Dr. David B. Ross, Professor ACADEMIC VITAE Nova Southeastern University DAVID B. ROSS, Ed.D. Abraham S. Fischler College of Education PROFESSOR 3301 College Ave Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314 Cell Phone: 561-613-9683 E-Mail: [email protected] Webpage: https://works.bepress.com/david-ross/ https://education.nova.edu/faculty/ross-david.html EDUCATION 2006 Doctor of Education, Major in Educational Leadership College of Education Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL Dissertation Chair–Dr. Valerie C. Bryan 2000 Education Specialist, Major in Educational Leadership College of Education Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 1997 Master of Justice Policy Management College of Urban and Public Affairs Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 1997 Executive Certificate, Public Management College of Urban and Public Affairs, School of Public Administration Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 1990 Post Graduate Work, Public Policy and Administration University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 1981 Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Business Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL 1979 Associate of Arts Degree, Business Administration Broward Community College, Davie, FL ACADEMIC Professor of Educational and Organizational Leadership, Teaching, and Learning EXPERIENCE Education should be relevant to a student’s life, since the goal of education is preparation for the world outside of the classroom. The belief is that students must engage in realistic exploratory learning situations because they will encounter them outside of the classroom. Utilizing instructional time to focus on students’ needs in a relaxed environment will give every student an opportunity to reflect and discuss views on each topic; emphasizing student’s creativity will empower them when they face the real world. Placing the focus on current trends and issues will also make lessons more relevant to meet the students’ needs. Dr. David B. Ross has many years of experience in adult education, leadership, ethics, policy and curriculum development, operations management, and classroom instruction. In his present role as a full-time professor at the Abraham S. Fischler College of Education, Nova Southeastern University, he teaches doctoral level courses in educational and organizational leadership to prepare today’s practitioners who will assume leadership positions in any profession for current and future challenges. 1 Academically Qualified in Subject Matter Areas Graduate and Post Graduate Courses Educational Leadership Higher Education Leadership Organizational Leadership Budget and Finance Management Ethics and Social Responsibility Trends and Issues Adult Education Policy Public Administration and Criminal Justice Curriculum Research Undergraduate Courses Education: Teaching and Learning, Applied Learning Theory, Foundations in Education, Child Growth Development, Educational Psychology, Classroom Management, Educational Technology, and Strategies for College Success. Management: Operations Management, Introduction to Management, Strategic Management and Policy, Principles of Supervision, and Capstone Project. Strategies for College Success Criminal Justice: Introduction to Criminal Justice, and Criminal Investigations. Nova Southeastern University Professor, Dissertation Chair, and Dissertation Committee Member serving doctoral studies with coursework design and active learning teaching in: Ethics and Social Responsibility, Trends and Issues, Educational and Organizational Leadership, Higher Education, Politics and External Relations, Leadership Simulation, Leading a Learning Organization, Public Policy, Budgeting-Fiscal Management, Governance, and Charter School Democracy and Management. In addition, serving as an Institutional Review Board Reviewer and former Program Coordinator for the Educational Leadership and School Administration Department. Florida Atlantic University Served as adjunct faculty, undergraduate program in education and teaching learning center courses: Foundations in Education, Applied Learning Theory, and Educational Measurements and Evaluations. Everest University Served as adjunct faculty, undergraduate and graduate program courses: Navigating Graduate School, Qualitative Research Methods, Public Policy, and Public Administration, and Criminology Sciences. Broward State College Serves as an adjunct faculty for the undergraduate program in the Business Department: Introduction to Management, Operations Management, Strategic Management and Policy, Principles of Supervision, and Capstone Project. 2 Palm Beach Community College Served as administrator and faculty for undergraduate programs and education and social science courses: Strategies for College Success, Foundations to Education, Educational Technology, Educational Psychology, Child Growth Development and Adolescent Behavior, Classroom Management, Diversity in Education, Criminology Sciences, Law Enforcement Academy Training, and Professional and Business Report Writing. Co-developer of transition to teaching courses in education. Prepare the annual and periodic budget reports for the federal grant of Transition to Teaching and report to the United States Department of Education. School District of Palm Beach County Served as high school faculty member in the department of mathematics. Organized and facilitated learning designs for Intensive Math and Algebra. Facilitated students’ cognition of mathematics and helped students understand the application of mathematics to real life situations and how it can be utilized to one’s advantage. APPLIED EXPERIENCE Retired criminal investigator agent/officer with extensive-applied experience in multifaceted state and federal divisions/bureaus. Professional Standards and Training Division: Leadership, management, and educational programs for agency staff and external clients. Inclusive of varied community socioeconomic issues, case law, policies and standards of conduct, including administrative-civil and transnational criminal investigative matters, and intelligence proactive led projects. Training also included high-liability instruction and physical survival tactics and proficiency-qualification in firearms, self-defense, driving, and the use of deadly force. Police training and standards instructor for law enforcement academies and military personnel: teaching report writing, case law, ethics, professional development, and self-defense and all high-liability incidents. Federal Agent: Selected to serve in a prestigious long-term assignment as a Supervisory Federal Task Force Agent with the FBI and DEA Organized Crime Strike Forces and the U.S. Customs Blue Lightening-High Intensity Drug Trafficking Smuggling Operation. Top Secret Security clearance, responsible for the investigation of complex violations of federal law. Extensive case related domestic and foreign travel, interviewing witnesses and suspects, collection-processing of evidence, tax crimes, coordination and co-case investigations among federal agents from the ATF, U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Customs Service, IRS Criminal Division, FAA, TSA, U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Attorney’s Office, and federal grand jury testimony and use of federal subpoenas. Organized Crime Bureau: Criminal Investigator/Agent; extensive-applied supervisory and field operations experience involving complex federal, state, local, and international crime; human asset-source development, covert-clandestine operative and worked with informants, human trafficking, smuggling, profiling and drug interdiction, public order crime, asset forfeiture and money laundering, conspiracy, wire and mail fraud, intellectual property crimes, development of evidence for use in sworn affidavits, arrest and search and seizure warrants, pen registers, mail covers, court room testimony, trial litigation and support, public and political corruption, technical operations including wire-oral intercepts, high technical human, stationary and aircraft/marine surveillance, intelligence led programs, and RICO Act crimes. Operations Division: SWAT, SRT, HRT, and Hostage Negotiation Sniper/entry-door breach assignments, and Marine-Search and Rescue Unit. First responder for felony and misdemeanor crimes in progress, violent crimes against persons (homicide), robbery, 3 economic crime, property crimes, crimes against the elderly-children, Baker Act and Meyers Act evaluations, community liaison and relations, high profile dignitary security protection details, protect safety of citizens and businesses, community-oriented policing. Investigation and identification within gang related activities, and conducted many state and federal fugitives’ arrests from justice. Received numerous state and federal letters of accommodations and citation awards, lifesaving awards, and the 5-year, 10-year, and 15- year good conduct awards. Other applied experiences has been with retail and wholesale sales and management positions, hospitality service, and volunteer leadership. POST-DOCTORAL Educational Psychology COURSES Diffusion of Innovation Elementary, Middle, and Secondary Curriculum Program Evaluation in Curriculum and Instruction Mixed Methods Research Survey Research EDITORIAL REVIEWS Member of The Qualitative Report (TQR) Editorial Board and EDITING IGI-Global peer reviewer Peter Lang Publishing peer reviewer Educational Psychology Book Review for Cengage National Association of Charter School Authorizers: Louisiana Charter School Applications Edited Numerous Dissertations for Nursing Programs and other educational concentrations