Kathleen Marie Buttermore
Walsh University 2020 East Maple Street North Canton, OH 44720
Farrell Hall 209   330-490-7233  kbuttermore@walsh.edu

Administration

2006 - 2007 Director of Academic Achievement, working with probation students

1989 - 2007 Writing Center Director

Spring 2006 Coordinator of Tutoring for Freshman Probation Students

1997 - 1998 Learning Resource Director

Duties
Hire, train, supervise, evaluate, and fire tutors.Current staff of 9
Monitored four tutors for the Structured Semester Program 2004 - 2005
Monitored two tutors for the Structured Semester Program Fall 2003
Maintain operating and employment budgets
Provide academic accommodations to students who met ADA or LD criteria
Maintain and report tutoring records and statistics
Maintain personal tutoring hours
Provided EECAP training for ten faculty and tutors from St. Thomas Aquinas High School and ten Walsh University writing tutors 2001 - 2003

Academic Advising

1990 - 2007
Academic Advisor to assigned students every semester
Inform advisees of academic advising schedule and Walsh policies
Advise undecided students and English majors
Participate in freshman placement testing, advising, and registration- May - July
Served on ad hoc academic advising committee 2000 - 2001 and assisted in the development of the academic advising handbook
Provide assessment of student essays for placement in English

Teaching

1989 - 2007
Walsh University, Professional Associate Professor of English
Taught as guest lecturer one class of Theology 700 Fall 2005- trained students in qualitative and quantitative research; reader for Theology 701 projects
Taught English 110 Study Skills course for students on academic probation
Taught Structured Semester Pilot course English 111-1D/LD and English 111-2 D/LD 2004 - 2005
Piloted English 100 Fall 2003 and now English 111-1 for the Freshman Structured Semester Program
Taught freshman composition sequence: English 100, 101, and 102; British Literature 201 - 202; and English 325 The History of the English Language
Courses developed: English 225 Careers and Composition; English 315 Special Topics-German Literature 1900 - 1950; English 321 The Composing Process, the writing tutor training course; and English 323 The History of Rhetoric
Created the Writing Minor- approved Spring 2004; Writing minors in the fields of psychology, sociology, government, communication, corporate communication, and English

1999 -2000
Taught three classes of Junior American Literature at St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Louisville, OH

Training

2005 - 2006
Conducted Sakai training for Walsh University faculty May 2005, 2006
Ohio Learning Network, Oct. 4, 2005, and OLN on Mon., Jan. 23, 2006

2004 - 2005
Piloted Sakai Online Course Management System

2003 - 2004
Piloted CHEF and Coursework On line Course Management Systems

March 2004
Conducted Post Conference Grant Writing Workshop at the National Association for Developmental Education (NADE) Convention, St. Louis, MO, Adam's Mark Hotel

May 20, 2004
Trained Walsh University Faculty in CHEF

1995 - 2001
Developed and conducted faculty, staff, and student training sessions on WP 6.1, 7.0, QuattroPro, Internet, and E-mail use, Journal writing, Writing tips and taking test tips for students, including international students; use of SIGI (Career) and E-LASSI (Study Skills) databases; working with undecided students presentation to Walsh faculty

Technology

Piloting Online Course Management System Sakai Spring 2005, Fall 2005 - Fall 2006
Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint,Banner, Internet, E-mail,WebCT, & CHEF
Attended training sessions for Windows, Excel, Access, and Banner May 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 and Sept. 2002
Piloting WebCT: Fall 2002 English 225 A/LA used WebCT for syllabus, handouts, and discussion posting Spring 2003 English 101 A/LA, English 225 A/LA, and English 321 A/LA using WebCT for syllabus, calendar, handouts, and discussion posting

Committee Service

2005 - 2006
Chair of Enrollment Management Committee; Strategic Committees on International

Studies and Connecting Student Affairs and Academic Assembly

2004 - 2005
Ohio Board of Regents Subcommittee on aligning high school and college English and math standards; Chair of Scholarship Committee, Walsh University

2003 - 2004
Scholarship; Strategic Planning 5C

2002 - 2003
Faculty Forum

2000 - 2002
Scholarship- organized the first Scholarship Weekend, Feb. 23, 2002; created template for it; 40 out of 64 students invited chose to attend Walsh

2000 - 2001
Ad hoc academic advising handbook

1996 - 2000
Selection, Chair- created Excel grid to track committee service Other committees: Faculty Affairs, Library, Admissions Review, and Advising/Career development

Grants

2005 - 2006
The Ohio Federation of Independent College's SBC grant for $10,000 for piloting Sakai Online Course Management System with Walsh University's five graduate programs

2001 - 2002
The Ohio Board of Regents Grant, awarded $29,000, where Walsh University Writing Center
Director and five Walsh writing tutors and St. Thomas Aquinas High School English faculty and writing tutors work with a high school junior class to improvetheir writing skills and promote teacher professional development

Other grants: $400 Kinko's grant for Walsh's Literary Magazine; $1500 Ohio Association for Developmental Education grant for Walsh's Summer Scholastic Enrichment Program; $200,000 (team of 6) grant for the Communications Consortium for the Stark County Education Enhancement Partnership

Professional Development

January 2006
Ohio Learning Network Sakai Training for Open Source Schools

February 2006
Training National Association for Developmental Education Leadership Workshop on OADE's K-College committee work and web site at the NADE 2006 convention in Philadelphia

October 2005
OADE Conference Chair for fall 2005 conference in Akron, Ohio

March 2004
Revised Masters in Theology Program Proposal for Walsh University

October 2004
The Ohio Association for Developmental Education Conference, Marietta, OH. As president of OADE, I was in charge of running the conference.

Summer 2004
Presented time management workshop to Ohio Recycling Convention, Marriot Grand Hotel, Canton, OH; attended Education Enhancement Partnership two day meeting on Ohio Proficiency test standards and ACT at R.G. Drage Conference Center

2003 - 2004
President of the Ohio Association for Developmental Education

Spring 2004
National Association for Developmental Education Conference St. Louis, MO (March 9 - 13, 2004) Moderator, Participate in Training for chapter presidents; Ohio chapter meeting facilitator; training in TutorTrac; Post-conference workshop presenter on Grant Writing

Spring 2003
National Association for Developmental Education Conference-Austin, TX, (Feb. 10 ? 15) Moderator, Participate in Training for chapter presidents

Fall 2002
Ohio Association for Developmental Education- Cincinnati, OH, (Oct. 30-Nov. 2), Moderator, participated in Low Ropes Training for creative problem-solving, and presented a session detailing the results of the EECAP grant; reported to OADE board on progress of the K-College committee research President-elect of the Ohio Association for Developmental Education

Spring 2002
Conference on Learning Assistance (COLA), Owens Community College, Toledo, OH (April)

Spring 2002
National Association for Developmental Education Convention- Orlando, FL (March), Moderator for session on the development of NADE, presented session reporting on the results of the EECAP grant;

Spring 2001
National Association for Developmental Education Conference- Louisville, KY, Moderator for two sessions, one on distance learning and one on academic advising and mentoring students; participated in Special Interest Group (SPIN) session on writing/tutoring

2001- 2003
Co-editor of the Journal of Teaching and Learning for OADE

1996 - 2001
Conference Presentations for the Ohio Association for Developmental Education: tutor training, grant management, ADA laws and accommodations; Session moderator;

1999 - 2003
Special Interest Group Coordinator for OADE

Spring 1997
Presented tutor training techniques, working with ADA and LD students at the Central Writing Centers Association Conference at Youngstown State University. Other development: organized two Stark County K - 12 teachers' conferences for the Education Enhancement Partnership

Publication

Winter 1997  "The Emerging Clientele: At-Risk Students, Basic Writers, and the Learning Disabled" in the Winter issue of the Ohio Association for Developmental Education journal

Professional Organizations

24-year member of the National Council of Teachers of English- includes College Composition and Communication
11-year member of the Ohio Association for Developmental Education
6-year member of the National Association for Developmental Education

Volunteer

Dec. 3, 2005 Played Mrs. Santa, with my husband as Santa, for the children at the Coleman Community Center

May 1, 2004 Northeast Area Renaissance Association (NEAR) Community Clean up on the Stark Trail and Park, Mahoning Road

2002 - 2004 Training and Certification for Delta Society- pet therapy, visit patients at Mercy Hospital

2000 - 2002 Crystal Park Methodist Church Soup Kitchen, last Saturday of every month

1999 - 2002 Holy Cross Lutheran Church: Sunday hospitality set up, nursery attendant, and Vacation Bible School teacher

1999 Pyramid Training Center- reorganized the Women's Clothes Closet

Employment

1989 - 2006
Walsh University, Writing Center Director and Professional Associate Professor of English, N. Canton, OH

1999 - 2000
Part-time teacher of Junior American Literature at St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Louisville, OH

1988 - 1989
Visiting Lecturer in English for professor on sabbatical, The College of Wooster

1986 - 1987
Assistant Director of the Writing Center, The State University of New York/Albany

1985 - 1986
Graduate Assistant, instructor, freshman composition SUNY/Albany

1983 - 1985
Part-time Instructor atAkron University, Cuyahoga Community College's Metro and Parma Campuses, and Wayne General and Technical College, Orrville, OH

1982 - 1983
Graduate Assistant, instructor, freshman composition, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

1979 - 1982
High school teacher, Sophomore English and German I - IV, Lebanon High School, Lebanon, OH

Education

1985 - 1987
A.B.D. Rhetoric/Composition, The State University of New York/Albany

August 1983
Masters in English, with concentration in Composition, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

June 1979
Bachelors of Science in Education, English, and German, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

References:Available upon request