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Kenneth Walker

Bakersfield

Summary

Dedicated educational leader with experience in youth programs, student supervision, and team coordination. Skilled in fostering student growth through effective practices and goal-focused support. Strong communicator committed to equity, safety, and excellence in both academic and athletic settings.

Overview

32
32
years of professional experience

Work History

District Academy Program Specialist

BCSD - Extended Learning Program
08.2021 - Current
  • Assists in planning, developing and implementing District Academy and regular instructional program curriculum and activities
  • Assists in planning, developing and implementing District school site professional development programs.
  • Provided classroom management and lesson support for ELP Activity Leaders.
  • Assists in developing, implementing, coordinating and monitoring academy program activities master schedule.


Small Business Owner

Premier Printing
04.2004 - Current
  • Handled all aspects of business including customer service, sales, purchasing, accounting, and employee hiring and training
  • Developed customer and vendor relationships
  • Directed targeted marketing efforts that introduced new products and promoted product visibility
  • Managed business finances, including paying vendors and suppliers for products services rendered
  • Prepared income statements and balance sheets and projected cash flow

S.T.E.A.M Specialist

Fremont Elementary School
08.2018 - 06.2021
  • Develop student awareness of the role of science to motivate each pupil to acquire knowledge of scientific facts, principles, and skills in scientific methods of problem-solving; to discover and develop special talents of pupils in scientific fields with a focus on STEAM activities
  • Developed and co-taught NGSS lessons with first through sixth-grade teachers and instructed science and engineering design for fourth through sixth-grade students in the Fremont STEAM Academy
  • Developed a scientific learning culture of "Learn by Doing"

S.T.E.A.M. Academy Program Specialist

Fremont Elementary School
11.2019 - 03.2020
  • Assist academy staff in planning, developing and implementing the Academy Program curriculum and activities along with enhancing the District’s general instructional program
  • Assists in planning, writing and evaluating academy program activities
  • Assists in the assignment of academy program personnel
  • Conduct parent-teacher-student conferences as needed

Teacher

Bakersfield City School District
08.2003 - 08.2018

Washington Middle School: August 2006 - August 2018, Curran Middle School: August 2005 - June 2006, Longfellow Elementary School: August 2003 - June 2005

  • WMS - PLTW – Project Lead the Way Instructor
  • WMS - PLTW State Conference Speaker (3 years)
  • WMS - District Technology Teacher Leadership Team Member
  • WMS - Guiding Coalition Team Member
  • WMS - PBIS Leadership Team Member
  • WMS - K.U.T.R. – Kern Urban Teacher Residence Mentor Teacher
  • WMS - Google Suite and Technology Instructor and Presenter
  • WMS - NGSS Science, Technology, Math, Social Science, and Physical Education Instructor
  • WMS - School Site Council Member
  • WMS - Analyzed and interpreted data in order to improve instruction
  • WMS - Coached cross country, track, basketball, softball, and Oral Language
  • Curran - Physical Education and Art Instructor
  • Longfellow - Fifth Grade Teacher
  • President of the Longfellow School Site Council
  • Track Coach


Teacher

Belridge Elementary School District
08.1999 - 06.2003

Belridge Elementary School

  • Sixth through eighth-grade self-contained classroom Teacher
  • Technology Coordinator
  • Raised test scores for a culturally diverse student population
  • Developed individual education program for each student
  • Taught Physical Education for fifth through eighth grades
  • Director of the multi-school track meet

Teacher

Maple Elementary School District
08.1993 - 06.1999

Maple Elementary School

  • Taught two years in a combination sixth and seventh-grade self-contained classroom
  • Taught four years in a sixth-grade classroom
  • Taught seventh-grade science for two years
  • Researched and implemented a successful math curriculum
  • Raised class average on state math assessments
  • Coached intramural sports for fifth through eighth grades

Education

Master of Arts - Educational Leadership

Point Loma Nazarene University
San Diego, CA
2003

Bachelor of Arts - Physical Education

Point Loma Nazarene University
San Diego, CA
1992

Skills

  • Strong work ethic
  • Teamwork / Collaboration
  • Analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Educational technology
  • Innovative thinking
  • Organizational Skills
  • Project Management

Timeline

District Academy Program Specialist

BCSD - Extended Learning Program
08.2021 - Current

S.T.E.A.M. Academy Program Specialist

Fremont Elementary School
11.2019 - 03.2020

S.T.E.A.M Specialist

Fremont Elementary School
08.2018 - 06.2021

Small Business Owner

Premier Printing
04.2004 - Current

Teacher

Bakersfield City School District
08.2003 - 08.2018

Teacher

Belridge Elementary School District
08.1999 - 06.2003

Teacher

Maple Elementary School District
08.1993 - 06.1999

Bachelor of Arts - Physical Education

Point Loma Nazarene University

Master of Arts - Educational Leadership

Point Loma Nazarene University
Kenneth Walker