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Curriculum Vitae David Millington Kipphut 1152 Wheatsheaf Lane Abington, Pennsylvania 19001-3616 215-850-0220 EDUCATION Temple University, Philadelphia, 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 William Penn 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 Fairmount Park 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