"A powerful presentation from an expert presenter. I plan to replicate much of what I learned in my own district." National School Conference Institute Attendee

RESUME

Dr. Frederic W. Skoglund Ed. D.
Viking Solutions
4055 N. Recker Road #36
Mesa, AZ. 85215
(480) 654-1999
fskoglund@aol.com

www.vikingsolutions.net

Throughout my career, my performance has always been judged as exceeding the norms of the organization. My experiences in competitive environments, natural interpersonal skills and advanced degrees in counseling and educational administration have allowed me to work effectively with a variety of personalities in diverse settings. A reputation of dedication and respect has been established.

Education

Administrative Experience

Assistant Superintendent for Educational Services -- 16 years
Mesa Unified School District - Mesa, Arizona

The major responsibilities in MUSD focused on the supervision of building administrators, administrator training, budget allocations and management, personnel management, student discipline and program development and implementation.

Major Programs and Procedures Produced for the Mesa Unified School District

• The Principal's Academy
• The Instructional Improvement System
• The Instructional Specialist Program
• The Principal and Assistant Principal Evaluation Systems
• The Classroom Teacher Evaluation System
• The MPS/NAU Joint Masters Degree Program
• The Personnel Due Process, Discipline and Dismissal Policies and Procedures
• The Student Due Process and Discipline Policies and Procedures
• The Alternative School for Middle and Junior High School Students

Building Admininstration - 9 years

Glendale Union High School District - Phoenix, Arizona

Principal of Thunderbird High School

Assistant Principal and Counseling Department Chair of Cortez High School

During my three years at Thunderbird High School, we were able to significantly raise the level of student achievement.

National convention speaker for:

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Center for Research on Educational Accountability and Teacher Evaluation (CREATE)

Effective Schools

National Association of Secondary School Principals

National Education Services

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory

Published Writing:

The Evaluation of Coaches -- The Athletic Director

Instructional Improvement Plans -- NASSP Leadership Handbook

Instructional Mangement -- E. R. I. C.

How to Address Inadequacy of Classroom Performance -- Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education

Effective Instructional Programs -- Arizona School Board Journal

Student Success: How to make it happen (Rowan and Littlefield Publishing) Co-author Judy Ness

STUDENT FEEDBACK

I have been the instructor for EDA - 624 (Educational Leadership) in the Delta Doctoral Program for Arizona State University. The unversity collected the following data from the students in the class.

ASU Testing Servicces - Faculty Evaluation Comments

Faculty: Dr. Federic W. Skoglund

Course: EDA - 624

Comments:

• Great Course! Wonderful job of translating theory into practice
• Content was rich and so very useful - I don't know what he could have done better
• All the content was very valuable and practical - I can actually use this at my school
• Thank you for making the connections betweent he work of Senge, Hall, Herzberg so clear
• Very relevant to my daily job
• Amazing insight - best professor that I have had
• Best instructor in the cohort - Covered a range of material and did a great job of tying it all together into a very useable package
• One of the best instructors that I have ever had - I wish he taught more courses in the program

References for Dr. Skoglund

Isaac Elementary School District

Mitchell Elementary School

Dr. Araceli Montoya, Principal

(602) 442-2600

Murphy Elementary School District

W. R. Sullivan Elementary School

Mr. Jose Diaz, Principal

(602) 353-5220

Roosevelt Elementary School District

Cesar Chavez Elementary School

Ms. Ivette Rodriguez, Principal

(602) 232-4940

Scottsdale Unified School District

Director of Assessment and Accountability

Mr. David McNeil

(480) 484-6197

Tempe School Distrcit #3

Frank Elementary School

Mrs. Amy Uchaz, Principal

(480) 897-6202

Washington Elementary School District

Orangewood Elementary School

Andree Charlson, Principal

(602) 347-2905

Arizona Chapter of ASCD

Executive Director

Mrs. Alice Wells

(602) 684-1777