Beth Ponder,
Director of Professional Development
Phone: 979-847-7319
E-mail: baponder@tamu.edu

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Arts in English, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Graduate coursework in Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Experience

• Associate Director and PD Center Specialist, TCALL – since 2015
• Associate Director, Center for Literacy, Education & Employment (CLEE), University of Tennessee
• Supervisor of Circulation, Lawson McGhee Library, Knoxville, TN

Past Service

• Association of Adult Literacy Professional Developers (AALPD)
• The Center for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee
• Fort Sanders Community Development Corporation
• Historic Fort Sanders Neighborhood Association – Vice President
• Friends of Literacy – Vice President/ Secretary

Current Duties/Roles with TCALL

• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONTENT DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERY AND EVALUATION
  • Provides professional development instructional design support to PD Center leadership
  • Assists in the evaluation of contract trainers
  • Participates in ongoing Professional Development initiatives
  • Supports other objectives of the PD Center, including research activities as approved by funder
    
    
• PD COORDINATOR SUPPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
  • Schedules, plans content, and makes staff assignments for monthly PD Coordinator WebEx meetings
  • Moderates PD Portal Community of Practice and Email discussion list for PD Coordinators
  • Identifies and recommends TCALL Library acquisitions and website content features related to professional development for continuous program improvement
  • Manages TEAMS data entry of PD activities, including liaison with TWC to obtain appropriate TEAMS access for TRAIN PD staff who need it
    
    
• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FIELD SERVICES MANAGER
  • Quality Management, Time Management, and Scope Management for PD Field Services provided by all TRAIN PD Center Specialists, including:
  • Development of PD Recommendations for their assigned programs PD Continuous Improvement Plans
  • Delivery of Concentrated Support to AEL Programs with special needs in consultation with state office
  • Review and approval of PD Specialists recommended PD Events and trainers
  • Coordination of training of PD Center Specialists for all Field Service functions
    
    
• PROJECT LEADERSHIP TEAM & LIAISON TO NATIONAL INITIATIVES
  • Coordinates with Executive Director and Directors to manage overall project performance
  • Supports Directors in development of project and budget planning and oversight
  • Monitors spending in Professional/Contracted Services budget category
  • Supervises, establishes and monitors performance goals for, and evaluates staff as assigned by Directors
  • Manages special initiatives and short-term projects as assigned by Directors
  • Serves as TCALL liaison to national adult education and literacy professional development and resource projects and initiatives