulturist Greens Nursery and Landscape Contracting Philadelphia, PA

June 1970 to December 1970 - Accounting Trainee Continental Can Company Inc. New York, NY • Responsible for inventory control, cost accounting ,industrial relations while participating in Cooperative Employment Program at Northeastern University.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member - City of Philadlephia Trade Delegation to Frankfurt, Germany Commssioner – Middle States Association of Secondary Schools Advisor – Mayor’s Commission on Advanced Manufacturing Member – Workforce Development Team – City of Philadlephia Member – Alumni Advisory Board – Delaware Valley University Chair- Middle States Accreditation Team - Woodbridge High School Woodbridge , NJ Member - Approved CTE Program Team, PDE, Bureau of Career and Technical Education, Williamsport Area High School Williamsport, PA Member- Middle States Accreditation Team - Toms River South High School Toms River, NJ Member - Middle States Accreditation Team - Willima Allen High School Allentown, PA Presenter - ACTE National Conference 2016 Presenter – National Career Academies Coalition National Conferences 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2015, 2017 Presenter – Teachers’ Agriculture Seminar, Bakersfield, California 2000 thru 2003 Participant – Advanced Leadership Institute, Executive Service Corps. Presenter - Classrooms, Communities and Careers - Reform with Results. Colorado State Department of Education, Beaver Creek, Colorado Presenter – Career and Vocational Education Summit, New Jersey Department of Education

David Kipphut, March 2018 Particiopant – 4 Roles of Leadership, Franklin Covey Seminar Participant – “Leadership – Sharing the Vision”, The EDCOMM Group Member - Superintendent's Work Team - School to Career Initiative Member - Tech Prep Planning Team, Office of Education for Employment and Community College of Philadelphia [NCRVE Initiative] Member - Tech Prep Curriculum Committee Presenter - National Service Learning Conference Philadelphia, PA (March 1995) Member - Fox Chase Farm Advisory Committee Member - Governance Council, Abraham Lincoln High School Consultant - Novgorod Environmental Education Center Novgorod, Russia Presenter - Novgorod Regional Environmental Conference Novgorod, Russia (July 1992) Chair - School Facilities Committee; Middle States Association Evaluation Lincoln High School (1994) Member - Goals of Quality Education, Environment and Ecology Pennsylvania Department of Education Member - Curriculum Development Committee, Temple University College of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture (1993-94) Member - Professional Personnel Development Advisory Committee Bureau of Vocational Education Pennsylvania Department of Education (1992- present) Member - Philadelphia Scanning Group for Vocational Education Bureau of Vocational Education Pennsylvania Department of Education (1992- present) Chair - Public Hearing Panel, Pennsylvania Department of Education State Board of Education, Proposed Changes to Curriculum Requirements Regional Meeting (1991) Member - Pennsylvania Department of Education Task Force, Chapter 5; Outcomes for Environmental Education (1991) Presenter - Pennsylvania Vocational Education Conference "The Intentional Teacher of the 90's" (1991) Presenter - 7th Generation Conference on the Environment and Education Moscow, U.S.S.R. (1990) Member - Executive Advisory Board, Cooperative Extension Service Pennsylvania State University Sponsor - Interact Club, Lincoln High School Coordinator - Philadelphia Flower Show Exhibit for Lincoln High School Coordinator - Albert Greenfield Foundation Summer Internship Program Lincoln High School and Fairmount Park Commission Member - Industry Advisory Committee Walter B. Saul High School for Agricultural Sciences Member - Executive Board, Philadelphia Flower Show Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Member - Executive Advisory Board Philadelphia Green Member - Industry Advisory Committee Delaware Valley College of Science and Agriculture Member – Alumni Advisory Council Delaware Valley University

AFFILIATIONS

Alumni Association - Abraham Lincoln High School Alumni Association - Delaware Valley College of Science and Agriculture Alumni Association - Temple University Pennsylvania Association of Career and Technical Administrators

David Kipphut, March 2018 Phi Delta Kappa - Temple University

HONORS AND AWARDS

Leon J. Obermeyer Award - Philadelphia Public School Business Partnership for Reform (Outstanding Public School Graduate) Community Service Award – Mayfair Civic Association - 1999 Arthur Brown Alumni Achievement Award - Delaware Valley College (Outstanding Alumnus Award) Lindenbaum Teacher of the Year Award - School District of Philadelphia Achievement Award, Delaware Valley College for Secondary Education Chapel of the Four Chaplains Awards Hall of Achievement - Abraham Lincoln High School Philadelphia Academies Inc. Award Citizen Diplomacy Award - Sister Cities - Philadelphia Office of City Representative International Visitor's Council Administrator of the Year Award, Association of Philadelphia School Librarians (2010) Nominee; Marcus Foster Award, Administator of the Year, School District of Philadelphia Lindback Foundation, Distinguished Principal Award, School District of Philadelphia (2011) Lifetime Achievement Award, Pennsylvania Assoc. for Career and Technical Education (2016)

David Kipphut, March 2018