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Canyon College

Sheree R. Nelson, MPA, MA, BS
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Biographical Information

Education:

Currently working toward Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration, Walden University (Two courses, three papers and dissertation remaining)
Master of Arts in Economics (Managerial Emphasis), University of Oklahoma, December 1998
Master of Public Administration, University of Oklahoma, December 1998
Bachelor of Science, Central Michigan University, May 1992
Majors: Psychology, Sociology and Interpersonal and Public Communication

Experience:

10/2003 - Present - Faculty, Kaplan University, Davenport, Iowa
Economics and finance instructor for courses in both a synchronous and asynchronous online environment. Assess students’ progress, identify individual student’s strengths and weaknesses, and implement learning strategies to assist with academic growth. Assisted the institutional research department developing course rubrics and assessing course and program outcomes. Have held positions as a course lead to oversee course development, effectiveness and timeliness. Assisted with the conversion of asynchronous and synchronous courses to a synchronous-only platform, which required assignment selections that maintain the integrity of each course and the business program. Serve as a faculty mentor to new economics instructors, and provide recommendations to administration regarding continued course assignments.

10/2003 – Present - Faculty, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona
Adjunct online instructor for both graduate and undergraduate economics, management, and English courses. Monitor students’ progress and address areas of concern as they arise.

7/2002 – Present - Faculty, Canyon College, Caldwell, Idaho
Develop and implement both graduate and undergraduate distant learning political science, public policy, management and budgeting courses. Monitor students’ progress and address areas of concern as they arise.

3/2002 – 6/2003 - Faculty, Cornerstone Christian School, Wildomar, California
Prepared and carried out lesson plans for Math, English, and History. Wrote and administered examinations, monitored students’ progress, and addressed individual concerns as they arose.

6/2000 - 2/2002 - Faculty, Central Texas College, Asian Pacific Region, Okinawa, Japan
Taught government in a video-based, distance learning format. Wrote and administered exams, monitored students' progress and assisted students on a one-on-one basis with writing term papers and understanding course material.

3/1995 - 12/2001 - Faculty, Various Public and Private Japanese Schools, Okinawa, Japan
Developed and taught English to Japanese students at all levels, including college courses in grammar, TOEFL, writing, oral English and pronunciation. Conducted courses for students ranging in age from two to sixty, in classrooms ranging from one-on-one to more than one hundred students.