Paula Bauer, MBA,
PD Center Specialist
Phone: 979-847-7323
Email: pkbauer@tamu.edu

Qualifications

• MBA in Management Information Systems (University of Houston)
• B.A. in Personnel Administration of Industrial Relations/Personnel Management of Organizational Behavior (PAIR/PMOB) (North Texas University)
• Certified Manager of Program Improvement
• TALAE Adult Education – Teacher of the Year – 2003-04
  

Experience

• PD Center Specialist and Library Program Coordinator, TCALL – since 2016
• Lamar Consolidated ISD, Project LEARN - Family Literacy Program Director – 12 years
• WCJC & Lamar Consolidated ISD - Adult Educator – 5 years
• Texaco, Inc. - Software Specialist/Programmer Analyst – 2 years
• Texaco, Inc. - Business Systems Consultant – 5 years
• Texaco, Inc. - Human Resource Generalist – 5 years

Current Duties/Roles with TCALL

• Professional Development Support, Resources, Networking, and Information for Volunteer and Community-Based (CBO) Literacy Providers
• Provides professional development support and resources to volunteer and CBO local adult education and literacy providers statewide
• Responds to training needs of volunteer/CBO providers by facilitating coordination with state and regional literacy coalitions and with TWC funded providers and capacity building projects
• Delivers training as needed according to training schedule and statewide priorities
• Acts as a point of contact for professional development expertise for volunteer and CBO local adult education and literacy providers
• Provides professional development information and networking for volunteer and CBO local adult education and literacy providers statewide
• Acts as TCALL liaison to state and regional literacy coalitions and related capacity building projects funded by Texas Workforce Commission
• Moderates TCALL’s statewide email discussion list for volunteer and CBO literacy practitioners and their community partners
• Develops TCALL’s Literacy Provider Directory to represent volunteer and CBO programs
• Participates in regular planning and strategy meetings with other PD Center Specialists and leadership
• Participates in ongoing Professional Development initiatives to keep abreast of developments and trends in the field
• Resource Collection Management
• Manages production, inventory, and timely dissemination of training materials utilized in professional development events facilitated by TRAIN PD
• Controls access to copyrighted materials in accordance with policies of Texas Workforce Commission or other publishers as authorized
• Develops and updates TCALL’s collection of loan and free resources through research and acquisition with a focus on collecting and promoting resources for adult education and literacy PD and for volunteer/CBO literacy programs
• Oversees all aspects of resource dissemination and collection management
• Trains and supervises student workers in customer service and materials distribution
• Monitors quality and speed of customer service to trainers and other resource collection users