| Peter D. Griffin |
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11924
East Nevada Circle
Aurora, CO 80012
303.361.0931
Peter_Griffin@dpsk12.org
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| Professional Experience |
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| 1996
- present |
Computer Magnet
Director and Teacher of Business and Computers
at George Washington High School, Denver, CO. Career and Technology
Department Chair, Denver Public Schools Perkins Advisory Board
Chair.
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Technical Duties: Designed and
installed numerous computer labs
including bulk wiring, workstation setup, and server implementation.
Serviced and repaired workstation and server problems.
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Skills: Supervision of business
department of eleven teachers, the
technology committee, and the Tech Prep Coordinator. Coordinated
and implemented 5-year school-wide technology plan, including
the
adoption of student and teacher Technology Standards, Computerized
attendance, grades, and email.
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Courses Taught: |
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Keyboarding I
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Keyboarding
II
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Computer
Survey
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Business
Management
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Multimedia
I
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Multimedia
II
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Web
Design I
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Web
Design II
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Multimedia courses focus on basic design,
print (Photoshop 5.5), audio (Wave Editor), video (Adobe Premier
5.0, Ulead Video Editing 5.2), systems/project development,
presentations, career development skills (resume, cover letter,
and interviews), and Multimedia authoring (Authorware 5.0).
The advanced course further develops these skills. Examples
include CD ROM on African-American History, American presidents,
Educational Movies, and a remediation CD for the math department.
Students dominate
local, state, and national multimedia competitions.
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Web Design courses focus on Web Design, HTML
Code, Web Authoring (Macromedia Dreamweaver 3.0), Basic Photo
Editing (Photoshop 5.5), Web Animation (Flash 5), and basic
Java script. Students complete and post academic related
projects. Students dominate local, state, and national multimedia competitions.
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| 1995 |
MIS
Support Technician for the City of Arvada, Arvada CO. Managed
help desk support for over 450 city employees for software,
hardware, and networking needs. Taught Word Perfect classes.
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| 1993
- 1995 |
Project
Manager/Systems Analyst for the Office of Financial Aid
at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Managed the technical
aspects of the design and implementation of the Federal Direct
Lending Program. Supervised programming staff.
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| 1990
- 1993 |
Systems
Support Analyst for USA Group, Indianapolis, IN. Responsible
for the design, development, and implementation of four modules
of USA Group’s new servicing system. Responsible for training
end-users on new systems and acted as a liaison between internal
users and internal Information Services personnel.
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| 1989 |
Assistant
to the Controller for International Child Care, Port-au-Prince,
Haiti. Assisted the controller with year end audit activities,
database project, and other duties as assigned.
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| Education |
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| 2000 |
Anticipated
M.A. Education/Information & Learning Technologies
University of Colorado at Denver, Denver,
CO
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| 1996 |
Teacher
Licensure/Business, High Honors
Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado
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| 1989 |
B.S.
Business /Systems
Taylor University, Upland, Indiana
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| 1987 |
A.A.S.
Electrical Technology
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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| Related Skills &
Professional Activities |
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 Adobe
Photoshop 5.5
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Adobe
Premiere 5.0
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Adobe
AfterEffects 4.1
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Ulead
Media Studio 5.2
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Macromedia
Authorware
5.0
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Macromedia
Dreamweaver 3.0
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Macromedia
Flash 4.0
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Windows
NT & 2000 Server
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Novell
5.0
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Norton
Ghost/Enterprise Ed.
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District
Perkins Advisory
Board
President
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CSU
Deans List
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Federal
Technology Grant
Reader
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Anne
Frank Contest Teacher
of Recognition
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Letter
of Appreciation from
Mayor
Webb
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